Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-10-17
Assistant Democrats" Spring
Bewhiskered Ruse in Fight
Against Cummins
ANNoYs REGULAR LEADERS
Statements That Are Absolutely False
and Utterly Dishonest Embodied in
Some Old Left Over Campaign Liter
ature Paid For by tho Railroads.
Some Historical Facts.
Special to 1imes-Republlcan.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Oct ia bad blum
der or an egregious effort to fool the
people in matter on which everyone
in familiar, as made by, the associate
democratic campaign committee under
direction of Johnston, Richards, Gal
larno, ct AL, is causing some annoy
ance to the regular democratic corpof-
alton under guidance of Miller ami
Marsh. This is In the cil .ular W.th
which the Johnston, or corporation
committee, is flooding the state In an
effort to convince the dear voters that
Governor Cummlns, while he was in
the legislature, was in tact demo-
crat.
These circulars were printed before
the late republican convention, an1
were prepared by this same COMMITTEES
to use in influencing the e-conven-
tion campaign. AS they We're paid for
by the railroads, and large supply
was left on hand, the committee mas
been sending them out in the interest
OF the democratic campaign.
The circular undertakes to show
what Mr.. Cummins did when he was
in the legislature, and asserts that
there were but three party questions
before the legislative caucus that WIN
ter, admits that he stood with his par
ty on one, says he was opposed to his
party on another, and
"The other was redistricting meas
ure, framed with a view to the re-
election of Senator Allison to the Un-
tied States senate, against which a
democratic bill was offered tending
with equal discrimination to the cleo
ton to the senate of Governor Boies.
Mr.. Culfinins voted for and threw ali
of his great influence for the latter
BILL and in SO doing, utterly forgot
his pledge to the caucus that he would
stand with the republican party on all
party measures not connected with
prohibition
The assertion is in keeping with all
others in the circulars thus used. and
with practically all Of the material be-
ing used by the corporations to create
prejudice against the republican tick
ct.
AS matter of fact, as every we'll
Informed person in the state recalls,
there was no measure in that legisla-
ture tending to "the election to the
senate Of Governor Boies." The state
ment is absolutely false and utterly
dishonest. Horace Boies was, at that
time, a lawyer engaged In the practice
of his profession in Waterloo. He was
then known to the state as a Blaine re-
publican. He had stumped the state
for Blaine. He was not a democart.
The democrats in the legislature did
not know him. The name of Horace
Boies had never been mentioned for
governor ait time when this commit
tee declares that the democrats of the
legislature were preparing to elect him
to the senate.
The circular is filled with Just such
gross misrepresentation of history. 1t
states that in 1891, at the time it states
Mr.. Cummins went on the stump for
Boies, which is known to be absolutely
false, he was himself candidate for
the legislature. He was not candi-
date and had not been member Of
the legislature for two years. Mr..
Cumn1ins voted for James j. Wilson
for senator.
Exposure of this effort at deception
of the voters by the assistant demo-
Gratis shows the weakness of the entire
campaign.