Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-08-07
Temporary Chairman Davis Address Receive
With the Greatest Enthusiasm.
Caused Failure the Credena Committee 10 Repor
That Matter Out Of the Way the Contest will Speed.
lily Settled. cummins' Name cheered by the
DELEGATES. Hsrriolts Withdrawal Pres.
aged Cummins' Nomination.

working with the Cummins people to
defeat the other candidates, the Her
riott managers had thrown principle
aside and had entered into an unholy
alliance with the Hubbard-Blythe men
and was engaged in plotting to over
throw Cummins even If that should re-
suit In the selection OF some candidate
extremely obnoxious to Herriott and the
entire Ninth district. This was suffi-
cient to release them from their obli-
cations to Herrlott, so they argued, and
II he could abandon all principle for the
sake of Office at the last moment, they
need not be bound to stick to principle
so closely. This, at least, was the way
they figured 1t out. In the caucus of the
Ninth district men it developed that II
necessary between fifty and sixty votes
could be thrown to Cummins on the
first ballot, and between seventy five
and eighty on the second and subse-
quent ballots. With Herriott out Of the
way the actual Cummins strength in the
district would be near to ninety. To
makethe matter still palmer, paper
circulated among the Ninth distric: men
and it is stated that fifty-four signed It
agreeing to vote for Cummins. About IL
O'Clock last night a committee called on
Herriott to present this matter to him.
They told him plainly what the situa-
ton was. They made no demand or ex-
actions. but gave him notification fairly
and honestly of what was being done.
He had his Guthrie county delegation
almost entire with him They cor1-
suited and reached the conclusion then
that Mr. Herfiott would make no
change in his position. 1t is claimed
thatthe Ninth district people attempted
to get Herriott to withdraw and become
candidate for lieutenant governor. He
and all his men stated emphatically at
i midnight that under no circumstances
would he become candidate for lieu
tenant governor. This is where the
matter was left last night and was this
morning when the sun rose. 1t is but
fair to say that II. w. Byers, of Shelby.
was not conspicuous in urging what the
Ninth district delegates should do. He
is for Cummins but he has confined
himself to his own county,
sss
The Pottawattamie county delegation
was having trouble. They held mid
night caucus to see whether they would
stick to their agreement to divide the
delegation. They entered upon a sort
OF new contract to the effect that if
Cummins received thirty votes in the
roll call before Pottawattamie was
reached, in the Ninth district. they
would divide the delegation on the first
ballot
The efforts to secure the withdrawal
of Herriott in the Ninth district were
commenced by the anti-Cummins COM
bine. They believed that the votes of
that district. or a majority of them,
might be delivered bodily to the com
bine and for any candidate they might
name. They realizd that one of the first
things to be done was to get some of
their numerous candidates out of the
way They had understood that Trewin
would place his fate in their hands
readily and make no resistance to any
plan they might offer. and they wanted
TO get the Herriott men into the same
boat. Their first proposition was that
all OF the candidaes opposed to Cum
MINIS should agree to give the commit
Tee power to withdraw their names. The
Herriott men refused.
The work OF the steering committee OF
the anti-combine was reported TO be de-
icldedly discouraging all day yesterday
On the surface the managers reported
everything lovely. They sent out yari-
GUS statements. but all were of the most
general character. They had no exacr
ngures. They conceded Cummins 757
votes. but this was concession based
on the idea, of giving him just as few as
POSSIBLE. holding every Cummins man
instructed otherwise to his instructions
and releasing all others. They made
statement late last night, intended to
bolster up their cause, that they-the
combine had been making gains all
Gay. They-Messrs. Knott, Blythe. Nc
MILAN. Hubbard, Weaver and Hart
came out in a formal address of SYM
pathy with Herriott In which they shed
tears over the terrible manner in which
Herriott had been treated by the Cum
minis people. The significant part of
their formal statement was this:
We do not feel that we have lost by
the practical withdrawal OF Herriott.
for we shall get a good share OF the dis
trict. all we had in any case, and ex-
pect to have majority. We shall Ger
tainly control the organization Of the
conventioli-t there is no longer any doubt
OF that-and the report of the committee
on credentials will be sustained by the
convention. After we have shown that
we are in control OF the convention We
can agree upon who shall be iiomi-
mated. 4
This was the nearest to becoming bold
that the committete OF the combine had
come. The statement was regarded as
threat and q bludgeon. II Indicated that
the report of the committee on creden-
tlals was already known, altho the come
mittee has not been selected. Il sindi.