Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-05-18
WHAT PERKINS
SAID Of CDNN|NS
Desperation of Men Who Are
Trying to Defeat the Gov
ernor Shown
PRAISE FOR cuMm'Ns - 1901
What Perkins and Lafe Said About
iowa's Chief Executive Then and
What They Say Now Compared =
Both Knew His Record Then-Which
Side Has Changed.
rBy Ora williams.l
Special to es-Republican.


Des Moines. May 1S.--The despera-
ton of those who would defeat and
destroy Governor Cummns. no mat
ter what methods may be necessary to
accomplish that result was never bet
ter shown than in the revamping of the
old stories about Cummins being a
democrat. A late issue of the Sioux
City Journal, brings this up again. and
there is assertion or intmaton again
that Cummins is d democrat, that he
was a democrat, that he ran for office
as democrat, that he spoke for Boies,
and a declaration that he has never
denied voting for Boies.
Candidate Perkins had different
view short time ago. On October 25
commentator of the governor by
democrats:
1T must 'be that the governor is em-
barrassed by this democratic chatter.
He knows very well as a republican
that they do not believe the things he
believes in. Otherwise, he does not
know what he is himself or what the
democrats are. They seek to trap
him."
When that was written Candidate
Perkins had not forgotten the fierce
fight made against Cummins a few
years ago on the score that he had
once been a democrat. But he prefer
red to refer to him "aS a republican,.
Has Cummins changed since?
on the occa asion of the denomination
of Governor Cummins by Iowa republic
cans, Mr.. Perkins was honored by be-
ing made chairman of the convention.
OF the governor he then said:
1--WE are here today. my friends, to
honor Albert B. Cummins. We are
here to indorse his administration and
to give him entrance upon another
term. 1t is to the credit of the admin
istration that is and is to be that our
state is free of unsavory state ques-
tions. 1t must be they are not here or
the faithful searchers of the other side
would have found them"
Mr.. Perkins had not then joined the
faithful searcherJ of the other side"
Going back little further the writer
recalls that just after a fierce county
contest in 1901. Lafe Young wrote of
it that "the opposition charged that
democrats took part In the caucuses In
favor of Cummins, but this is the usu-
al charge" Then he added:
"The Capital believes in Mr.. Cum
Minis: has confidence in his judgment,
his republicanism and his patriotism"
And now the Capital is Joining this
co U0Y citinno in irving TO connie
Cummins' name with democrats.
Both Young and Perkins have long
known all about the record of Gov
ernor Cummins just before he was
made the Iowa member Of the repub-
lican national committee to manage
the campaign for Mckinley. They know
that he not only did not campaign for
Boies, but that he has in fact repeat
edly denied that he ever voted for
him.
They have joined "the faithful
searchers of the other side" with their
muck rakes; the governor remains the
same.
The latest effort to besmirch the
governor is on the testimony OF a
fellow from Dexter named Downie
who has neither political nor other
standing in his county, and who UNDER
takes to prove what Cummins did
tho he admits only passing ac-
auaintance with the governor.
Here in Des Moines. where Cummins
became a candidate for the legislature
on petition of 900 republicans, that act
was never regarded as indicating he
was other than a republican.