Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-05-23
HUkLN1|NG OF
JOHN HERR|O|1
standpatters' Shameful Use of
the Ninth District Candidate
as Stool Pigeon
ATTACKS ON ADMINISTRATION
Herriott Compelled to Listen to Abuse
of Administration of Which He Was
a Part at Meeting Where He Was
sidctracked in the Interests of an
Opposition Candidate.
[By Ora Williams.1
special to Times-Republican.

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Des Mones. May 23.-The most hu-
initiating thing that has happened to
any prominent republican in the state
during this campaign was the treat
ment accorded Lieut.. Gov. John Her
riott at Walnut, Pottawattamie coun-
ty. He had the experience of going
to his own political meeting and in
stead of being the speaker of the oc-
casion being forced 10 take a back
seat and listen TO a rival candidate
for governor who did nothing but de-
nounce the republican state admins
tration of which the lieutenant gov
ernor is part.
The PottaWattamie bosses. under the
guidance of Committeeman Hart, who
aspires to the senate, and Committee
man Wright who serves the railroads,
started the game in Pottawattamie by
delivering the county to Herriott at a
time when Herriott was candidate.
When Guthrie changed front, then the
PottaWattamie bosses turned to Per-
kins and he came into the county. But
for some reason he did not take we'll
and second time the word went out
that the fight was to he for Herriott.
Consequently Herriott was invited in
to the county and given dates for
series of meetings. The fight was to
be strictly for Herriott as the only
way to head off the progressives.
And so when Herriott went to Wall
nut Monday evening to speak he found
that Perkins also had been dated to
speak from the same platform. Car
roll Wright had teIegraphed to Wall
nut PEOPLE to meet both Herriott and
Perkins at the train and to ente1tain
them. This was done. Both candi-
dates We're taken about town in the
afternoon and they met the prominent
citizens, both being introduced as the
anti -Cummins candidate for governor.
When evening came crowd gather
ed, drawn by the novelty of rivals
appearing on one platform. But the
program had been changed. What
was originally a Herriott meeting had
suddenly become Perkins meeting,
and Perkins took the center of the
stage.
John Herriott was invited to listen
Perkins told of the awful things done
by the present republican administra-
tion of Iowa, especially in the mat
ter of expending the money of the
state by legislative appropriation in
shameless manner. The presiding Of
ficer of the senate listened but said
nothing His place on the program
was taken by c. G. Saunders, who
was elected as a progressive but now
trains with the railroad crowd.
The next morning Herriott quietly
took leave of the town. He will not
do any campaigning for Perkins.
The town of Walnut is a progressive
stronghold. All the leading business
men are for the progressives. Neither
Perkins nor Herriott could carry the
township. One Of the amusing events
at Walnut was when an effort was
made by the Perkins machine to head
off one of the leaders Of the progress
sive movement-Rev. j. G. Orth, pas
tor of the Presbyterian church. Now
Mr.. Herriott is of the Presbyterian
| faith, also, and he was sent to fix the
pastor Orth. He had been told that
Orth was personally attacking Herriott
and he politely asked about it. Mr..
Orth denied this.
"What have said however" he add
ed, sis that you are a candidate mere
| ly to help Perkins and chiefly to de-
feat Cummins and not for any other
purpose; and further that you have
shown your alliance with the railroads
by what you did in the last legisla-
ture."
Mr.. Herriott denied that he had fa-
vored the railroad senators or had
done what the standpatters desired in
making the senate committees. But
Mr.. Orth was well informed and stood
his ground.
Then Mr.. Perkins tried his hand at
"ixing'' the obstreperous pastor who
believes that good politics mixes well
with good religion.
"All can say to you," said Mr., Ortiz
to Mr.. Perkins, rather bluntly, sis that
you are in mighty poor business
Walnut, as a result of the fasco of
| the 'two candidates on one platform"
program will give a solid Cummins
delegation to the convention.
There is much indignation among
| the friends of John Herriott here over
! the plain effort to drag him into Per-
kins meeting so that it could be ad-
vertised that he had come out fiat
| footed for Perkins. They say that Mr.
| Herriott has no intention Of lending
himself to the movement to pound
Cumnins into the earth for the ben
| eft of the Blythe regime.
THE SITUATION IN STORY.
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