The Washington times., 1906-06-14


equally between Curnmins and Perkins
Senator Allison has been for some time
known as a compromiser of eminent
capacity. and he had found the Dubuque
prize package too good to keep.
Tnen there came a series Of close
county contests, and Secretary Shaw
went out to save the day for Perkins.
He made some good speeches, but he
lost the towns IN which he spoke. He
came back. but only to be summoned
once more. this time for the Davenport
speech. which has caused the big eX-
| plOsiOn.
When the Secretary's telegram to Da-
VenpOrt. as given above. got into print
the Cummins people decided to know
| Just what they were fighting They had
/ been fighting pretty much every n
huence in politics. from the Chicago
/ railroad managers 10 the Washington
: delegation. and winning; and II they
were also to be forced to fight the
/ White House, they wanted to know *.
So the Cummins leader at Davenport
rushed off a telegram to Theodore
1 Roosevelt. Washington" giving the text
| of the Shaw acceptance and following
| It with this pointed question to the
] President:
Does this mean that you are taxing
] sides in the fight in Iowa? You are rep
/ resented as sending through SECRETARY
Shaw a message 10 Iowa Republicans
as 10 how they should line up in our
1 present contest TOT nOTnlnatlOn Tor gov
! ernor. Is this true? Caucuses to be
held here Thursday night.
CHARLES GRILKE.
| ''Secretary. Republican Central Corr
Mr.. Griike's suggestion that caucuses
were Ito be heIS here Thursday night
/ conveyed the notion that a quick an
swer would be appreciated. He got it.
II read thus:
The White House Reply
: The White House.
| Washington ID. C. June u
ITO Charles Grilke. Secretary Republi-
can Central Committee. Davenport.
Iowa:
visit 10 Davenport Is. OF course. or his
/ own responsibility The President has
| sent no message through anybody TO
! Iowa Republicans and has not inter
not interfere in the Iowa factionai con-
test nor in that OF any other State.
/ WILLIAM LOEB. jr-. Secretary
Extreme Displeasure at White House.
Perhaps Mr.. Loeb's answer would
have been less emphatic and vigorous
II he hadn't been pestered for twenty
/ four hours with newspaper correspond
| ents armed with copies of the Shaw
telegram 20 Davenport and asking ex-
| plantations AS ii is. the reply strongly
suggests the extreme dispIessure which
] IL known TO be felt at the White House
| over the action OF Secretary Shaw. 1t
! is pointed out that the Secretary has
/ assumed before to represent the Ad-
/ ministration in a State campaign. Last
/ fan he went out 10 Columbus TO make
a reply 20 the famous Taft ant-nHchine
speech.
The Ohio Republican leaders had been
/ desperately trying 10 eXtOrt an indOrse-
/ ment OF HerriCk from the President. and
had failed. They sent for Shaw, who
told his audience IN substance that he
! wouldn't be here II the President didn I
| want Governor Herrick elected" That
/ gave the Administration a good deal OF
/ wOrry, and IL is now noted that the
Shaw effort 10 line up the Administra-
] tion behind the Iowa machine is very
/ similar 10 the Ohio enterprise.
There is intense interest IN Washing
/ ton in the explanation the Secretary
may have made at Davenport last
that will be held tonight The Cum
Minis people in Iowa are juhilant and
/ positive OF carrying the State conven-
/ tion- Nearly all the counties have held
| their conventions and Cummfns has a
comfortable lead TO date, with chances
/ favoring him in most Of the remaining
/ counties.
Perkins Repudiates Story.
SIOUX CITY. Iowa. June I4.-Georse
D. Perkins. who is opposing Governor
Cummins for a denomination, was coz
PEELED today in an interview 10 repu
date both the news story and editorial
in his own newspaper. the Sioux City
Journal. which declared Secretary Shaw
had returned 10 Iowa on the advice of
President Roosevelt to help out the
standpat cause. Secretary Shaw, in
Davenport, reluctantly admitted he
came West on his own responsibility.
/ He explained his letter Of acceptance,
which said he broke other engagements
to come after conferring with the Presi-
dent, by saying he made this reference
20 show he and the President were in
accord and not at Ioggerheads. as some
Of the correspondents had charged. II
IS believed in Iowa that Shaw had been
promised Senator Allison's place should
II become vacant. providing that Perkins
wins for governor Perkins paper said