Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-04-24
WILL PERKINS QUIT?
With Only Small Part of His
District His Case Looks
Hopeless
HERRloTTs NOT MUCH BETTER
Perkins Has Talked Harmony in the
Party and it Has Been Suggested
That Good Way to Secure 1t Would
Be to Allow the Majority to Rule
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party is question that is being ask
ed by numerous politicians, not with
any thought that he will withdraw, but
attention is called to the idea by the
vigorous editorials in the Sioux City
Journal in favor OF harmony. 1t is
impossible now that either Herriott or
Perkins can be nominated. Even with
Herriott still in the field there are
grave doubts of Perkins being able to
swing his delegation to any other cam
didate than Cummins after he is thru
with it himself. Congressman Hub
bard is at the head Of the Sioux City
delegation. He no doubt wishes re-
sional district had gone largely against
Cummins the Sioux City delegation
could be thrown to the support of Her
riott or some other candidate. With
the Eleventh district gone SO largely for
Cummins and with Perkins carrying
only Monona and Osceola outside of his
own home county, it is believed that
Congressman Hubbard will hardly care
to go counter to the action of the large
majority of his congressional district
and throw the delegation from his
county to Herriott. He might have an
excuse for going counter to their wishes
so long as he voted for his home coun-
ty. candidate. but it is believed that it
will behoove him to be with his con-
gressional district with Perkins out of
the road
1t is one of the planks of the Per-
kins platform that there should be har-
mony in the republican party. He and
his friends have been claiming that
Governor Cummins candidacy is dl-
viding the party. At the present time
in the campaign it has been demon
strated that Perkins is lamentably
weak in his own corner of the state.
Cummins has over $50 delegates thus
far and Perkins has less than 100. He
will have but three counties in his own
congressional district and quite likely
none in the Tenth district, and has but
two other counties in the state, making
five counties in all. tho about one
third of the counties of the state nave
held their conventions. With this
situation staring him In 'he
face it is claimed that II any one
should retire in the interests OF mar
mony in the party it IS MT. ferhilis'
IF the fight is prolonged TIL the STATE
convention the bitterness Will continue.
If Mr.. Perkins withdraws now, the
campaign will be over with ana 'hs
rest Of the conventions a perfunctory
matter. There will be an end 10 the
fighting, for the reason that there VIII
be but one side in the field. Wlthout d
candidate the railroads must fetlre.
The cam paign thus far has been shore
lived. and to eliminate the contest on
the governorship at this early date
would kill off the little bitterness that
has been engendered more readily ana
completely than anything else For
these reasons politicians are SAYING
that if there is any merit in the con-
tention that harmony should prevail IN
the republican party, that harmony
could best be advanced at this time by
the withdrawal of Mr.. Perkins. who
since early in the campaign has been
the chief apostle of the harmony talk.
The Cummins campaign is we'll IN
hand. and the leaders of the progress
siye movement are more than pleased
with the results of the campaign dur
ing the past week. The campaign is
farther advanced and complete VIC
tory for Cummins Is more nearly in
sight than had been expected it would
be at this time in the campaign. 1t is
recognized that one of the most i'm
portant matters now to keep in view is
DF ho OF
representatives and senators. The
progressive movement in Iowa politics
depends as much on the legislature as
on any other thing" is the way one
nolitician put 1t. 1t is known that j.
w. Blythe and his followers are exert
ing every vigilance to capture as many
of the representatives and senators as
possible AS the game of the stand
patters is to block rather than initiate,
il the standpatters have one house in |
control all reform legislation can be
killed. For this reason it is deemed |
very essential that the closest vigilance
should be exercised that the next legis- |
lature be in perfect harmony with the
governor on all important questions.
There is quite a conflict Of opinion
between Howard Tedford, state binder
and editor of the Mt. Ayr Record, and
Joseph Wall, in charge of the county
accounts in the office of the state aud
itor. The difference is all due to Gov
ernor Cummins making monkey OF
Tedford by showing that his figures
were wrong. Tedford printed a lot of
figures to show that Cummins is the
most expensive executive the state has
ever had and further to show that
while the railroad assessments have
been raised the farm assessments have
been raised also so that there is no
relative increase in the railroad as
ssssment Governor Cummins was able
in an address which he delivered down
there to show that the figures were all
wrong. Governor Cummins produced
the printed reports which showed no
such condition. Tedford was unable to
answer to the governors arguments and
figures and fell back on Wall. He had
hi. first figures from Wall and
was put out that Wall had not given
him the right figures and thus he had
been put in hole. Wall claims. how
ever. that he gave Tedford the figures
as they were on the books and is not
responsible for the figures that ap-
peared in the Mt Ayr Record.
There has been some digging into
the warrant books in the state audi