Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-19
COL oNEl EXPECTED TO PUT
ASIDE OPPORTUNITY TO AGAIN
BECOME PRESIDENT.
IOWA WATCHING SITUATION
AS DEVELOPING IN EAST
Party Ready to Break Away From
PreeeGents and Nominate New Man
to Assure suecess-supreme Court
May Reverse Itself on Withdrawal Of
Saloon Petition Signatures.
TO T,mes-Republican.

Special 70 Times Republican.
Dies Moines, Jan. l9.-N-iil the New
York, New England and eastern pro-
gressivp eepu blicans turn 20 Senator
A B. Cumuins as their candidate for
the repu plican nomination for presl-
dent? There are ru,nors ahoat that
inquiries made as to what Iowa is 60
ing to Go are such as 70 indicate that
with Theodore Roosevelt in the impos-
sible class the next step will be 10 get
hack of the Iowa man ana make him
the candidate for president.
For some time there seemed 10 De
certainty that Roosevelt would per-
nit use of his name by his friends and
admit that he would accept II nom
mated; now. according to late aGViceS,
it seems more probable that he viii puI
aside the ,ernpter once more and place
il beyond ali possibility that he should
either be nominated or accept II nom
mated
Under such circumstances it is kn own
that a very strong body of active re-
publicans who believe that party sue
cess is more important than adle.iiiS
TO old precendents as TO denominations
will begin campaign TO secure dele
cations in all parts of the country for
the man who is now the acknowledged
leader Of the United States senate
Cummins.
Local friends OF the senator are be-
coming interested in the situation as
it il developing in the east and are
ready to give the Iowa delegation to
the senator IS 1t can be done with some
show OF success as candidate before
the convention.
VIII the Iowa supreme court reverse
itself or the issue of the right of pc
tition signers TO restore their names
to saloon petitions by Withdrawing the
Withdrawals? The question was de-
bated again before the supreme court
this week on the appeal Of the case
from Mahaska county involving the
consents in Oskaloosa? The question
was argued from some new stand
points and with additional facts. and
from the questions asked and remarks
made the attorneys say that it would
seem that the court is divided on the
subject. The attorneys from Oskaloosa
ask the court to reverse its decision
IN the w 1IlEeSuiSh case ana duIlill
that in same cases and under certain
circumstances the names may be re-
stored by withdrawing the withdraw
ais
The law department of the state Ii
trary has a highly priced old law book
printed in 1896 which is from the pri
vate Library OF Daniel Webster. 1t
bears his signature very plainly writ
ten on the fly leaf in his own hand.
The office Of attorney general will
take a hand in the test case brought
at Davenport TO determine whether or
not the Moon law applies to Davenport.
The position taken by the attorney
general and his assistants Us that the
entire mulct law applies to charter cit
les and that any and all amendments
thereto must also apply to special
charter cities. The Moon law is an
amendment Of the mulct law and there
fore, without any need of a clause re-
ferring to the special charter cities
does apply to them.