Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-12
ILLINOIS coNoRgssaaAN AoPsRgog
70 OCCUPY WHITE
HOUSE.
WILL NOT sE srRoNo
AMONG PRooRGssiN1e
Mann Known - Hard Wsrtsr ana q
Popular With Colleagues Orr
Time Spoke in Wheel u Cannon Mas
ehins-candidaey Must D Taissa
Seriously.
Especial Correspondence

Especial Correspondence.)
Washington. Jan. 12-No further
question exists that Congressman
James r. Mann OF Illinois. republican
leader in the house. plans to get into
the race as a candidate for the repub-
LOGAN nomination for president For
some weeks. there has been talk to the
effect that when the time came Jim"
Mann would be in the running and
would have to be seriously considered.
1t has also been understood that his
friends were doing some quiet work In
his behalf.
Now. it developed that certain OF Mr..
Mann's close political friends. includ-
ing some In Illinois. have taken hold
of his boom and, that they are goinE
ahead diligently and vigorously to
promote 1t. Not much noise u being
made about It and probably there will
not be. since Mann IL more given to
hard work to accomplish what no
wants than to beating the tom toms
in advance. Itmays be taken for grant
ed that one part OF the map which Mr..
Mann and his friends will not overlook
will be the south. II the delegates from
the south are to be a force In the next
convention. and they will be aconsid-
cradle one, 1t will not be like Mann to
overlook them.
Must Be Taken Seriously. :.
The candidacy OF Mann will raise
event. may he set down as a good deal
more than talk. His Is one Of the cans
dldacies which will have to be taken
seriously, because 1t Is safe to assume
that the republican leader of the house
Is going into the fight with Just one
object in view and that Is to win tho
nomination and the election Nothin0
less would appeal to him.
The candidacy of Mann will reAfso
some extremely interesting political
questions. One Of these Ia to what ex-
tent his candidacy will appeal to pro-
gressive republicans or progressive
party men. The Indications arc no Will
not have strong support from either
of those quarters. Mann has not IN res
cent years boon chased al ono Of the
hard and fast standpattev Of the
house He used to b spoke In <ho
| wheel OF the Cannon machine. e 49,;
his credit. however. that 10 has heea
much more broad gauged ana ~ CON-
sentative than many Of the old guard
republicans In congress- THU AaO;
served to give him the support a. g
number OF the progressive republSoanOl
OF the house. Moreover, he has sought
to maintain good relations with thU
progressive republicans and 10 ON ROOD
personal terms with most OF that ele.
ment In the house. many Of whom
supported him for leader and w0ul0
! support him for speaker II they had the
chance.
Hold a. Reaetienary.
In many quarters. Mann's candidacy
will be attacked as reactionary. This.
will tendw to weaken him and may cost
him the nomination. The fact the boom
OF Myron r. Herrick has got Ions
start will handicap him.
| In the recent fight In the house over
national prohibition Mr.. Mann spoke
and voted against the Hobson amends =
ment. This will alieninte support from
him in states where the prohibition elo-
ment Is strong.
Unquestionably. there is determine
| alton among progressive republicans
and progressive party men who arc re-
turning to the republican Itarty "a
bring about the nomination Of some
man who has been identified with tbs
progressive wing OF the republican par
ty. man like Borah Cumming. In
Toilette or Hughes. Also there Is much
Whitman talk based on the belief he
win develop into n strong governor.
Strength in Hard Work.
Mann's source OF strength will partly
! lie In his record of indefatignble hard
work in tho house. This Is what has
made him minority leader and has
made him a reputation thru the coun-
try. 1t will tend to bring him tho sup-
port Of good many progressive man
who regard him as other than progress.
sive but who are willing to boost HIM
because they like a person. especially
n congressman who works pertinac.
iously for about sixteen hours day.