Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-05-23
RESULT or ONO PRIMARY
GREATLY ENCOURAGING TO
IOWA PRoeREes,vEs.
TAKES sPlRIr OUT or
-, TAFT CAMPAIGN" IN STATE
Elimination Of President Will Have
Effect Of Dampsnins Ardor Of Those
Seeking to Rsinstats standpat Ma.
ehine-0ompsrs Letter Heads or A..
taeks on Kenyon.

Special to to Times Republican.
Des Moines. May 23.-The reports
on the election in Ohio were perhaps
more generally read than anything in
recent months, especially in the politi-
cal line.
AT the state house and in political
circles at the Slavery and around the
observatory block where the profess
sional politicians hold forth the news
was read with great avidity, and 1t
was evident that it had a depressing
effect on the local political game.
This doesn't necessarily mean that
Roosevelt will be nominated" said
state house deputy. but it does mean
that the Taft forces will have to look
for new leader. 1t presents the mat
ter fairly to the people and is suffic
lent to indicate that Taft is out of the
question as candidate and party
leader in tho nation"
Attention was called to the peculiar
fact disclosed that of all the candidates
for president only LaFollette was able
to secure the united support of his
Roosevelt and Cummins on their ina
bility to secure their own states. where
the old style caucus methods still pre-
vail. pointed to Ohio where Taft was
unable to carry his state because the
old caucus system had been partially
abandoned This leaves the matter so
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Minis in Iowa.
Among the progressives the feeling
is general that the result in Ohio will
in Iowa. 1t demonstrates the reality
OF slump from Taft in the nation.
thus taking the spirit out of the Taft
candidate" campaign for governor ana
for senator in Iowa. At the same time
It puts life into the entire progressive
movement and makes organization
easier to get out votes for all the pro-
gressive candidates.
The statement Of Samuel Gompers
as to the labor record and service for
the cause Of the common people OF
Senator Kenyon, came as no surprise
to the members Of organized labor
here. for they have known for some
time that at Washington the labor in
terests regard Kenyon as one Of the
most valuable members Of the senate.
He ranks alongside Of Cummins and
Rorah.
The Gompers letter will put an end
to the, effort which had been made
here to lire up the workingmen against
Kenyon. 1t Is an open secret that
deal was made at tho time OF the last
city election which involved that atti-
tude Of the workingmen toward the
seratorship and this had more to do
with the attitude of some politicians
here than anything else. 1t now de-
velors, however, that the labor vote
can not be delivered.
A report is in preparation by the.
state geological department to show
the status of the water supply Of Iowa,
or rather the result of investigation of
the underground water currents, which
will be printed in the annual report of
the department. The work Of making
investigation has been going on for
several years as there has been great
need Of definite information as to the
water beds that underie the state.
The report is expected to show that
Iowa is especially fortunate in this re-
gard and that thepe is an abundance