Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-12
WILL Be No CONTEST
The Cummins Men Won In u
Fair and Square Fight In
Delaware County
TALK OF CONTEST FUTILE
Delegates Who Were Selected as Con-
testing Delegation Will Not Stand
for RAMS Leadership and Are Not
Likely to Appear at the State Con-
vention.
Special to Times-Republican.

| Special to Times Republican.
! Des Moines, June 12.-There will be
no contesting delegation from Della
ware county to the state convention.
| The Cummins people won the fight fair
| and square. In the county convention
A. b. Holbert, the chairman, ruled so
as to give every opportunity for COM
| plant. The Ram crowd which was
supporting the Blythe domination par
| ticipated in the county convention and
sat as delegates. Holbert announced
at each stage of the convention that if
there was anything to be said the time
| to say it was before the convention adj
| journed. Ram and his crowd said
| nothing till one standpat delegate, af-
| ter the delegates to the state conven-
| ton had been selected, arose and conf
! planned that all state delegates Were
Cummins men. Does not the primary
election law guarantee rights to The
minority?" he demanded. A progress
sive delegate arose and Informed him
that unfortunately there was no prt-
mary election law and that the senator
and representative from that county
had assisted in killing 1t. Then the
progressives raised the roof with their
cheers. After the convention had ad-
journed and the delegates had left the
hall, Howard Ram, who in his own
newspaper had admitted that Governor
Cummins had secured majority or
the delegates to the county convention.
gathered together q few delegates who
had not left town and they got off to-
gether in a room and selected a state
delegation. But Delaware county peo-
pie assert that Howard RAMS delega-
ton will not come to the state conVen-
ton. The republicans of Delaware
county have taken the matter up am
the delegation of RAMS selection will
decide to stay at home because of the
local situation and because they have
absolutely no grounds on which Ito
contest This will permit the Delaware:
county regular delegation to participate
in the temporary organization of the
state convention. Delaware county, IS
not SO extremely decided politically
that the republicans can afford to de-
liberately split their party and it is un-
Q0rSlOOQ lHdl lllO INotilh 10 PSALSSeAS
willing to split the party the bette:
sense of the delegates that have been
selected has asserted itself and the
majority have already agreed that IT
will not do to take such course. In
organizing the convention the pro-
gressives went out Of their way To De
fair in the matter. Ten delegates from
Delhi township which were for Per-
lsins and four delegates from PRAIRIE
township that were for Cummins were
seated in the convention tho none OF
the delegates were entitled to seat.
They were not regularly selected by
the primary of the county and by
rights all would have been barred but
they were all seated, thus giving Per-
kins ten to four for Cummins. The
majority of the Cummins men was
large, leaving not the barest possibility
of doubt as to the wish of the peo-
pie of the county
Senator Durham. seeming defeat In
Delaware, has for the last six weeks
been in the east taking an extended
vacation.
The progressive leaders are over
loved over the outcome of the cam
paign thus far. The Blythe people are
admitting on the quiet the defeat of
their candidate and the sure renomina-
ton Of Governor Cummins. 1t was al
most impossible in Des Moines today
to get a bet Of Cummins against the
entire field while week ago the Blythe
people were making all kinds Of rash
bets. There Is no denying that the
progressives have at times of late fear
ed that there were chances by when
the corporation crowd could so manip-
ulate things that with the use OF their
unlimited corruption fund they might
steal the state convention from Cum
minis. They have no fears of such
contingency now, the claims of the
progressives and the admissions of the
Perkins supporters agreeing that Cum
minis is as good as renominated.