Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-09-03
HUBBARD'& TALK
Wins APPROVAL
Rebuke of Perkins Course Since
Convention Endorsed BY
Even standpatters
MAKES STRONG STATEMENT
Full Text of the consressman's Out
line of His Position in the Campaign
and at the Storm Lake Conference
Says Perkins is Actuated Solely by
Revenge.
Special to Times Republican.
Revenge.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Sept, 3.--Politicians here
are discussing the speech of Congress-
man Hubbard on the occasion OF his
denomination at Spencer Saturday
with good deal of interest. The full
text of the speech was received herA
today. The excerpts printed in the
Sunday papers give but slight idea
of the trend of the congressmans ut
terance. His severe rebuke of Editor
Perkins course in using his paper to
attack the ticket out of revenge for
his defeat meets with the approval OF
republicans in general, many of the
standpatters Joining in the sanction of
his course. The text of Hubbard s
statement regarding his course in the
campaign and the Storm Lake con-
ference, is as follows:
Gentlemen OF the Convention: You
have just honored me for the second
time with your confidence. l shall not
give question to your favor by any
apologetic self depreciation. l have
served you faithfully in all honor.
From my heart I thank you for this
opportunity for q renewed service in
which l may prove that 1 am not un-
worthy Of your kindly regard. Care
less and slapderous tongues have dealt
fou.ly with my name in these last few
weeks and I wish to put before you for
judgment the simple truth.
When A. B. Cummihs became a
candidate for the senate, some six
years ago, was his friend. In that
memorable contest, ], as member of
the state senate from Woodbury.
county stood by his side and fought
for him to the end. + was elected for
that purpose and upon that issue.
From that time to this, excepting dsr-
ing the campaign just passed, our re-
lations have been those OF the clos
est personal and political friendship
and fellowship. The man in him APP
pealed to me; 1 believed in him and I
believed in the principles he espous-
ed. I did not think it wise for him
to stand for a third term and so ex-
pressed myself to him and to his
friends. Win or lose, anticipated
something of the political convulsion
which we have just experienced. He
himself hesitated long, and, I am sure
most reluctantly came to the conclu-
sion that he must become a candi-
date
In the meantime Mr.. Perkins was
suggested as candidate He was my
townsman. a man of great ability, one,
I thought. worthy of the highest hon
or. The district seemed to favor him.
Joined with my fellow townsmen and
friends in support of his candidacy 1t
was his claim and the claim of his
friends that he was in no Whit opposed
In principle to Cummins. BY his edi-
torials on reciprocity and revision he
had called forth the severest criti-
cism OF the so-called standpat press.
During this campaign the stiffest let
alone -the-tariff man in the state COM
planned to me that they We're crippled
in their fight on Cummins on account
of his tariff views, because Perkins
is worse hereto and has said more
radical things than Cunmins.' After
the famous Passing Between the Tell
ers editorial one of Mr.. Perkins re-
cent allies said to me: What kind of
a man is that Perkins of yours? Why
he's an anarchist. / never read such
inf1ammatory stuff
Where is My offense?
GAS friend of Governor Cummins
not as his enemy, and because of that
friendship. I was appealed to by Mr..
Perkins to interest Cummins men in
this district in his behalf In the very
meeting, In which his fellow citizens
presented his candidacy to the state
A.. F. Call afterwards, for time, ac-
tive in his campaign. said: We want
him because he stands for what Roose-
welt stands for; we want him because
he stands for what Cummins stands
for. In all the great efforts made by
great men from Kirkwood to the pres
ent day Geo. D. Perkins has stood for
that which is best In all the efforts
that Cumnlins has made to advance
the interest of Iowa Geo. d. Perkins
has stood at his back Judge Kenne-
dy, than whom no man was closer to
Mr.. Perkins, said:
This county assuredly was as
much for Cummins as any in the state
of Iowa, this district was as much for
Cummins as any in the state of Iowa,
this newspaper published by Geo. D.
Perkins has supported and upheld A.
B. Cummins as much. or more, than
any paper in the state of Iowa. The
principles now set forth by A. B.
Cummins were advocated by Geo. d.
Perkins before the name of Cummins
was thought of for a public position
in the state of Iowa.
"This was put forth as part of the
Perkins campaign literature. / hold
the pamphlet in my hand. So that the
very ground of his claim to support
in his own county and district was
that he stood for identically the same
principles as A. B. Cummins. What
then, is the head and front Of my Of
Tending? No change In principle or
opinion. The pretension upon which
my aid was sought was that 1t involv
ed no such change. l have not shifted