Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-19
DARK HORSE Talk
N 1H[ CAMP PA|GN
Anti-Cummins Leaders Trying
to Distract Attention From
Real Issues
FIFTH DISTRICT SORE SPOT
"Tama Jim" Talked of As Dark Horse
Candidate Largely Because the Per-
kins Managers Want to Break Into
the District-shaw Too Much Dis
credited to Be Taken Up.
IBy Ora Williams.l

Special to lmeS-dtepubllcan.
Des Moines June l9.--About month
ago prominent republican declared
to a group of friends in the lobby of
the Savery hotel that in his opinion
the dark horse who was to be
which to stampede the convention in
Des Moines was none other than Ia
ma Jim Wilson. the secretary of ag-
riculture, and that in due time an eff
fort would be made to line UP the en-
tire Fifth district for the distinguished
agriculturist. The assertion fell upon
deaf ears. 1t seemed incredible. But
in fact ii is not at all improbable. AL
ready the anti-everything newspapers
son and getting him before the people
in every possible way. They are maxi
ing him martyr in connection with
the packing house Investigations
They are pointing TO the fact that he
has served longer in the cabinet than
any other. They are recalling how he
mas always been recognized as especi-
ally the friend of the farmer. They
are featuring him as often as possible.
If it is possible to arouse interest in
the dark horse scheme James Will
sons name is to be used. provided he
does not forbid such use, to get ma
jority of the Fifth district delegates
to break away from their preferences
The fact that the Fifth district has no
votes for Perkins, at least on the sur
face. has been a. sore spot with the
campaign managers. They want to
break UP the Fifth district. They be-
lieve the name of James Wilson alone
can do it.
OF course Ed. Hunter will never con-
sent to the nomination of Wilson. Get
him away from the influences that
surround him at Washington, and Ia
ma Jim would be a good deal of
bucking broncho in the corral. He
would not suit Hunter nor Blythe nor
Call He could not be relied on as
strictly railroad candidate. But his
name might be useful in the vain effort
now being made to get the convention
into such turmoil that Hunter might
manipulate it at his pleasure.
Now that Shaw has become so great
ly discredited because of his deliber-
ate falsifying in regard to the nature
of his mission into Iowa, it is believed
Blythe will not make further attempt
to get him into the running. 1t is re-
called that more than month ago the
standpat papers announced that Shaw
would be at the convention and that
he would address the delegates. In
ference was left that he would address
the delegates in convention, but it is
more likely that the plan was to have
him address the delegates in side
meeting the night before and thus pave
the way for use of his name as
compromise" candidate. For one
thing it was planned. should Blythe
have control of the convention, to start
the Shaw presidential boom with ap-
propriate resolutions. Should Shaw be
dropped out of the cabinet previous to
the date of the state convention, this
scheme would be pressed harder than
ever. If he remains in the cabinet and
continues to go about the country to
be paraded as the spokesman for the
administration, in fights affecting
the corporation question. he will,
in mea sure, he compelled
to keep still on his pres
idential boom. The results of the past
two weeks have made it less likely that
Shaw will be the dark horse" candi-
date of the railroads to beat Cum
minis and Rathbun and give over the
party to Ed. Hunter.
An interesting story comes from Da-
venport, where Illinois thugs were i'm
ported to try to overturn the estab-
lished order there. 1t is notorious that
some of these men We're handed Per-
kins tickets and two silver dollars at
the same time. The effort was not to
get instructions for Perkins. for the
republicans there would hardly stand
for that, but to get denunciation of
the republican state administration.
There have been runlors that Senator
Hayward, candidate of secretary of
state was being used by the Ed. Hun
ter gang to accomplish their ends. But
in fact Hayward turned down the plot
ers Then a deliberate effort was made
to use the name of Joe R. Lane. and to
start a movement to bring him out as
a clark horse" candidate for governor.
Lane refused to be caught in this net
and turned the whole scheme down.
He will not be a candidate for COVER
nor or any other office. The plan to
try to swing the Scott delegation away
from Cummins on the theory that
Congressman Dawson is really avail
able as candidate for governor has
not yet been wholly abandoned. The
fact that despite the Importation OF
thugs and the purchase of voters the
county Went overwhelmingly for Cum
minis rather staggered the railroad
crowd.
newspaper in the First district
denies there is any reason for the i'm