Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-09-10
Certain Men Who Fought Cum
Minis Nomination Now AS
sisting the Democrats
JOHNSTON
LETTER
THAT
Man Who Tried to Nominate Perkins
Has for Years Been Assisting the
Democrats and is Doing So Now-Re-
pubicans do Not Take Him Serious
Iy, However-His Figures Amusing.
Special to Times-Republican


Des Moines, Sept. 10.-The fact has
Just been disclosed here that the or
ganization which was formed early in
the year to pound Cummins into the
earth" has never been disbanded, and
in fact doesn't know that the republi-
can state convention has been held, but
it is actively at work assisting the
democrats in every possible way to
turn the state over to the Bryan boom
ers. The organization or committee is
working in entire harmony with the
democrats and to the same end. 1t
alton on which Candidate Porter based
his keynote speech was supplied thru
this bureau, for the errors in his sta.
tistics are much the same as those
whose falsity has previously been
shown 1t seems that this bureau is
engaged in gathering information now
that will be of value to the democratic
state committee, and in fact 1t was up-
on this information that Mr.. Porter
acted in making his appeal, not to DEM
ocrats. but to republicans to become
democrats. According to runiors
here this bureau has been engaged in
most extensive letter writing all over
the state, and has secured reports from
thousands of persons in the state, has
circulated the boilers pledge and Sc
cured the signatures of very many re-
publicans who have been induced to
give support this year to the demo-
Gratis, and the bureau is busy organz-
ing republicans into boilers clubs.
The pronunciamentos of this bureau
are given out in the name of the no.
toriousi Charles Johnston. who has
been fighting the republicans here for
years. He is quoted here as predict
ing. from information gathered by the
bureau, that nearly $4,000 republicans
will bolt their ticket and vote for Por-
ter, and on this basis he claims the
democrats will carry Iowa by $4,000
majority. He hints that these boilers
will include the entire congressional
delegation in their bolt by calling at
tention to the fact that there is 112
majority for the republicans in con-
gress, so as to lead republicans to feel
that even with the loss of large part
of the Iowa delegation still the pres-
dent would have a majority back Of
him.
eff the democrats will go to the
polls he is quoted as saying, in evil
dent glee, sin November next, and vote,
their party ticket they will win with
out doubt"
This democratic assistance bureau
will circulate literature of this kind
freely during the campaign and the
democrats believe it will be very help
full to them not only on the state tick
ct and in the congressional fight but
on county tickets. Mr.. Johnston, at
the head of this bureau, declares he
has received reports from twenty -one
counties on which to estimate the
strength of his proposed bolt.
"The future looks very bright for the
democrats" says Johnston, land about
all they have to do is to get out and
vote their party ticket in November
and victory will be theirs"
This is also what Walt Butler is
saying. 1t is suspected that our pur-
pose of getting these views before the
people at this time is to form the basis
for an appeal to outsiders for financial
help in Iowa. 1t is conceded that the
democrats will not be able to raise a
very large campaign fund among
themselves in Iowa, and they have
hopes that from some outside source
will come funds to help them in MAX
ing the fight AS an entire new crowd
has secured control of the party in
Iowa and they are desirous of show
ing that their reorganized party can
poll larger vote than it did under the
old free silver element, they will ask
from help from outside. BY going out
with statements like that of Johnston's
they may be able to arouse some en-
thusiasm among those who might be
expected to be generous contributors.
Here in Des Moines the estimates of
the assistant democratic bureau will
not have much weight. Johnston and
his associates have never lifted a hand
to help republicansism in the past and
their knocking now is merely what
might have been expected of them.
Some Of them asserted before the con-
vention was held that unless they had
their way they would go democratic.
but it is doubtful if they have the in
f1uence out in the state, even tho they
are unknown, that they claim for
themselves.
EMMETT COUNTY COURT.