Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-12-20
THINGS BEGIN 1O HDN
A Battle Royal on at Dss Moines
Senatorial Warriors Gather.
ing in Hosts.
Gear Managers Hurriedly Called
Prominent Men Talk in Favor
Of Gear.
Eatan,s Claims nf Snnnnrt For SNEAK.
Eaton's Claims of Support For Speak
ership and Counter Claims Of
Bowen.
Special to Times-RepublIcan.

DeS MolneS, Dec. 20.-The biggest po-
| litical crowd since the last republican
state convention came to town last
| night The Gear people thronged the.
Savery house and the Cummins men
We're mostly to be found at the Kirk
wood house. Among the Gear men.
were j. w. Blythe, of Burlington: SEN
ators H. H. Brighton. of Fairfield; a.
$. Hazleton, of Council Bluffs; G. A.
AIullan. of Waterloo; ex-senator
Waterman and Cal Manning, Of OF
tumwa; Representative Barringer of
! Palo Alto; Let's, of Louisa: Kendall. OF
/ Monroe: Townsend, of Calhoun;
Rpome. Winneshiek: Temple. of Clarke;
Baker of Cass, and others. besides
many prominent politicians not mem
bers, but interested in the promotion Of
I DR.. Bowen's interests. and as an Incl
i dental to the success of Senator Gear.
DIR. Bowen came in with DIR. Roome
yesterday morning.
4 Senator Hobart, of Cherokee. and
Senator Classen of Marshall. who are
not yet ready to hang out a banner on
the senatorship. We're also here. Rep
4 resentative Kimbal. of Marshall, and
i Representative Scott of Ida -Monona.
K and Coburn. of Cherokee. We're also on
hand. Mr.. Kimball is generally quoted
as Cummins man. DR.. Prentis also
came in and said that he thought the
prospects of Mr. Cummins and. Mr..
Eaton we're most excellent, and intact.
he was very we'll pleased with the pro-
nounced position he has taken in their
favor. He feels certain he is on the
winning side.
T. Down at the Cummins headquarters
in the kirkwood house, C. G.. McCar-
thy was marshallng strong array o!
the followers of the brilliant Des
Moines man. One of the most promi-
nent and active of these is Representa-
tive T. a. Way, of Hancock. who is
: putting in his best licks for Mr.. Cum
: Minis. He stood by and approved Will.
MIR. Mccarthy made the following
statement representing the cummin:
$ men: II have seen this movement
grow. I have watched it for more thar
E d year. since the time it was Very
! small plant and now It is a big, strons
plant able to stand alone. Its growth
$ has been steady and sure. Every day
has seen us stronger. and this is th'
. best kind of progress. the kind that Il
: permanent j am very we'll pleased
, with the situation tonight The prelim
e mary skirmish is on the speakership
o and Mr.. Eaton, on account of his su
e perior fitness. has now assured NOR
: votes than are needed to elect him. III,
= l. 40 L. 4
: "a votes in the house caucus. He ha
: sure votes to win and good chances o
getting 80 to co per cent OF a list of six
e teen Others. That is the situation To
a night, and it will continue to be unles
Il ing is now known. have watche
e things closely and / do not think ther
: is. any chance of any such break
e Representative Bennett, Representa-
d tive sokol. Rush Benedict and othe
: men. most of them known as Cummin
: men. were to be seen around the Kirk
i wood headquarters.
u With the two Blythes in town. thing
are lively.
6 .ss
j. W. Blythe, of Burlington, th
n premier political organizer of Iowa an
1
y pectedly came to town yesterday to as
: sist in the conduct of the speakers hi
/ fight The Gear men began by givin
out the assurance that the speakershi
=. was not essential and did not necesss
~ rily need to influence the senatorial r,
suit. But the Cummins people ha,
y made such a terrific onslaught on I'll
=, republican members of the house an
ie have been gaining strength 50 fast
!. the last two weeks. that the Gear pc,
- pie have been compelled to take up til
. gauntlet and accent the speakershi
contest as the first round in the sen;
torial battle
W Senator Gear. it is now stated wi
come here on Jan. 9. and will remai
n, lin the end Of the fight If he is phvs
$ cally able to stand the strain. Wheth,
o. he will he is a question. for many
lie Younger and more vigorous man migl
ia he excused for breaking down und
is course m on hand to look after every d