Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-09
P0VESH|EK CUNN|NS
Such Is the Political Color
Given by Caucuses
Held Friday
THE DAY GIVES HIM 4s OUT OF So
Open Primaries Get the Vote Out and
the cummns Men Find Themselves
in Overwhelming Majority-Automo
bile Work and Perfect Organization
in GrinneII
Special to Times Republican,

Special to Times -Republican.
Grinnell, June 9.-There was 10,
among the Cummins men of PoWeshiel
county Friday for the results of eau
cuses in five country precincts, the tow
of Brooklyn and one remaining ware
| of Grinnell gave Cumnins forty eigh
additional delegates to the county con-
| vention, and only four for Perkins
| BY night the Cummins men had sixty
| tiftytiv delegates yet to be named and
only seventy three necessary to con-
troll the convention. The likelihood is
that Grinnel, Malcolm and Sugar Creek
townships will select Cummins dele
gates this afternoon which will put
Cummfns in a strong majority and in
sure him seventeen instructed and
loyal delegates from Poweshiek coun-
~ In the state convention.
Locally the interest in the fight was
intense. The local standpat newspaper
had made a most bitter campaign of
AiiASi Sll dOllc COH-
siderable damage to the Cummins
forces. Federal officials had undertake
Ell to organize the county and tricky
lawyers from outside had got in their
work. The Cumnins men in Powesheil
however, constitute the young, active
fellows and they went to work. In
Madison township the farmer vote was
overwhelming, being thirty seven to
nothing for Cummins. Likewise in
Brooklyn the Cumfnins men had 1t all
their own way, 1856 to Ia. In Scott the
vote was close 26 to %, but In the Sec
ond ward of Grinnell the finest exhibi-
ton of team work in politics ever seen
at a caucus was given.
Under the leadership of j. II. Pat
ton, II. +. Lanphere. f. Nj, Card, Mayo
Harris and i score of willing workers,
the ward had been polled to a man. A
written contract was forced out Of an
unwilling standpat committeeman to
hold open the caucus one hour and
fifteen minutes, and it was stipulated
that Professor Noble should be chair
man, that Lanphere from the Cum
Minis men and DR.. C. E. Harris from
the anti's should act as tellers and
that the voting should be by ballot
The qualifications Of voter were also
agreed upon and 1t was stipulated that
the opposition ticket should not con-
tain the word 'Cummins' as the Sec
ond ward managers did not want any
of their men voting an Andy" Cum
Minis ticket by mistake. When the eau
Gus convened there was nothing to do
but get out the vote and this was done
by machinery: 1913 known Cummins
men We're assigned in groups of six
and eight to volunteer workers, five
and as many buggies We're
pressed into service. Factory en-
ployes We're snatched from their gar
dens and whizzed to the caucus FIT
teen minutes before the appointed
hour the first load had
been landed and the managers
checked as the voters arrived. Fifteen
minutes before the caucus closed the
autos were discharged for the Cum
known men and practically the entire
vote of the ward had been
polled in one hour. The count resulted
in 127 for Cummins to 70 for the tick
ct headed Roosevelt Republicans" the
opposition being afraid to use Per-
kins ballot since the Perkins speech in
Grinnell of Monday night.
Frank Rutledge cast as his ballot a
$500 check given him by Carney
Brade & Clark for work in their
lumber yard where he had been en-
ployed which when read before the
crowd created much merriment.
The Jefferson township caucus at
HartWick had been left entirely to the
Perkins men but two volunteers start
ed for there from Grinnell at 10 a. m.
in an automobile. BY noon they were
picking up farmers along the way and
coaxing others out of their corn fields.
At three o'clock they had a majority
Of the caucus, but the committeeman, |
who had promised to de-
liver Perkins delegation, quickly APP
pointed himself chairman and two of
his friends tellers and then he left the
caucus to sit on the fence outside I
where no one could move to adjourn /
and by holding open almost all after /
noon enough Perkins men were
1rummed up to make tie vote
The results in delegates was as fol-
ows::