Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-09-03

tIo 50. Thru motives of loyalty i stood
| hy Mr.. Perkins candidacy to the last,
sacrificing my own interests and alien
| ating friends Where is my offense
| Can 1t be that i stood with the con-
| gressional delegation in calling a halt
in the proposed forcing into the roll of
| the convention the names of fraudu-
| lent contestants. or Is ii in that ! re-
| fuse to follow defeated candidate in
his assaults upon the party and the
| ticket?
MFR. Perkins was decisively and
finally defeated at Des Moines His
proffered leadership was rejected by the
republican party and another was
chosen as leader and representative of
it's principles. According to Mr.. Per-
kins' own claims, this involved only a
choice of leader and no change In prin-
ciples. What principle is now asserted
by the republican party of Iowa. with
A. b. Cummins as its leader which Mr..
Perkins has not himself professed and
defended during the last three years
IL any principle of repubicanism is i'm
periled by this choice. where and how
| ii became the duty of every loyal re-
publican and do,thly the duty of him
who had been defeated, to stand by the
ticket and give 1t faithful support. 1t
is only by holding fast to the discipline
that parties can endure. 1t is only by
that spirit of political honor which
smiles at defeat. takes the dose, how
ever bitter. and stands by the decision,
that men are made fit for political as
sociation.
Says He Has Been Misrepresented.
But. after this convention there were
mutterings and threats and open revolt.
The Journal in every issue teemed with
attacks upon the republican candidate
for governor which could have but one
Infant and purpose. Revenge was in
the air. Not merely because of my acts
in support of Mr.. Perkins, but. more
especially. because of the threats of
continued hostility in Woodbury. coun-
ty. a question arose in the minds Of
many of the supporters of Governor
Curnmins whether, in self protection,
they should not have a candidate for
congress who had been identified with
them in the fight. 1t was not so much
question of enmity to me as one Of
political policy and necessity The
Storm Lake conference was called to
determine that question. went before
that conference having, l think. al
ready enough votes pledged to me to
nominate. In my thoughts. however,
the mere contest, the question, was in
furious not to me alone. but to the
ticket and the party; the fight against
me was furnishing and would furnish
material for attack all along the line.
"1'he one question before that con-
ference. so far l was concerned in it,
was the question of my earnest and
loyal support of the ticket named at
Des Moines, and of my relations to this
head of that ticket. Words have been
put into my mouth. by misnterpreta
ton, which I did not utter, and these
have been distorted into meaning Of
which l never dreamed. I have been
represented as abandoning my princi :
Piles in servile seeking for office. 1t
is not / who have abandoned princi-
pie In the search Tor office. That
which l now stand for / have always
stood for; that in which l now believe
have always believed. After the
state convention, and growing out Of
the disappontments of that conven-
ton. there became manifest an at
tempt to perpetuate the hostilities of
the campaign and organize it's bitter
ness into party, opposed in purpose
and principle to the sentiment of tina.
district and to every political belief to
which had ever given my allegiance
/ sought the earliest opportunity to
declare my opposition to this move
ment, my loyalty to the party's choice
and my own continued and unchanged
adherence to the principles which have
actuated< my political life. appeal
to the record of my life, lived in the
open among you, for justification OF
my character and my course of ac-
ton l confidently look to the future
for just judgment thereon. I have
kept rhe faith. have abandoned no
principle / have forsaken no friend.
l have not taken one step in dishonor
1 simply stand by and with my party
and it's candidates and principles. He
who does less is no republican. SO
much 1 owe to myself and to you to
say; the rest ] leave to the justice of
time"