Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-02
WAS A CUMM|NS WEEK
Nearly Everything Went His
Way and Victory Is
In Sight
LUCAS COUNTY CARRIED FOR HIM
West Waterloo cauouses Promise
Black Hawk-Worth, Franklin. Har-
din, Story, Jasper and Poweshiek
Either Carried or Promised by eau
cuses Held-Wright Fayette and
Delaware Landed Early in Week.

This was distinctly Cummins week.
20" reservation, of Franklin yesterday,
Fayette, Delaware and Wright early in
the week, and the favorable caucuses
in West Waterloo, sent the Cummins
figures soaring we'll nigh up to the
nominating notch. Lucas county has
all along been counted and conceded to
Perkins, Hardin. Story, Jasper and
Poweshiek are all in sight.
Wright county led off with over
whelming caucuses for the governor,
assuring him fifteen delegates there.
Then came the Delaware primaries
adding one more county with Is dele
gates Fayette followed with 81 The
Franklin county caucuses yesterday
! went to l for Cunmnns, assuring
him 13 delegates there. In Delaware
Fayette and Franklin. Cunmins did
not get single vote five years ago,
but this year they will give him 40. Nor
did he get anything from Lucas then.
Caucuses in Nortnwood have landed
Worth county for Cummins with
votes.
In the city of Grinnell caucuses last
night Indicated that Grinnelrs strength
in the Poweshiek county convention
will be divided between Cummins and
Perkins, instead of being cast against
Cummins, as was feared, which max s
1t reasonably certain that Peweshiek
will instruct II delegates for Cum
Minis The primaries in Story and Har-
din today will land both of these coun-
ties in the Cummins column. Jasper.
too, has had caucuses in four pre-
cints, which went for Cumnins, and
! Jasper is now likely to add its 81
votes to the progressive column.
Then came the good news last even
ing that the caucuses In West Water
loo went overwhelmingly for Cummins,
indicating that Black Hawk county
would be carried for the governor.
Black Hawk has 81 delegates, which
have ben counted In the doubtful col
umns If Cummins gets them there
will be no way under the sun Of pre-
venting his ultimate nomination.
Adair county went against him. as
was feared. and which was the only
loss of the week, as Adair county split
in favor of Cummins before. However,
this is offset by the cheering news that
the miners of Lucas county have car
ried it for Cummins.
Cunamins now has $50 assured. Har-
din, Story and Poweshiek will raise this
to 6S7. Should Black Hawk go in the di-
rection 1t is now headed, Cummins
could count TIA and Jasper would make
it 735. Cummins would then need only
SO delegates to nominate on the FIRST
ballot without considering any of the
contested counties, and there are nine
counties yet to be heard from which
are morally certain to give him lat
delegates.
Perkins has gained Adair county,
with 13 delegates, which makes his as
sured vote 44S. There are only So LETT
on which he has any cinch. so that 1t
he counts all of Rathbuns 104, he will
still need 21O more to nominate on first
ballot. Hence he must carry every
| one Of Black Hawk, Marion, iMontgOm-
cry and Muscatine, which are con.sid-
cred doubtful. with Cun1mins tenden-
cies, and he must get 100 delegates be-
sides from the counties which are con-
sidered morally certain for Cummins.
This would include about all Of Cum
Minis strongest counties and manifest
ly is an impossibility.