Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-07-03

MINIS members.
So was it with the organization of
the state central committee. After
practically every politician in the Fifth
district had promised Estabrook, of
Marshalltown their support. for MEM
Der of that committee aud every dele
gate expected to support him the de-
mand came from the ants that the
committee must be organized without
consulting the governors wishes. 1t
mas always been customary to consult
the candidate in the making of his
campaign committee, for the reason
that his friends are the largest con-
tributors and it Is necessary to satisfy
them that the committee will work for
the candidates best Interests before
their largest contributions are forth
coming. The governor had gotten along
very nicely with Spence as chairman
for two years and there was no reason
to believe that Spence would not be
satisfactory to him. but the ants pro-
posed to elect Spence without consult
ling the governor and then claim the
result as notable victory for them.
Hence it was that at the eleventh hour,
lin Pat" Murphy's room the demand
was made upon Estabrook that he vote
for Spence for chairman and that he
meet with the committee for this pur-
pose Immediately following his election
in the district caucus. Estabrook ar
gued that he ought to be trusted to be
fair without being tied hand and foot
before given the Office ard asked that
deferred week or more that he might
make the acquaintance CT the various
members and weigh their claims for the
craftsmanship. The uitimatum was
| then handed to him that I'VE have the
votes to control the district and you
| must not misrepresent the majority OF
your district on this MISTER. All we
ask is that you vote for Spence. but
this we insist upon" Had Estabrook
Withdrawn or been defeated it was
slated that Murphy should get the
place, which would be vote for Spence
sure, so it was advised by Estabrooks
friends that he meet the terms laid
down, since he would re left with a
| liberty of voice on other matters as
they came up, and Estabrook accepted
altho, personally, he much preferred to
withdraw than to yield to unreasonable
dictation. This was victory for the
ants, provided Spence was not salts
factory to the governor, condition
which the governor has so far failed to
indicate.
So 1t was on all petty matters. The
ants realized that they were going to
get pesky little from the platform to
satisfy their extreme positions, so they
wanted something for appearances
sake. Not so was 1t with the States
men OF the party. Both eenators, Sec
1etary Wilson. most of the congress
men, Governor Cummins. The great boss
of the Reservation, Iowa's greatest edi-
tor and the conservatives generally
were we'll satisfied with the work ALI
son had done in harmonizing the Cum
Minis plank of the platform. This was
the main issue to them and details OF
Organization were immaterial
SO general was the satisfaction with
the speech Mr. Perkins had written
and SO vociferous the applause thai
greeted Senator Delivers words Of
commentator for the man who haC
written it that prophets there were by
the hundreds who assembled again II
the lobbies with the free prediction thai
Perkins had made himself the mex
governor of Iowa. He certainly made
himself one of the conspicuous heroes