Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-25
REASONS FOR The
Fight IN DALLAS
Anti-Cummins Men Feared a
New Candidate For State
Treasurer
ED coNeER is AVAILABLE
If Candidate Was Needed He Could
o.ickIy Get Into the Racc-That is
What the Perkins Men Feared and
One Reason Why They Are Pouring
Money Into the County.
tBy Ora williamsl

SPECIAL to ItlIleS- CDupllclll.
Des Moines June 25.-An explana-
ton has been found for the activity of
the standpatters in Dallas county. At
time when it was known that the
nomination of Governor Cummins IS
certain, unless the convention can be
stolen a la Hunter the standpllters
began pouring out their money 10 get
Dallas county OF course there would
have been the moral effect of defeat
ing Governor Cummins in Il county In
his own district which was for him
five years ago. but this hardly seemed
terest taken by Hunter in Dallas. Then
there was some wonderment here as -
why John LedgerWood, postmaster at
Leon, Decatur county, should have got
into the game as he did at Redtield in
company with the notorious MoH!i-
SON Ledgerwood had not previously
got mixed up in the fight
The mystery has been solved ut las
The rumor got out a few weeks ago
that Dallas county might If the oppor-
tunity presented itself, have Il candi-
date for state treasurer. 1t has no such
candidate now. but it has man avail
able, entirely competent and bearing a
name that would carry force in this
part of the state. This is Ed ConSer
present treasurer of Dallas county. 1t
will be recalled that years ago when
Iowa republicans wanted good man
for state treasurer they went to Dallas
county and there found Ed III. Conger
filing the position cf county treasurer
The republicans of the state made no
mistake in taking him up, and they
sent him to congress and later he has
filled a big niche in the diplomatic
field Today there is another Ed Con-
ger treasurer of Dallas county. If
candidate for state treasurer is needed
he could easily be got into the race.
And this Ed Conger is not related in
any way to the other one, tho they
both came from the same part of the
county.
That accounts for the presence of
John Ledgerwood in Dallas county.
Ledgerwood is the closest friend of
w. w. Morrow in the reservation. They
have long stood pat together. They
are thorough standpatters. If they
could have had their way Union county
would now be on Ed Hunters nice little
string of fish like Decatur and all
about Union county went FOR Cum
minis not because of Morrow but de-
spite him. He fought the progressives
to the finish. And because he is still
uncertain as to what will happen in
the state convention Ledgerwood was
sent into Dallas county to try to turn
Dallas county over to Ed Hunter so
that Dallas county might not be in a
position to present a rival candidate
for state treasurer.
The fact is that because Union coun-
ty was permitted to go for Cummins
and thus make a white spot ON an
otherwise dark reservation map the Ed
Hunter crowd have in mind to yet
bring out standpat candidate for
state treasurer who will have his own
county back of him. This and the fact
that it is now becoming generally
known that the Kretschmer sell-out was
quite as much in the interest of Nor
row as of Perkins, leaves an uneasy
feeling among the hackers of Morrow.
1t is claimed that Morrow has per-
sona1 pledges from very many of the
progressives thruout the state and
therefore he can count on a larger vote
than merely the delegations delivered
from Burlington territory. But on the
other hand it is declared that these
pledges are contingent the special
friends Of Morrow standing for q
square deal in the state convention. If
delegations from all the counties sur
rounding Union are to join Hunter in
the movement to steal the state con-
vention from the progressives. their
pledges based on the supposition of a
square deal will go for naught. 1t is
certain that Morrow's friends can and
will control number of the delega-
tions from the Eighth district. tho he
has nothing whatever to say as to what
the Union county delegation will do.
The activity in Dallas the past week
also explains why Hunter will continue
the fight right along in Marion, Shell
by and Buchanan. Even tho the nomi-
nation off Cummins is certain there are
other things at stake and other CAN
didacies regarded by the railroads
as quite as important as the office
of governor.