Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-04-13
srANDPAT REpusL'cANs puRsu.
ING MYsrER,oUs AND MYsTI.
FYlNo COURSE.
SEND OUT LYING STORY
or PROPOSED COMPROMISE
Prosrsssivss at No Time Have Begged
for Concessions and Will Win
s4uare!y or Be Good Lo.er.-Att;.
tuds Of Anti cummins Republicans
Undsrsoss Change.
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Des Moines April Irregular re-
publicans are somewhat puzzled to
know what sort OF a game it is that
| the standpatters are playing by start
| ing the story Of probable compromise
and harmonious agreement at the
Cedar Rapids State convention. The
story was prepared evidently for out
side consumption first, as it was given
publicity in all the standpat papers
outside Of Des Moines in the form Of
alleged dispatches sent from here early
in the week. The news as to what is
being started is Just leaking back to
Des Moines and is both puzzling and
| amusing.
The story as printed in the Clinton
Herald, for instance, carried and gave
color to these headlines:
"Cummins men down on knees to
Taft forces. Negotia tons begun look
ing to giving Taft solid delegation. Ask
past to be forgiven. Suggest that in
! consideration Of one complimentary
vote in national convention they will
swing into the Taft column
The dispatch in question stated that
! prominent insurgents here are maxi
ing innovations to Taft leaders" what
ever that may be, to give Cummins one
solid vote and then all for Taft. An
other dispatch was to the effect that
cit IS practically conceded by the Cum
Minis forces that Taft has won the
fight in Iowa" and declares that friends
of Cummins admit the standpatters
have the convention. These statements
all came as surprise to republicans
here who know how absurd they are.
No friend Of Cummins has at any time
conceded that Taft had the convention.
but everyone who has known anything
at all about the real situation has re-
pudiated this idea And as for max
ing innovations" the regular progress
sives are not dealing in them at all.
The figures sent out by the stand
patters. largely to influence votes in
Illinois, showed Taft had early in the
week rs delegates in Iowa. This Is
exactly thirty-five too many. The
totals were obtained by counting for
Taft delegations in five or six-counties
that are not instructed and are not TOT
Taft in fact, but are loyal to Iowa
without delegations to be secured IN
conventions today the standpatters
know to dead certainty they are in
minority in the state convention.
| In view of this fact it became ap-
parent at once that the gentle hint
about deal in the state convention
was conjured up for purpose and
probably foreshadowed some move on
the part of the standpatters to call of
the fight in Iowa.
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The starting in standpat papers OF
talk about a compromise at the Ce-
dar Rapids convention was partly ex-
planned TO the regular progressive re-
publicans by editorial discussion OF the
matter in the Burlington Hawkeye, one
Of the chief outside organs OF the re-
dictionaries. The Hawkeye after re-
stating the fiction alleged to be from
Des Moines, says that the Tart lead
ers will prefer to go to Chicago with
divided delegation rather than risk
defeat for the president In giving
Senator Cummins the empty honor OF
complimentary vote
The Hawkeye reiterates its faith that
Taft will be renominated on the first
ballot "but 1t may be by q narrow
to throw away sixteen votes when
those sixteen votes might secure the
presidents denomination on the first
ballot"
Republicans are pointing out that
here is the nub to it all. The stand
pa tiers feel that it is going to be so
close that every vote is going to count
in the convention, and further that II
wi
be on the first ballot for after that the
situation will rapidly change. In other
words, they have come to realize al
ready that if the president gets thru
at all it will be by scratch. and
possibly the vote of Iowa will be that
which determines the matter.
In the past few days the attitude
of the anti Cummins republicans has
undergone decided change, and they
are becoming decidedly meek. They
act as If they felt that the Illinois
rank and file had put q coat of dark
paint on their Taft band wagon so as
to make 1t look more like a hearse;
and hearse is not very good thing
to attract support with. The entire
situation has turned SO as to be a
full vindication Of Senator Cummins in
his consistent attitude the past few
months, in asking that Iowa be In
position to present his name as an
available candidate when 1t is apparent
that Taft can not be the party nomi-
nee. The standpatters fear that the
result in New York, Maine and Illinois.
will make 1t next to impossible to
garner in the votes OF delegates to
the Cedar Rapids convention from the
uninstructed group as they had fondly
hoped by the blum about Taft going to
be nominated anyhow and. we might as
well make it unanimous.
Fruit Trees Not Damaged.
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