Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-05-14
PERKINS SAYS IFS cummlhs.


PERKINS SAYS ITS CUMMlNS.
The fact that Editor Perkins of tn,
Sioux City Journal is a much bette.
Journalist than he is politician is ono,
more emphasized in a two-column edi.
lstorial which appeared in his newspaper
Monday morning. Altho no friend of tbs
sSunmins candidacy Mr. Perkins sense
OF duty as journalist prompts him Il
make virtual admission that the POI
Ihtiesl signs al point TO the success Of
the Des Moines man. He says:
With the Eleventh district candidate
broken down and retired. the cummins
machine finds itself in position 10 mass
on another district. The probability il
that the Fonrth district has been Sc
lected. The Fourth district is the home
of Senator Trewin. candidate for COVER
rol; also the home of Mr. Illemme. who
is an active candidate for lieutenant
sovernor; also the home Of Mr. Barrett
no s the superintendent Of pab.ic In
struction, and who seeks third nomi-
nation, and as Yet mas no formidable
opposition. The dsctiiet contributed
materially TO the cumuins sena,or.a.
campaign, and the clmniins fences in
the district are not out of repair. So
confident are the Gumnins troops that
the Claim IS made that out of the III
votes in the distric, Mr.. cummins Mi
win 100 u them. Thus ii is hoped 10
break down the candidacy of Senator
Trewin. for ii is obviously true that a
positive eandidacy cannot be made sue !.
cessfni- whateyer passive support ii,
may have in the state at large, without
the endorsement and fightiug strength
OF people at home.
AS 10 the Third district, the plan of
the Cummins campaigners a appears to be
simply to surround it, simply 10 lay
siege 70 it, with the expectation that
Senator Hartman viii surrender at the
state convention, if not before.
The Ninth district is not a matter of
Worry. The candidacy OF John Herriott
il not considered seriously In Cummins
quarters. and in the break the cummins
people expect favorable returns
Mr.. Perkins pays his respects to what
he terms the Cummins machine and its
methods of making Blythe and Hubbard
the boyle men Of the campaign and
refers to the Tenth district as follows:
The Legislature 10 be elected ,his, fall
VIII name the saecessorsto Senator's al.
lison ard Dolliver- Mr.. cummins has
pledged not to oppose either Of them.
and his Polk county convention put tina,
obligation into its record. But what does
this signify? II is simply notice to sem
ator Allison and Senator Deliver 10 be
good / Is suggested to them that ii
would be imprudent TO get in the way
of the Gummins machine. This polio,
gives the Cummins machine confidence.
for one thing. If its literature can be
believed that the 200 Tenth district
votes VIII go solidly TO Mr.. Cummins
IS
To prove his argument as 10 the Cum
Minis machine he illustrates its smooth
running ca pacites by stating next year
Iowa will elect eleven congressman
They have hardly needed a tip that dis
cretion is the better part of vaor The
Seventh district member is off for the
Philippines TO spend the summer.
II organization, az the word s under
stood in politics, isto win, the Cummins
machine will win. The hands of many
republicans, as the hands of the Iowa
senators, are weighted If not tied Gov
Shaw has been set to listen TO the buzz
zing of a bee"
Thus does Mr.. Perkins the Journalist
writing of the political situation with
the ripe judgment of lifetime's exper-
fence defeat the very purposes OF Mr.
Perkins the politician and acknowledge
the inevitable success of the man he
would like to destroy. To him he con-
cedes practically all the Eleventh dis
ttlCl, tIc eIilll ClIICHeQ by COnclll-
ating Shaw and Dolliver, the Fourth can
be broken up and probably 100 votes
captured, the Third is to be sur
rounded" the Ninth has long ceased tc
give Cummins any worry, and of course
everyone comedies to him his own. the
Seventh district, and the Second entire
So Mr.. Perkins is prompted to close his
argument with the frank admission that
the advantage at present Is with the
CumminS machine"
Philip James Bailey. the author Of
"Festus" published in 1899, is still alive
and recently attained his 85th year
Among the books that nobody has read
"Festus' is perhaps the most famous
Its most stirring sentences are taose
which are oft quoted:
| I'VE live in deeds. not years; ir
thoughts, not breaths;
| In feelings, not in figures on dial
We should count time by heart throbs
He most lives
Who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts
! the BEST