Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-07-21
WORKING OUT P[AN
IO WRECK PARTY
Hunter Holding Conferences
With Rebellious Minority In
the State Committee
ARE MEETING IN CHICAGO
Too Much Notoriety Given Their Con-
ference in Des Moines-Plan to Ef-
feet Revolution in the Party Is
Being Worked Out in chicaso-What
1t Means.
TiBy Ora Williamsl

Des Moines. July 2l.-Details of the
plans for effecting u revolution within
the republican party at the state con-
vention are being worked out at con-
ferences held in Chicago The policy
to be pursued at the state convention
by the rebellous minority will be die
days ago the plottels came up against
a hard proposition when it was put to
the standpat members of the state
committee as u cold blooded PROPOSE
ton that they take the initiative in
the proposed steal of the conventions
Some of those members are ambitious
for future honors in the party, or at
least desire to go out of public life
without any cloud on their names.
reluctant to so into a raw deal Pres
sure was brought on him without SUBJ
stantial results. Now he is to be
Hooded with petitions which ought to
be headed "a petition to encourage
political theft" Finally Ed Hunter got
the Asmus Boysen proxy in the hands
of Blythe's man at Council Bluffs and
he came out with a bold declaratio
as to the determination of the state
committee to start the ball rolling
for the theft Of the convention.
Zen days ago Chairman Spence was
called into Chicago to be labored
with; this week, again, he was got into
consultation with the powers that are
attempting to dictate to Iowa republic
cans. He met Ed Hunter at the Great
Northern and they went to see the
people who are putting up the money
for the big fight din Iowa and who are
insistent on having the state commit
tee recognize Ed Hunters bunch of
fakes What is wanted now is that
the state committee shall get together
on the day previous to the state con-
vention or II if possible, and shall
demand OF chairman of the county
delegations, especially the progress
ives, their credentials. 1t is then
planned that unless they are willing
to give up their credentials to the state
committee and are prepared to de-
fend against the fakes instigated in
Ed Hunters Des Moines office, they
are to be denied their right of admis-
sion to the convention hall. Whether
Chairman Spence, with Messrs. Wood
wardb Estabrook and Epps will be in
duced to do this remains yet to be de-
termined It is assumed that Wilson
and Boysen's proxy are ready to start
the revolution.
1T is stated here that Hunter will
not call any more conferences at his
headquarters here in DeS Moines until
near the day for the state convention.
Some of those who have attended
say that too much notoriety is given
them in this connection. 1t was re-
garded here as significant that the
committee of Sioux City railroad law
yers representing Perkins which
committee spent day going over the
ground with Hunter and his servants,
should have felt impelled to deny as
soon as they had reached home that
they had seen Hunter. That Hunters
reputation is so bad that Perkins men
feel it necessary to deny they have
consulted with the Perkins manager.
indicates that they feel ashamed of the
company they keep. 1t is because of
this that much of the work from this
time ON is to be done in Chicago.
1t is possible that Wright, the Bur-
lington railroad attorney at Council
Bluffs, will not be able to make good
his boast of ability to control the state
committee. He is not a member of the
committee and merely holds the proxy
of Asmus Boysen, of Chicago. The
question may be raised as to the right
of Boysen to permanently deputize
someone to act for him while he is in
fact a resident of another state. 1t
may be deemed necessary to bring
Boysen back that he may act per-
sonally.
incidentally some of the plotters for
revolution in the state convention have
been going over the list of delegates to
see if they could determine in advance
how big a job they are undertaking.
OF course. if it were true that they
were to deal with a handful of demo-
Gratis the job of throwing more than
half the convention ont into the street
might be attended with no great diff
ficulties; but the program contem-
plates putting out some men who are
not accustomed to being thrown out
of republican state conventions. Run
ming down the list of delegates it is
seen that the larceny program includes
disposal of delegations on which are
such we'll recognized and accepted re-
publican leaders as the following,
namely: Speaker G. w. Clarke and S.
M. Leach, Adel; F. Fl. Robbins, Wau-
kon: A. NJ. Fellows, lansing, A. S.
Burdick, Postville; f. j. Eighmey. j.
w Arbuckle and Alfred Longley, Wa
terloo: George /. Long. Manson; Joe
Lane. Davenport: Dan H. Young, Man.
chester; Senator Frank Maytag and G.