Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-04-18
Some Claim That He Would
Rather Meet Defeat Than
Do So
DIVERSITY OF OPINION GREAT
Many Are Firm In Conviction That
Perkins Will Retire From the Race
AS He Did Before, Rather Than
Meet Defeat in the convention-Per
sonaI Bitterness Charged.
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Des Moines, April 1S.-Politicians
are asking whether or not George ID.
Perkins will withdraw from the race
when it becomes demonstrated that he
cannot secure the nomination, and
there seems to be a disagreement of
opinion as to his probable action. 1t is
recalled that in 1901 he withdrew when
he discovered that he was being used
merely TO keep the nomination away
from Cummins, and his whole delega-
ton went to Cummins. Now, however.
there are claims that he is into 1t too
deep" and that whether he withdraws
or not, his delegation has been selected
by the railroad crowd with the view to
throwing it to some other candidate,
and that it will never go to Cummins.
There seems to be widespread belief,
based on the statements on the editor
ial page of the Sioux City Journal, that
Perkins has become bitter against
Governor Perkins personally. Politi-
clans are liking his editorial page to
the habitually misrepresenting editor
ial page OF the Capital. 1t is recog-
nized that Mr.. Perkins is man of dig
nifty, however, and has always declared
that he would not go into "cat and
dog fight" A Sioux City man says
that he is maintaining a cool head in
the midst of the campaign, and as a
matter of fact does not know the de-
tails of his own campaign. Altho
many deny strongly that Perkins will
ever withdraw. there are a marvellous
ly large number who are firm in the
conviction that as soon as a number of
the counties in his own district have
held their conventions, and 1t is dem
onstrated that he has no strength in
that district, Mr.. Perkins will retire
from the race rather than meet defeat
in the convention.
Will the executive council take SER
iously the claims of the standpatters
and railroad supporters of George D.
Perkins that the railroad assessments
have not in effect been raised because
of large increase in the valuation Of
farm property and at the coming meet
ing on the second Monday in July add
several millions to the railroad as
sessment. Will the railroad crowd
back water when it comes time for the
executive council to make the railroad
assessments and while claiming for
political effect now that the railroad
assessments have not been raised.
claim before the executive council that
they have been raised beyond all rea
son. The situation in which the rail-
roads have placed themselves by MAX
ing the claims that the assessment has
not been raised while supporting Per-
kins is somewhat embarrassing to
them 1t has long been the boast Of
the friends Of Cummins that he and
the members of the present executive
council with him have raised the as
sessment of the railroads to a more
equitable figure. This in justice to the
farmers. Now the railroad supporters
of Perkins claim that the farm assess
mentS have been raised in the last few
years by the assessors so that in fact
there has been no relative increase Of
the assessment of the railroads. OF
course this claim is made by the Per-
kins people for political effect and is In
fact not true as the figures show. But
the executive council meets the Sec
ond Monday in July to fix the railroad
assessment. The state convention will
still at that time be two weeks away.
1t may be that the executive council
will be urged to investigate the claims
Of the railroad supporters of Perkins
and compare them with the claims Of
the railroad attorneys who appear be-
fore the council and who are Identical
ly the same individuals and add a few
million to the assessment this year to
satisfy the railroad supporters Of Per-
kins.
]. W. Blythe is quietly pulling wires
IN the manipulation of a campaign to
get as many standpatters in the next
legislature as possible. Realizing that
sentiment for Cummins is growing ev-
cry day and fearing that his choice
for governor, George D. Perkins. of
Sioux City, may be defeated, Mr..
Blythe seeks to catch few crumbs of
consolation by grabbing a senatorial
or congressional district here and
there.
To this end, emissaries of the rail-
roads have been quietly going about
the state, into the different legislative
and senatorial districts, lining up their
local followers on legislative issues,
wherever they fear defeat on the gov
ernorship. Half a loaf is better than
no bread" figures Mr.. Blythe, who
hopes to control the next legislature
even if Cummins is elected governor.
The Cummins men are not asleep
however. They are watching for such
moves in every district and they are
drawing the state issues on the legis-
lative tickets, for fear the standpat-
ters will catch the progressives nap
ping In most communities, district
and county candidates are compelled
to come out into the open and declare
themselves for one or the other of the
gubernatorial candidates. The people
want to know "Where they're at" and
they keep asking the question so per-
sistently that the candidate has to an
swer.
Want smyth for Judge.
Wapello Iowa, April 1S.-At meet
ing of the members Of the Louisa
county bar yesterday, being all repre-
scented and being all members of the
republican party, the following reso-