Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-05-01
|GUNk|NS kEN REJOICE
See Great Good to Their Candi-
date in Perkins With.
drawal.
Move Was Evidently Intended to
Hurt Cummins-.Anythine
to Beat Him.
Coneer's Obligations TO Cum
Minis and Herriott..Harriman
and Trewin Confer.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, May l-said one of the
shrewdest politicians of the state last
evening: II believe the withdrawal of
George ID, Perkins from the contest in
the Eleventh district Will not hurt
SCummins a particle In fact, it will
of giving the Conger boom an impetus
which would carry it beyond bounds,
such as was probably intended, it would |
have the effect of hurting Cummins
chances for the nomination.; but If, as
seems likely, it simply removes one of I
many minor obstacles in the way of |
Cummins success. then it is all the bet-
ter for Cummins.'' Opinion is divided
as TO the effect. Every enthusiastic |
Cummins man rejoices over the with
drawal of Perkins To them it makes
the way easier. The anti-Cummins
| people, especially those who have been
secretely knitting him willis openly pre-
\ tending to be for him, are coming OUT
Into the open and rejoicing a. whatpap-sl
! pears to them To be the beginning OF
| the general muvement to sweep every
\ thing off the slate in the iliteies. of
| Polk county candidate who IS mol the
i choice Of Polk county One thing has
come out in this connection in tbs past
5!gfew days and that is the existence Of a
4 close under standing between Hartman
| ard Trewin. 1t is stated here that these
! two candidates from northeastern Iowa
have had several conferences iately,
chat they have canvasssd the situation
Thoroughly, that when Mr.. Hartman
was hare recently he told confidential
friends that there was a perfect under
\ standing between himself and Trewin,
that the one which had the most
lsstrength thruout the state was to have
the support of the Third and Fourth
4 districts and not stand in the way Of.
& the other. This cumports we'll with the
8 theory that the entire play Of every
8 candidate except Herriott has been TO
!, l.defeat Cunmirs and that all have been
: working together. 1t is known tina. Col.
j Palmer has been holding himself in
!. readiness 10 be a candidate IN behalf OF
the old soldiers in case Conger should
not be candidate The Foster move
ment has been strictly an anti-Cum-
minis movement and nothing else. Herr
Iriott alons seems 10 stand on his merits
as a candidate and not because he is
) ,aI.opposea to Cummins.
81 When Mr.. Conser arrives in Des
Moines he will be reminded Of sofng rea-
s,Ns why he cannot be a candidate far
a governor III opposition TO some Of the
!, .,Icandidates in the field. He is under es-
!, pecial obligations 10 a. p. Cummins for
the stand which Mr., Cummins took
With reference to Cnnger and the Bra
zilian mission In 1897, Mr.. Cnmnains
was the national committeeman and
was. of course consulted with reference
;, to Iowa appointments. President Nc
Klnley was teld by MIR. Cummins that
the latter had one favor . ask of him
: ard that was that he reappaint Major
!. conger to the post a Rio he had d5occu-
pied under President Harrison. Hav-
ing known Mr.. Conger we'll. President
Mckinley agreed 10 this and So notified
: Mr.. Cumnins then and there. He asked
i only that Major Conger secure this
: formal endorsement of the Iowa dsie-
cation in congress: but the promise was
: made direct to Cummins ard brought
d by him 10 Conger Al least such is the
u report as generally understood. Witt
I reference 10 MIR. Herriott Major Congel
I is under peculiar abiigations. They
L have been old friends and both are ole
9 soldiers. Mr.. Herriott has done many
d things in his career for which Major
c Conger is thankful. Gonger coulo moi
5 he Il candidate against Herriott with
n out breaking faith with an old friend.
Incidentally if the machine should
win out and make the Cedar Rapid:
I, Eeonvention a mere perfunctory gather,
= Firg to formally do that which has al.
ready been done. Des MONIES people ar.
confident tnat Cedar Rapids Would nav,
no trouble in entertaining those whs
!, would be there.
: Des Moines is about to take from
s Cedar Rapids another industrial firm
The M. Rumely Company of LaPorte
{, Ind. manufacturers of threshing ma
S chimes, saw mills and such things, is /,
e make headquarters in Des Moines in
i stead of Cedar Rapids for the territor,
t, cf Iowa, Nebraska and Minnesota. Th
company has purchased a quarter blocl
and will next year build big ware
house. The agent at Cedar Rapids vii
= come here to take charge. Des Mone
z is getting to be good deal of ma
= ohinery town.
If
Judge Given, of the supreme court
says that he has not experienced sue
n hot weather at this time of the yea
4 since thirty-nine Years ago. He re
members, he says. that on May /, lS6.
he was in Alabama and he and his com
rades were chased across the country b
/. lot of rebels, and ii was the hotties
l. first of May he ever knew.
is The police officers of Des Moines yes
terday placed gypsy in Jail and wi
attempt to convict her of the crime 9
,f "fortune-telling" She is a bright bu
"A evidently depraved woman of true gyI
"a sy blood and has followed the life of
fortune teller many years. She read
fortunes by palmstry. Doubtless I'll
City of Des Moines is in much the sam
Of Situation as other cities where ord
j. RANGES exist classifying fortune tellin
ia as one of the evidences of vagabondag
and making it crime Of itself b,