The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-07-03
UNITED FRONT TO
COMMON ENEMY
MARYLAND TO HOLD CONFER
ENcE IN JULY OR AUGUST.
MOVEMENT OF MUCH INTEREST
Not Democrat in Roland, Iowa, To
Take the Postoffiee and Republi-
can is ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
man Pepper Prizes Lid OF.

Washington, d. c., July "A start
toward the amaigamating of the re-
publican parties of Maryland has
been made and the movement is be-
ing watched with great interest in
Washington.
The first move was made by Col. e.
G. Darlington, Jr,. chairman OF the
progressive state committee, and
Maryland member of the progressive
national committee, who gave out q
statement that if the democrats were
to be beaten in the next campaign,
the republicans and the progressives
would have to get together and pre-
sent united front to the common en-
envy; that past differences would
have to be forgotten and PERSONAL
ties would have to be dropped, He
said the progressives would be per-
fectly willing to unite with their old
party workers on manly ground.
The statement was in such evident
good temper that it Immediately led
to preliminary conference, which
was held in Baltimore. The little
meeting was held in the Belvedere
hotel. Col. Darlington was on hand
early, accompanied by the members
of the state executive committee of
the progressives. Mr.. Hanna, chair
man of the republican state commit
tee, and several of the old war horses
among the regular republicans were
not long in arriving and there quickly
followed a general handshaking, the
Grat nf hn ha n
spoken to one another since the split
took place in Maryland after the ma
tional convention in Chicago last year.
Gov Goldsborough soon dropped in"
and the last big republican to hap
pen around was United States Sena4
tor William P. Jackson, who went
over from Washington.
Col. Darlington suggested plan.
1t was that each of the state chair
men, Mr. Hanna and himself, appoint
committee of ten to confer with one
another and report within thirty days
in any manner they might see fit. The
Colonel said he had felt so sure his
suggestion would meet the approval
of the. meeting that he had talked the
matter over with the members of the
progressive executive committee of
the state central committee and was
prepared to name the proposed ten
progressives then and there.
The suggestion of the progressive
state chairman met with unanimous
approval and it was decided that eacL
party should name committee of ten
to work out plan of reorganization
or reunion. Chairman Hanna de-
sired time to consult with republican
leaders in various parts of the state,
so the naming of the two committees
was postponed few days.
Senator Jackson is receiving many
letters from republicans over the
state approving the step which has
been taken and urging him to lend his
influence to the movement. The SEN
ator is the Maryland member of the
republican national committee and If
this experiment in his own state
should work out satisfactorily, he
proposes to recommend it to the ma
tional committee for consideration.
The latest advices received by
Senator Jackson are that the harmo-
ny promoters are talking of holding
a statewide conference, which would
be attended by leading republicans
and lprogressives from every county
in the state. 1t is proposed to hold
this meeting the last week in July or
the first week in August. In the
meanwhile Col Darlington has tender.
ed to national Chairman Joe Dixon
his resignation as a member OF the
bull moose national committee.
- - -
II only some hungry democrat had
moved to the town of Roland, in
Story county, he could have secured
the appointment of postmaster with,
out trouble, for, at the present time,
there is not democrat in this town
of 700 people, or, If there is, he is
keeping the fact so quiet that neither
the democratic county committee, dis
trict committee, state committee or
national chairman has been able to
locate him.
The question of who should be the
, postmaster of Roland came up with
the Iowa democratic organization as
it sat at the table cutting the pie into
pieces large and small, Who gets
this nice piece, the Roland postoftice
it pays $1,000 a year and clerk hire
and has two rural delivery routes!
What! Are there no applications"
The fact that there were no appli
cations on file led to the sad discov
cry that there was not one democrat
living in Roland-not one, either good
or bad, upon whom the postoffice
even might be pushed while he was
not looking,
So II was easy for Osmund o. Stole
the good Norwegian republican, wher
he presented his petition asking for 9
reappointment Farley Sheldon, the
democratic county chairman, made 9
trip over to Roland and found thai
the entire community was satisfied
with the way II was receiving its
mail; moreover. that every patron o.
the Office with one single exception
had signed Mr.. Stole's petition. Sc
MI. Sheldon gave his unqualified en-