Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-20
PLOT
TO GAIN CONTROL
Unprecedented Action Proposed
In Order to lTnseat the Cum
Minis Delegates
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COMMITTEE ACTION TALKED
Claim is Made That the State Central
Committee Will Make UP Temporary
Roll of the convention-some Light
on the Methods Which are Being
Proposed by Anti cummns Men.
Thy Ora Williamsl

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Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines. June 20-Wherein is the
joker in the claims department of Ed
Hunters gilded political machine?
"A good many are asking the ques-
ton. They have noted the complacent
assertion and rei,eration of the claim
that "Cummins is already beaten and
then making a study of the figures
which the railroad organs give. they
have wondered how it can be done. 1t
must be by converting minority into
a majority, if at all, and many have
this Is to be done
A little study of the figures given as
correct by the Des Moines Capital and
Sioux City Journal, two newspapers
devoted wholly to the cause which Ed.
Hunter is directing, will show some
interesting things. The Capital this
week names seven counties as having
contests Clinton is new one in
cluded. OF the others, the Capital puts
the Delaware fifteen in the Cummins
column, while the delegates from Des
Mones. Wapello, Jasper, Jefferson and
Scott are in the Perkins column.
Granting that these and none other are
contested counties the figures work
out as follows
Capital E'igures-Cummins uncon-
tested, 697; anti-Cummins uncontest-
ed, 666; majority of uncontested for
Cummins, 81.
Journal Figures-Cummins uncon-
tested, 6S4; anti-cummins uncontest-
ed $50; majority of uncontested for
Cummins, 4.
OF course. these figures are not cor
rect in any sense whatever but they
show the extreme claims of Hunter
and his associates.
Bearing in mind these figures, il is
easy enough to analyZe the mental
processes by which Hunter and his as
sociates arrive at the conclusion they
are going to run the convention. The
Capital says:
The struggle from now on will be
to secure a majority OF the delegates
in order to adopt the report of the
COllUllllee OIL CISuellllaiS, WHdlCNSl
that may be-
Note the reference to the original
roll of the convention. The next
paragraph states that the supporters
of Governor Cummins hope to have
enough of uncontested delegates to re-
ject any report from the committee on
credentials which shall be in the inter-
est of Perkins and Rathbun." Here
we get back to "uncontested delegates"
apparently used synonymous with the
original roll of the conventions" 1t is
further stated that the results in coun-
ties yet to hold conventions may de-
termine the fight and settle it, and yet
they may not" Then the oracle adds:
1T is apparently the intention to
contest and protest everything that Is
done from now on In order to offset
one contest with another. This is the
battle that is now on"
The man who wrote that probably
emptory command to contest every
thing" SO that it was written not in
prophecy or as a guess.
But making study of what is PLAN
ned, we fiEd this additional informa-
ton:
'"rhe standpatters control the state
central committee and if that COM
mittae makes up the uncontested roll
of the convention. it will probably be
made up in the interest of their cause
Going step further. this oracle re-
fers to the claim that the standpat
ters are now sure of having the COM
mittee on credentials:
"Then if the, standpatters have votes
enough to adopt the report of the COM
mittee on credentials, and that COM
mittee does what committees of it's
character generally do the governor will
be defeated
This throws some light on the meth
dds which are to be pursued in the
convention to turn a minority into a
game, but when they are put together
it is plain that something will hap
Still bearing in mind the figures put
forth by the Hunter people which show
a clear majority Of the uncontested
delegates for Cummins, on the count
of either Lafe Young or George Per-
kins, we come to this assertion:
'As the contest now stands Perkins
and Rathbun combined could adopt
report of the committee on credentials.
Thus they would take control of the
and Perkins and Rathbun
would have the advantage of a ma
jority report from the committee"
A list is given of counties yet to
hold conventions and this additional
vouchsafed:
eff the StandpatterS should carry
fifty uncontested votes out of the ll6
they would have control of the con
vention and thus defeat the nomination
of the governor.
These Two assertions deserve more
than passing notice. Ii the first should
prove to be not true, how could the
second be true? How would the addi-
ton of fifty votes to the anti" col
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