Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-06-13
TAFT tEQPLt FEAR
SOLID SOUTH BREAK
tcontinu.d From P.s. IL

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runs, but who has served notice tnss
he will withdraw If Taft leads. In an
other district, man who mas Deen
nominated for the lower house OF tne
legislature takes, precisely the ss''s
position.
Many Similar instances.
Multiply these instances by scoIes'
in the congressional and legislative
fields, and by hundreds In the realm Oh
county and state politics, and it gives
an idea Of the disaffected condition OF
mind among the practical politicians
that is putting fear into the Taft man
ayers.
A big pow WOW was held by the
Roosevelt leaders last night. to receive
reports from their scouting commit
tees. They have. carefully divided UP
the country, putting a. grown " men
at work on every delegation with
which there is possibility OF doing any
thing efrectice: and when these work
ers came in and reported exactly what
conditions they found, there was q DIE
increase OF confidence.
Another thing that helped was the
announcement that National Commit
teeman Tom Thorson. of South Dakota
has given his proxy to Francis y.
Henev. Of California. Heney IS the
n,eanest scrapper who has appeared
before the committee He turned up
there, first, as attorney for the Roose-
Welt delegation in California and ne
pulled a trick right at the start.
Honey N,ps Plot.
1t has been the Taft plan to pass
over California, and. placing II at
the bottom, hold 1t in reserve. SO that
! the whole delegation could be unseate"
il it seemed necessary. Heney got up
ana roared.
Senator Dick, Taft contest manager,
palavered. and spared and talked
about "a great legal question involved
here. on which both sides need more
time"
90" retorted Heney.. the gentleman
| might as well be frank: I'm going to
! he. 1t is common report In Chicago
that the organization in control OF THIS
committee intends to pass California.
| and steal 1t later if they think nee
essary. That's why the gentlemen
. want it passed. There isn't any great
, legal issue here at all. and we all
know it. You are either COINS to seat
this delegation that comes here with
10000 majority penlnd 1t, or else you
are going to disfranchise California IN
this convention. You can't and you
will not do any such thing. and you
will gain nothing by starting the pre-
lminares to such performance"
That sort of talk made the bristles
stick up. Heney was called to order.
! and told that IL he insulted the COM
mittee any more, he would be put out.
! He went right on insulting It, and the
committee gave up in despair. The
! California delegation. save only one
district, was put on the temporary
! roll.
Afraid Of Honey.
That's the Heney scrt of business.
and his appearance as member OF the
committee, with credentials that give
him unlimited privilege OF insulting.
! Hurting. taunting. and telling the UNI
shirted truth, has added to the de-
moralization OF the Taft crowd.
! The Roosevelt forces are arranging
TO have a fane bunch OF fighters on tie
/ credentials committee. Indications are
that the committee VIII be pro- Taft ny
about eight majority: the Taft men
claim ten. b,i: WITH HeneE. Milton
Purdy Of Minneapolis. BIZ Finn
Tom Niedringhaus. OF Missouri. and
more OF the same kind looking after
! Roosevelt's interests. there will DC
some difficulty doing any Supplemental
! road ROLLER work there.
/, Wan. ccnncromise in Missouri.
i A determined movement started last
| night. to have the national committee
compromise the Missouri contests. witt
| the view to saving the party in thai
state. The Missouri business was to-
days order before the committee;
fourteen seats being in controversy
The Taft people. Of course, had beer
determined to steal all Of them: bu
here again the Indiana crowd inter
posed. and demanded that some politt
cal sense be applied. and that SOM
agreed arrangement. such as an evel
division. or seating all the contestant
in certain cases. with half vote each
be adopted. in order to give the rerub
licans chance to harmonic and carr.
the state.