Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-09-29
Probabilities Are He Will Be
Called Off by the Commit
tee Soon
FAILURE AT ocHEyE0AN
Democrats Secure Him for Speech, and
in Joint Debate With "Joe" Dyer
He Proves Absolute Failure Demo-
cratic Political Plate Turns Tables
Capital Gossip.
,ecial 70 Times Republican.

/ Special to Times -RepuDllcan.
| Des Moines. Sept. 29.-It will proba-
bly, be some time before John Denni-
tenant governor, invites joint dis
cussion with well-informed republi>
| can speaker before an audience of nor
| thern Iowa farmers. He tried it at
| Ocheyedan.
| The occasion was street carnival,
aud the democrats thought they had
made great hit by getting Dennison
to speak one forenoon. The republi>
cans had no speakers ready, but finally
ed on to go to Ocheyedan and talk to
the people. When he arrived he found
Dennison keen for joint debate, ana
this was finally arranged, tho Dyer hao
not made a political speech in the cam
paign and had not pencil mark to
guide him in an argument. Dennison
undertook to make speech along the
line of trying to convince the people
that the republican governor of Iowa
is; not a man to be trusted; that he is
recreant to his duty, and that he has
made very bad governor all around.
But i. seemed that in abandoning the
more familiar line of argument, so well
outlined by Bryan, MIR. Dennison found
himself in such strange position that
he did not do himself justice. Mr..
Eyer, on the contrary, soon had the
big crowd Of farmers present enrap-
tured, and he disposed of the demo-
cratic arguments about being wrong
on the tariff and everything else in
short order. Especially in the matter
of state expenditures and assessments
and. taxation did the address of Mr..
Dyer cake weH-or rather, it was the
facts themselves which showed up in
a manner to completely discredit
about all that Dennison had said.
Reports from Ocheyedan are to the
effect that while before the joint de-
bate there were perhaps half dozen
republicans in that part of the county
who were talking as if they would go
democratic, there is not one now but
who will vote the republican ticket,
while good many Of the independent
voters who might have been4prevailed
upon to vote with the democrats this
time, are now openly out for the gov
elnor and the support Of the state adj
miniStratiOn.
From reports of the Dennison
speeches it would appear that the
democratic state committee blundered
in picking him out to answer Cum-
minis" on state issues. Dennison is
pronounced Bryan man, and for that
reason was not permitted to head the
state ticket, and he has won his laurels
as an eloquent speaker by bold de-
tense of national democratic principles.
In trying to revamp and work over
some of the argument with which re.
publicans have become familiar in the
past six months in Iowa. he has dis.
appointed his admirers. He will prob
ably be called off by the committee
soon.
A good deal has been said in some
of the newspapers about the impro-
priety of any one pretending to be
republican doing anything that might
be pleasing to the democrats, and the
intimation has gone out many times
| that Governor Cummins-and others
who have steadfastly supported him
are in fact democrats because of the
fact that they have at one time or
another won the approval and COM
mendation of democrats. 1t seems,
however, that the tables have been
turned, and now some of the news
papers of Iowa that have done most
sneering at those who have given DEM
ocrats pleasure, are engaged in getting
themselves into bad company. The
following paragraph in the political
plate editorial, sent out to the demo-
cratic newspapers Of Iowa this week
by the committee in charge of the
demo-corporation alliance illustrates
the point:
Bailey of Britt, who is violent
standpatter, and is in the violent ward
for safe keeping, says the Sioux City
Journal is worth years subscription
every week now. We do not consider
it any better than the Burlington
Hawkeye, the Cedar Rapids Republic
an, the Des Moines Capital, the Iowa
City Republican and forty or fifty oth-
er republican papers. They all suit
the democrats"
1t is pointed out here that persons
who go about boasting that they are
proud of the company they keep, find
it pleasant to get into the company
of a committee which is backing for
national committeeman one who is
branded by Judge Carr, Of Manchester,
as "a corporation asset" In justice to
the forty or fifty" however, it might
be stated that the committee which
still has in it's service several who
were formerly with Perkins head
quarters" is unable to name them
Governor Cummins will speak in OF
tumwa one day the coming week. He
will also devote much Of his time to
speaking in the First. Sixth and
Eighth districts but will not neglect
any part of the state. It is expected
that the rally in Des Moines next week.