Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-05-09
.GAV[ BUYERS BAD
DEAL IN POLK VOTE
Standpatters Evidently Did Not
Abide by Agreement as to
Morrow and Byers
MACKENZIE COT THEIR VOTES
MACKENZIE GOT THEIR VOTES
General Understanding That cummins
Men Would Not Oppose Morrow and
That Hull Men Would Support By
ers for ACCOMPLISHMENTS Voice
Gone-The Political News.
Special to Tlmes-RepublIcan.


Des Moines. May 9.--Did the stand
patters break faith in lighting Webb
Byers in Des Moines and in taking up
the candidacy of Major Charles Mac
kenzie of this city? 1t has been rec
ognized for some time that there Is
a more or less definite understanding
Mr. Byers in his candidacy for attor-
ney general and that there should be
no opposition on the other side to w.
w. Morrow for state treasurer. This
understanding, while not between the
leaders of the standpatters and pro-
gressives, has been more or less Well
defined as between the friends Of Byers
and Morrow.
The morning OF May the results of
the primary with but two or three
precincts missing was reported as Civ
ing Major Charles Mackenzie a vote
of 1855 and Byers a popular vote Of
3,533. Major Mackenzie being nn old
soldier with very honorable record in
the civil war was able without doubt
to get very large old soldier vote.
lie also Is a member of nearly every
lodge in the city and is prominent in
all and hence may easily be judged to
have gotten very large vote from
lodge men as compliment. But when
all these are figured up. including the
fact that he is resident Of Des
ldoines, his total vote is not explained
unless there was great deal of CAM
ralgn work done.
This work was not done by Major
Mackenzie, because he was In no con-
dition to do it. For some days be-
fore the primaries down to the day of
the county convention and after, Major
Mackenzie was in no condition to do
any kind of business and any stttenp.
ON his part to do political work would
have injured him rather than benefited
him, for he was drunk.
The question is being asked in po-
litical circles what will likely be the
action of the state convention If there
iS over 1000 Cummins delegates there
With full power in their hands to do as
they please. VIII they take the bit be-
tween their teeth and sweep the plat
ter clean. One thousand good pro-
gressive delegates may recognize no
ts.cit understandings of any kind,
Interest is now being directed to
whether or not the campaign for Mac
kenzie will be carried on In Dubuque
where the Major edited a newspaper
before the war and from which city he
enlisted in the civil war.
In the resolutions introduced at the
Polk county convention by Capt. v.
+, Twombly, there was one ominous
omission. That was the matter of sec
retary of state. The resolutions were
that the convention should instruct for
Cummins, Garst, Morrow, and others
but no mention of any one for secre-
tary of state. The resolutions picked
out everybody who got the highest
popular vote but made no mention OF
Dan Hites, who got the popular vote
for secretary OF state.
1t is not believed that the omission
was by accident. From the source of
the resolutions it is quite natural to be
Inferred that if with any design that
design would be to assist Richards
rather than any other candidate for the
position. Was the intention to slim the
resolutions thru and later to claim
That 1T was intended that the in
structions should be for Richards?
Governor Cummins is threatened
from new source. It is not the rail-
roads this time. Neither is II the
standpat press, nor the steel trust. nor
the Chicago packers. It is not even the
still email no
Mills. 1t is something almost as SER
1ous, however, and something which is
causing the governor and the gov
ernor's friends considerable alarm.
Mr.. Cummins is threatened with the
temporary loss Of his voice. To those
who have been following the fight he
is making against the corporations.
this statement does not need explana-
ton. Opposed by three -fourths of the
of the state. Governor
Cummins is going directly to the peo-
pie for support. He is making a cam
paign from the stump. He is going into
every county and into as many town
ships as time will allow, and laying
his case before the voters themselves.
He is giving them, first hand. his reas-
ons for asking their support for renom-
ination as the republican candidate for
governor.
When this is realized it can be seen
how serious the even temporary loss
of voice is to Governor Cummins For
six weeks, practically, Mr.. Cummins'
voice has had no rest and it has now
arrived at a point where it rebels. In
the past ten days the governor has
been compelled to cancel several en-
gagements, because his voice would not
stand the strain of a speech. In sew
eral places he has kept his engages
ments but has spoken only few min
utes.
"If we had six fellows who could
talk like Cum1nins and a million dol
lars we could carry every county in
Iowa." said a Cummins manager the
other day. These two essentials, how