Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-05-12
Some Of the Standpatters Now
Evidently Wanting to Shift
the Debate
WOULD SAVE STATE TO SHAW
Senator jackson Who Was in Charge
Of the Perkins Campaign Said to
Have Gone Home Convinced That
the Cummins Men Have Won Out
lows Campaign National Importance.
Special to Times Repubiican.

Special 10 Times Republican.
Des Mones. May 12-ssenator John
II. Jackson, of Sioux City who opened
the headquarters OF George ID. Perkins
Quoted the campaign till within a short
time, has returned to Sioux City and
has given it out that he will take no
further part in the campaign. believ-
ing that Cummins practically has the
contest won. A change in the man
agement of the Perkins campaign and
the attitude of the standpat press in
the state shows that the campaign for
Perkins from this on is to be in the
endeavor to save the state to Shaw and
Will be directed exclusively on tariff is
sues so far as the Perkins manage
ment is concerned.
This action on the part of Senator
Jackson is in keeping with the state
ment of a Perkins supporter recently
that the railroads had deserted Per-
kns. II is remembered that at the
mass meeting which started the Per-
kins boom it was stated by Mr.. Perkins
close friends that they wanted him for
governor because he stood for the same
things that Cummins stood for. Mr..
Perkins UP to the opening of this cam
paign has always been as strong Ii
tariff revisionist as Cummins.
Governor Cummins opened the cam
paign on the issue that the corpora
tons should not dictate the politics OF
the state and has absolutely refused to
deviate from that issue. Since Senator
Jackson was one of those who started
the Perkins boom and opened his head
quarters here and is one OF those who
wanted him for governor because "he
stood for the things Cummns stood
for" the question is being asked, now
that he has pulled out of the campaign,
who are the supporters of Perkins and
who are backing his campaign here.
About a week ago the time when
Jackson left Des Moines, the stand
pat papers for the first time began to
declare that the issue in this campaign
was in reality the tariff question and
that the reelection of Governor Cum
Minis for third term would herald to
the United States at large that Iowa
10 ioi tullil EolbCc lHcIi tueIe
has not day passed but these papers
have contained editorials on the tariff
and its place in this campaign. LATE
Young has suggested joint debate be-
tween Cummins and Shaw on the
tariff
Attempt to Switch Issues.
In the attempt to switch the issue
to the tariff many politicians believe
they see the hand Of Leslie M. Shaw
and an attempt to save the state for
him. 1t is recognized that the action
of the Tenth congressional district
eliminates Shaw unless the tide can
be turned. In the east the Iowa cam
paign is attracting attention and
whether the tariff question is the issue
in this campaign or not the reelection
of Governor Cummins for a third term
and the breaking over of time-honor-
ed presidents of two terms only for
the governor. will, it is feared by the
standpatters, be construed as a victory
for Cummins because of the governors
well known views on the tariff
1t is believed that it is the hope of
stemming the tide that the candidacy Of
Perkins is still being carried on by
standpatters. If the Cummins' major
ity in the state convention can be
held down to small figure the stand
patters would still be able to claim
that tariff revision sentiment in Iowa
was not strong and that the state is
still debatable ground Should the
Perkins candidacy be abandoned at
this juncture entirely, allowing Cum
minis to sweep the state without oppo-
sition, it is recognized by the stand
patters that such a magnificent victory
for Cummins could not be prevented
from being construed in the east as an
expression of the state on tariff re-
vision, for in the east that is what
Cummins is known for, and would
place Cummins further in the fore
front as a presidential possibility in
stead of Shaw.
Hence, when Senator Jackson, who
represented the Sioux City friends of
George D. Perkins, pulled out Of the
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