Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-06-15
EACH FEARS pEsERrIoNs
TO RANKS or IOWA MAN
Taft Managers cuItlvatins cummins
With Idea Of Throwing Strength to
Him In Case Of . Deadlock Or Defeat
Of Presidents Som tor's Friends ADOPT
Effective Working Plan.
by . star Correspondent


movement has gained much backing.
Mr.. Clark says:
strengthened by the results Of over
night figuring the friends Of Senator
Cummins Of Iowa, have renewed hope
today that by the last Of next week he
will be the man in the public eye. 1t is
known today that the Iowans have
assurances that Senator w. Murray
Cranes quiet efforts on behalf Of Cum
minis as q compromise have the SYM
pathy and support of other national
committeeman and Taft leaders.
Hope in Deadlock.
1.-THE hope Of Iowa is based solely of
course on the chance that the conven-
ton will be deadlocked. Today Iowans
are energetic in trying to produce this
condition, and they are seeking the aid
Of delegates who do not think that
Taft can be elected II nominated, and
who do not want Roosevelt either for
candidate or president. No one knows
better than Senator Crane and the
other prominent ones said to be associ-
ated with him in the compromise ven
ture, who the delegates are that pos
sibly will lend an ear to q Cummins
proposal.
Adopt Working Plan.
Here is the working plan the Iowans
have adopted. They will seek to add
to the senator's present small strength
some fifteen or twenty delegates who
are skeptical of Taft's success and
fearful Of that Of Roosevelt. the en-
deavor being to get these men to vote
for Mr. Cummins on the first ballot If
Ia I'D hA
tainly. Senator Cummins' friends do
not seem to think that the LaFollette
followers can be depended upon to come
over early enough in the voting to in
spire a general movement to the
Iowan's standard. They do feel, how
ever. that with showing Of thirty
votes al. an early stage of the proceed
ings that the end sought 10 much more
likely to be assured.
The deiegates from lows who were
favorable to Mr.. Cummins' candidacy
today arc working hard enough to
shadow the strenuous labors Of the
Roosevelt and the Taft leaders. They
have precious few delegates to lose and
2 great many to gain. and their work
IL In keeping with the task ahead. One
trouble which confronts them Is that
the committeeman and leaders whose
sympathy and assistance are neces-
sary do not care just yet to
allow the gift Of either to be
made in public. The men who are
under partial cover are doing some pre-
liminary work on behalf Of Mr.. Cum
minis want to save the organization and.
as they doubtless will say, the party
and they also want to defeat Theodore
Roosevelt. With Cummins they think
the three things can be done at once.
Efforts 70 Discourage.
The Cummins men have been told
that their work is useless. but they
know they have the one chance which
Is worth casting for and they are going
to presevere. They place dependence
for deadlock on figures which they
have penciled out Of a mass Of del
egate numbers" They give everything
which Is claimed as present and pros
pective for Mr.. Taft and then foot tho
column which shows it to be seven
delegates shy of the $40 which is the
number. To Colonel Roose-
welt they give 4s9 delegates. The rest
are for LaF'o1lette and Cummins. These
are the cold figures, not the warmly
hopeful ones of the Cummins' men, BY
dent Of hammering and persuasion per-
sonally and by national committeeman
proxies, they expect to draw over well
in advance several recruits from each
of the two great battalions
TAFT Leaders in Fear.
The Taft leaders know what the
Cummins' men are trying to do. Pres
sure is being used to keep the presi-
dents committeeman and other promi-
nent ones true to the Faith once de-
livered to the saints" The Roosevelt
leaders also know all about the en-
deavor of Mr.. CUMMING friends. and
they know that the spirit which has
been put into 1t within a day or two. is
born Of the belief that the Iowan If
will receive the earnest sup
port Of the colonel. The Roosevelt
however, say that all their
delegates are their own and will stay in
their keeping. They are more con-
fident today than ever that the first
ballot will show a Roosevelt majority
built partly out Of material which
has been counted as the prop
erty of another. From the specifica-
tons of expected additional strength
which they make. their reckoning does
Everybody at Work.
From the point Of view Of the men
faithful I'd, the presidents cause, the
worst feature of the present Cummins
10 that men who have been
on as staunch in the Taft
cause are giving the Iowan's friends
in their work. The effort
to keep the Taft delegates firmly in
place 10 being strengthened and 1t has
been strong from the first. The Roose-
welt leaders seemingly do not fear de-
sertion az much as their opponents
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