Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-13
truth ABOUT JASPER
Blythe Gave the Word to Con-
test and His Orders Were
Carried Out
cuMMINs MEN HAD MAJORITY
They Proceeded in the Regular Way
and the Perkins Men Did the Boiling
and Did it Without Waiting for op-
position to Show Their Hand-con-
troll of the Sixth.
Special to Times-Republical.

SSIecldl 10 llllGS-uSeDuDllc1Is
Des Moines, June 13.-The result il
Jasper was hardly surprise to any
: one. 1t seemed inevitable. That Wa
done there which was ordered to b.
done at Waterloo and failed ignomini
ously. Some of the standpatters ar,
saying that the failure at Waterloo wa!
due to lack of nerve, but the mos
charitable view is that men who wer,
i relied on to carry out the Blythe Hun
ter program realized that to do $,
would disrupt the party at home anl
Z stand as long time disgrace to the
: county and they refused to go the full
length of stealing the county or fore
ing division. In Jasper the men re-
lied on by the railroads to bolt carried
out instructions ard proceeded to pu'
up contesting delegation.
The reports from Newton, taking
4. them ALL shows that the progressives
had fair possession of the hall and tbs
situation and that they proceeded in
regular order to transact business.
1 The progressives are we'll satisfied
with the situation. Their delegation
/ from Jasper will be seated and will
help nominate candidate for COVER
! nor.
The result makes an interesting
question in the Sixth district caucus
| Poweshiek, Jasper and Wapello have
| half of the delegates from that county.
Should State Auditor Carroll insist on
i his delegation being, divided even Civ
| ing the progreSsives one vote, ii will
/ give the progressives control OF the
| caucuses ad the state committee. This
! is a result regarded as entirely posi-
! BILE. There is no doubt whatever that
/ the progressive delegations from Wap-
/ clio and Jasper will be seated in the
convention. If the Sixth district eau
Gus should undertake to report MEM
bers of the committees from a caucus
which shuts out the Wapello and Jas
per delegates there will be two reports
to the state convention and the con-
vention will thus have to decide early
in the game on the contests. 1t is an
interesting situation.
The mystery of the rain of standpat
kilograms after every county conven-
ton to daily papers of the state has
fuses to pay for the telegram it re-
ceives the Perkins headquarters pays
for it. Following each county con-
vention every daily newspaper in the
state receives from some standpat edi-
tor of country paper in the city
where the convention is held, a13.-A
ly standpat perverted version dAon tt
holding of the convention in. this
the Cummins men are made ouhue 70
thieves and robbers and the fsSge eefiiy
men angels. The telegram tells how
the standpatters won by fair add hon
orable methods and organized the con-
vention and instructed for Perkins or
against Cummins. and if theH is any
bolt the Cummins men are Made out
to be the boilers ard are represent
ed as having gone off in some little
back alley room after the regular con-
vention was adjourned, to select their
contesting delegates. The other day
a daily paper of the independent class
that has been getting its reports from
its own correspondents received lot
of these and at once notified the Wes-
tern Union that it had not ordered
the stuff and would not pay for it.
"Oh, that's all right" said the Western
Union manager, I'VE have instructions
if you refuse it to charge it up to the
Perkins headquarters" That explain
ed the whole transaction.
Marion county republicans are await !
ing the action of the other counties of |
the state, and the same is true of AL |
lamakee. The progressives in Marion |
county are confident they can carry |
the county, but both the progressive |
and standpat republicans of Marion
fear fight for the reason that the re-
publican majority in the county is
small and fight will endanger the re-
publican county ticket and the repub-
lican representative. There is sort
Of tacit understanding in Marion coun-
ly that which ever way the state goes,
Marion county will go, and this is also
true of Allamakee. II Cummins con-
tinues to win in the state, and has a
clear majority Of delegates. the stand
oatters in both Marion and Allamakee
will lay down and allow the progress
sives to organize the county conven-
ion and select and instruct the state
lelegates.s The progressives in Marion
county are hoping that Shaw will make
another trip to the county and make
1 speech. The dissatisfaction after his
speech at Monroe in Marion county a
ew days ago was so marked that the
,rogressives are in hopes that he will
re secured to make an address at
the largest city in the coun-
y. Harry Booth, of Knoxville, a mem
Ter of the state board of examiners for
nine inspectors, was in the city yester-
lay and made inquiries to determine
whether or not Shaw is slated for an
tther appearance in Marion county.
Shaw made an address in Polk coun-
Y, and it went for Cummins; he made
N address in Waterloo and Black
Hawk went for Cummins, and he visit
d at his home in the Tenth district,
nd it repudiated him and went for
tummins," said Mr.. Booth today II
feel that Shaw's speeches
re good campaign moves for the Cum
lins people. I fear, however, that the
in Marion will not invite
i'm to come there for another speech i
his campaign" ]
Warren county went for Perkins i
lrgely because OF the representations {
f the Perkins managers that Cummins e
as not 4 prohibitiontst, and because q
f the governors position some years t
go when he ran independent for mem f
err OF the legislature. Yet under the /
resent conditions in Warren county. L
here Is less liquor sold than at any t