Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-11-09
MET signal FAILURE
Admission That Cummins' Big
Majority Takes Argument
ALI Out Of standpatters
EFFORT TO CUT DOWN VOTE
Tn. Disappointment Was Great Which
Came to the stand-pat Newspapers
Which Wore Laying tho Foundation
For an a Told You So" outcry-
Anti-eompact Law Decision.
,ecial to THmes-R Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Nov. "a Determined
effort was made in Des Moines by the
radical stand -patters to cut the vote OF
Governor Cummins below that OF oth-
er candidates. The word was passed
along the line that the governors ma
iority at the late election would be
down to 10000 and one confident stand
patter proclaimed his belief at state
republican headquarters that 25,o0O
would be the limit. Everything was
done that was possible to encourage the
democrats. especially in the way OF
demonstrating that there is a wide
breach in the republican party and that
a vast number of the republicans were
supposed to be bitterly opposed to the
governor and his tariff views. The re-
suit in Polk county was really disap-
pointing to the stand-patters The vote
OF Gov. Cummins was 8.006 and that OF
Lieut.. Gov. Harriott 8,046. difference
of just 40. The governors vote was
just 81 in the county behind that for
railroad commissioner and 15 behind
that for the republican candidate for
superintendent. 1t was just 3 behind
that for Emory English one Of the
candidates for representative and 33l
ahead of H. E. Teachout. the other can
didate for representative. That there
were concerted plahs to cut the Cum
minis vote down is certain. In one pre-
cince 40 had failed to register and in
another so had failed. The vote shows
that the rank and file of the party can
not be moved by the clamor of those
who kick against the car of progress.
The governor 10 not saying very much
-ile says he prefers to let the figures
speak for themselves here in this coun-
ty and elsewhere in the state, and he
does not feel called upon to explain
anything at this time. But those who
are denouncing him as tariff ripper
and cataloging him as a democrat or
a populist are silenced by the re-
turns.
+ n. w. Byers, of Harlan, who Is de-
voting more time to business than to
politics, spent a few days in the city
last week in the state law library. "The
result of the election" he said. was
highly gratifying to every friend of the
republican party. The vote given Gov.
Cummins was an Endorsement right
from the hearts OF the people OF this
state and 1t shows that the governor Is
appreciated by the people. We know
what the stand patters were preparing
to say. They anticipated that the gov
ernor's majority would be cut in half
this year. Then they were prepared
to raise a great cry that 1t was due
to. the governors unpopularity. They
were going to say that the Iowa idea
did 1t, that the republican voters of
Iowa were opposed to tariff ripping,
that if the party had not declared for
reciprocity and tariff revision the resul.
would have been different, etc. There
has been hardly any concealment of
this purpose. The stand-pat news
papers We're getting ready for Just such
a situation. They were laying the foun-
dation for an I told you so outcry tn
overwhelm the friends OF the governor
and bring into disrepute the platform
Of the party. All the literature they
sent out was filled with praise of Sui
livan and predictions Of big vote for
him. But all this was ended when the
vote was counted. There is one con-
spicuous stand -patter out in our coun-
ty who now admits that the big major
ity for Gov. Cummins takes the ar
gument all out Of the stand -patters.
Il h. ,v,fn ho fofy o1,o 4
admit that the governor has demon
strated that the people of Iowa are with
him. But what pleases me more than
anything else is the fine vote the gov
ernor got in the so-called reservation"
counties where the party leaders and
politicians are stand-patters Here the
vote shows that the republicans are
right with the governor and they refuse
to be led off by politicians. In fact
l know that the rank and file have
been with the governor all along and
they have just been anxious for a
chance to demonstrate 1t by giving him
a big vote. 1t is significant. Every
republican in Iowa ought to take cour-
age from the fine vote just given the
governor. for it means a harmonious
and aggressive party from this time
on"
One of the little things which indl-
Gated what was happening in the cam
paign occurred in Dallas county. Gov
ernor Cummins Is popular in Perry
among the railroad employees, but his
popularity among them was offset By
the adverse VOTE of higher railroad Of
ticials But George w. Clarke. run
ning for representative, was run over
100 behind In Perry This was due In
part to the railroad influence which
was notoriously hostile to him, and to
the efforts of the laboring men. who
opposed Clarke because he refused to
vote for the resolution IN the last leg
islature memorialfzing congress to pass
the Hoar anti injunction bill. The la.
boring men were incensed at this and
the word was passed along that Clarke
must be cut as rebuke to him.
However. this is likely to prove bad
policy, for as speaker of the house he
viii naturally not do much to help
those who have cut his vote down.
1t is not true that Senator Allison