Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-07-20
LEADERS
PLAN BOLD MOVE
Hunter and His Followers III
tend to Defeat Will OF
the People
WILL DISRUPT THE CONVENTION
Have Taken the Contract to Beat
cummins' and Propose to Do 1t No
Matter What Disreputable Methods
Are Employed-The Fake Contest"
to Be Carried Into the Convention.
IBy Ora williams.}
Special to Times Republican.

/ Special to Times Republican
Des Moines, July 2O.-It is surpris-
/ ing how many republicans there are
who refuse to take the machine lead
/ ers at their word and who still are
:. but half convinced that it is the de-
| liberate plan and intention of these
men TO shut out of the convention
4 delegates representing the majority
| possession of the convention so tina t
u clean sweep may be made on the
entire state ticket. A good many re-
publicans have been deceived by lot
of talk to the effect that the machine
is only running bluff and hopes to
| beat Garst or to save Palmer. But
it is pointed out that the machine
/ can just as We'll go the whole length
and nominate candidate for governor
as to go half way and nominate two
| thirds of the state ticket. 1t is con-
| ceded, in the present stage of the
! game, that several standpatters will be
| nominated without opposition; but the
| oAA ouo lldShIIc NdltS LIE WHOLE
thing.
There is disposition here to ac-
cept the railroad politicians at their
word and to assume that they mean
just what they are saying. If this is
true then they expect to keep out of
the convention hail. or to subsequently
throw out of the convention, suf-
| ficient number of the regularly elect
| ed delegates-men of the highest char
atter and good standing as lifelong
republicans in their respective COM
munities to enable these railroad
| politicians to nominate their choice for
! governor and lieutenant governor and
| all down the ticket. If there is to be
a steal of the convention it will not
be halfway job. Ed Hunter and
his associates took the contract to
beat Cummins" no matter how much
| it might cost or what might be the
| effect on the other aspirants to office
| in Iowa. He has never given to this
day the slightest hint that he is willing
| to compromise.
| Not only is the original program
adhered to in full but the manipulators
are becoming stronger and stronger in
| their claims and are advancing still
more foolish arguments to support
them. Their newspapers are filled with
| threats and innuendoes and most gar-
ing falsehoods. 1t would be an endless
task to keep track of all the misrep-
reservations which they are circulat-
/ ing. The railroad press bureau is
supplied with abundant force to man.
ufacture all sorts of stories and to
palm them off on the public. Ed Hun
| ter has as lieutenants such men as
Charley Johnston, Will Parrott, Tom
Bevington, Ben Salinger, Howard Ted
ford. Lafe Young, Chauncey Weaver,
George Gallarno and B. Murphy-and
the grist is therefore large and of var
/ led character.
An illustra ton of the methods of this
we'll creased machine is found in Polk
county. So far as anyone has been
able to discover. there is not repub-
| lican in Polk county who is complain
ing about the fact that the county
convention carried out the will of the
voters as expressed at the primary;
but Ed. Hunter, after consultation
with Tom Bevington and the Sioux
! CITY contingent of railroad attorneys,
is spreading misrepresentation abroad.
A point on which Hunter seems to
rely is that the resolutions of the con>
vention authorizing Hull and Cummins
to name their delegates, was adopted
after it had been laid on the table by
tabling vote on a substitute offered by
standpatter. 1t is true the substi-
tute was tabled. 1t is also true that a
question arose as to whether or not
4 ~ ~
it was taken from the table. But the
resolution was taken from the table. 1t
was taken from the table by unani-
nous consent, not one person in the
, convention raising point against this
action. And it was passed without one
dissenting vote. 1t only requires two
thirds to take a resolution from the
table; in this case the entire conven-
ton acquiesced therein. So much for
one technicality. Again, the Perkins
people make much pretense of desiring
fairness and carrying out the will of
the voters. They complain because
the Twombly substitute was not adopts
ed. That was their ideal. They set IL
off against the resolution as passed.
But it is a fact that the Twombly res
olution proposed an instruction which
distinctly and purposely omitted the
names of two candidates who each re-
ceived a higher number of votes at
the primary than their rivals Adop-
ton of the Twombly resolution. which
was prepared by the railroad machine.
! would have grossly violated the decis-
ion of the voters in at least two cases.
But of course these are minor matters
and are only offered TO show the weak
ness of the case against Polk county.
What is complained of by the railroad
machine is not that the Polk delega-
ton will not vote for the candidates
who were Endorsed at the polls. bue
that it will not vote with the railroad