Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-10-29

riS of Grlnnelll
/, base and ignoble motives. Like the
| little ,irl who fell GU; with her play
1 mate because she. wouldn't play to SUIT
her. they refuse to slide any longer or
our cellar door.
J. c. Manly, OF Grinnell. himself a
standpatter. put the case in a nutshaii
q few days ago. when he said on the
street: I'VE provided the rules oy
which the game should be played, and
got beaten. Now let US take our medi'
cine like little men,"
Other Heads In Danger.
| am not going to discuss the fair
ness OF Cummins' nomination. 1t Is
unnecessary. The man who questions
| it is either dishonest himself, or he IS
ridiculous There never has been any
question about 1t, and the men VINO
are threatening to bolt know 1t. 1t IS
absolutely useless for them to even
pretend that they have respectable
reasons They are thoroughly under
stood, laughed at and-well. won't
say it. When they meet on the stree,
they congratulate each other that their
bolt is formidable and will defea,
someone Well, it may. but it won't
| defeat the men they are after want
| to go on record right here and now by
saying that Cummins and Garst Will
have an overwhelming plurality. They
may defeat some one. they may defea,
Senator Dolliver, but it Is not likely;
they may defeat Major Lacey or A. f.,
Dawson. They may also defeat Bob
Cousins, but II they do, they themselves
will be very largely in the majority
among the mourners.
| II these man have persuaded them
selves that their actions are going to
materially affect results, they are most
eggregiously mistaken. After 1T is all.
over they will simply be ,sazed; tles
Twill wonder what became of their votes
and they will ask their friends to take
them to some convenient outbuildlng
and kick them The reasons are. men
have quit voting labels. To the aver
age voter 1T makes very little difference
whether the ticket Is labeled Demo-
! cratic" or Republican" The people of
| Iowa are satisfied with Governor Cum
minis. they believe in the things that
he and Roosevelt stand for. They trust
him, and they are not going to take
any chances. Democrats distrust Mr..
Porter because they fear the influences
behind him. Right or wrong, there Is
q well-grounded belief that the same
forces that. tried to destroy Roosevelt.
that tried to defeat rate regulation.
that nominated Parker at st. Louis.
| that are now trying to exclude from
party councils such men as Walsh, and
Sells, and Carr, are engaged in con-
spiracy to destroy Cummins at any
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Dolliver.
Railroads Backing Porter.
There is ample evidence to justify
this belief 1t is morally certain that
the influence of ]. w. Blythe and Of the
20" corporation are with Mr. Porter.
We know what the feeling is in the
southwestern corner of the state. We
know that the situation there is SO
hopeless that the state committee is
sending no literature into those coun-
| ties. we know Mr.. Blythe's implaca-
BILE disposition, and we know what
hold he has on the Reservation" We
know. too, that he hates Cummins as
bitterly as he hates Roosevelt. We also
know that the notorious Johnston.
Of Des Moines, is supplied lavishly
with funds, and that the impecunious
blatherskite known as "Panst" Butler
has money to burn. Iowa democrats
are not fools: they are intelligent and
patriotic men; they see these things
and they are alarmed They say the
| democratic rank and file is not con-
tributing this money, it can only come
| from one source, and the most able
bodied campaign liar has not the hardi-
hocd to accuse the railroads of con.
tributing to the republican state COM
lInittee.
Boilers In GrinneI!.
+, At the Grinnell fair took occasion
to feel the pulse of my democratic
country friends from the two counties,
and more than one-half of them told
me they were going to vote for Cum
Minis The same causes that are at
| work here are at work elsewhere. In
many counties in northern Iowa, it will
| be almost unanimous.
| 1 could name about twenty republic
cans in Grinnell who will not vote for
Cummins. and this would include
| about all of them I do not know
whether the hostility Of these men ex-
tends to Dr. Clarke or not, probably
not, but it is strange these men can
not see that the "tit tat" game is one
that two can play at. Suppose they
should defeat Cummins and elect Por-
ter Is any one fool enough to suppose
! they could elect a representative of the
"standpat" faction two years hence?
That wouldn't destroy Cummins. it
would only spur his friends to renewed
/ effort
It is strange that Cunrmins' repub-
licanisrA doesn't suit these men. AL
lison endorses Cummins' republicans
ism. So does Dolliver; Senator Bever-
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