Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-02-27

Times Tribune of this city has con-
tributed an interesting article bearing
on the nomination of l.. M. Shaw for
governor of Iowa and the part Blythe
played in it. The editorial is especi-
ally interesting in view of the letter re-
Gently written by Shaw giving his ac
count of the same incident.
The editorial follows:
"CYRENUS WAS THERE.
1.-The Burlington Hawkeye is greatly
put out because the Cedar Rapids
Gazette, quoting from letter written
by Secretary L. M. Shaw, omitted the
Cedar Rapids Republican, but at the
time referred to by Shaw, associate
editor of the State Register. The
grievance of the Hawkeye is that the
Gazette should have expurgated the
name of MIR. Cole as one of the politi
cal factors for the making and unmak-
rare occasions when the Times-Tr
une finds itself in accord with the
Hawkeye. The editor of the Times
Tribune was associated with the Reg
lister at the time referred to- by the
Hawkeye. He can testify that Cy-
renus not only inspired the candidacy
of l.. NJ Shaw for governor, by reflec-
| ton from j. w. Blythe and Judge N.
| M. Hubbard, but that he personally
wrote the editorial for the Register,
| in which the readers of that journal
of civilization and information were
| adjured to Keep their eyes upon
| Shaw" The writer saw the edi-
torial in manuscript on the type
writer of Mr.. Cole, on the night
| it was written, and knows he
wrote it. 1t was written, it may be
! stated, after Judge Hubbard had spent
+, many fruitless hours trying to per-
suade r. P. Clarkson to give the sup
port of the Register to Matt Parrotr.
When it became apparent that Nh
Clarkson would not consent to advo-
cate the candidacy of Matt Parrot,
Judge Hubbard made a flying visit to
Burlington, conferred with Mr.. Blythe
| came again to Des Moines, consulted
with Mr. Clarkson and Mr.. Cole and
| returned to his home at Cedar Rapids.
| The next morning appeared the edi-
torial squib, captioned Keep your
| Eye on Shaw Whether Judge Hub
/! bard had in the interim conferred
personally or by letter with Shaw is
not known to the writer, but certain
it is that his most powerful support
at the state convention came from
Judge Hubbard. j. w. Blythe made
pretense of looking upon the Shaw
candidacy with tolerance, but fell into
| line with Judge Hubbard and railroad-
ed the nomination through. Either
before the return of Judge Hubbard
from Burlington to Des Moines, on
| the occasion of the conference with
Messrs. Clarkson and Cole. at the Reg
lister office, or few days later, L. M.
Shaw, accompanied by young Mr..
| Myers of the Denison Review, visited
] Cedar Rapids, where a conference was
/ had with Judge Hubbard. On the train
enroute to Denison, was a former
/ state fish commissioner, to whom Mr.
| Myers confided, in the elation of the
moment, that "they had been down 20
see Judge Hubbard and that Shaw
! would be nominated. Apparently
these incidents were known to George
D. Perkins, of the Sioux City Journal,
who said, recently in an editorial that
complished by railroad influence. The
Gazette is, indeed, real mean to seek
to omit Cyrenus Cole in the transac
| ton. 1t should make the amende hon
orable and give the facts.