Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-06-28
STATEMENT BY Mr.. VANGORDER
To The Republican Voters of Audu-
bon County,

Ia order that those who were not in
attendance upon the county cOnyen-
ton may understand upon whom the
blame should be put for the present
condition of politics ia our county /
have concluded TO issue the following
statement:
In the first place the Cummins wing
of the party was DESTROYS of avoiding
all strife and bad feeling; and al
though it had ma jOrity as the votes
proved, an offer was made first to
Mr.. BRENNAN and then to Mr.. Elliott
to divide the delegation.
If this was not fair | do not know
what would be: but the propositions
were CURLY refused.
AS au indication of what was com
ing and of what We we're to expect
there was read at the Perkins meetings
in this town and at Extra, a telegram
that the Scott County Convention had
instructed for Perkins. Now any
person who knows anything about
Scott County knows that it is as
strong for Cummins as is Polk County,
and the next day after these meetings,
the COnncil Bluffs Noupareil, d
paper that is strongly against Cam
Minis, in its news columns reported
with large headlines, that Scott
County had gone solid for Cummins
that few delegates had bOlted after
attempting TO run the convention. or
gained d rump convention for Per
kins, and ia the list of delegates show
ed that Cummins had clear ma jOrity
of the uncOntested delegates.
This weeks Nonpareil in its state
ment of the vote of the State gives
Scott to Cummins uncOntested, but the
Perkins managers say they will take
it anyhow.
Well we carried the county, carried
it fairly, completely and entirely,s SO a
large majority of the Perkins men
admitted, but it soon became evident
that instead of the fight being over as
it ought to have been, that the Per
kin5 leaders had no iuteutiOn of sub
hitting to what the people had voted.
was informed 10y one of the county
Otficials-a Perkins man, that party
had come here from Cedar Rapids to
organize a contest; Mr.. Joe Toulouse
also appeared upon the scene, and if
anyone asks who he is, will say he
is from Burlington, the home of Mr..
Blythe. He was here before the pri-
marieS distributing money and | will
give the names Of the parties who re-
ceived the money, on application. He
and the Cedar Rapids man were known
to be in conference with Elliott.
1t was then announced that there
would be contest, and it was known
that orders had come from Des MOines
that one should be made. What
would be contested We did not know,
bUC the Des MOines Capital, the Per
.kins organ, said that Lincoln, Ham
lin, and Leroy townships would be
contested, andsPerkins would have d
ma jOrity ia the convention,
The climax of all was reached when
we sent man to confer with Brent
man in the interest of harmony, and
he informed us that he proposed t.
| appoint Elliott, the Perkins manager
as chairman, although he was not
even a delegate to the convention.
Being in the majority we were clearly
entitled to have the chairman, and Mr..
BRENNAN might have selected any
one of us, or some conservative
stand patter," but we informed hiu
that with a contest on hand we wOulC
not accept Mr.. Elliott.
Yet at 10 o'clock of the convention
day, when we tried again to harmon
ize matters, he repeated that ne wOulC
call Elliott to the chair.