Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-04-16
PERKINS LANE REPLY
Unbiased Estimate Of the Joint
Debate Shows Cummins an
Easy Winner
THE IMPRESSION PRODUCED
IMPRESSION PRODUCED
Republicans WolI Satisfied
With the Outcome of tho Meeting
Perkins Reply as Written for His
Own Paper and tho Robuttal by
Cummins.
Special to Times Republican.

| Special to Times Republican.
Spirit Lake, April lG.--Now that tho
excitement incident to the Joint de-
bate between Governor Cummins and
Candidate Perkins here Saturday after
noon has somewhat subsidized, the i'm
preston produced by the speakers may
be more accurately Judged. The Cum
| MINIS leaders have no reason TO feel dis
appointed Down In their hearts the
Perkins supporters know that their
man was outclassed and that he could
not and did not try to answer the ar
guments OF the governor. because the
| facts We're against him. Cummins'
opening speech was a surprise for Per-
kins and not being ready speaker he
was unable TO meet the situation. The
governors argument, too, was unan-
swerable. Today the Cummins people
are jubilant over the outcome, Governs
or Cummins opening. which included
the Larrabee letter was given In part
| in these columns Saturday. Time
and space forbade including the reply
of Perkins and the governors rebuttal
Mr.. Perkins confined himself largely to
an attack on Cummins' republicanism,
/ ignoring the issues which the govern
or presented In order that your read
ers may judge for themselves Of the
merits of the arguments made the re-
| ply of Mr.. Perkins as written for his
own paper, is given herewith, together
| with a brief summary of Cummns re-
! buttal.
Perkins Reply.
This Is something like 1896" he
said. II believe such II scene has
never before occurred In the history
of the republican party in this great
state. Personally l am not RESPONSE
BILE for it. l regret more than l can
express to you that line of cleavage
| in the republican party Of this state
should be drawn by so distinguished a
citizen as the governor of Iowa.
would not be here today If nothing
were involved but my ambition to be
governor. l am here to defend my
name to defend my record as a repub-
lican. and these things are dearer to
me than any Office within your gift.
may say in extenuation of my speech
| that this is my first appearance In the
! campaign do not profess to be
| Noses altho 1 have Il stammer-
ing tongue | do not profess to be a
| better republican than the other man.
/ do not profess to be the only man..
But I do profess to be man. loving
my state. loving my country and will
| ing to serve where l can serve best
Mr.. Perkins referred to an address
which the president was making In
another city at that very time, and
an advance copy OF which it had
been his privilege to read. and said:
IT stand by the presidents con-
demnation of the muck rake in
politics.
1T would be ungracious in me
not to reciprocate what our governor
may have said to me personally
But he lays against me the greatest
charge that any man can bring
against me- I am neither knave
nor a fool, and If am guilty of the
imputation he places against me I
am either one or the other"
Mr.. Perkins paid his compliments
| to the peculiar methods of the Cum
minis press bureau when he said. with
| ironical infection: what does Per-
kins stand for? 1t matters not what
Perkins may say. He stands for
those things which 1t pleases his
opponents to allege against him. And
no amount Of denial on his part
makes it different.
"1as anyone heard the governors
eloquence lifted to stay the torrent
of abuse against Perkins? No; he
has stood by while the republican
politics of Iowa has drifted into a
cesspool. And II were made gov
ernor 1 would have no greater am
hilton than to lift it up and put it
on clear ground. where the sun might
strike 1t. I ask my enemies to
Judge me- by the record nave
made"
when it is asserted here by the
head Of the state government IN
Iowa that I will be the servile tool
of influences ne has described as
mendacious and corrupt" went on
Mr.. Perkins with heat, Il resent
ii with all the force at my command.
Not peg can he find on which to
hang that assertion. from the day
was first old enough to take cog
nizance Of public affairs until the
present time"
Mr.. Perkins said some had objected
TO him as man who was not sufficl-
emily fond of fight.
swell" he said, Il am here this ar
ternoon to fight"
II have put forth all the energy
possessed" he went on. Il have work.
ed without thought of reward for the
unity, the peace and the usefulness of
the republican party of this state ana
this country, and because of that ! am
indicted here I am so much for har-
mouy. so much for unity, so much for
peace. / am not deserving of any of
fee. If l am that meek, then cast your
vote against me and you will have done
me a service. would be fool to put
my good mann, in jeopardy for mere
commission to serve in an executive
office
Mr.. Perkins declared the governor
could not emphasize too much. to meet
his pleasure. opposition to the control
of public life in Iowa by selfish and
greedy and corrupt combinations.
AS for himself. he said he never was
in the service of railroad or trust
and never received salary or distinction
from one. Could the governor say as
much?
..,rba Governor knows aS wall "a