Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-12-15
AS TO PERKINS, CANDIDACY
Railroad Element Has Not Been Able
to Arouse Much Enthusiasm in His
Behalf Among the People-stand-
pat Papers Will Continue to Oppose
Cummins.
,necia.l to Times-Republican.

admit the truth, that II Governor
Cummins is u candidate for a third
term as governor he will be nominated
practically without opposition on the
part of the standpatters. The utter
failure of the railroad element of the
party to get George d. Perkins before
the people in any satisfactory manner
that would indicate strength has con-
tributed to this situation. In the first
place it is admitted, not openly OF
course, that the standpatters have no
one to put in opposition to the Gov
ernor. Since the conference OF some
days ago there has been an Increasing
sentiment from outside the Seventh
district in favor of the governor for
third term. The standpatters recognize
this and recognize too that the har-
mony talk which was coupled with
Perkins candidacy has been a failure.
The demand for Governor Cummins to
continue in the governors chair which
is due to the position the governor oc-
cupies on public questions, II the
standpatters put up a candidate In OPP
position to him it must OF necessity be-
come a campaign strictly in opposition
to the governors position on these
public questions. That is a situation.
which the standpatterS have been try
ing to avoid but have failed to do so
and as the success of their plans to get
a standpatter in the governors chair
hinged on it they will interpose no OPP
position to the governors renomina-
ton. The Cummins people recognize
that the only thing that will induce
the governor to become candidate
for the denomination will be an unmis-
takeaible demand on the part of his
friends over the state and a convince
ing showing that 1t is his duty to re-
main in the position The trend Gf
events at this time however, is very
strongly in the direction to convince
the governor of that situation.
1t is of course expected that the
standpat papers will continue to OPP
pose the governors candidacy as they
have ever since it was first suggested,
but the quite hopeless position in
which they are placed settles the mat
ter. One politician today expressed the
matter this way: Suppose Perkins
should be a candidate against Cover
nor CunMnins, and suppose that Per-
kins should refuse to consider during
the campaign such dividing subjects
as the tariff and railroad rate question
and anti-pass. Do you suppose he
could make any impression on the state
on a platform claiming that the
Eleventh district deserved recognition.
and that prominent republicans should
take turns being rewarded for sup
porting the party? He couldn't make
bit better showing if he opposed the
governor fair and square on all issues
and as it would be with Perkins it
would be with all other candidates
that can be suggested"
Some Of the standpatters sweat I'M
der the collar a little because Of the
address of Senator w. A. Harris of
Chicago before the farmers institute
at the state house on foreign markets.
The senator was heartily cheered at
the close Of his address and the reso-
lutions (which he assisted in framing
were unanimously adopted, without an
opposing vote. 1t was clearly to be
seen that the vast majority was with
him in his tariff views and the meth
DDS OF extending the markets on beef
and hogs. However, some few seemed
to think that the address was out of
place. They talked that it was running
politics into the annual meeting of the
state agricultural society. Others
deny that it is politics. They claim
it is business and that with the farm
ers and stock growers of the west
their business is almost now at the
mercy of the trade relations with for
eign countries and there is no way
for the farmers to escape the issue.
sss
Prof. c. A. Cummins Of the capital
commission believes that as Iowa peo-
pie study the Blashfield painting they
will discover that the position Of the
driver of the OK team is the most
minor question in the whole matter
and that they will then appreciate the
painting. AS matter of fact Mr..
Blashfield did not make a mistake in
putting the driver on the "off'' side
of the OK team There seems to be a
belief that he was ignorant OF the eti-
quette of OK driving. This is mis-
take. He was thoroughly aware CT the
position taken by the driver and when
ne put the painting on the wall was
the first to call attention to the posi-
ton of the driver. He told the capt.
tai commission of 1t and said he felt
at liberty to take poetic license and
put the driver where he would best
balance the painting. Professor
Cummings says the great features of
the painting is the harmony of color,
the skill with WHICH the artist has
adapted his painting to the building
and has covered up the harsh architec-
tural lines in that end of the building.
He thinks the coloring in the painting
is about the finest that has ever been
done and believes the painting will not
remain on the wall many weeks before
the people will begin to recognize that
feature Of it.
Representative B. r. Robinson Of the
Dickinson Emmett district, has been in
the city this week attending the meet
ings of the State Agricultural Society.
At the last session of the Legislature