Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-07-06
No COMPROMISE
ON CANDIDATES
The Next Campaign to Be
Fight For Principles and :
Not Of Candidates
cuMMINs MEN OPPOSE GRAFT
Strenuous Effort Will bo Made to Elect
Mon Who Continue tn. Reforms In
ausurated by tho Pronent Governor
and Executive Council = Capital
Gossip.
Special TO Tlmes- Republican.


1 Special to Times Republican.
! Des Moincs, July 6.--While It has
been maintained by the newspapers OF
/ the state that support Gov. Cummins
land particularly by the T.-R, that
there would be. no comprdmise candi-
date go into the governors office as a
result of next years cimnpaign. that
fact never was so apparent ns at this
time. There has been a disposition all
along on the part OF an element OF the
politicians who are little welded to
Ideas and strongly welded to the old
idea that politics is mainly q game
Iconducted for the principle purpose OF
distributing the offices and spells. to
Ibelieve that next year was to be the
lyear OF compromise; that Gov. Cum
mins' term would expire and that this
was signal for quiet and harmonious
times to follow and that followers OF
Gov. Cununins and determined stand
patters would he made bedfellows
Through the political conditions.
Numerous newspapers ot the state
said the fight for the principles advo-
tcatcd for years by Gov. Cuminins
would not be abandoned, s. x. Way,
state committeeman. spoke up in OPP
position to the idea OF COM
promise when principle was at
stake, the Times Republican
leditorially spoke along the same
lline. On the other side Major
Rathbun,lof the Marion Register, said
ne would rather vote for a democrat
than for republican who didn't stand
for anything. Yet there has been a
disposition all along on the part of
some politicians and newspapers' to- get
the pcople4to believe THAI. tnere would
be, a compromise and an would be
lovely. An editorial in one Of the
local papers OF this city Sunday pro-
testing against the candidacy Of Geo.
d. Perkins on the compromise plat
form, has reopened the subject. Col.
ID. j. Palmer who Is recognized as be-
ing In the hands Of his friends In the
matter OF being candidate for gover-
nor and is also recognized as being a
standpatter. said today that he be-
|lieved q candidate should be known
by the principles for which he stands
land didn't take much stock In the kind
OF politics where there has to be a lot
OF Investigating to- ascertain what a
candidate believes.
II the politicians have not yet
grasped the situation, it is believed
| that they will realize soon that the
Cummins followers, who for q number
4 OF years have been wagingfa fight In
behalf of the interests OF the people,
and for distinct and well defined prin-
lciples are not going to abandon the
light now at the first suggestion OF
compromise. According to the inten-
tions OF the governor and his friends
| the fight never will be abandoned.
They are radically opposed to the graft
that prevaded the state house when
the members OF the previous executive
council, with one exception, held Of
fees in wild cat insurance companies.
They believe that public office is a
public trust and will continue to cham
pion the cause Of the people In the con-
troversy over rate legislation. tariff
revision, state wide primaries and
against railroad passes, lobbying and
] the like.
There is not a particle Of doubt In
| the minds of the we'll informed but
that the lines will be clearly defined at
| the next session of the general assem-
bly, which meets next January. Fur
| thermore the fact that an entire state
ticket will be elected and that prob
ably only three officials will be renom-
inated lends Importance to the fact
that the issues will be clearly defined
State Auditor Carroll and Superinten-
| dent Riggs have additional terms COM
ing according to the custom as has
| also John G. Crockett, clerk of the SUI
| preme court.
/ But there will be two railroad COM
missioners to elect and the rate ques-
ton being a lively issue very lively
campaign is anticipated in that direc
| ton alone. The meat producers as
sociation and other similar organiza-
tions will, it is believed, take hand
and see that the ideas Of the candi-
dates on the rate question is well un-
| derstood.
| Heretofore the campaigns in this
state have been just previous to the
meeting of the legislature. Next year
for the first time there will be cam
paign on Immediately after the ad-
journment of the legislature when all
| the public issues are fresh in the minds
Of the people.
There is strong probability that
Des Moines College of this city, the
! oldest educational institution in the
city and one of the oldest in the state
will go to Waterloo because OF the Of
| fer of that city of 100000 to the school
and also because it is claimed that trus-
| tees of the school who live in Des
| Mones have been running 1t for their
own private ends. The trustees have
recently been before the Commercial
Club here and offered to keep the col
lege here provided this city raise $780,