Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-05-24
CASE Of KR[1.SCHNER
Cummins Leaders Still Believe
That Dubuque Candidate
Will Remain True
OFFERS HAVE BEEN MADE
Not Believed That kretschmer Will
Yield to the Temptation and Sacrifice
Principle For Place in The Treasury
Shaw Said to Be Engineering the
Deal.
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on the high mountain?
Il am not at liberty to tell you just
what the offer is" said enc who is con :
nected with the Perkins exploitation
| bureau in Des Moines to the writer,
but j will say that it was a very
| tempting offer, and one which should
not like to turn down If it was made
| to me. The deal Is being engineered
| by Ed Hunter thru certain persons in
Washington. Beyond that l cannot
tell you"
The progressives here do not believe
! that Kretsehmer can be induced by
any payment however tempting to sell
! out. For him to do so would be a
case of the basest treachery ever
known in Iowa political annals. 1t
would brand him forever. But they
know that the temptation has been
held out and 1t is being considered.
But while the effect would certainly
be harmful to Mr.. Kretschmer, who
has come vouched for by his friends
and neighbors as high minded and
honorable man, it would be infinitely
| more harmful to some others. In the
| first place, as the politicians here fig
ure ii out, it would make of Dubuque
| county a political outcast from this
| time on No person would ever again
have right to aspire to anything from
Dubuque county. 1t would mark the
beginning of the end for the republic
cans of that county. Dubuque would
again become democratic stronghold.
Then it would be impossible to es-
cape the view that in large sense
Senator Allison would be responsible
for the deal. It is not supposed that
Senator Allison has inaugurated the
movement, but he must know what is
going on II federal office is In
volved he must sanction it or it will
not avail. But whether he takes an ac-
tive part or not, this fact remains that
the fight for Kretschmer was made
against Joe Morgan and what is called
1.-THE postoffice crowd" and they We're
beaten by the progressives in harmony
With the aspirations Of Mr.. kretsch-
mer, and it will be Morgan and his as
sociates who assume to speak for Sen
ator Allison, who will be directly re-
sponsible for the proposed and prom-
ised betrayal.
Will PARROT, who Is doing the chief
work for the Perkins bureau under di-
rection of Fred Davis, Calls man here,
told friend the other day that before
this week is over the Dubuque delega-
ton would be named and it would be
an anti-Cummins delegation. He made
it known that so far as the Perkins
bureau is concerned they regard the
deal as completed.
s. This fact cannot be denied, that Ed.
Hunter went to Washington last week
and there consulted prominent Iowa
men, that he has been in communica-
;tion with Kretschmer, that he has said
that the Dubuque delegation would be
got for the Blythe crowd no matter at
what cost, and that the Perkins bu-
reau is now confidently claiming that
.Kretschmer is their man. One story is
to the effect that no office is involved
but that Kretschmer is to be provided
for in some other way. He is said to
have spent $4,000 to make the fight
against the Morgan postoffice crowd,
and he naturally does not like to lose
it all and gain nothing.
There is another runaor out to the
effect. that 1t will be in the treasury
department. at washington that
Kretschmer will be cared for and that
it will be Shaw and not Allison who
will see that compensation is made for
the treachery so much desired in the
interest Of Perkins.
In this connection most remarkable
editorial .utterance has appeared in the
Dubuque Telegra phi Herald. Ihis is
the democratic newspaper which mas
repeatedly printed attacks upon the
Cummins candidacy and ehus furnished
the Blythe newspapers with copy for
republication under double column
head lines. Notwithstanding this atti-
tude of hostility toward Cummins the
Telegraph Herald argues powerfully
that Kretschmer IL under solemn pledge
to name Cummins delegation. 1t says:
county Treasurer Kretschmer is at
the crux of crisis in his political ca
reer and it behooves him to reverse the
lever and sand the tracks. The step
which he is reported to contemplate
would plunge him into moral and po-
litical obloquy.
"As a candidate for the republican
nomination for state treasurer INT.
Kretschmer sought the privilege OF
naming the delegation to the state con-
vention from his home county. The
effort of the postoffice, or Perkins ma
chine to control the caucuses failed and
the convention extended the privilege
he sought to Mr.. Kretschmer. The UNI
derstanding all around was that the
delegation would vote for Governor
Cummins in convention. Mr.. Kretsch-
mer himself so stated or intimated SO
strongly as to leave no doubt.
Now comes announcement that the
Perkins forces have made overtures to
him looking to a complete change in
his plans and the selection of delegates
to the convention who will vote for
Mr.. Perkins. Their proposal contem-
plated his withdrawal from the race for
treasurer and a clear field for Morrow,
Blythes man Tuesday was the date
on which it was expectea that Kretsch-
mer would assent to the arrangement.
announce his own withdrawal as
candidate for treasurer and simultane-
ously announce a Perkins delegation
from Dubuque.
Tuesday passed without such an
nouncement. Mr.. Kretschmer may have
determined his course. He may Yet b.
meditating. Which, we do not know
because we have not his confidence. His
reward for throwing the county to the
Perkins column is to be federal office