Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-02-16
SHAW ANEhI THE PRIMARY.

remarkable letter to Senator Mols-
berry in opposition to a statewide pri-
mary. 1t is not so remarkable that he
should oppose primary for men can
honestly differ on this question. En-
thusiasts can easily claim more for it
than it can deliver and men can raise
objections to it that are born of reas-
enable fear, but the remarkable thing
about this letter is that out of two
columns of space occupied one is de-
voted to an explanation to Senator
Molsberry that Mr.. Shaw's nomination
for governor was not made by the rail-
roads Senator Molsberry belongs to
a faction in Iowa politics which does
not raise any serious objection to this
manner of making nominations, so
surely he has not provoked Mr.. Shaw
sumption that the letter was really in
tended for publication when written.
and that some good reason exists for
explaining about this nomination.
Secretary Shaw says that he did see
both Mr. Blythe and Judge Hubbard
about his candidacy, but that neither
promised him support or asked
for any pledges. He saw Judge Hub
bard at the Slavery when the judge
was supposed to be there for the pur-
pose of getting the Register to sup
port Matt Parrott. Later the Regis
ter, according to Mr. Shaw, contained
that oft-quoted sentence keep your
eye on Shaw" Mr.. Shaw did not go
to Burlington and was even ready to
tell Blythe to go to HI, but at Cedar
Rapids, Mr.. Blythe did say to him:
Il think you will be nominated to-
morrow. don't know whether we could
beat you if we should try. 1 am very
certain we could insure your nomina-
ton Of we should try, but it is great
deal better for you and all concerned
that the matter take it's own course
This is as Mr.. Shaw remembers it,
nine years afterward.
In the the same issue Of the Capital
an editorial appears, taken from the
Sioux City Journal, in which the edi-
tor of the Journal is giving Funk fits,
saying: Effort was made, as Mr..
Funk knows, to get railroad support
for his candidacy for governor. He
knows that for some reason Mr.. Blythe
refused to be party to his nomina-
ton. He was friendly to the candidacy
of Matt PARROT Of Waterloo. The in
fuence of Judge Hubbard of Cedar
Rapids was sought, as Mr.. Funk is
aware. 1t was thought at one time
there was prospect Of help from that
quarter. The Northwestern and the
of Jealousy Everything possible was
done according to the desire of Mr..
Funk
but Judge Hubbard became inter-
ested in L. NJ. Shaw of Denison. Mr..
Shaw had come into prominence the
year before. Within ten days before
the meeting of the convention Shaw
stock rose rapidly. 1t was said Mr..
Funk was not a carnpaigner, and the
struggle of 1906 had demonstrated the
need of an orator. The Eleventh dis
trict was not stampeded, but the signs
pointed to the nomination of Shaw"
Slight discrepancies may not con-
fuse the case, but it would seem from
Mr.. Perkins recollections that it was
Mr. Blythe and not Judge Hubbard, as
Shaw remembers it, who was support
ing Parrot, and that there was some
Jealousy between Blythe and Hubbard.
within ten days before the conven-
ton Shaw stock rose rapidly"
'"The Eleventh district was not stam-
peded, but the signs pointed to the
nomination of Shaw"
However, John Herriott's contro-
versy with Shaw over taxation after
wards convinced great many Of us
even tho we are surprised that there
should be occasion for explanation at |
this time.
AS to the primary, Mr.. Shaw is OPP