Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-12-19
TIE GAME Of POLITICS
The Bowen Candidacy Explained
Tactics Employed by Trained
Politicians.
Interesting Account of How Blake
Retired in the Interests Of
Eaton.
Board of Control Balances Show a
Decrease in the Available
Surplus.
special to es-Republican.

Des Moines. Dec. 19.-Recent develop
ments in senatorial politics have been
both curious and interesting. The way
things are done by these astute politi-
cal mana gers the wires that are pulled
and the consumate skill with which
the whole game is played is a marvel
to the ordinary layman as it is SUI
premey bewildering to the amateurs
other side of the table. The candidacy
of DIR. Bowen for the spsakership is the
most recent maneuver that commands
attention, and thereby hangs a tale.
The narrowing down of the speakership
contest to Eaton and Bowen for a mo-.
ment loses sight of the senatorial can
didates. The way 1t was brought about
! Illustrates very we'll the whole game of
professional politics. There is no ques-
ton but what the Cummins forces have
been completely outgeneraed. To pre-
ltend ignorance of your opponents
movements; TO pretend surprise where
! there is no surprises; to pretend to get
| your facts from your opponents
mouthplrccs. is one of the arts of the
lsastute and sonsummate political man
ager. That Ed Hunter and Jim Blythe
I and George Christian are masters of
/ this art there can be no doubt: that
| they have been playing horse" With
1.-The Cu1nmins managers there is just as
| little doubt. Talk With Hunter and
! you will find that he knows absolutely
nothing; he is cold, impassive, appar-
| entity uninterested, and yet he know s
/ just what YOU have said and done.
4 With Blythe it is different He knows
! a whole lot of things that are not true.
land nobody knows better than he that
1 they are not true. George Christian
never knows anything; he is always a
good listener, anxious to learn, nppar-
entity very grateful for information and
his smile, like Bret Harris heather
chinee. is both chilellike and bland.
But to my story. 1t was Well known
/ early in the campaign that Doc Prem
i tiss, of Ringgold, wanted to7be the Gear
4 candidate for speaker, but he found nc
encouragement for several reasons
first. the Gear managers We're not
Iready; second, they had soma doubts OF
4 his loyalty; third. they knew he was
hard TO handle. What they wanted
was man SO loyal TO Senator Gear
4 that he could be side-tracked at thu
4 proper time. So they hit on Temple az
a a good decoy. simply IL draw the Cum
mins fire. They told Temple not to exi
a pose his person needlessly, but jus
q stick up his cap for the other fellows t
:. shoot at, and like good soldier HI
obeyed orders. Just as soon as tbs
EGummins folks found that they had To-
cated the Gear candidate definitely OF
A the q. reservation they decided TO risi
a battle on Eaton, who UP to this tinls
had been only scouting
No sooner was Eaton a full-fedgee
candidate. with everything coming mi
Nay" than Jim Blythe sends jim Ire
win of AlIamakee, word that he want
led To see him in Des Moines. Now
Senator Trewin had been considered al
uncertain quantity. The Gear peopl,
thought they might get him. The cum
MINIS people knew they had him. $,
Trewin hies away TO Dies Moines, an,
q this Is how they Went at him; Now
7 senator, we understand that You are
. man of a. great deal of influence no
lonly n the senate, but in your part O
the state. We know that you have beel
inclined to lean toward MIR. Cummin
IN this contest. we uoh Diane you
we honor you. Mf e.hinmins Is a ma
!, OF marked apitl's ana Mouie h9hor IN
J state but senator year . also q ma
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