Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-25
IOWA DEMOCRATS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
State Expected to Be Among
First to Determine Atti-
tude at San'Francisco.

DES MONIES. Iowa. January "a
(SpeciaD.-There is recent evidence
that the boundaries of the democratic
national battle-ground have been ex-
tended to include Iowa, since the DEM
ocratic state central committee on
January Is fixed the date for the state
convention to name delegates to the
national convention at February 25.
Iowa will be among the early states
to determine it's attitude in the San
Francisco pow-wow. and the local
guardians of democratic booms and
boomlets therefore are becoming fe-
verishly active. The fact of this early
convention date is believed to have
had compelling weight in the selec-
tions of Des Moines for national Ger
headquarters. which
was opened here last Monday under
the generalship Of 1. T. Jones. for
or the league to enforce peace.
While there was no formal pro-
nouncement on the subject. the demo-
cratic state committee favors sending
an uninstructed delegation to Frisco.
So far as can be learned. no demo-
claim upon Iowa Sentiment upon
democratic candidates /. is thoroughly
unorganized.
Influential men in both parties are
keeping an interested eye on Mr. Hoo
yer. whom Iowa claims as a native.
There is much evidence that he would
be quite acceptable to Iowa as the
nominee of either patty Grapevine
wireless" emanations. to Iowa demo-
cratic leaders are that he is already
an active candidate for the demo-
cratic nomination. They are far from
downcast at this prospect.
VIII Not Weaken Demoerats.
The Wilson-Bryan disagreement
will not weaken the democratic or
ganization in Iowa. Mr.. Bryan's
chief admirers among the state party
chieftains have publicly urged COM
plete adherence to the President since
Jackson day The Iowa democratic
organization has been vociferously
pro-Wilson through the thick and the
thin of his recent. political fortunes
anyway There may be some element
of explanation of this condition. in
the fact that two national officers of
the party-Wilbur Marsh and w. d,
Jamieson-are Hawkeyes. And there
has been no enthusiastic adherence to
Mr.. Bryan here, despite that he re-
sides only few miles the other side
of the states western border.
The recent weeks have made con-
siderably clearer the republican pres
idential situation in Iowa. Mr.. Low
den seems to have the state, hands
down. with Mr.. Wood a respectfully
strong second. f
Gave MI. Lowden Lead. be
A newspaper poll which has been
conducted during the last two weeks
by ten Of the largest republican news
papers in the state cooperating gave
Mr.. Lowden two-to-one lead over
Mr.. Wood. and together they pre-
empted more than three-fourths of
the first choice ballots. Gov. Coolidge
showed enough second choice strength
to ejve him some claim OF title to
IowaN support as convention
Wood-Nowden deadlock breaker.
The best political opinion is that
Iowa is Aven more safely republican
than usual this year, and the cause
they agree. is the fact that some
| weeks ago the bottom dropped out OF
the hog market. The rural vote COM
pletely controls in Iowa The states
| principal products are corn and>hogs
The democratic administration Is
blamed because hogs today bring SO
,. much less money than pork chops
The controlling Hawkeye voter thinks
an assault has been committed upon
| his pocketbook, a. tender place. IN
, less some very upsettfng thing hap
pens, he is going TO vote In accord
ance with this conviction
! C. K. STUART.