Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-07-13
|UAA|NS DENIES /
Did Not Write a Letter Re
garding Vice Presidential
Nomination
'EFusED TO RECOGNIZE STORY
Editor of Weekly Paper in Northwest
Iowa Trips Him Into an Interview
Which Des Moines Correspondents
Could Not Get-The Letter Was a
Fske-Governor's Modesty.
special to Times-Republican.

| Special to Times Republican.
| Des Moines, July 13.-Ever since the
somewhat sensational story appeared
in eastern press dispatches that Cover
nor Cummins had written letter stat
| ing that he would be pleased to ac-
| cept the vice presidential nomination
which letter as alleged, was being
shown to Washington newspaper men
Des Moines correspondents have been
eager to get at the facts. 1t was soon
learned that the governor had not writ
ten the letter, but it was impossible
to get the governor to authorize an
such letter he did not want to be put
in the light of holding himself above
such an honor by making a denial
of the letter and he. was too modest and
too shrewd to be caught rushing into
the papers the. moment some irrespon-
sible correspondent started fake story
connecting his name with national af-
fairs.
A newspaper man in northwestern
Iowa, however. seems to have caught
the governor. unawares and secured
from him information which the Des
Moines men failed to get. The editor
of the Rock Valley Bee met the COVER
nor en- route to Mitchell. South Da-
kota and the next day in his paper I'M
der the caption "A Lie Nailed ap-
peared the following:
The Bee editor was fortunate enough
while on his return from the senatorial
convention to meet Gov. Cummins. He
was on the platform at Sheldon when
first seen, buying Sioux City Journal
from the news agent. He there met
the Hon. w. c. Kimmel, nominee for
senator from the big four" and very
cordially congratulated him upon his
nomination. Charley Morris shook
hands with Iowa's big governor as
heartily as tho he was the one being
congratulated and was greatly pleased
to hear the kindly greetings exchanged
between the governor and the senator
that is TO be. About the first thing the
good natured governor did as soon as
he was seated in the passenger coach
was to nail the lie found on the first
page of the Sioux City Journal. The lie
referred to was entitled: Gov Cum
Minis Is Willing-W'iIl Stand for the
Vice Presidency II Dssired-Depends on
Party Leaders"
Il am very much surprised at the
Statements said the governor. They
are so grossly untrue and SO wholly
absurd that Ii is useless to attempt to
make denial. 1t is 10 be much regretted
that so many reporters have become
so irresponsible in reporting The hap
peninss of the day.
This story" the governor went on
To say, recalls another one that came
out in the Philadelphia North Ameri-
can. was down to Wayne. Pa, short
time ago. and there made an address
before the graduating class of the coll
lege from which / graduated. l had for
the subject of my address a text quite
to the contrary of the one suggested
by DR. White, who some time ago pro-
posed that the philanthropists of the
country should endow an institution
or chairs, in several colleges, for the
puposs OF educating a class r,f young
men FOR officeholding. l rather sup
ported the idea of educating the voter
how to vote.
''Why, do you know" the good ma
tured governor continued. that that
great newspaper went on to state in an
editorial that I had attacked lhe great
Pennsylvania libel law, and had taken
Governor Pennypacker severely to
task for ever signing the measure. OF
course 1T made cool reading; they pat
ted ne on the back and all that, but /
did not utter one syllable that could be
so construed; the tact is the substance
of INV address was as far frc'm what l
was accredited with saying aa the moon
is from Mars"
Finally the Sious City Journal story
was laughed off al joke.
The governor WIS in happy mood
and discussed the attitude OF the Iowa
republicans on the tariff issue.
He said among other things: The
democrats and the radical standpatters
viii find little comfort as the result
of their efforts to disconcerl the Iowa
republicans at this or any other time.
Since the convention l have been lam
to the other.
'flrSt Oh dli, tHe SoNciIloi Soio CHI
a republican and am willing to allow
any republican the right | reserve for
myself on tariff revision. count it un-
fortunate that some are disposed to say
things just to be sensational. l am
perfectly satisfied to be classed with
such men as Allison, Dolliver and Per-
Mns, Perkins thru his Sioux City Jour
nal is doing a vast amount Of good
work for the republican party; he is a
stO,ng writer and an able man.
No man who has studied The life and
character of Iowa's big chief executive
can believe for one moment that he is
not Just. honest and sincere in his dec
larations. Moreover 1t is the writer's
opinion that he is right ard that the
republican majority this fall will evil
.dence that Iowa republicans are all Of
the same belief.