Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-09-19
A slap At JOHNSTON
FL. McGreevy, Republican Com
mitteeman, Arraigns Des
Moines Politician
ANSWERS JOHNSTON LETTER
Prominent standpatter Takes Author
of Attack on Dolliver, Birdsall, Con-
nor, ct Al, to Task, and Admins
ters Singing Rebuke-says He Fails
to See Object Of tho Attack.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times-Republican
Des Moines, Sept. 19.-F. j. Nc
Greevy, Of Dumont, member of the re.
] publican central committee from But
Ter county, and prominent stand
patter, has stirred up the animals. II
a singing letter addressed to c. w
Johnston, of the Hunter bureau, hi
replies to Johnston's arraignment un.
der date of August H. in which the
latter shows his soreness over Perkins
4 defeat by attacking Senator Dollivel
and different Iowa congress men, whom
he considers favored the nomination o.
Governor Cummins.
McGreevy fails to see the object Of
such an epistle, and tells the author sc
In that many words. Mr.. McGreevy's
letter is as follows:
Dumont, Sept. IL, 19O6--Mr. C, w
Johnston, Rooms 204-6 Good Blk, Des
Moines. Ia.-Dear Sir: l have just re-
ceiyed copy of your circular letter
| 9>NNN NAN5. ASuV, Ill ISSdIu 10 lHe
| late campaign for the nomination TO,
governor on the republican ticket, now
| closed a month and half l do not
know what object you could have had in
view in sending me this letter But il
you will permit, tho presume that in
spite of your profession OF interest In
the farm, you will consider this, COM
ing from country town, q voice from
the wilderness, l have the following
suggestions to make:
Don't be a fool and make an ass of
yourself. The man who whimpers
when he is beaten does not raise him
self In any mans esteem.
F Governor Cummins and the complete
ticket nominated the frsr of August
We're nominated by the regular repub-
ltcan convention, and the criticisms
YOU make are criticisms Of the action
Of men who We're just as sincere as
standpa tiers as you could have been.
There was q. disposition on the part
of all the delegates at De's Moines to
condone the. conduct Of some of the
managers of the campaign which you
helped to conduct for Mr.. Perkins;
the conduct of others needed no con-
donation for many of them tried to be
fair, as the result showed. The dele
gates who voted for the successful
candidates were. as Mr. Cummins HIM
self was, too happy over the victory
of the majority to condemn any who
had tried to prevent the majority ruiz
ing.
Your attack upon Senator Dolliver,
Congressman Birdsall, and others, only
raises those gentlemen in my esteem
and confidence. and I think the more
Of them. You criticise progressive
and standpatter alike, proving that You
are not republican at all, If you ever
Twere, and your criticisms certainly
place your letter in the category of
the cheapest of baby walls. The diff
ferences between those republicans
who are sincere and unseltish and love
their party are not great, and stand
patter" and progressive" are no long
er necessary appellations. for all true
republicans are united for the cam
paign against the common enemy -
the other party-which opposes the
protective principle in which jail re-
publicans believe. Had the linehp been
different and differences which were
slight less emphatically emphasized,
1 perhaps might have supported Mr..
Perkins for the nomination.
Your indirect appeal, or rather direct
appeal, to the religious and other pre-
JUDGES of the people by criticising the
expressed will Of the republican voters
Of Iowa in defeating Colonel Raymond
for lieutenant governor, one whom you
say is an old soldier, and by your in-
situation that Senator I'olliver (him-
self Methodist, I believe, altho that
has nothing to do with his political flu
ture or past) and Congressman Con-
Eor sanctioned the kissing of
"matchless Yankee Methodist, Leslie
M. Shaw" is reprehensible. Your ex-
cessive zeal leads you to seek to cause
republicans to become disgruntled be-
cause Of the religious views of Secre-
tary Shaw, in which zeal 1 do not be-
lieve you can be sincere, for I candidly
say that do not believe you are en-
deavoring to do any good to Secretary
Shaw. History contains one great rec
ord Of the public disapproval of appeal
to religious prejudices-the defeat Of
one who, barring this for which he was
not responsible, was great republican
lStlaG1 d1AA Slll4lAO0 W VIC SOlSo VI Edll
republicans-James G. Blaine. But
then, your letter is but wall, and not
fight. IN favor of any candidate or
any principle-only an effort to vent
spite or to be revenged upon success
full candidate, and your letter would
lead one to believe that you would
stoop to any means to accomplish this
end
I have high regard for Secretary
Shaw, and am willing to say that /
would freely condone any excessive
zeal shown by, him when he stated
that after comforting with the presi-
dent he had decided to come to Day.
export to speak. He has filled we'll the
office Of secretary OF the treasury,
and my vote as delegate In the con-
vention in favor of the Endorsement of
his record was gladly given. I have
the highest regard for Senator Dolli-
yer, and your attack upon him u.s. to
my mind, but spite, entirely uncalled
for. have high regard for Congress-
man Birdsall and for Congressman
Conner, regardless of whether they
had been known as standpatters or
progressives But your appeal to re-
ligious prejudice would not raise one
of them in my high opinion. / do not
believe that Secretary Shaw or any
one OF them would sanction it.
You have proved by your letter that
your title to the name republican for
your political faith is not good title.
Your insinuation that you would not
feel bad If several OF the congressman
We're defeated does not make you a re-