Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-08
AMERICAN PROTECTIVE TARIFF
LEAGUE ATTEMPTING 70 DIG.
TATE 70 sTATE.
NEWSPAPERS uMw'TT'hoLv
USED a. POLITICAL TOOLS
Many Running "PIats" Matter Fur.
nishsd Gratis by League - Lafs
Youns's Newspaper Bell Wsthsr Of
the Fioek-Taks Their Orders From
Headquarters on Broadway.
Special to Times-Republican

opecIdl 10 1lmeS-HepuDIlcan.
Des Moines, FeD. S.-The American
Protective Tariff League is getting
ready to but into" the Iowa situation
and to dictate to Iowa republicans that
they shall not be loyal to their home
state and support an Iowa candidate
for president. Evidence is accumulat-
ing that the league-which George D.
Perkins has characterized as trust
sheltered by the tariffs already mar
shaling it's cohorts and forcing line
UP against Iowa by Iowa editors.
Articles are appearing here and there
in newspapers subsidized by the league
that indicate the existence of some
source of inspiration. all making at
tacks upon Senator Cummirs and stir
ring up the old factional discord. The
same old prejudices. based on false
hood, are to be used to discredit him.
At the last convention OF this "shel-
tered trust" the record showed that
there was not single member living in
Iowa; and further that no Iowa concern
was contributor to its immense fund
for political purposes. No Iowa manu-
facturer or merchant or farmer has so
far felt the need of protection" by
this organization as to be willing to
contribute to its support.
Many Work For Bosses.
But the report also showed that
there were in 1910 total of 314 news
papers in Iowa affiliated" with the
league, and that in 1911 the agents OF
the league had succeeded in iEcrea sing
the number to t73 These affiliated"
newspapers are listed as willing to
print the plate mtater or other ma
terial furnished by the league. or its
secretary, and to do whatever work
the league desires to be done.
1t is seldom that an issue of the or
gan of the league comes out without
excerpts from Lafe Young's paper and
other similar papers in Iowa. While
there is not an Iowa person who re-
CARDS the league as being in his inter-
est, yet these hundreds of newspapers
are listed as willing to do what the
league desires.
It is regarded as doubtful II the
league can secure the active services
of any large proportion of the 47S
papers on its list in Iowa, In the effort
to stir up prejudice against having an
Iowa president of the United States,
but 1t is certain that some OF them
have already commenced the work I'M
der orders from the headquarters on
Broadway. N. Y.
Wilson Adherents, Active.
The democrats or Iowa who favor
the nomination Of Governor Woodrow
wilson intend from this time on to
conduct an aggressive campaign. They
had started out on the theory that 1t
would be just as well to let matters
drift along and to permit the democrats
of the state to make a selection OIL
delegates to the national convention
without having any campaigning done.
With this understanding they remained
idle. The recent conference held here,
which conference ended in drawn
battle, it was disclosed that the Champ
Clark forces were organized, had been
very active, had made use of the ia
cilities Of the state committee ana en-
ployes of the state committee, that
they had flooded the state with plate
matter, which is very expensive form
Of campaigning-yet had been unable
to break down the sentiment for Will
son. So it was decided that the Wilson
men shall also get busy and do a little
missionary work Of their own.
They intend to open headquarters
within a few days in Des Moines with
Earl BBronson of Spencer IN charge
and to undertake to crystalline the
Wilson sentiment for action at the
state convention at Burlington.