Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-24
MASS MEETING CALLED TO PLAN
PROMOTION OF PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDACY.
EARLY CONVENTION TO
TAKE INITIATIVE IN STATE
Action Will Be Positive and to tho
Point - Movement is Distinetively
For Communicable Not Able to Get
Pledged Deles atoms From South =
lowan Acceptable to East.
Special to Times-Repubhcan.

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Des Moines, Jan. 24.-Polk county
claims the honor of starting of the
Iowa movement for the Iowa candidate
for president, and Polk county repubii-
cans will hold an early county conven
ton and make a strong appeal to the
republicans of the state to get in line
for Senator Cummns.
A meeting to determine on what Polk
county can and will do is TO be held at
Trades and Labor hall next Monday.
1t will be everybodys meeting, nobody
barred, meeting to appoint commit
tees and lay plans for seeing to it that
Polk county and Des Noines vote SOL
idly for Cummins for president. 1t is
possible the county convention will be
held early, say IN February. and the
primaries or caucuses a few days be-
fore. The county convention will Sc
lect siytyfour delegates to the state
convention. also siXtyfour delegates to
the district convention which probably
will be held in Des Moines.
An entirely Informal gathering Of
leading republicans started the work.
Everyone present was enthusiastic to
have Des Moines and Iowa get back
OF the Cummins candidacy good and
strong. There will be no misunder-
standing OF the action taken here. Ii
will be positive and 10 the point
To Work For cun,mins Alone.
SO far as this county is concerned
the work will be done for the purpose
of securing a delegation that will be
for Cumnins and for Cunmins alone
No thought or consideration will be
given Of any second choice There will
be no second choice for Iowa.
The fact was reported to the meet
ing that even among the long time
antagonists Of Cummins there are a
great many here who are at least 60
Ing to refuse to do anything TO keep
Iowa from having a candidate for
president. There is an undercurrent
even among the standpatters strongly
for Cummins and no amount Of organ
izing or schemeing would induce these
people to get into the game against
the Iowa man.
The Washington correspondence of
the Chicago Tribune of YESTERDAY
states that the situation in New York
and the south Is causing Worry to
the Taft managers. $50 far" it states
mot more than two or three southern
states have given satisfactory assur-
ance Of sending to the national con-
vention delegates instructed for the
president" Discussing the attitude OF
Chairman Barnes of New York the
same dispatch states that he Is agairs.
Taft, and is not friendly to Roosevelt
and mot in sympathy with LaFollette
but might look with favor on Cum
m rs And again the same dispatch
states:
1.-THE candidacy of Senator Curnrnins
is attracting remarkable amount OF
interest in the east. There is no doub,
that he would be acceptable to con-
sentative republicans generally, and
everywhere there is speculation as tc
his chance Of being a strong compro-
mise candidate
From this it would seem that pos
sibiy after time the political writers
at Washington and the east will dis
cover that Iowa is on the map and thai
the Iowa man is real candidate anC
with Iowa solidly back Of him stand.
fine show of nomination.
But anyway, Polk county is going Il
lead off with the first big shouting IL
Iowa for the Iowa candidate.