Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-07-20
MAY BOLT HARDING, DECLARING
CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR
DOUBLE CROSSED THEM.
WORKED FOR HARDlNG;
-s#S EXPECTED HIS SUPPORT
Friends Of Harding Declare, However,
That He Was Not Favorable to
Either Candidate For Attorney Gen.
eraI and Was Busy Looking After
Own Troubles.
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Dies iMoines, July 20.-And now an
other element Of the republican party
is threatening to bolt against Harding
the element that wanted George VIII
son. Of Polk county, for attorney gen
eral. Some OF the workers declare that
Harding double crossed them, that
they worked hard for Harding and ex-
.pected him TO help Wilson in return
but that he showed a preference FOX
Havner.
The Polk county organization, which
polled such a big vote for Harding al
the primary, was also working hard
for Wilson. Turnout the state the
same organizations N many localities
which worked for Harding were also
for Wilson.
Not Favorable to Either.
N Hence some OF these workers are
declaring today that they are going TO
vote against Harding in the fall cleo
ton. Harding's followers declare, how
ever, that he was not favorable TO
either of the leading candidates for at
torney general and took no part in
their fight as he was too busy looking
after his own troubles.
The first conspicuous sign shown by
the delegates when they began coming
in the first Of the week was Hughes,
Harding and Havner" Many of them
were seen wearing such slate" stuck
thru their hat bands. Just where this
highly alliterahive slogan originated
was not known but it was a catchy
one apparently.
Telling Argument For Havner.
Havners friends took full advantage
Of their candidates ON stan ding record
as a dry to line up delegates. They
declared that it would balance up the
ticket to put a man like Havner on
and would help to hold the votes Of the
pronounced drys. They argued that
the democrats have a dry Of consider
able reputation in Senator John T.
Garrison, Of Abba, famous as the
author Of the mulct law repeal act.
who will make a strong race for at
torney general In fact they put up
some telling arguments for their man
and they All seemed to have helped.
Prominent in Saloon Fight.
Havner was born on a farm in
Wayne county. He attended Simpson
College at Ind.anola as a young man
and graduated IN law at the state uni
versity. He is a member Of the law
firm OF Popharn and Havner, Of Mar
engo, and has developed a big law
practice He became prominent as a
fighter Of saloons ten years ago and
was the attorney for temperance or
CARNATIONS over the state for several
years.
Havner Is we'll off. having made con-
siderable money dealing in Canada
land several years ago. He owns con-
siderable land in Iowa county.
Rawson Again Chairman.
Charles A. Rawson, of Des Moines.
was reelected chairman Of the new
republican state central committee at
meeting held last night at the De.
Moines Club.
The new committee was not born
without considerable pain in several of
the district caucuses and not without
some anxious moments for a major
ity of the members who finally landed
upon *. It's entire membership. how
ever, is said by party leaders TO be
entirely satisfactory TO them and il Is
one which will work tremendously with
and for the ticket during the campaign.