Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-12
RULE AGAINST BLYTHE
Former Issues a Statement Re.
earding Candidacy for Con.
eressional Nomination.
Is Out to Win for Himself
and Not to Defeat ]. E.
Blythe.
Friends OF Latter Say Rule Can
Not Garry His Home
County.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to TimeS-RepupllcaH.
Mason City, April 12.-The candidacy
of Duncan Rule for congressman from
this district has excited considerable
controversy between the friends OF
Rule and Blythe. The friends of the
latter have insisted that Rule was
brought out in order to divide the coun-
ty and therefore defeat Blythes aspira-
tions. When the announcement was
made that Rule would be candidate
that gentleman was in Beaumont, Tex
as, looking after the legal end of the oil
interests of the Brice syndicate. There
has been some question as to whether
the announcement of his candidacy was
authorized. The Times-Herald mas
charged that the Globe Gazette was
suppressing telegram which had peen
received authorizing the announcement.
All doubts on this score have been set
at rest by the receipt of 5OO-word tel
egram, dated at Beaumont, Texas, stat
ing that his candidacy was duly au-
thorized and that he was in It, not to
defeat or assist any other candidate,
but to win for himself.
The telegram follows:
Beaumont, Texas, April Ito
Burr C. Keller, Mason City, Iowa:
Having learned that some misunder-
standing and controversy has arisen
at home concerning the announcement
of my candidacy for congress and the
purpose of my candidacy. l wish thru
you to briefly put before the people a
statement of my position so that there
can be no misunderstanding or room
for doubt. The announcement was
made by my direction under the belief
on my part that there was strong.
sincere and earnest desire on the part
of very true and genuine friends not
only in our own county, but turnout
the district, that should permit my
name to go before the people who alone
have the right to say who shall or shall
not be the candidate of their choice for
public office. This desire appeared to
grow stronger from time to time until
it appealed to me with such force that
/ could not properly disregard 1t with
out failing in my duty as citizen and
so the announcement is before the peo-
pie for their consideration. / have al
ways believed that no man should force
his candidacy upon the people, neither
has any man or set of men except the
chosen representatives of the people in
their conventions the right to dictate
who alone shall be permitted to seek
any nomination within the peoples
gift. The people only in their own pro-
per way must determine who shall be
the choice of the party organization to
which they belong. I wish the people
clearly to understand that my candi-
dacy Is neither for the purpose OF de-
feating any other candidate or of as
sisting any other candidate but 1t is
solely for the purpose that / may be
nominated and elected and / have no
doubt Of the result If the people of our
own county desire 1T. enter this can
vass with malice towards none and
trust that it will be carried on only in
a spirit of generous rivalry between
opposing candidates and their friends
and without bitterness of which there
is no need. If fortunate enough to be
elected / shall ever strive to faithfully
serve all the people along the line of
the best approved doctrines of the re-
publican party, If defeated, either at
home or in the district. defeat will leave
no sting, and l shall then be found
among the faithful rank and file of the
party giving to it's successful candidate
my best wishes and hearty support
DUNCAN RULE"
The friends of Rule claim that he
will carry the county. Blythe is in
Washington and so far has not been
heard from. 1t is probable If Rule can
carry the county it will dispose of
Blythe's candidacy, but the latters
friends say that Rule will be unable to
win in Cerro Gordo and that his can