Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-05-11
WITH TAFT ELIMINATED IOWA
DELEGATION TO CHICAGO
WILL BE UNITED.
sTANDpATs PREFER ioWAN
TO COLONEL ROOSEVELT
Peculiar Combinations and Alliances
Being Made in Several COMPRESSION.
al Districts-Absurd Story circu-
lated by Clarke's Opponents-Kenyon
Commended for Pensions.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times-Republican.
Des Moines, May 11.-There is
probability Of unity Of action by the
entire Iowa delega ton to the Chicago
convention
Within the past few weeks a nun
Der of the influential standpat news
papers of the state have Endorsed the
suggestion that in case it comes to a
choice between Colonel Roosevelt and
Senator Cummins the entire Iowa del
egation should cast is vote for the
Iowa man. AS Il matter of fact this
was exactly and all that the progress
sive republicans contended for during
the recent campaign. If the republican
national committee, acting as com
mittee on credentials. seats sufficient
number of administration delegates to
decide the matter before the conven-
ton ever meets, there will be no &C.
casion for q division Of the Iowa dele
CATION But if the matter is so close
that it will not be decided for some
time after the convention is in session,
then it will inevitably be question
whether Iowa will be for an Iowa man
against some other candidate not the
president.
The Iowa standpatters are saying
that if Taft is not to be nominal q
then they at least do not want Roose-
Welt and they would give their votes
TO Cunlnlins as a matter Of state 10y
atty
Some of them are recalling the fix
a
the delegation to Chicago refused to
stand for Doliver as a candidate LOT
vice president and then refused TO sup
port Cummirs for the same ONCE.
They realize that a delegation Whlch
fails to stand for its home candidate
IS never in very good repute either al
home or elsewhere. and they are pre-
pairing to avoid this situation.
The sentiment in favor OF stanoilis
for the home man Is very strong IN
every state. and if at Chicago the
stardpatters should go against cum
MINIS when there was a chance lor MS
election they would be in much the
same fix the progressives found them
selves in Iowa four years ago. IT was
an omen secret that Secretary Sha"
MANNED 10 be a candidate II he cou4u
get the Iowa delegation. He consioere"
the n,tater for some time ana couii-
se!ed With some of the proeressises'
The latter conferred and declceo lHas
If shaw should ask for the Iowa oeie-
cation he would be backed by uhlteo
narty. and if he had announced ms
car6idacv he would have had Iowa
unopuosed. But he did not get 1h'o
the game and the progressives Were
able to force the incorsemeHt .,
pcoseveit's candidate unanimously any
odontion of an Iowa idea tarln pla'-
form.
pecnliar combinations and alliances
have arisen in the republican campaign
in rho state. For instance, in the hieE
en,h district. which has very large
ran,,h,ican vote. the opposing canol
da,es for ongress-Hubbard and Scot1
and their friends. are all for Clarke
and KENYON. the progressive cahai-
dates for state office on "holi lne
standoat fight has centered. In the
Tenth district both Woods ana Sun
man arc both for Kenyon and Clarke
In the Fourth district both aause"
and Adams are for noth OIL the me-
named. In the Sixth district, hendai'
is for both Kenyon and Clarke "hile
Alfree the standpat candldate, Is OF
posed to them. In the FIRST d1stric
senator Neal lines up for both OF 'he
progressive candidates Whlle hehheoS
is against In the Third district poli
candidates for congress are SAID 10 Dc
for the progressive candidates fof STATE
office. In other districts the informa
ton is not so clear. Towner is 1ol
Young and Proudfoot. while Prouty
and his friends are all for Clarke AND
KENYON without exception. The attl-
tude of Good and Green is not so pam
tho it is said both are for Clarke. SEN
tor Cummins is, of course, Tor potn
KENYON and Clarke.
"Ain't it awful, just awful That
is the expressive way Judge Martin j
Wade democratic national committee
man. referred to the TeddyTaft SCRAP
now going on
1T is a matter Of concern to people
regardless Of politics." said Judge
Wade as he sat in the supreme court
room waiting his turn. The contro'
versy has already done vast harm. II
is doing more to encourage socialism
than anything that has happened In
years. 1t is breeding anarchists. The
whole despicable quarrel furnishes ma
terial for the unthinking people, who
disconnected and cropping about for some
excuse for attack of our institutions
find here two men of high station who
are declaring that things are rotten
that men can not be trusted, that there