Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-05-30
Leaders of Perkins Campaign
Are the Ones Who Opposed
the President
RECENT HISTORY RECALLED
Very Men Who Sought to Discredit
President in His Fight for Rate Reg
ulation Are Now Fighting cumnins
and Attempting to Nominate Per-
kins-The Facts Given.
IBy Ora williams.1
Special to Times-R Republican.

Des Moines, May 30.-The animus
of the campaign as 1t is now being
conducted was never better shown than
IN the sharp turn which has been TAX
en- in the methods and men relied on
to carry the state for Perkins and the
railroads. The men in charge of af-
fairs are the very men who have for
the past two years been making bit
ter fight on President Roosevelt in the
matter of his program for rate regu-
lation, and they are using the same
methods which were used by the So
called railroad information bureau in
Chicago last year to destroy conf
dence in the president
Just an illustration of what is be-
ing done. The other day j. ID. KAN
rar. of Webster City, started out for
u tour of Story county to turn the
voters to Perkins If possible. Kamrar
has record which is fresh in the pub
lie mind. Last summer it will be re-
called that the railroad bureau which
Senator Dolliver has said was spend
Ing millions to defeat the president, or
ganized rump convention to be held
in Chicago at the same time as the
interstate commerce law convention
This latter was q popular movement
to give moral support to the president
in the fight he was making against
the corporation scheners. The rump
convention was directed by Blythe,
Hunter and men of their kind from
other states. Its purpose was to offset
the effect OF the regular convention
and show the president that he ought
to give UP his program. 1t was ex-
pected delegates would come from
Sioux City but thru the intereess:oa
of George D. Perkins the Sioux City
commercial association declined to
send any delegates to uphold the pres
ident.
But one j. D. Kamrar did appear
at the rump convention. He claimed
to be representing Hamilton county
or commercial club at Webster City,
but he had no credentials therefrom
His credentials looked like a return
free pass. He went into that infamous
rump convention to do what he could
to discredit President Roosevelt and
his program and to do what he could
to nullify the work then being done by
Ex-Governor Iarrabee, Governor Cum
minis and others.
Now Kamrar appears as an advo-
cate Of Perkins and under the guidance
Of the committee which is directed by
Ed Hunter
This incident. quite as well as many
others, shows the nature of the cam
paign that is being made to undo Gov
ernor Cummins. 1t failed in the case
Of President Roosevelt.
Perkins and Democrats.
Candidate Perkins has done much
during the campaign to indicate his
horror of being associated with demo-
Gratis in politics. But in practice he is
not so particular.
His campaign in Iowa is now prac
tically in control of Ed. Hunter, former
chairman of the democratic state
committee and democratic postmaster
of Des Moines. Hunter engineered the
Kretschmerizing of Dubuque. Hunter
directed the getting of Pottawattanie.
Hunter distributes the passes.
Ex-Congressman Walt Butler is an
adviser of this campaign committee in
charge of the Perkins campaign. But
Ter is warm personal friend of Per-
kins and they sat in congress together.
Butler is also democratic candidate for
state senator. He hopes to see Per-
kins nominated, for he believes that
would mean the republican party
would be split wide open. That would
suit him.
George Taylor, colored, and a demo-
crat, has been sent into Marion county
to do work for the Perkins ticket.
The democratic mayor of Sioux City
is outspokenly in favor of the nomina-
ton of Perkins.
The old soldiers of Iowa were APP
pealed to for support thru a circular
sent out from Sioux City and signed
by a democrat-M. B. Davis.
The Sioux City Journal has recently
become very much interested in James
B. Weaver and has said some pretty
things about him.
And many Of the democratic newspa-
pers of the state are supplying the
encouragement for the Perkins cam
paign.
The literature which has flooded the
state making attacks on republican
administration of state affairs and es-
pecially denouncing the state officials
for what they have done in regard to
railroad assessments, is identical with
that which was used by the democrat
ic state committee and candidates in
the last campaign for governor The
republican state committee at that
time was compelled to issue a state
ment refuting arguments then put
forth which arguments are now being
used in the interest of the Perkins
candidacy.
The new management of the Perkins
campaign is seeking to divert attention
away from the Kretschmerizing of Du-
buque Half hearted denials are made
as to the character Of the deal. But