Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-08-04

finally in desperation told Speaker
Clarke WELL you'll have to go and
see Blythe"
BY this time there were nearly halt
the delegates from Linn county who
were angered at the outrage. Upon
the promise from Marshall, Grundy
and Tama counties that they would
vote solidly against Eastabrook these
Linn delegates bolted their caucus OF
the day before, and nominated an hon
est man from their own number for
Eastabrook's place. Marshall county
| seconded the Linn nomination and
Eastabrook was placed in nomination
by b. Murphy, a well-k known railroad
politician of Vinton. Eastabrook pre-
sided in the district caucus because he
was committeeman. The vote was
close. According to the tally made by
two Cedar Rapids newspaper men
present Linn cast Is votes against
Eastabrook, which with so from Mar
shall, Tama and Grundy counties,
made the result a tie, IS to 6s. The
secretary announced the vote 81 to So
in Eastabrook's favor. Marshall coun-
ty then demanded a recount B. Muir
ply moved to adjourn and without
putting the motion to vote, EastabrooS
declared the convention adjourned and
saved his bacon but not his reputation.
Linn county delegate is quoted IN
the Cedar Rapids Gazette as saying:
Surely that must be fat job when
veil a h oil Snr,
and take an election against the votes
of his own delegation. Most any other
man | ever saw would have refused to
stand for reelection when he saw that
Marshall, Tama, Linn and Grundy
We're against him. But guess George
wanted the place"
Because he had participated in the
job set UP by Ed Hunter for the
state central committee, Estabrook was
repudiated by his own county, and by
a good half of the district He saved
himself by a ruling no less irregular
than his other actions had been. When
he comes to realize his situation he
should resign.
The result of the caucus had a tre-
mendous effect upon the general re-
suit. 1t served notice on the conven-
ton that there were II or Is of Rath-
buns own delegates who would vote
with the Cummins men in the ex-
pected struggle to organize the con-
vention as well as on the nominations
of Garst and Hayward. 1t helped to
hasten the complete surrender which
tbQ ROT 11x, ar
~
When these same contests were
considered before credentials COM
mittee of the convention, notwith-
standing the fact that B. Murphy and
four others Of the railroad crowd
We're members, not one. not even B.
Murphy voted to throw out either
Dallas or Audubon counties which
Spence and Estabrook had voted out,
then promised to reinstate, and finally
refused to keep their promise with the
explanation: You'll have to go and see
Blythe" Mr.. Blythe then had decided
to give up. There was no longer need
for his servants to unseat regularly
elected delegates in order to steal
convention or club majority into con-
ceding him victory which he had not
won. In Jasper and Wapello counties
this credentials committee voted to un-
seat the Perkins deleSates whom Es-
tabrook and Spence had voted in and
the regularly elected delegates were
allowed to take their places. Even B.
Murphy got UP on a chair and called
upon his friends in the convention to
let the committees report pass unan-
inn Ia q Skfno fha n.
ton to correct the wrong which had
been perpetrated by the votes Of Es-
tabrook and Spence in the state CEN
trail committee. Yet B. Murphy had
nominated Estabrook in the district
caucus when Marshall county would
not.