The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-07-21
MAXWELL is A BOLTFR

Eighth District Democratic Commit
teeman Resigns and Says he will
not Support the Ticket.
A. w. Maxwell, of Seymour, the demo-
cratic member of the state central COM
mittee from the Eighth district, the
fellow who had charge of the Hearst
campaign in this state, has at last
shown his true colors and comes out in
signed letter repudiating the st. Louis
platform and ticket just as it was charg-
ed at the state convention he would do
unless Hearst was nominated. He has
done quite sensible thing and the
democratic party of Iowa can congratu-
late itself on getting rid of him. The
following public statement was issued
by Maxwell on Monday:
Seymour, Iowa, July 17.-Unable to
countenance, aid or support the candi-
dates or platform of the st. Louis con-
vention, have rendered my resignation
as member of the state central com.
mittee, and as chairman of the same
body. The announcement of my deter
mination to repudiate the ticket has
been delayed until this date in an effort
to persuade myself that there was
enough good in the candidate and the
platform to justify me in remaining
loyal to the ticket. Thus far have dis
covered absolutely nothing to commend
it to the voters Of the country. It's
surrender to Wall street has been SO
complete as to leave no doubt Of the
partys further course. Dominated as
it is by the trusts of the country, can
see absolutely no hope for the party in
the future and no hope for the country if
by accident Parker and Davis should be
elected. The party has been bound,
gagged and delivered bodily into the
control of the very interests | have
been fighting for the past eight years,
and if it's candidates, who are sub
servient to the Standard Oil Company
and their trusts, shall be elected, it
must be without my aid or sanction. |
shall in the near future issue a more ex-
tended statement of my reasons for re-
fusing to support the ticket. In view
sof my inability to support the ticket
], 81 COZ c55aars rse II net attend the con.
4vention at Iowa City:
(signed a. W. MAXWELL.
When the Hearst boom was started in
this state Maxwell Immediately secured
employment as Hearst's manager in
Iowa, and took up his headquarters at
Des Moines, where himself and family
occupied an expensive suite of rooms at
the Sayery Hotel. His action aroused a
storm of protest from leading democrats
in this district, who insisted that Max
well had been elected as state commit
teeman of the Eighth district to repre-
sent the democrats of the district, and
as such committeeman he had no right
to sell his position to any faction. At
the Eighth district caucus held at the
state convention at Des Moines in May
there was considerable opposition to
the reelection of Maxwell as a member
of the state committee, it being openly
charged and supported by affidavits
that at the county convention in his
home county, Wayne, Maxwell had
stated that if Parker was nominated he
would bolt the ticket. Maxwell how
ever denied this, and as the Hearst
faction were in the majority he was re-
elected committeeman, and just before
the state convention adjourned the
Hearst crowd introduced resolution
which was pushed through before half
delegates knew what it really was,
electing Maxwell as chairman Of the
state committee, while it had always
before been left to the members of the
committee to elect their own chairman.
This caused rumpus in the state COM
mittee, former chairman jackson refus-
ing to recognize Maxwell as chairman,
and when the call was issued by him
for the state nominating convent IN to
meet at Iowa City on Tuesday Of this
week, Jackson also issued a call claim
ing that he was still chairman. There
was promise Of a warm time at Iowa
City, but Maxwell cleared the situation
up by tending his resignation as above.
His resignation will cause no regret
among the members of the democratic
party Of Iowa. He started in last
spring to bull the Hearst movement in
Iowa, and has since maintained posi-
tion as boss of the party, and now has
shown his true colors. The truth of the
matter is that Maxwell evidently
realized that the Iowa City convention
would not uphold him as chairman, and
,.a ther than suffer defeat ha atton,rted