Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-11
GATHERED BY THE WAYSIDE

termination. They concede his noui-
nation hJ the progressive party cu1l,
ve1t3or in advance OF the ballotiag Tor
candidates BY the regular republicans
FEW blocks away tnsEhsrs zo- X -
declared that the entire program for
the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES yrgyfy
laid out and has been approved by
Perkins and that Il Is TO force the
nomination 81 Roosevelt by having
him nominated arst IN his own Con-
Tenoon and then puysing il up 10 the
repU hlicans TO rhoosA him or TO go 20
defeat As TO wha, wiIl happen in the
republican coRyeut tor the World story
says:
To pre- vent Il omDination of the
scattered forces INSTRUCTED for Fair
banks, Cummtns. BsSah. Weeks. Nc
call. LaFollette ard Burton will be
one Of the principal undertakings o,
the Roosevelt men
The fart was pointed out that
Roosevelt has TO use whatever for
Hughes and tina. he has a better opin-
ion Of Wilson than OF the supreme
court justice. 50 that the nomination
Of Hughes wDIid not at ali tend TO
harmony. As 70 the boom for Mccall
the statement -:
The stock nf the Massachusetts
governor has been enhanced by several
recent developments His name is
heard more frequently sn -eactionary
councils which VIII control the regular
convention than that of any other
man proposed except that Of the
colonel a!Ihn -; single delegate has
declared for him nor is il likely that
er- iii = .7.6;Ia ~tsd in advance TO
vote for him The regulars regard him
as our kind Of a man and there Is
little doubt that many OF the old timers
viii give MN boost al the conven-
sir- :"
The World conceded Cummins forty
votes and no more. which shows that
on the cast they have not heard
what is happening in the United
States.
The Tribune analysis Of the situa-
ton, from q bull moose standpoint is
that nobody has the convention
cinched. hence r. F. must be the nomi-
nee Of the republican convention. But
the Tribune fails TO give Cummins
credit for = lot of delegates he is 60
ing to have instructed for him
|# E'.sg.a''
=
ing to try the experiment OF making de-
cision az 10 who OF their number ought
20 be the four municipal Judges in Des
Moines and it il proposed they shall
have a straw vote on 1t and generally
agree TO abide by the resnlt Of ee.-ae
they will not abide by the result at all
If Il Is done. and as matter Oh facf
IL is questionable whether or not any
~ xr,ftl NJ S he ha n
fuI to the favored candidates rather
than helpful. Some years ago the
lawyers Undertook 90 decide wnpm
should be the judges. on the district
bench and they put MP q bar ticket
for election which was badly defeated.
Whatever may be the experiences with
lawyers selecting the Judges II never
has worked well in Des MofneS, where
there IS plainly some prejudice against
this prerogative Of the lawyers. There
is field Of twenty-one candidates ior
municipal judges from which to select,
most Of them attorneys. There VIII De
Z four elected s. - = t; 2755s- "a
The Des Moines City Pathway COM
pany which was spending Ms TINS
| playing bankrupt last year IN oroer 70
get sympathy for q franchise. - now
onertng tts nntss Ger Ssass5 aIiu IIiaHes
a showing Of unparalleled prospcrfty.
In fact the showing 10 OF net earnings
e sS!ee!.,esstSz Tor last year, which y
profit on the business o. a0out
81 200 day. In addition thss COM
pany represents to interested parsons
tina. there is immense ed6ed value ~
reason Of the new franchiae whtch wAs
voted By . few Of the psopss iast ysas.