The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-08-16
EDITOR BRANT BOLTS
Iowa City Daily Republican Declines
to Support the Cummins and
GarSt Ticket.

says:
"The Republican offers no advice at
this time. 1t is several weeks still be-
fore the campaign will open and in the
meantime it is we'll for republicans to
do some thinking.
"The Republican is interested in sew
eral matters respecting it's own inter-
ests as we'll as several that relate to
the good of Iowa City and adjoining
communities, and they will receive at
tention during the next few weeks.
"As to what this paper will do during
the campaign is not fully determined.
That it will eat no crow it is hardly
necessary to say. 1t has no political
obligations other than what are involv-
ed in good citizenship and common
honesty, and no man lives who has any
strings that can be pulled to shape it's
course"
In setting forth in some detail the
reasons for his refusal to support the
candidate for governor and lieutenant
governor Un0 eulUOr says:
"There is no use to claim that there
is unity for.the ticket for there is not.
1t was reported about the hotels from
many counties, and the truth of this
was vouched for by members of the
delegations, that among those repre-
senting these counties, not man would
vote for either Cummins or Garst.
Office holding politicians may say for
publication that there is harmony, that
the ticket will receive cordial support,
but they are only indulging in permis-
sible fabrication.
''The Cummins leaders understand
the situation and know that thousands
of republicans will not vote for Cum
minis and Garst, but that appears to
please them, for as they have often said,
they believe that these two men will get
more democrats than they will lose
from their point of view, because they
won their nominations by wholesale
voting of democrats at the caucuses
and primaries.
But it was not enough to win coun-
ties and have them in the convention
uncontested like Blackhawk and Lyon
and some others, which more than made
up the majority conceded Cummins,
but in order to save the rest of the
Cummins slate, they had to deliberately
steal Wapello, Jasper and Audubon,
without which Garst and Hayward both
would have been defeated.
"It is bad enough to be robbed once,
but it is doubly eyasperating to feel
that the robbers underestimate their
needs on the first occasion and had to
return for second visit"
"It will be recalled that the state
committee, after a patient hearing GOV.
ering most of two days, made up roll
of the convention which dismissed the
protests against several counties and
seated the Cummins delegation in Scott
thus leaving Cummins clear majority
of thirty-six. The vote stood eight te
three on all counties except Dallas
where it was five to six. There was
much doubt about the rights of the
parties there. 1t tappeared unquestion
ed that enough illegal votes were cast
to carry the county for Cummins, bu,
the contest was not in good form anG
and on the face of the records. Cummins
!'claim was strong. In view of this, whe1
it wasi known that contest before the
committee on credentials was likely, il
was suggested by the Perkins managers
that Dallas be given to Cummins, but
that was not enough. They needed q
few more votes to save Hayward and
they went in and took Jasper, Wapelle
and Audubon, which gave them enough
to carry old man of the sea, Garst, and
insure his nomination.
"The Republican believes it is best te
give it's readers the exact facts so fal
as is necessary to an understanding Of
the basis of objection to the nomination
of Cummins and Garst, SO that they caI
act intelligently.
"Prior to the convention the Republi.
can discussed at various times the
merits and demerits of the Cummins ad
ministration and it had something tt
say respecting Governor Cummins' pub
lie and political acts, as well as his
; political record. What was then said
we believe to be true, and nothing since
has happened to change the situation
A nomination by machine methods, by
frauds disgraceful in the extreme and
the subsequent stealing of more than a
hundred votes to save his machine and
carry out his political plans and his am.
bitions, has only aggravated the situa-
tion.
; ION the Cummins side two crimes
have been committed, theft and profit
ing by use of stolen property. tits now
up to the people of Iowa to say to what
extent they will assist in sustaining the
robbery and making the acts of such
political leadership republican asset