Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-04-28
Events of the Past Week Give
Cummlns' Enemies Little
Encouragement
COALITION OF THE CANDIDATES
Strong Effort Made to Get All the
Elements Antagonistic to Cummins
to Join Hands in the Fight Against
the Governor at the Primaries Next
Tuesday-lowa News.
IBy Ora Milliams.l

Des Meines. April 2S.-Events of the
past week have not given great en-
couragement to the plotters to defeat
or humiliate the governor of Iowa in
his home county. The news from the
two congressional conventions and the
little ruction at Guthrie Center con-
tained little that would be pleasing to
the rabid ants.
The Perkins meeting did them no
good, in fact, as result of the meet
ing and because it was at once seen
that nothing had been accomplished,
the Cummins committee Immediately
announced that there would be no po-
litical meetings for the other side. The
Sioux City candidate had made his de-
fense and counter accusation, had told
Of his own answering fidelity To fixed
and immutable principles and had been
delightfully."- thrilling In his humorous
and sarcastic references to his ops
ponent-he recognized only one oppon-
ent-but he had made no argument
that required any answer before a Des
Moines audience nor had he convinced
q single person that the republican
governor of the state of Iowa was in
need of 4efense, either as to his repub-
licanism, his patriotism or his capabil-
ity as an executive officer.
The campaign is therefore closed In
Polk county in so far as there was
any speaking campaign on the gov
ernorship.
II there is to be any considerable
show OF strength for the standpat
cause in4the Polk county primary it
will be because of the coalition of a
group of anxious outside candidates.
The Perkins headquarters, which Man.
ager Call opened, presided over by Da-
Wis and Parrott, are now being used to
disseminate literature in behalf of the
standpat combine, namely: Perkins,
who Stands for what Cummins has
stood for" in the language Of one Of his
Sioux City supporters; julie Richards,
who has done the muck -raking for the
Blythe people these many years; Col
onel Raymt d, whose intimacy with
the railroad attorneys here is not con-
cealed; Colonel Palmer. who wants
twelve years in office for the benefit OF
1.-THE reservation" and some others
whose identity with the corporation
crowd is not so openly proclaimed.
A strong effort is being made to get
|-all the elements which can be brought
together in one common cause of hat
red or fear of the governor to- working
together SO that some one or more OF
the precincts of the city CIR county
will send anti Cummins delegates to
the county convention and prepare the
way for an appearance of division
There. Not one of these men, nor their
supporters, hopes to carry the county
or to secure Instructions. But they
might be able to run in few dele-
gates to the county convention ano
get sufficient votes to make 1t looR
like there was real opposition to cum
Minis here at his home.
But there will be no such spectacle
as that which was witnessed at Guth-
rie Center where the republicans STOOD
steadfaSt for pfiiieip go
old leader had deserted on tne 1le,o
incidentally it may be noted that the
cry of democrats did it" which was
raised by the railroad organs with re.
gard to Guthrie county rests on lus'
as substantial foundation as TINS
charge when applied elsewhere. The
"eudence" adduced was that at Guth
rie Center the primary vote was larger
than the vote at the general election
in VALLEY township. Now the Guthrie
Center or Valley precinct at the prl-
mary includes practically four town
ships and not merely the vote ol a, va
ley township proper. But OF coufs. IS,
that some foundation may De iau ~
a handy falsehood this fact is sup
pressed in the railroad ORGANS.