Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-06-04
POLITICIANS FRESH FROM STATE
TELL OF SWEEPING CHANGE
IN SENTIMENT.
DEMOCRATIC coNGREssMEN
TO BE LEFT AT HOME,
Republicans Also Expect to Elect Unit.
cd States Senator and HadIey Has
y First Bid on Place-Repubiicans Also
Expect to Elect Entire State Ticket
and Retire Governor. Major.
Especial Correspondence

Washington, June 4.-Republicans
who drop into Washington from Mis-
/; souri, these days say the republican
party is going to sweep the state next
year. They expect to elect repub-
/ lican senator. carry the state ticket
and retire to private life number of
! democratic members of the House.
| Senator Jim" Reed, the present demo-
cratic colleague of Senator "Gumshoe
Bill" Stone, who will be up for re-
election in 1916, has hard struggle
ahead.
Former Governor Herbert S. Hadley,
who lives at Kansas City, is looming
up as a probable candidate for the re-
publican nomination for the senator
ship. Meantime, war is developing be-
tween Senator Reed and Governor
Elliott W. Major Governor Major, the
democratic chief executive of the state,
is ambitious for the senatorshfp and
is expected to contest in the primaries
with Senator Reed Hadley is strong
in the state, by reason of his record
as governor, and republicans say that
if nominated for the Senate he will
sweep the state
Situation Outlined.
Today, a prominent republican of st.
Louis, gave an interesting version Of
the Missouri situation. He said:
The republicans of Missouri are
confident of winning out both nation
ally and locally next year Reports
from all over the state indicate that
the progressives have returned to the
party and the two factions are getting /,
together with a view to putting a
strong state and congressional ticket
in the field next year. The slogan !
seems to be, Let US send business men
to congress to look after our affairs
1T looks as though Senator Reed |
would have opposition in the primaries |
next year. Governor Major has am
billions and 1t Is said the Missouri sem
atorship is his goal. In fact. he is /
now building a state machine which /
he hopes to have creased in good order |
by next summer 1t is also said he |
Is going to have strong backing in the .
person of Joseph w. Folk. former gov
ernor, now solicitor for the interstate |
commerce commission. Governor Ma
jor also Will probably have the support |
of Former Governor Francis of st. |
Louis Governor Major has an adj |
VI eSS, CUT anu uElSu, WIllCu ne IeSuS u 4
the rural population. He has it named |
Black Pepper and Home Made Saus-
age and they say it Is sure to bring
results for the governor on election
day out in the rural districts. Sen /
ator Reed is familiar with the methods /
OF the present governor and the great !
following he has in the country dis |
tricts and the Senator's political back
ers are now calling attention to the /.
fact that Governor Major recently 1
danced the turkey trot and even tan
coed at some swell function at Kansas
City recently. They are also calling
the attention of the rural population
to the fact that the Missouri governor
appeared in feathers and gold lace with
a great staff at Kansas City and that
he put on knee pants and played golf |
out at Denver.
u. Creating Anti-Major Sentiment.
"All this, so the Reed people hope, /
will react on the governor and make |
him lose his grip on the rural popu
lation. Senator Reed has recently sent !
to Jefferson City for complete record /
OF the expenditures under the admin i
i4tration Of Governor Major and is evil |
IDENTIFY preparing to use the informa- !
ton thus gathered in an effort to strike /
solar plexus blow on his rival.
"Hadley, former republican governor.
Is girding up his loins with the in ,
tention OF getting into the fight and
capturing the senatorship after Reed
and Major have fought and divided the
democratic vote. The democrats fear
Hadley and well they may and 1t is the
consensus Of opinion through the state
that Hadley will win If he enters the
race
There is not much stirring as TO the
presidency. Some talk Of Cummins and
others like Weeks Of Massachusetts,.
The prevailing opinion in Missouri IS
to select good man that all factions
OF the party can support and make 1t
one Of the greatest victories In the his
tory of the republican party"