Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-10
COMMITTEE IS
MUM ON SUPPORT
| IOWA REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN
BODY DOES NOT FAVOR
WORKING FOR TAFT.

Des Moines, Sept. 9.--Whether tho
republican state central committee
! and the republican candidates fol
state Offices will support President
Taft in the coming campaign still Is q
matter of unfinished business" &C.
cording to republican party leaders In
Iowa today. 49,. ..,
The matter was taken up at a meet
ing of the committee and state candi-
dates last night and although the real
business transacted at the meeting
has not been freely given out, 1t was
stated that there was division of
opinion as to who should be supported
for the presidency and the policies to
be adopted for the campaign we're not
decided Several of those present at
the meeting declared that they would
support President Taft and that every
republican who expected to be elected
by the republicans Of the state should
throw their support to the regular
nominee of the party. Others desir-
ed to follow Senator Cummins' plan
it was stated. A long debate follow
ed and adjournment was taken with
out having reached an agreement.
The fact that the Iowa republican
platform does not mention President
Taft was brought up at the meeting
and some of the candidates said that
they should not be expected to do
more than follow the dictates of the
platform.
Only four congressman attended.
Those present were congressman
Prouty, Greene, Pickett and Haugen.
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but none offered any comment except
Haugen, who ventured the opinion
that he would have no harder fight
this year than in former years.
Senator w. S. Kenyon was present.
1t is understood that many of the
candidates will follow the course that
Kenyon takes. They consider that he
has made himself solid with the PEG.
pie. ' -.. -...
George w. Clarke, candidate for gov
ernor; w. L. Harding, candidate for
lieutenant governor; George Cosson,
attorney general w. S. Allen, candi-
date for secretary of state, and John
l.. Bleakly were the others besides the
committeeman who were present
Neither Judge F. R. Gaynor nor Judge
j. II. Preston, candidates for the su-
preme bench, was present.
1t was announced that state organ
ization work will be started at once
The headquarters opened a short
time ago in the Fleming building will
be retained. 1t will be sereval days
before the speaking campaign is start
ed.
The committee appointments made
follow: Executive, M. M. Head, tenth
district; Ralph Pringle, ninth district;
Charles A. Rawson, seventh district;
Press, H. E. Roth, sixth district; c..
G. Bradley, eleventh district; R. v.
Lucas, Eighth district Finance, D. E.
Goodell, fifth district; G. E. Hillsinger,
second district; N. w. Beebe, third
district. A speakers bureau will be
established later and it is probable
that one of the committees named
will take charge of it.
l.. B. Whitney Of the fourth district,
who was chosen secretary of the COM
mittee, was a delegate to the first bull
moose convention Gov B. F. Carroll
said yesterday that man who attend
ed bull moose convention had no
place on a republican committee.
Members of the committee denied
that his election caused any i'll feel
ings among the republicans.