Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-10
IOWA HoMESrgAp TAKES RAP AT
HOLDEN AND HIS POLITICAL
BOOMERS.
FARM PAPERS NOT BACKING
CORN MAN FOR PLACE
Only Two Agricultural Journals and
One Dee Meinss Daily Holden Advo.
eatss-sams Crowd That Backed
Tafts One. Sided Reciprocity Idea -
Late Date For Convention.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines. Jan. TO- Must have
been some mistake when 1t was prom
ised that all of the farm papers pub
lished in Des Moines were to be lined
up for the new political program OF
the efficiency committee" which has
taken over the direction of political
affairs for the state. A cog was slipped
today. The Iowa Homestead. Oldest
of them all, standing firmly for the in
terests Of the farmers. comes out
the politicians !.
to the movement to make Prof. p. G.
Holden the state leader Of the repub-
lican party and standard bearer in
the campaign of 1912.
The Homestead this week exposes
the scheme by calling attention to
the fact that the new political move
centered around the Holden candidacy
has been made possible by the en-
cOuragement of two farm papers and
one daily paper, and that this is the
same trio that backed up Taft in his
one-sided Canadian reciprocity deal
last summer and sought to put that
over the farmers of Iowa.
Now 1t is recalled that the Home
stead didn't stand for that particular
brand of so-called reciprocity which
was made for political purposes but
which would have given the Iowa
farmers bad deal, and the Homestead
poured into Washington thousands of
protests from Iowa farmers against
the deal. The Homestead hints that
1t is pretty much the same kind of in
terest in Iowa farmers that has backed
the new movement. i
Then the Homestead also questions
the sincerity Of the movement to make
the college professor the republican
nominee and party leader as dis
tinctly booming and boosting plan for
Iowa. It produces and refers to GER
tain widely distributed land agent
literature sent out by a land company
headed by the owner Of farm paper
In Des Monies, which literature in
cluded the Holden Endorsement of
Idaho land of which one acre, SO Iowa
farmers were assured, are equal to
quality. The Homestead questions
whether or not this way Of boosting
for a greater Iowa" is the kind that
ought to be encouraged.
The land agency business might not
have been forgotten but that the local
daily organ of the Holden political
party last week editorially referred to
this as an issue whether the state
shall continue to be feeding ground
for foreign land agents"
There are two other farm papers In
Des Moines which have taken no hand
in the game as yet.
Members of the republican state
committee report that an effort is to
be made to have a late date set for the
republican state convention, or at least
a date later than that Of March 20,
which has been favored by most Of the
persons interested.
The claim is made that Iowa ought
not to act until after quite number
Of other states have acted. when it is
expected that the situation will be
cleared up and it will be evident thu
Iowa can have no real influence on the
situation. This is the position taken
by some Of the standpatters. They
therefore favor later date.
The committee meets tomorrow at 2
o'clock at the Savery house club room.
1t is expected that every member will
be present, since the committee acts
strictly under the state law and no
proxies are allowable.
Some question has also been raised
as to the who should be the "keynoter'
for the republicans. Some time ago it
was proposed that Robert Healy should
have that honor, but there is now some
gossip that Harvey Ingham's name will
be proposed. Four years ago, 1t is re-
that task and made fine but short ad-
before convention.
It is not expected that any sugges-
ton will be made of a proposal for Sc
lection of delegates by conformity with
the state law as to primary election
methods.
An effort IL being made to patch up
the matter of appointment Of ]. N.
Gadd as custodian Of the state house so
that the members of the q. A. r. will
be satisfied with the explanation made.
The war veterans about the state
house are still expressing indignation
over the matter and are threatening
trouble, but may not carry 1t further
than to offer q protest, which will be
ignored. It has been reported that
Governor Carroll has indicated that
he will ask the new custodian to ten
der his resignation, but friends Of the
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