Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-08-05
READY FOR 1Hl lineup.
Convention City Rapidly Filling
With Candidates ana
Delegates.
Antis Hold ! Meeting and Plsdfe|
Mutual Aid IN oppesin1
cummins.
Young Hubbard's BluH Called.
Cedar Rapids Msn's Badfe
Turned Down.
Special to Tlmes-Republican.

opeclal 70 Tlmes-RepubltcaH.
Cedar Rapids, Aug. 5.-The conven-
tion city is rapidly filling up today In
anticipation of the republican state con-
svention. The prospects for cool and
comfortable weather is highly pleasing
to the people Of the city. They have
realised all along that they will have
their hands full taking care Of the visi-
tors and there has been no disposition
at any time to ignore the hard task
ahead Il the city Is to maintain its rep
utation for entertaining. But all pre-.
paratlons have been completed, rooms
secured for committees and candidates
and for the newspaper men, entertain-
ment committees abundantly equipped
for doing their work, and every prelim-
mary carefully attended to. Already
nearly all the candidates are well es-
tablished in the hotels in comfortable
rooms and their chief managers are here
ready to receive the incoming delegates.
Many delegates are also on hand and
the trains today have been crowded
With coming republicans. There is no
doubt In the minds of anyone that the
convention Will be on of the most in
teresting, and perhaps most exciting, of
any convention OF the party in recent
years. and this is sufficient to draw to
the city great throngs Of visitors.
Among those who are on the ground
early are the two Blythes, who are op-
pose dto Cummins; L. ID. Raymond, Of
Hampton in the interests of Hartman:
Frank Hopkins of Guthrie and James
Wilson Of Adair, managers for HerrIott; I.
G. w. Johnston, OF Des Moines, who is
working for Conger; Frank Hiper, OF
Sheldon, who is looking after the inter-
ests Of Brown. Col. Mowry and the
candidates for Judge were all on hand.
Trewin seems to be managing his own
campaign with what help he can get
from the Cedar Rapids crowd. A short
iconference of anti Cumnins men was
held this morning at the Grand Hotel.
Representatives of Hartman, Herriott.
SConger, Foster and Trewir were all
present. 1t was agreed that the hrst
consideration among them was to keep
Cummins from being nominated IN the
hrst or second ballot and work to delay
80 that combinations could be affected.
They reported that the conference was
harmonious in every respect and all the
candidates opposed to Cummins are
pledged to hold their forces together il
possible to beat Cummins first. Another
conference has been arranged for the af.
ternoon when large number OF dele
gates come in.
Shortly before noon today candidates
Trewin. Hartman and Herriott held a
short conference with the object Of deter
mining how best they could oppose the
Cummins strength. All three denied
they had agreed upon any one man to
lead the opposition to Cummins, in case
they found 1t necessary to unite against
him. They did agree. however. to pool
their issues IL such a step seemed neces-
sary and claim they can control the con.
vention with $50 to 975 votes. Cummins
claims sure nomination. on the first or
second ballot.
The conference Of the anti Cummins
men this morning was held in the Office
of the United States Attorney Mcmillan
and was attended by Blythe and Hub
bard. 1t was decided that an effort
should be made to control the creden-
tials committee and decide all contests
against Cummins.
This morning an alteration took
place between N. NJ. Hubbard. Jr.. and
Mr.. Hayne, Of Des Moines, at a hotel.
HUBBARD offered to bet that IL Cumminsi
was nominated Linn county. instead of
going LOO republican would go 5000
democratic and 1t was more threat
than guess. Mr.. Hayne put up the
money and said he would take the bet.
Hubbard hedged and wanted odds and
finally quit. Henry Wilson, Of Mount
Ayr. made bet Of a thousand dollars
this afternoon against four hundred on
Cummins' nomination. Wilson was in
fiuential in carrying RinRgold county
for Cumming.
CLAIMS OF THE CANDIDATES.
But little can be said that is new
concerning the candidates and their
claims. The Cummins men claim at
least $50 votes OF first ballot which they
can count on. and the anti Cummins
men concede about 700. The Cummins
men believe their figures are the mini
mum and that the first ballot Will show
much greater strength for their candi-
date. The Trewin claims run all the
way from loo to 175. There Is not dis
EsASS 80 " sAAS OtlcIS .. 3k1eTTIOII mas lSC
for him. Hartman has 167. eConeer 20.
Mahon % and Foster an uncertain num-
Der approximating zero. The managers
are not giving out more exact figures.
Amid the mass of claims and counter
claims estimates that radically differl
and statements that are fatty contra
dlcted. one fact is evident and uncon-
troverted-it will be a battle royal from
the start. with every candidate whack-
ing away at every other. candidate and
everybody having an extra punch at |
Cummins. There were no ! particular
changes in the lineup this morning, but
the managers Of all candidates claimed
nothing but pleasant dreams during the
night. ss55 3 !, ,3s- e Z
Just at present, Cummins of course has
the best chance to win, but out OF all the
list opposed to him nobody can And q
man who has Z chance 10 lore. Anti
Cummins men say they viii make 4
fight in the caucuses that will prove an
to CUMMING and they oonil-
dently predict they win !, control and
make up al the important cSmmitt
But the manager M ~ Cuna-