Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-10-19
pOWESHIEK POLITICS
Information From Harpster Gives tho
Correct Story of GrinneII's Political
Mix -Up-Some Fatal Admissions

| -Up-Some Fatal Admissions
| Made.
Special to Times Republican.
Grinnell, Oct 19.-The Gazette came
out on Monday and the Herald on
Tuesday, and judging from the charg-
es made by the Herald it would seem
that Mondays Grinnell dispatch to the
T.-R. has made 1t uncomfortable for
some politicians. In the first place
said dispatch was not written by D. w.
Norris, as charged by the Herald. nor
dictated by him nor even seen by him
until it was published. 1t was written
for the T.-R. after an interview with
| several members OF the county COM
mittee, and other Grinnell people. The
story of Cowden's activity in bringing
out candidate, was given just as 1t
was being told on the streets Saturday
and Sunday.
| Information has since come from Mr..
| Harpster giving the straight Of 1t, and
| 1t is not materially different from the
| original, Mr.. Cowden's denial to the
contrary Notwithstanding. Mr.. Harp
ster went to his telephone quite by ac-
! cident, Thursday evening, to call up
another patron of the line. While
waiting for his number to be answer
ed he overheard the political CONVEX
sation between Mr.. Cowden of the Her.
aid office and someone in Chester.
Harpster did not then know who the
Chester man was. Cowden was heard
to urge that a Chester party run, but
the man to whom he was talking de-
INJURED, replying that some other
Chester man was stronger. CoWden
kept on urging and Harpster left the
phone.
On the following day when Harpster
came to town he told Ed Brande what
he had heard. Brande said that j. z.
Dempster's announcement was in the
Herald and they both concluded that
Dempster was the man Cowden was
telephoning. The story then gained
circulation on the streets in this form.
On Saturday Harpster went to the
Herald office to see Cowden and Cow
den accused him of housekeeping and
circulating lies and demanded to know
he, (Cowden) had urged Dempster to
come out. Harpster replied that he
had not used Dempster's name aud
Cowden then took Harpster with him
to Brandes office to make Brande take
1t back. Brande was asked to repeat
the conversation between Harpster
and himself, which he did in Cowden's
presence, just as above outlined, and
II ,3,,sc, ,toto
ment was correct Cowden then eX-
planned that he was not telephoning
to Dempster but to Sherman, and when
pressed did admit that they
were trying to get someone IN
Chester to run. w. G. Ray, Cow
denis partner, who had declared that
any man who had said that anyone
connected with the Herald had had
anything to do with bringing Demp-
ster out, was a liar, apologized to MI.
Brande.
The Gazette Monday published Nor
ris' letter of withdrawal in which Nor
ris gave the attempt to play dirty poll
tics on him as the reason for his re-
fusal to run and on Tuesday the Her.
aid replied with statements from
Ralph Sherman that Cowden did not
induce Dempster to become a candi-
date and from Dempster saying that
Cowden did not phone him direct
The matter is immaterial, for Norris
is out and seems to be glad of it.
Dempster, by withdrawing just as
soon as he heard Norris was out, coup
led with his admission in McMurray &
Rhlnefort's store Friday afternoon that
he knew he couldn't be nominated, has
exposed the purpose of his candidacy.
When he called at the Herald office
on that day and found his card signed
by a Few Farmers" already set in
type, it was, of course, by accident, and
when he told the Herald people that
he doubted the wisdom of the pro-
ceedings, it was, of course, by accident
that they insisted on his running be-
cause the announcement was already
in type and could not be taken out OF
the paper However, your correspon
dent must insist that the Herald has
un1ustly charged Norris With writing
the T.-R dispatch of Monday. Norris
neither gave the information nor saw
the article before it was printed.
DIR. E. w. Clark is now the Grinnell
candidate and s. A. OAKLAND of Sears
boro has brought himself out in a sign
ed card in Tuesdays Herald J.. j.
Sloan, of Brooklyn, has been persist
emily pursuing his campaign while the
other side of the county has been
segsaRsag amaaE themselves