Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-05-07
Story That Railroads Have De-
cided to Turn Attention
In Other Directions
THOUGHT TO BE ONLY A RusE
Plan to Throw cummins Men OFF Their
Guard by Pretending to Give Up the
Fisht-Progressives WilINot Quit on
Theory That Battle Is Already
Won.
pecial to Times Republican.

| 'N' A'N''NS, way t.--IldNs llc ran
roads deserted George d. Perkins or /.
the story to that effect which has beer
sent out from this city a story foatet
by the campaign managers to throw
the public Off the scent There has
been during the campaign thus ia;
unmistakable evidence that the rail-
! roads were supporting Perkins can
didacy. Every attorney who is the at
torney for system that Is In poll
ties and not merely a local railroad att
torney at some county seat Is sup
porting Perkins. Now comes the
story That the railroads have been u.s.
ing Perkins as stalking horse and
have decided to desert him after be-
coming convinced that Hayward and
MORROW Will find places with Carroll
on the executive council. as all three
OF these are standpat on the tariff.
Ihere are some reasons for being a
little skeptical of the story as 1t APP
pears In the first place 1t comes from
source that Is very close to Perkins,
tho the source cannot be given at this
time. Furthermore, Carroll. Morrow
and Hayward will have little to do
with the tariff on the executive coun-
Gil but will have IA great deal to do
with the assessment OF the railroads
of the state and on the proposition OF
assessing the railroads Carroll has
stood with Governor Cummins and 1t is
believed that Hayward will too, hence
there lis nothing very reassuring in
that to induce the railroads to aban-
don Perkins at this time as there
would still be a majority on the exec
utive council with Cummins In favor
of assessing the railroads at what is
equitable. Morrow would quite likely
take the same view too. The story as
1t has gone out says that there has
been a compromise made again be-
tween Cummins leaders, unheknown to
Governor Cummins himself, and the
Blythe interests whereby Morrow,
Hayward and Cummins are to be NOM
mated at the state convention. and
whereby Blythe is to desert Perkins
at this time. and the compromise fur
thermore is said to include the nomi-
nation of Colonel ID. j. Palmer for
railroad commissioner.
1t Is needless to say that the story
is denied by the Cumnins leaders.
.srhere is Just ore compromise that IS
possible In this campaign according to
the leaders of the progressive move
ment in the republican party and that
is for the Blythe people, to get out
of politics as representatives OF cor
pprations. They are perfectly willing
to compromise to the extent of having
the railroads abandon the fight on Per
kins and abandon all their other fights,
hut the story sounds too much as tho
1t was u move to get the progressives
in those counties where the conven-
lions have not been held to desist from
their efforts. 1t was just this matter
that was pointed out by Cummins
leaders day or two ago, that husn
of victory in the northern part OF the
state where the Cummins progressive
sentiment is strong and where II Is nat
ural that every county nearly should
go .Cummins is liable to cause the pro
rressiyes to abandon the fight as tho
won. When the conventions IN the
southern part Of the state are caiiea
things will go the other way for
time. ~
1t is not believed that it Is possible
now to defeat Governor Cummlhs ana
the resi-. Of the progressive ticket at
the state convention If the progresslves
STAY awake, but II they abandon the
fight or the theory that IT IS won
minute before the adjournment OF the
state convention there are possibilltles
that it may be lost.
The progressive leaders assert that
the only good corporation is one that
is dead to politics. 1t is pointed OUT
by the same leaders that compromise Is
the diet on which corporations in poll
itics feed and sustain life while 1t Is
death to the progressive movement. A
on the side Of wrong is a
shrewd move, on the part of right II
is disgrace.
The stories that the railroads have
abandoned Perkins in the middle of his
and that Perkins is very
mad about 1t, are therefore looked ups
on with grave skepticism by the prog-
ressives and tho the purpose of the
circulation of the stories is not known.
1t is pretty definitely believed that there
is a purpose that is not inimical to
Perkins.
All Boehmler of Cedar Falls, Carroll
Wright, Ed Hunter and j. c. Davis, Of
Des Mones, all railroad attorneys but
cd H. Hunter, who is the head rails
Dad lobbyist of this state, left Des
Tuesday night for Chicago
where they We're subsequently seen to-
,ether. They held conference on the
political situation with other railroad
nen. Just what they did is not known
nut 1t is definitely known that they
vent to Chicago and held the confer
nee. The fact is the political stua-
ion in Iowa is such that the railroad
interests have Become greatly alarmed.
They have long since given up hopes
# electing candidate for governor,
no keeping up the fire on that line in
rider to keep the proSressives busy. {
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