Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-19
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
/ Toledo, March 13.-The Looker-On
| has always made an effort in this coll
umn, to avoid mere gossip, and while
what follows may possibly come under
/ that head, yet 1t comes to the writer
| from source, which at least i'm
| pressed this scribe, as safe matter TO
/ call fact. Ii is here printed, illustrat-
| ing that the recent congressional con-
/, test in Polk county was one in which
| the pot could not call the kettle black
and IN point of yenality and corruption
!! equaled anything heretofore reported
| of New York City or Philadelphia
! More than all, this state of affairs was
| brought about in a contest TO elect
republican congressman by republican
voters. 1t seems that there was GER
tain man whose candidacy for an Of
| flee carried with 1t mueh political
strength and many votes. So the man
ager of one candidate for COMPRESSION
al honors, went to the said candidate
for a minor office and paid him $4,000
to get out of the way, TO announce that
he would not run for the office. He
as his contract only called for a formal
withdrawal he felt perfect liberty TO
accept $500 from the other side and
work for the other candidate. Again
the matter of special police came up.
Il was necessary that such men should
be friendly ito our side" and as this
was worth something, several hum
dred dollars changed hands Then the
other side heard of the game, and ahter
some financial talk backed by real dol
lars, an equal number of police We're
appointed friendly to the other side.
These things were we'll known In Des
Moines several days before the vot-
ing occurred. Known as well as the.
issue of tissue ballots. Mr.. Huh or
Judge Prouty probably were unaware
OF the real deals that were made, put
that both candidates for congress de-
termined ito fight the devil with fire
is safe assertion.
So that there need be no surprise.
that IAN arrangement" made with any
set OF men that were in contest OF
this kind, an agreement only to be
carried out ION honor" was of no
binding effect, and Gov. CunMnins and
his friends now realize what such
agreement Is worth.
Travelling over the state one is Inn
pressed with the physical makeup ri
the Cummins and anti -Cummins ele-
ment In the republican ranks. A
large percentage of the Cummins crowd
Is made up Of the younger men. Men
l. hn11 fny Nff
but have for the past four years, taken
a hand in politics, and forced the old
fellows to get out OF the game, or
stand around the table waiting for a
fresh dish. The standpatters as 4
class are made up OF the old whee.
horses. The standpatter has for years
run the county political machine, and
hates to let 60. Certainly. let we'll
enough alone"
And out of this strife and turmoil
comes a feeling on the part of many
to clean out the whole business. AS
in Nevada and Ames last week, the
writer heard many express an opin-
ZION that the best thing for that district
would be to let out both Hull and
Prouty, so one hears every day from
good republicans desire to have an
entire new deal in Des Moines on May
18th. Such men seriously object to
going to Des Moines on that day, and
voting for the four delegates-at large
that Mr.. Blythe had the nerve (not 20
say gall) to name ninety days before
the date of the convention. And these
men say it is equally absurd to put n
other candidates mentioned by the
Cummins crowd.
And way up in northwest Iowa is
Uncle George of the Sioux City Jour
nal s"heaping up wealth against the
day Of wrath" Along here in central
Iowa, there was quite a disposition u
fall In with the generally expressed
idea OF having George d. Perkins sue
ceed A. b. Cummins as governor of
Iowa But once more Uncle George is
worshipping strange gods. SO these
Cummins men say. They cannot I'M
derstand why he has such short men,
ory. Only few moons age. the then
Hubbard Blythe machine, in good
running order at that time, was Offer
ing the governorship to Hartman. 70
Conger. to Perkins--to nybody to de-
feat CumminS, ana our Uncle ieorg,
only withdrew just in time ito save
his face" and now, forgetting it all,
is again listening to the voice of tho
tempter After all, Mr.. Perkins atti-
tude is consistent. I'VE Dutch stick
together" So do we congressman ana
x-congressmen, in anything to beat
Cummins.
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