Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-21
HUNTER MIL CD
THE full Length
Attempt to Steal State Convcn-
tion Likely to BE Desper-
ately Pushed
RAILROAD ORGANS COUNSEL 1T
Plot Already Framed Up and Approved
by the Burlington Hawkeye and Des
Moines Capital to Capture the Con-
vention by Tammany Methods-some
Details of the Plot.
GBy Ora Williamsl
Special to Times Republican.


Des Moines. June 21-Will they dare
to undertake q clean steal of the state
convention in the general interest oi
their clients and for the special and
immediate benefit of their candidate
1t Is the question of the hour in
Iowa politics. They have uncovered
their hand and pointed out the manner
in which they purpose to steal the con-
vention and nominate a ticket with
equally acceptable to the railroads. But
honest republicans are still shaking
their heads in doubt. They cannot be-
lieve it possible that Tammany meth
DDS should be used in Iowa to thwart
the will of the republicans. The re-
fuse as yet to believe that men claim
ing to be reputable citizens of Iowa
should ever think seriously of a plot
to steal the state convention.
But the plan is being considered ser
iously by those who are in fun charge
of the Perkins campaign. Would not
juries to get verdicts also sanction a
steal of a state convention?
The plot has already received the
approval of the sanctimonious editor of
the Burlington Hawkeye. In fact he
gave the first hint of the same to the
public.
The plot has received the sanction of
the malicious editor of the Des Moines
Capital. He has elaborated it With all
the skill and smoothness of {. Caro-
linan bent on destroying the right o..
suffrage.
The plot will not be cond emned t,y
the candidate who hopes 20 profit by
the steal in his Sioux City jourha,.
That organ OF the candidate will never
lift a finger 10 prevent apniicatioa Hf
the tactics of the yeggmen to the
Vaccinations of politics.
Every railroad organ in the state will
applaud the theft in advance.
Will they dare do it? OF course they
will They have tried it on in a small
way They have already done 1t.
Wapello county affords an Illustration.
The county convention met in accord
ance with the call. There were GER
tain delegates whose seats We're prop
ery contested The convention would
have the right to decide these con-
tests. But the railroads had the ma
chinery After the convention was
called to order and just as the whole
matter of contests was being turned
over to the committee on credentials.
notice was filed of contest in one
ward where there was not the slightest
ground for a contest and where no
suggestion of a contest had previously
been made. OF course it was fake
contest gotten up purely to prevent
that ward from having a voice in the
preliminaries. Evidence secured after
wards showed that there was not the
slightest reason for any contest there.
But by filing the contest at the
eleventh hour the railroad machine
prevented that ward from having a
voice in the convention. The whole
case of the so-called contesting dele
cation of Perkins supporters from
Wapello county stands upon that fake
contest thru which it was possible for
the railroads to gain a temporary adj
vantage.
And just what was done in Ottumwa,
can be done by the same tactics in the
state convention.
Men are saying that Ed Hunter will
not, dare to do it; but his record AMI
his reputation indicate that it will be
anything to beat Cummins with him
and those who associate with him.
incidentally the fight in WapeIo
county was kept entirely free from the
congressional question there No af
fort was made to get a delegation in
any county opposed to Lacey. All re-
publicans have stood ready to support
him for re- election. But Lacey is now
on record as indicating that he will
sanction the proposed robbery of the
state delegation and state convention.
and in the bitterness of his hate of
the republican governor of Iowa he is
willing to sacrifice his own place in
congress- Some of the Sixth district
republicans will probably keep tab OH
Lacey and his delegations ans # ne
sanctions to the finish the Ed Hunter
plan of getting control of the stare
convention they will remember it in
November.
But let no republican in Iowa rest
content with the assumption that the
men in charge of the Perkins campaign
vii not go the full length of their des-
perate game and commit grand lar
ceny if by that process they can de-
feat Cummins and Rathbun and Garst
and Byers and Eaton and Hayward
and others who will not bow the knee
to dictators.
WILL N. NARViS ILL.