Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-07-31
State Committee Takes Up the
Hunter Scheme For Gain
ing Control
MASS OF "EWpENcEp SUBMITTED
First Few Hours of the Hearing Show
Cd How Flimsy is the Basis Upon
Which the Perkins Protest is Predi-
cated-Attorney Bevinston Gets
Mad Over Argument.
,ecial 10 Times Republican.

| the contest proposition. Just what the
committee will do no man can tell. A
good many guesses have been made
some of them good but mostly other
wise. Certain ii is that whatever is
done will be, not because of evidence
| and merit. but because of the predi-
| lections of the members, for 1t is man
| ifest that the committee cannot go in
| to the matter of evidence to any great
| extent. Attorney Bennington, Mr.. Per-
| kiHs' confidential man, presented
enough evidence to keep judge busy
a week
The committee got at it's work yes
1 terday afternoon and proceeded slow
| ~. The progressives did as they said
| they would-refused to recognize the
| jurisdiction of the committee. That
question is yet to be decided by the
committee. The committee took one
vote, on a motion to indorse the action
| of the chairman in calling the COM
| mittee together to consider contests.
| On this Kirkpatrick Scott, al1 Way
voted no, and the others presen, yes
All the members of the committee were
| present.
At the outset Mr.. Scott mad, pro-
| test against the committee proceeding.
He called attention to the fact that the
notice recited that the meeting was
called "by the committee" when in fac:
it was called by the chairman. The
first contest" taken up was Jefferson
county. Mr. Scott called attention to
the fact that this was not contest,
that the delegation whose credentials
We're filed claimed to be a regularly
elected delegation and nobody had APP
peared. so far as the record showed, to
deny this. He also called attention 10
the fact that the general notice of con-
test did not come from anybody in any
of the contested counties. that 1t came
from PARROT, who was not a resident
of any county contested and was made
ostensibly in behalf of a candidate who
does not live in any county contested.
Attorney Bennington appeared for
Perkins. He claimed that he also APP
peared for the Perkins delegations In
the dozen counties. but declined to
state whether the men he represented
were contesting any regularly elected
delegations.
Mr.. Way wanted to know If the del
egations whose seats are contested had
been notified. and he was informed
they had not been notified.
The First district was called. C. NJ.
Junkin, of Fairfield. appeared and said
he represented delegation Charming
to have credentials He understood
there was delegation going to con-
test Nobody appeared In regarl to
Des Moines county he said he had
heard some men talking to che effect
that they would contest that county.
H also had heard Lee county was TO
be contested.
The committee passed on to the
Scott county case and here the de
PENDANTS appeared. J. R. Lane. G. w.
French and others were sent for and
came. They were served with notice
of the Contest Bevington then filed
typewriter "evidence," and a report
of the convention. A committeeman
wanted to know if this was the repcr.
of the convention which was published
in the Des Moines papers some hours
before the convention was he'd: Bev-
ington didn't know. The Scott county
delegates took the evidence to read ov-
er and promised to reply later.
At this juncture Committeeman Nc
Coy moved to fix time FOR all con-
tests to come before the committee.
Scott objected on the ground that this
would be recognition of the right of
the committee to have juris l;ction ov-
er the contests, whereupon the motion
was withdrawn.
When Allamakee was reached Bev-
ington said he understood Hart and
Bowen We're preparing a contest. He
was not sure there was any contest In
Chickasaw. There was no appearance
for a contest in Delaware.
When Wapello was presented Frank
Simmons appeared and said he would
file the credentials later as he did not
have them. Bennington filed some pa
pers purporting to be notice of contest.
Jasper county brought some interest
ing matter. NJ. A. McCord appeared
with Bob" Haines to contest Jasper.
McCord admitted he was not a delegate
to the county convention nor an officer
thereof, and Haines doesn't pretend to
live in the county Haines signed up
the contest papers in the presence of
the committee and filed them. In an
swer to questions McCord said he did
not know of any other convention be-
ing held in Jasper county than the one
which he represented. Then he finally
admitted there We're two conventions
and that the Perkins delegates were Sc
lected long after the other one was.
Dallas county came next and Speaker
Clarke and a number of Dallas county
republicans came in on call. Mr.. Bev-
ington presented voluminous papers In
the case. He said the Perkins dele
gates had the right credentials. His
contention was that the Perkins people
had the most delegates in the conven-
Speaker Clarke, in response to re-
quest, appeared to present the other
side. He opened by declaring that he
did not recognize the right of this com
mittee to pass on the credentials on to
go back Of the returns and inquire in
to the political affiliations of voters,
and he would not be bound by any
thing the committee does.
But l will say this he declared,
county contrasting or claiming to be
delegates In opposition to the regular
delegates. There is no contest, and no
contest was ever thought Of in Dallas