Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-07-10
Extravaganza Use of the Press
Made by the Hunter Bureau
at Des MOines
FAIR REPORTS ARE REFUSED
Subsidized Press Refused to Print the
News of Victories for Governor Cum
Minis, and "Doctored' Reports Sent
by Correspondents Who Told the
Truth-General News.
[By Ora Wllliamsl
Special to Times Republican.

kppGGldl w ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Des Moines, July 10.-Never before
has there been such eXtravagant use
of newspapers In an effort to mislead
the voters as this year In the recent
campaign The press bureau organized
and supported by the railroads was the
most active ever known in the state.
Large sums of money were expended
in this way. Newspapers were scat
tered all over the state, and many vot-
ers received several free copies. In one
family near Woodward where there
were several voters, eleven copies of
the Des Moines organ of the railroad
politicians were received for several
weeks all free. In Marion county one
man yesterday reported he was receiv-
ing four copies of the same organ.
Hundreds OF voters without regard to
political preferences in this distric.
have received free copies of the Sioux
City organ of the corporations.
One day during the progress OF the
campaign an anonymous letter was
received at Cummns headquarters ev-
identity from travelling man, denounc-
ing the committee for not spreading
broadcast over the state the news OF
progressive victories. Every time q
precinct goes for Perkins" he wrote.
1.-THE fact is given big headlines in the
morning newspapers all over the state;
when a county goes for Cummins mo-
body knows 1t save those who read q
few of the papers which print all the
news Send out dispatches to all the
papers and have them printed. But the
writer of the roast perhaps did not
know that a number of these papers
would not print the news II they got
It, Much less did he know that the
railroad machine was able to use thou
sands of dollars in sending out preju-
diced reports to the newspapers.
A correspondent in Des Moines for
an Omaha newspaper one night re-
ceived dispatch from his paper stat
ing they had suspicious dispatch in
regard to certain matters and asking
for the facts, which We're sent. Fur
Their investigation disclosed that the
dispatch was one sent paid and In the
interest of the anti-Cummins propa-
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eastern papers were sent quantities
of stuff. all of the most prejudicial ma
ture. all unfair and misleading. and the
tolls We're paid. Some of the
papers used the dispatches at first.
1t was a regular thing for the tele-
graph offices here to receive messages
in the Ed. Hunter bureau and
marked to send free Of tolls to a score
Of daily papers outside of the state, as
we'll as to all daily papers in the state
that would accept them.
The item of telegraph tolls alone
would amount to a large sum. provided
the dispatches were not franked.
On the superstition that the present
fight is only the beginning and not the
end, the Hunter bure III is said to be
dire punishment on all
publishers who have been
fair by causing to be started newspa
pers in the cities and towns where the
side has not been very Well
represented. This scheme looks for
ward to further discussion of the rate
question as a national issue, and it has
close relation to the rate bureau which
the railroad presidents organized last
year and which has a branch In Iowa
under guidance of man named CARR
SON. 1t is supposed that Garrison will
again appear to direct the movement
to overwhelm Iowa with railroad mat
ter. His scheme for inducing Iowa ed
itors to sell their opinions for railroad
money largely failed, and now the all
tentative will be made of owning the