Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-04-12
Perkins Men Making Boasts, But
Cummins Is Not Alarmed
About the Outcome
WILL NOT MAKE A FIGHT
Attempt to Divert the Governors At
tention to Home County Will Not
succeed-Men Who Betrayed Cum
Minis Two Years Ago Are Leading
The Fight Against Him.
LBy Ora williams.l
Times Republican.

! Special to Times Republican.
| Des Moines, April 12-There is "A figh..
on for control of the republican del
1 egation to the state convention from
Polk county. 1t has some phases of
statewide interest.
The names of Cummins and Perkins
go on the official ballots for governor,
| The individual voters of this county
will get chance to decide for them
selves who they prefer.
What do the anti -Cummins people
expect to accomplish? They are pre-
pared to make a fight in the way pri-
maries have been carried sometimes in
Polk county. For instance they have
offered sufficient inducement to local
politician who less than month ago
pledged himself voluntarily to Cum
minis to get him to devote his whole
| time to the management of the local
Perkins campaign. They will make the
best fight that can be made for Per-
kins
| One of the men in the Perkins
movement yesterday stated his con-
Vlctlon that Perkins would carry the
county, that every country precinct
Will be for him and all he needs is the
| support of few city precincts The
| Cummins men profess to be not at all
| alarmed
| The Perkins movement here is fa-
thered by Charley Johnston, Lafs
Young and Jim Berryhil. They Sc
cured petition in behalf of Perkins
signed by number of wealthy retired
men. hardly one of them having ap-
4 peared in 6 republican caucus IN a
score of years. They succeeded in
| getting one farmer to sign.
| The fight here will be made largely
on the ground that Cummins is not a
republican at ALL They have started
out by refurbishing the old gag about
Cummins being the democratic NOM
NEE for the house. They will pro-
claim it from every street corner that
Cummins is a democrat or populist
or worse But they will forget that
when Cummins picked his delegation
to go to Cedar Rapids in 1901 he
chose among others Berryhill, Young.
Wright, Carr and others-and these
men convinced the delegates at Ce-
dar Rapids that the story about Cum
MINIS being democrat was all a fake.
Inc campaign is therefore likely to
be along the lines that Perkins would
choose, that of personalities instead of
principles.
AS matter of fact what the anti
Cummins people hope to accomplish
here is to make such hullabaloo that
Cummins will be kept from going out
into the state to talk direct to the
people. Then they want it to appear
that all is not unanimous for Cum
minis here, for the effect it will have
elsewhere. ]. Probably Cummins would
be able to get more votes in Woodbury.
county than Perkins will in Polk, if
Perkins was willing to risk primary
vote in his county.
| 1t may be set down as certain that
Cummins will not permit his opponents
to divert him from his own program.
He will not pay any attention to Polk
county. But when the votes are count
ed it will be found that the kickers
and sore heads are few. He will have
the county by an overwhelming ma
jority
| The situation in regard to Captain
| Hull is simple. He came home to or
ganize a fight for his political life. He
discovered that if it became necessary
to beat Cummins in this county his un-
doing was in sight. His friends told
him frankly that a fight with Cummins
meant the end of Hull, He gave or
ders to his lieutenants that they should
not invite such contest Then he re-
! turned to Washington. He will get the
delegation from this county without
contest other than the feeble efforts
of his former man F'riday--ex-S Secre-
tary Dobson.
ALI of the men who are supporting
Perkins here are Hull men, but they
are not the men on whom Hull has
relied They are the men who betrayed
Cumnins two years ago and broke
solemn compact that they might claim
a standpat victory here.
In the contest for secretary OF state
it is probable Senator Hayward will
lead even against the resident OF this
county, who is a candidate. But the
delegation will be picked for Cunnllils
and for this alone.
There is hoping that the Blythe men
will send Perkins to Des Molnes for
one speech. He would be we'll received
here. Des Moines people know MN
only by reputation Many would IKE
a closer view and an opportunity 10
learn how he would take up ana ols-
| cuss the issues of the day.