Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-04-27
CAUCUSES
The True Facts About the
Political Situation in
That County
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FEDERAL CROWD TURNED DOWN
Effort to Handicap k%retschmer in In
terests of Perkins Fails and County
Convention Will Be Held May TO-
cummins' Nomination Seems As
sured-PoliticaI News.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times-Republlcan.
Des Moines, April 27.-The informa-
ton that has thus far come from Du-
buque county as TO the action of the
county convention there has been in
definite. Fred N. Kretschmer, candi-
date for state treasurer, was in the
city yesterday with other Dubuque
men, and it was Their for the first time
told just how the campaign had been
conducted in that county. The Per-
kins supporters in that city, who con-
sist of Joseph Morgan, the postmaster,
kill off Kretschmer's boom in the aid
of Perkins. Their campaign to do this
was by setting the date for the
ton to select state delegates late in
July, a short time before the state
convention. .kretschmer then would be
practically without his county till so
late in the convention hat it would
do him no good. Kretschmer n his
friends wanted the date for the county
convention fixed for May 10, and he
Won out. He will, at the county O.
vention to select state delegates, ask
for the privilege of naming the dele
cation and will ask that the delegates
be uninstructed as to candidates for
governor, so that lie win be able to
use them in the state convention in
getting strength for himself for state
treasurer. From the action of the
convention Wednesday it would seem
that K~retschmer has the county with
him. The Cummins men have made no
fight in the county such as the Perkins
men made.
An Indication of the sentiment down
in the reservation territory is shown
by the information that reaches this
city. from absolutely reliable sources
that Blythe has made overtures for ii
divided delegation from that county.
The campaign in that section of the
state is much more Blythe and anti
Blythe than anything else. Cummins
and Perkins enter the contest only in
cidentally as they are opposed or fav-
orable to the continuation of the Blythe
rule. The same condition prevails in
other counties of the reservation as
we'll as in Des Moines county. The
progressives or ~anti-Blythe forces are
SO encouraged over the fight thus far
that they are slow to accept the over
lures for the divided delegation.
Information from Wapello county is
very assuring for the progressives. In
that county the convention is made UP
on somewhat different lines than in 9TH
counties. The various caucuses select
the allotted number of delegates to
which they are entitled to go to the
state convention. The county V
ton then ratifies the choice. A divided
delegation is, therefore. a very natural
thing from Wapello county. In 1901
Cummins secured seven delegates out
of the twenty-six from the county.
According to reports from the county.
campaign.
Earlier in the month of April it was
said that by the end of the month the
campaign would be so. far advanced
that it would be known almost with
definite certainty what the outcome of
the campaign would be on the ques-
ton of governor. There are but a few
days left of the month and several
counties will hold conventions in those
days. The Perkins people can be con-
coded now everything that they can
reasonably claim and some in addition
and Cummins will still have a good
majority in the state convention. Per-
kins can be given all of the first con-
gressional district. tho there are indi- |
cations that he will not get it all. The
district can be divided equally
tho Cummins got much more the 9TH
er time and will get more this. The
Third district can be divided to give
only what he got there in
1901, tho there are Indications he will
get more; the Fifth district can be
divided the same way; divide the
Sixth to give Cummins but half, tho
there are indications he will get more;
in the Seventh give Perkins Madison
and Warren and there is not reason
for claiming for him more. Give the
all to Perkins, tho in 1901 Cum
MINIS got fifteen delegates. In the
Ninth give Cummins only what he got
before tho there are indications he
will carry more. in the Tenth give
Cumrnins the counties which he has
carried: and in the Eleventh give Per-
kins Woodbury., Osceola, Monona, which
he has carried, and Plymouth, O'Bien,
which are all he could reasonably
claim in addition and Cummins will
lave sufficient delegates to nomin-
ate him on the first ballot. Here are
the figures to show 1t:
Predicted
Cong. For this
Cummins wear
In 1901. Cummins Perkins
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Second 49,. 11s 63h 63h
Third 800. SO so 108
-. IS 145