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which c. NJ. Tinney manages. and
which is alleged to be paid for out
lof the assessment fund, was author
lied by the state executive commit
tee, Mr.. Rowe says, and has been
conducted only in the interest of the
republican party, and not for the
benefit of individual candidates.
Mr.. Rowe then. turns his attention
to Senator Cullom and his associate
signers of the round robin" to Sen
ator Mason, Mr.. Dawes and Speaker
Sherman. He charges the letter to
Sherman presented false issues to
mask covert attack upon the state
administration and Congressman
Hopkins candidacy for United States
senator. Graeme Stewart is dis
missed first with sarcastic para
graph, saying that Mr.. Stewart is
not mindful of the courtesy which
should exist between national and
state committees" and implying that
he, too, is supporting an individual
candidate for United States senator.
Congressman Reeves is said to have
signed the ''round robin" out of pique
because Mr.. Rowe was chairman of
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convention of 1900, and so angered
Mr.. Reeves, who was then candi-
date for governor, by contrasting ev-
cry inch of the ground with him.
As to Senator CuIIom.
Senator Cullom is accused of hav-
ing been :'suPported by assessments
of officeholders and the contribu-
tions of his friends, the active allegi-
ance of his federal appointees and
committeeman during his long pub
lie career; of having assessed federal
appointees and friends for the eX-
penses of his last campaign and of
having accepted the money that was
left; of having accepted the help of
John Il. Tanner as a candidate for
the presidential nomination in 1896,
and of then DESERVING Tanner in the
lattcr's hour of need; of having
turned down Mr.. Rowe for a federal
appointment because Rowe was not
Cullom's representative on the state
committee, and of having at the
same time secured better federal
appointment for j. Mack SholI. MEM
Der of the state committee. And last
~. Senator Cullom is accused of be
ing remained neutral in the senator
ial contest of last year and to Mr..
Rowe for his work, as chairman of
the state committee, to elect a re-
publican legislature. of Senator Ma
son Mr.. Rowe says that he could
have had the senator's Endorsement
for collector of internal revenue if
he had consented to hitch up with
Mason last year. He says. too. that
Senator Mason now recommends for
postoffices and federal positions on
" persons who will promise to use
their influence to reflect. him to the
United States senate. Mr.. Dawes is
accused of having used his recent Of
flee as comptroller of the currency
To promote his senatorial candidacy;
of having appointed hold-over state
senators and their friends to special
attorneyships in that department
and of having caused federal funds
to he deposited in the banks of men
who would support his candidacy.
Chairman Patterson of the Marion
county committee is also accused of
having done for Mr.. Dawes that
which Mr.. Dawes thinks Chairman
Hopkins.
Speaker Sherman.
Speaker Sherman is called the head
center of the whole conspiracy"
against Gov. .Yates-is accused of
having written the ''round robin to
himself and for himself. so that he
might have chance to reply. There
is n yelled threat that Speaker Sher-
mans full record as a ''reformer"
will be .'disclosed'' later. He is also
accused of having SUPPORTED both
John R.-Fanner and Senator Cullom
in the senatorial contest of last
year, and of similarly woodworking
both Senator Mason and Mr.. Dawes
now for his own ends.
All the persons mentioned i'm Mr..
Rowe's answer are accused individ-
ualIy and collectively of promoting
discord in the party and of trying
to tear down "a republican adminis-
tration. Sherman in particular, Mr..
Rowe says, has persistcntly, in
season and out of season, assailed
every act of Gov. Yates and has
done more than anybody else to dis
organize the party.
Mr.. Rowe's reioinder is ridiculed
by Speaker Sherman, Graeme Stew
art and other republicans who have
read il as an exhibition of bad tenn
per wholly lacking in force, or as
Mr. Sherman puts it, "a defense by
confession and avoidance"
Notice to DeposItors.
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