Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-08-06

bar keeper would only consent to its be-
ing burned on the premises. 1t was at
first suspected that anti-Cummns peo-
pie in Cedar Rapids inspired the enter
prise for political purposes but no
grounds for this belief could be discov-
cred other than that local painter
happened along suggesting the idea and |
doing a $40 Job on the sign for which
he asked no pay The Cummins men
were not doubling the promised neu-
trality of Cedar Rapids because Of the
incident.
Col. j. X. P. Thompson, of Rock Rap
ids, who withdrew from the race for
lieutenant governor is favoring Herriott
for governor.
Cedar Rapids has made ample prepar-
ations for the convention. The plan OF
forming temporary lobby in the street
Is an admirable one and caught the at
tention of every one. The broad side
walk was made still broader by thirty
feet and over the whole, for the distance
of a block, was stretched canvass. NO
finer place could be conceived OF for
convention lobby. Cedar Rapids has
done the right thing by the convention.
HEADQUARTERS are open for Conger, but
he is on the high seas, and has no ex-
pectation of returning for year or Two.
The men in charge are from warren
Madison and Polk counties
| Sid Foster did not arrive until late
last night opening headquarters today
| when Ex-Governor Frank Jackson came
upon the scene to press Fosters claims
| for the recognition Of six delegates from
| Polk county who have agreed to support
him.
\ There was some amusement created
4 with the badges on which was printed.
"Republicanism without democratic dc
4 tation." Someone circulated the rumor
sl'that Ed Hunter was responsible Tor
them, and others said they came from
/ |Johnson county where c. s. Ranck
managed the republican caucuses
sss
The Polk county dilemma has not
been relieved as yet. The delegation is
instructed for Whisenand for state COM
mitteeman to succeed Leach. There was
talk yesterday of the preparation OF q
petition to Whisenand asking him te
Withdraw and it was believed at leas'
sixty of the sixty-four delegates woulc
sign it. This has been abandoned, bu'
thes trongest kind of pressure VIII bt
drought to bear on Whisenand TO ge
lihim to withdraw. The Polk county del
. egates want Leach reelected and arr
! not for Whisenand. They will not dis
2 obey their instructions, however, ant
: unless Whisenand can be got out of tn
way he will be elected. This is ssrioa
3 Embarrassment to the Polk county del
= egation.
AT the caucuses of the districts tn
: members Of the state commit.ee Will
i selected Weaver will be re-eiected Il
y the first Clayton probably in the Stxtf
and Sargent in the Fifth. 1t will b
y Whisenand in the Seventh If not Leacf
s In the Tenth the contest appears to "a
u yor s. x. Way. of Kossuth. II this
is the result of the caucuses Spence wi
ot likely be the chairman of the commit
- tee.
N Betting was one argument made US
d of yesterday. 1t is not good one bt
may Indicate something. The bet
Henry Wilson, of Mt. Ayr, was $500
al 5000 on Cummins winning out. He the
or offered to double 1t and left the mone
I'd at the bank with C. Is. Shaffer. WI
st made the first bet. A syndicate toe
fs the bet later in the day. Tom Potter.
". Kossuth county, offerd to put up $40
10 on Cummins but found no takers.
Mt offered odds, but the money Of the ant
ne seemed to have given out.
ed
be The uninstructed, doubtful delegate
'r. from Scott county claimed by Jud
an Hubbard's paper to contain possih
p. seven Cummins men arrived during t
st night at 1925 and marched up the sire
OF thorty- three strong. headed by jol
r. George Metzgar and shouting the Sec
er county yell: What. what, what. H,
nd hot. hot! Scott. Scott, Scott, for Cul
rs. 4 mins-ns-ns! where's the governor
er yelled Metzgar when they reached t
m Grand Hotel. Mr.. Cummins had retir
to but straightway they filed up t
OF flights of stairs to his sleeping apal
lot ments to see the governor.