Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-02-17
MUCH UNCERTAINTY PERvADEs
RANKS OF AMBITIOUS RE.
PusLIcANs.
sILENcE At OYSTER BAY
Believed SIGNIFICANT
Roossvelt's Failure to Make Noise
Possibly Portends Something Big Is
9rewins-Taft's Friends Trying to
Head OF Roosevelt Boom by Talk Of
Bringing Out Ex.Presidsnt.
Especial Correspondence.

Washington, Feb. 1.-THE deep sill
euce which reverberates about Oyster
Bay is troubling lot Of politicians in
these parts. They are specializing on
what it portends. Few of them agree
exception the proposition that it prob
ably portends something.
1T can be said. however. that a pow
erful element OF progressive republic
cans and Of progressive party men who
are getting back into the republican
fold are by no means convinced that
Colonel Roosevelt is out OF the presi-
Dental running. They discuss It frank
" and indicate a belief that the col
onel. after oil, may be thrust to the
front as the republican nominee in the
next campaign. They would like
nothing better than to see Roosevelt
nominated on platform OF progress
sive sort and to say they would get
out and take off their coats for his
election If given the chance Is putting
1t mildly.
Actions Suspicious.
The fact that the former president
has of late employed good deal OF
his time in hurting bombs at the poll
cies of the Wilson administration is
one of the features OF the situation
which leads many Of his old-time sup
porters to think he has not dropped
from his mind the possibility OF being a
cand idate in 1916.
Certain it is that other aspirants for
the republican nomination are taking
frequent observation Of oyster Bay to
try to ascertain the exact nature of
the coloners intentions and those Of his
friends
Taft Boomers Active.
Later there have been interesting re-
ports that friends Of Former President
Taft were seeking to stir up boom
for him. These Taft boomers are I'M
derstood to be showing some activity
in the east and middle west. They are
representing that Taft was a much
misunderstood president who got the
worst OF It and deserves to be vindi-
Gated.
No real likelihood appears that Mr..
Taft will ever be named to head the
republican party. He does not want
The nomination and his old opponents
would not listen to it. Nevertheless,
there are some political sachems who
ara dispoedsto view the talk about Mr..
Taft as indicating that II Colonel
Rooseyelts friends get too busy the
friends of Mr.. Taft will get quite as
busy and will oppose Roosevelt both
for the nomination and. should he be
nominated, will turn cold shoulder on
his election. Some of the men VINO
we're most active for Taft in 1912 never
will forgive the colonel and II they
can not get Taft nominated certainly
do not want to see the colonel named.
They would prefer almost any other
man as republican nominee to the col
onel.
Watchfui Waiting.
Meantime, other republican aspirants
are for the most part in the 'watchful
waiting" stage. A few of them are
active but as rule the aspirants feel
t is too early to get far on the road
to the nomination. Merrick BNrton.
Weeks Borah, Cummins, Whitman.
Willis. Hughes. Mann. Fairbanks. La
Toilette. Norris and several others are
freely mentioned. 1t is generally felt
here that If there is an extra session
lis. lines with respect to the republican
domination will begin to show up more
distinctly than they do now.