Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-10-07
Candidate Scofield Sues La Eel
lette Newspaper For $780,
900 Libel Damages
sTALwARTs HOLD a MEETING
Decide to Fight to Finish and Both
Senators Will Lead Free Press
Accused scofieId of Acting as Dis
bursting Agent for Former Senator
sawyer's Bribery Campaign,

Milwaukee. Oct. 7.-Former Governor
Edward Scofield Wednesday served the
summons and complaint in suit for
libel against the Milwaukee Free
Press, the LaFollette organ. The suit
is brought for 100000 damages.
The claim for alleged libel is based
upon the publication Of communlca-
ton signed "Citizen," printed in the
paper on Sept. %, which charged that
while Edward Scofield was state SEN
ator he acted as distributing agent for
the late Senator Sawyer for the pur-
pose of bribing members of the legls-
lature to vote for Sawyer as United
States senator.
Stalwart leaders have met and dec1d-
ed to continue the campaign against
LaFollette, and with this end IN view
a meeting has been called for today
of the stalwart state central commit
tee.
Attorneys for the stalwarts have been
instructed to look up the questlon ol
beginning suit to compel the secfe'als
of state to place at the heao OIL tne
stalwart ticket the list OF Roosevelt
electors which LaFollette will use.
Governor LaFollette continued ms
campaign and served notice he is glad
the stalwarts are out of the party, SO
that can be tagged" and classed with
corporation democrats.
Official statements were issued by
Messrs. Cook and Scofeld defining their
position.
After the conference yesterday Mr..
Cook issued a statement defining his
position. He reviews his loyalty to the
republican party for thirty-five years,
talks of the conditions that led up to
the two conventions, and the subse-
uuent proceedings in the supreme
court, and then speaks of his letter
of three weeks ago stating he would
withdraw if he failed to get the. deci-
sion..
Mr.. scofield at the same time gave
out the following interview:
ST am not an office seeker, but l am
proud of the honor conferred upon me,
and shall make an active and ener-
getic canvass until the day of cleo
ton. I am confident that I shall be
elected. I have faith in the judgment
and in the desire for fair play of re-
publicans of Wisconsin, and am cer-
tain they will rebuke the high handed
methods by which Mr.. LaFollette at
tempted to steal the party convention.
I represent in this contest the republi-
can party Of the state, and my NOM
ination comes thru the regular party
channels.
"The only tribunal that has passed
upon the merits Of the controversy
now in progress in the party in Wis
consin is the republican national COM
mittee, which declared after a mos,
careful investigation of the subject
that the opera house convention was
the regular one I am honored by
being asked to carry the banner OF
that convention.
'The regular republicans, whose
candidate am, are unanimous ana
enthusiastic IN their support of the re-
publican national ticket, and will see
to 1t that President Roosevelt receives
in this state the hearty support to
which his splendid record entities him.
II am heartily in sympathy with the
platform adopted by the state con-
vention Of the party held in the opera
house at Madison in May last
staIwarts Map Out Program.
The change Of candidates for COVER