Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-06-14
CAMP AlCN
IN SCOTT
NEARS END.
SECRETARY SHAW TO SPEAK IN
DAVENPORT UNDER AUSPICES
OF LINCOLN CLUE
BOTH SIDES HOPE
TO CARRY COUNTY,

convention Saturday - Cunmlna
Forces Bolt Jasper County conven
tfon-shaw Declared to Be In Har
mony With President on rarlf,
Washington. d. O., June 1s.-Pres,.
dent Roosevelt absolutely disclaimst
any participation or interference In
iowa political affairs and says that
Secretary Shaw's visit to his homci
state at this time is made "on his
own responsibility. The disclaimer
was called out by the published state
ments that Shaw would represent the
PRESIDENT In the speech he Ia to make
at Davenport In opposition to Cow
ernor Cummins.
Washington, d. O., June 1s.-(spe-
cial 1.-The New York Herald. whose
washington correspondent sustains ex.
tremely close relations with the Presi.
dent, printed story this morning to
the effect that Secretary Shaw went to
Iowa last night with the intention Of
making speech at Davenport with the
full consent and approval of the Presi-
dent.
It Will be perfectly safe to discount
some alleged statements attributed to
Mr. Loeb. secretary to the President.
by Washington correspondents to Iowa
newspapers. In the first place the
statements alleged to have been made
by Mr.. Loeb will not be official but In.
terpreted to suit the occasion and de-
sires, and second dlss what N Af2r, Z dG6A. yaa1.
have actually said may not raile6t The
views Of the President,
/ Conferred With President,
Secretary Shaw conferred with the
PRESIDENT and 1t may be stated on the
authority OF one who sustnina very
close relations with tho President that
President Roosevelt after being inform.
ed OF the previous engagements Of
Secretary Shaw and of the nature OF
the call made upon Secretary Shaw BY
the Lincoln club Of Davenport, adyis-
cd him to go to Davenport and make,
the speech,
vlews Are tho oare,
Any attempt to make It appear that
friction exists between Secretary Shaw
and the President ia Action pure and
simple, The President and Shaw arel
| hiOI oAly III uCCCru Oll ulhII6TB 6G
finance, but upon the tariff issue az
we'll. and 1t may be accepted as an abb
golute fact that the declarations Of
dent,
Jasper County Convention.
Des Moinea. June 1a,-fspecial)--,
The Cummins men carried cut their
program yesterday at Newton and at
tempted to freeze out the Perkins del
egates to the Jasper county eonven-s
ton.
The actual membership af the cons
vention was 10a Perkins delegates to
S9 for Cummina. but ts SOON as County
Chairman George Hunter of Omaha,
Nebraska, had called the convention tesi
order, the Cumnins men began shout.
Ing 40 that nothing else could bal
heard, Pandemoaium in bear Dit
would have been like Sunday quiet,
compared with the uprear. In the
midst of it the county chairman pres
tended to read a list of delegates which,
had been prepared beforehand, but thaI
noise was 80 great that not word that
he said could be heard. After keeping
up this uproaF for six ar eight intn-
utes. a signal made by the Cumminst
manager gave the delegates to undep.I
stand that they had held their "eap.l
vention" and then they deliberately
walked out, leaving the Perkins men IN,
control,
The Regular Convention.
| The convention then went an In anf
orderly manner and received the re-
port of the eredential committee, or,
ganized properly and selected Per-
kins delegation to the state conven-
ton,
| In spite of the action Of the county
committee in the morning In select
ing Mr. Silwold as chairman, the coun-
ty chairman refused to put the motion
and declared that P. n. Craigan was
temporary chairman In the uproar no
one could hear the proceedings, but 1t
is understood that the Cumins people
had slate Of committees already pre-
pared and the chairman declared them
the committees Of the convention and
they proceeded to make their "cut and
dried" report
| Now the solution Of this matter
seems to be the close relationship
which Mr. Hunter of Omaha-formerly
Of Jasper county-bears towards the
Cummins leaders. In fact he seems
to have been considered quite a neces-
sary piece of that organization at
least in 80 far as Jasper county is con-
cerned, and for that reason the Cum
Minis men insisted that he retain the