Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-06-17

erings of men who know nothing OF
national politics and have no con-
I Germ whatever as to the fate of par
! ties or of principles The best writ
! Ing, or rather the only writing free
] from bias of some kind, was in the
Hearst papers. But at no time nor
In any place was there any pretense
whatever of being fair to the Iowa
people. In fact if there had been an
i.renclad agreement to boycott and
ignore Iowa people the situation could
. not have been worse. The people OF
Iowa certainly owe nothing to the
Chicago newspapers, ~
! The candidacy of Senator Cunmins
was well presented and well received.
These things stand out conspicuous:
Senator Cumniins was the only cam
didate, aside from Hughes, who had
IA saltd. earnes., L; loyal snp.sscrt that was
ready to stand back OF h i'm.
{ His delegates did not swaver nor
] leave him, but he gained on second
ballot. and if a third ballot had, been
/ taker, before the agreement had been
entered into between WASHINGTON and
Oyster Bay, he would have had many
more votes to- his credit. Es
( The nomination speech OF Nate
Kendall was fair. and in every way
the hest of all the convention adj
dresses and it won warm praise for
him and the Iowa candidate, =.
!. The demonstration" for Cummins
on the floor of the convention, was
most creditable, as such things so.
though wholly spontaneous and volun-
tary.
The nomination of Fairbanks for
vice president was logical. AL a time
when it was thought possible the
nomination could be thrown TO Root
the name of Hiram Johnson was can
vassed The part OF good politics. as
il relates TO the whole country, aI1ef
the nomination of Hughes was to
name Borah or Cummins as second
man. The former would have &C
ceured. He would have been in posi-
ton to have drawn the progressive
party men into the game easily. HIS
selection would have done much 10
prevent any detection on factionai
grounds. But the candidacy of Fair
banks was logical for another reason.
He makes an acceptable cand!oate anu
an inoffensive vice president. he mas
great weight in Indiana, which is
needed in the presidential Campaign.
But more than that he probably VIII
be able to carry Indiana so that II
will elect two republican United states
senators in place OF two democratic
senator's BY so doing Il IS poSslDie
the senate may become again re-
publican body. Without the two from
Indiana there Is no possible way for
the republicans to get the senate.
This was the controlling reason Tor
the selection Of Fairbanks. But Fair
banks distinctly did not want the
vice presidency, since it IS a sociai
position chiefly and his wife has died
since he last held the office.
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An interesting and almost pathetic
figure az the republican national con-
yention was Leslie NJ. Shaw. For two
or three weeks he had sent daily TO
every delegate from every state letter
and in these letters he discussed the
tariff and urged a strong tariff PLANK
as the chief thing in the platform
| When the delegates arrived at Chicago
they commenced to ask each other what
il all meant, for nobody assumed THAI
what Governor Shaw really was in,
terested In was the tariff plank. Evil
IDENTIFY there was something else back o,
it all. Shaw gave the answer to the
| question. He urged that the republi'
can convention completely ignore the
progressive party men and refuse &c
have any dealings with Roosevelt. He
urged that ticket be nominated tnai
would sweep the country in spite of the
Roosevelt detection, which he would In
wife rather than repel. Nominate two
men capable of going before the peo-
| pie and arguing out the whole ques-
| ton and presenting to the people the
main issues and by winning under
such circumstances Roosevelt and the
whole progressive movement would be
once and forever out of business. And
! he suggested as the ideal twain for just
that ticket. Hughes and Shaw.