Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-07-18
HOW WOULD THIS LoOK7

HOW WOULD THIS lOOk1
In Pennsylvania the element within
the republican party which believes ii
| freeing the party from control by
special interests and corruptionists
have been compelled to fuse with the
democrats That is, defeated by the
special interests which were in con-
! troll of the republican party machinery
| they have nominated q fine man fol-
governor on Lincoln Republican tick
ct, and the honest men within the dem
ocratic party have endorsed him. The
success of Lewis Emery seems assured
and the wall Of the machine press is
| pitiable to hear.
The Philadelphia Press, edited by
Charles Emory Smith, President Nc
kinley's cabinet officer, and the lead
ing republican paper of the state, as
serts that the machine wing of the
party Stands only for the organiza-
ton" the Lincoln party "is Distinctive
ly identified with REFORM reflects the
will of the people" and has the argu-
ment."
In Iowa the republican party has the
same kind Of a factional alignment ex-
cept that the men and the candidate
opposed to control by the special in
terests have won. In all human prob
ability the anti-machine candidate will
receive the regular nomination and the
machine will have to acquiesce. But
suppose Ed Hunter should succeed in
disrupting the convention, should dis
franchise Polk county, for instance, or
seat such contesting delegations as
Salinger's crowd from Carroll county?
There would of course, be riot, bolt
and two republican tickets At that
point the identity between the Iowa
and Pennsylvania situations ceases.
A computation from the election re-
turns of the last election for governor,
however, will show that the counties
now instructed for Cummins in the
coming republican convention cast
12e,S02 republican votes as compared
to S9,525 republican votes cast by the
counties which are now arrayed solid
ly against him in the coming conven-
ton. These figures exclude Dubuque,
Jefferson, Lucas and Wapello, where
the delegations are either divided or
contested. also Linn which is divided
after the faN orite son is eliminated, as
well as Ringgold Montgomery and
Chicasaw, where primaries indicated
that fully half the voters preferred
Cummins. Dividing the republican
vote of these counties equally between
Cum1nins and his opposition it may be
presumed that on a split Cummins
would poll 13s,041 republican votes to
100,764 for the machine wing of the
party. This would be assuming that
fully as many votes would be gained
for him in opposition counties as would
be lost to him in friendly counties.
which many Curnmins men will con-
tend is greatly unfair to Cummins.
However, with republican vote
thus computed at 1904 for Cummins
and 100.764 for some railroad candidate
the democratic vote of the last election
was 159,725. If it is true, as contended
by the railroad press and managers,
that the democrats are nominating
Cummins, only 1900 out of 159,705
would need to stay by him to cleo!
him. Or out of 100,764 republican
votes in counties carried by the rail-
road corruption fund against Cummins
only 1900 more than an average need
go into the secrecy of an Australian
ballot booth and PUNK one for Cum
minis. Or 1900 honest, independent
democrats and honest republicans
combined need but to record by bal
lot protest against railroad rule and
ruin in politics and Cummins will be
governor again. But what could save
the congressman or the railroad COM
missioners and many local officers?
Do we want Hunters program carried
out?