Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-07-12
USE KNAV|SH MEANS
Desperate and Despicable Meth.
DDS Resorted to by the
Machine Leaders.
False and Hypocritical Circulars
Discreditine Cummins Scat
tered Broadcast.
Mills County Will Stand For
Herriott...Ninth Means
Business.


Special to mes-Republican.
Des Moines, July 12.-One OF the
amusing features of the present political
campaign in Iowa is the sheer despera-
son of some of the contestants and their
peculiar methods of attempting 10 dis
credit in advance the republican state
ticket of 1901. Those who engage in
playing into the democratic hands de-
liberately in the expectation that they
will be able to defeat the republican
ticket and place the blame therefor on
the majority of the party, have resorted
to the boomerang circular methcd of
attacking the candidates. A batch of
these crculars-printed nobody knows
where because the printers We're ashan-
ed to place their imprint on the job
reveals a complicated mixture of false
| hood and hypocrisy. One of the first Of
these circulars makes direct attack
| on A h. Cummins and prints lot of
| stuff about him intended 70 show that
! he tried to encompass the defeat of
1 Senator Allison for reelection some
years ago by redistricting the state. OF
| course there has never been gerry
| mander of districts II this state for any
4 purpose and anyone who would advo-
/ cate such thing would deserve ehliv-
| ion Only democrats favor the gerry
mander style of Winning victories. The
ticket is printed which the democrats
of Polk county had the year Cummins
was elected With Berryhii, and also the
| ticket on which Mr. Cummnns and Mr.
| Baker ran for the legislature. The fact
is, as everyone here knows. that MIR
! Cummins and Mr. Baker ran for Office
/ with sucn republicans as Larrabee
1 Hull, Robinson. Brandt and Saylor.
Another of these circulars is headed:
Some reasons why seventyfive princi-
| pal democratic newspapers in Iowa are
/ supporting cummins for the republi-
can nomination for governor In this
is included the accusation that Cum
I minis tried to gerrymander the state to
defeat Allison. However, il was subse-
4 quent to this that Cummins was Sc
| iected TO represent Iowa republieanism
lin the councils of the party, II IS also
charged that Culnmins Is attorney for
the steel trust This Is Interesting if
true for it shows that some persons who
4 know good lawyers when they see them
4 Iappreciate the eminent abilities of the
Iowa man. The circular also contains
the threat that from 10000 to 10000 OF
Il the ants will bolt the ticke; this YEAR If
4 Cummins is on the ticket. The next of
i the interesting series of boomerang cir
4 culars is designed 10 prove tina. Mr..
I Cummins has actually had the courage
4 to sign petitions permitting open sa-
lonos In Des Moines TO take the place Of
4 the holes IN he wall and drug store sa-
4 looms. To prove this there is a state
merit sworn to before that eminent re-
publican Thos. G. Orwig. wtio has been
fighting the republican party for many
4 years. Another OF the amusing circu-
lars contains long article from the
4 "Ottumwa Herald" what ever that may
be. intended to show that laborins men
Il ought to be against Cummins: but dss-
4 plte this the laboring nieG who are IA
i milar with Cummins' record are for
4 Cummins and are supporting MN loyal
! ~ In this same eircuiar Is reprinted
the falsehsod about Dawson. Of the
4 Leader being out in tbs state working
/ politics OF course the author # the
paragraph quoted knew Very we'll that
i Dawson has done nothing OF the sort
Another circular Is a curiosity 1t is
headed "A Curious Anti Railroad Cam
didate.' and shows mat SuihHihs is
attorney for the Great Western, the
Wabash. the Des Moines Union. that he
was brought out by the railroads in
/ ,SS, Ia defeat Berrvhiil (Which is false),
and then follows list Of the railroad
attorneys supporting eummins irclud-
ing attorneys for the MliWaukee' ROCK
Island. Iowa censrai, northwestern V,
dar Rapids rou's. o'laha rou'e a'u
i Minneapolis line TINS caps the Climax. l
/ AS one Des Moinss republican sac to-
day on looking over tnese ciFenlars OF
ehs railfoau M me- ,,....s4.,. !.
a railroad man al over He doesn't pre-
tend TO be an anti-rairoad man, The
Il ,ba,, ~, L. rtlilS, Ia. .rtIa Yet is