Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-28
Des Moines Election Results
Cause For Considerable Ap-
prellension of Hull Men
MATrERN HAD A STRONG PULL
But In Spite of All Advantages; He
Came Near Being Defeated by a
Man Considered as Weak candi-
date-shaw's Speech Doing Cum
Minis More Good Than Harm.
,tBy Ora 'williams.l
Special to rimes- Republican.


Des Moines, March 2S.--A good many
Des Moines republicans are asking
their neighbors how it happened and
why Two years ago Mayor Matter1
was elected with $500 or more major
ity after a fierce preliminary fight and
against a good opponent This year,
with an easy victory at the primary,
he came so near being defeated by
man whose best friends would hardly
claim him. to be good material for may>-
or, that the republicans are dazed
about the situation.
I When Mattern was nominated the
first time 1t was strictly because of the
fact that the Hull machine which then
needed reinforcement was ready to
take him up. Mattern furnished
neither the money nor the machine.
1t was all Hull's. Now he has been
IN Office two years and the people have
had chance to show what they think
OF the administration.
The slump in republican votes in
Des Moines on Monday was strictly
because of the desire of the republi-
cans to rebuke the present administra-
ton and to make it known that they
do not approve of hagrant and open
alliance with local corporations. There
was nothing else In the election A
good many who voted for Holly for
mayor would have been very sorry if
he had been elected, but they did want
to let the Hull-Mattern machine know
that the voters are keeping their eyes
open.
Some Of the progressive republicans
are almost tempted to work up
scheme to have Shaw go into all parts
of the state and repeat the speech he
made here last week. They feel that
1t would go far toward convincing the
republican voters that no compromise
is possible and harmony Is not in view.
1t would also go far toward indicating
that the federal crowd" is taking a
hand in the fight in Iowa The Shaw
speech caused irritation more than
anything else His effort to read every
one out OF the party save those who
subscribe to the stsndpat doctrine was
not well received by the audience.
whatever may be said about the mat
ter. His effort to pose as the especial
defender of Roosevelt on his rate
program caused some to recall that
only few months ago Roosevelt told
a western editor who called on him
that Shaw was against him then on
the rate bill. Not until this speech In
Des Moines has anybody known that
Shaw had experienced change OF
heart.
Governor Cummins does not antici-
pate there will be any call for furtner
Icorresnondence between him and the
1Uest Virginia senator Elkins has now
admitted that he took the trouble to
look up the past record OF Cummlns so
as to be prepared to do his worst. The
only question at issue is whether the
questions which were written out were
originally dictated by Elkins or Faulk-
ner. 1t is not pretended that any sucn
elaborate preparation to tangle Wit
ness was made in the case OF any other
witness The governor is content to
llet the matter rest where 1t is.
| It is rumored about that we shall
hear no more from Senator Dolliver
in this political campaign. George
Roberts found out enough about the
situation to form decided opinion as
to what ought to be done, or rather
what is safe to be done. Roberts has
returned to washington to report. Fol-
lowing this there will be dense silence
from Dolliver in regard to directing MS
friends in the Tenth to support Perkins
and help defeat Cummins.
A. j. Baker, former attorney general
of Iowa, was in the city the other
day. 81 am heartily for Cummins, ne
said. Il was opposed to his nomina-
tion in the first place, and have peen
against him in general, but he has
convinced me by his work, by ms SIM
certify, by his policies, that he is en-
titled to leadership Of Iowa republicans.
am for him now, whereas l was
against him, and there are thousands
of other republicans in Iowa IN the
same fix"