Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-04-23


national convention will be In control
of the standpatters as usual, and B.
Murphy, the boss Of the district from
Vinton. and Luther Brewer of the
Cedar Rapids Republican, are slated
but there is strife on the Linn county
delegation as usual with faction IA
voring Col. w. G. Dows instead Of
Brewer. It is Of small Importance for
the district will instruct for Taft
Other District Conventions.
The convention Of the Second.
Fourth and Eleventh districts will be
held tomorrow morning at the time of
the district caucuses. The slate for
delegates in the Second district is c. H.
Havener, Of Iowa county, and Rudolph
Rohlf. of Scott county. In the Fourth
district those mentioned are Truman
Potter. of Cerro Gordo: A. C. Wilson,
Of Fayette; and Charles Ellis, Of Floyd.
In the Eleventh the candidates are j.
w. Hospers, of Sioux county, and j. H.
McCord. Of Clay.
Standpats Pulling Wirss.
AS the hour for the convening Of the
state convention approaches it becomes
moro and more evident that the con-
troll depends upon the handling of a
few delegations, and that more and
more the matter OF the state ticket is
getting mixed. up III the game. There
was runor today that the standpa tiers
were Offering immense sacrifices to gain
control OF the convention. For instance.
1t was said that If necessary they
would offer to pull off Proudfoot, one
Of their candidates for governor, pro-
vided the friends of Clarke would agree
to give them eight or nine delegates
from Dallas county. which they said
would be enough to control. But Proud
foot's friends say he will not be pulled
of. and besides they are already in
sisting that no matter what happens
the senator from Warren is sure to
get 95 per cent Of the standpat vote.
Again it has been rumored that some
of the standpatters are making over
lures to the Webster county delegation
to get enough votes there to control
the convention and intimating that as
a matter Of fact their candidate for
senator Is not going to get any large
proportion of the ste cdpat vote, and
that If Webster does the right thing
for them the standpat vote will be di-
vided. But these advances are not well
received.
Not Trading Stock.
AS matter of fact, so the delegates
from Dallas and Webster say, they are
not trdaing stock for anybody, and they
are going to do what they think is
right. Senator Kenyon pleaded before
the Fort Dodge convention for an en-
dorsement Of Taft there and got Just
one vote out of the Webster delega-
tion.
There are in fact four or Ave strong
standpatters on the Webster county
delegation and the same number on the
Dallas delegation. In Dallas there was
an agreement, on the part Of few only
Of the delegates and about which
neither Mr.. Clarke nor his close friends
knew anything at all. about having the
delegation all stand for the. progressive
delegation. Those who entered the
agreement will, 1t is said. keep
the same: but there are those on
the delegation who are so radical that
they care very little for the interests
of anybody.
The latest claim az to Pottawattamie
is that eleven or twelve will be for the
progressive cause and Cummins dele
gates
Rumors are, multiplying as to weak
spots In several Observation-Disclosures.
Bremen, Fremonc, Kossuth, Mills and
others.
Don't Care For TAFT.
1t has become apparent. at least on
the surface, that after all the flght here
is not so much for or against Taft as
for the control Of the state machinery
and the prestige Of victory in the
presidential year. The standpatters
are not 80 very much concerned for
Taft. They are not any more enthusi-
astic about him than they were four
years ago and many Of them are really
using his name as convenient way Of
rallying their forces to again ''beat
Cummins into the earth" as has so Of
ten been attempted before. They want
to show that they run things In Iowa
and they would not be very strongly
for Taft save that he Is at present the
chief office dispenser,
Fight 10 For Control in state.
Charles Junkin, Of Fairfield, is on
record as urging the standpat control
OF the convention largely because Of
his belief that II the convention turns
down Cummtns lit will have an I'm
mense effect on the senatorial election
two years hence should Cummins at
that time be candidate. It is also
tho belief n q great many OF the stand.