Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-06-08
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NESS ON THE EVE or
!. CONVENTIONS.
TOO MUCH POLITICS
AFFLIcrINc LAW MAKERS
One by One Washington SeIons Pur.
chase Tickets and They Are Labeled
chieago-lntsrsst in Taft. Roosevelt
Contest Surprising - Democrats to
Await Definite Action by Republicans
Especial Correspondence

! as much like work as small boy who
has to hoe the potatoes when the cir
Gus is in town. 1t just simply has no
heart in the business. There's too
much big politics in the air.
1t looks now as II the statesmen
would not be able to settle down to
their normal frame of mind and really
do much In the way Of legislating until
cratic conventions. And then will come
the Fourth OF July. So most folks about
the capitol have settled down to the
conviction that there will be no ad-
journment Of the session until the mid
die Of July. Many. in fact, think it
will run along until August.
Sniff Battle From Afar.
1t will be some days before the Chi
cago convention. but the political war
horses have shifted the battle from afar.
Anyone who wanders down to the
union station most any time OF day
now can see a few outgoing republic
cans Of prominence or near prominence.
Their tickets are generally labeled Chi
cago.
Some are getting imperative demands
from home that call them away from
Washington and such as these are find
ing it convenient to drop around via
Chicago and camp there awhile before
getting back to the capitol.
AS for getting either house or SEN
ate to concentrate on a piece of legis
lation. that Is almost an impossioility
these days. Business is almost habitu-
ally done with but small part OF the
members present It takes hard skirm-
ishing to get quorum together. When
there is a call for quorum. there is
a reluctant breaking up of political
arguments in the cloakroonls and mem
bers hurry into the chamber of house
or senate as the case may be, answer
their names and then go out and talk
more politics.
Might Convene in Chicago.
The indications are that if Vice Pres
ident Sherman should go to Chicago on
convention days and rap for the senate
to come to order he'd get about as many
as 1t will be possible to assemble in
Washington when the convention is on.
AS for the Baltimore convention. 1t
would be dead easy for Speaker Clark
to arrange a session Of the house in
the Monumental City.
Little interest is manifested now in
what becomes Of tariff. Interest may
revive after the conventions but it is
utterly lacking today. The indications
are the Lorimer case will not be voted
or before the Chicago convention. The
friends of Lorimer are apparently anxi-
Gus to prevent a vote before the con-
vention and it will not be difficult to
prolonz the discussion sufficiently to do
SO.
Interest 10 Surprising.
The extent of the congressional in
terest in the Roosevelt Taft situation
is surprising. 1t has overshadowed the
democratic presidential situation to a
large extent Both republicans and
democrats feel that the republican
party is up against one Of the greatest
crises Of its history. perhaps the great
est. Talk Of bolt and two conventions
is heard everywhere. The democrats
are praying for such an outcome. The
republicans are fearing it, While the
Baltimore convention comes 30 close
after the Chicago convention that the
two are likely to interfere. 1t is the
general feeling Of politicians here that
no matter how long the Chicago con-
vention IL drawn out, the democrats
will make no nomination until they
know what the republicans are going
to do. and that they will find way TO
hold back their nomination until the
fight at Chicago has ended even tho
they have to waste barrels Of cratory to
do IT,