Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-08-29

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Des Moines, Aug. 29.-Information
received here from q number of sources
discloses the fac. that there is sys-
| tematic work being done in the
"neighborly' sort Of way for the defeat
of the three first nominees on >le re-
publican state ticket. There seerh 20
be every evidence that an agreenh
| has been reached among some of th~
standpat leaders and they are passing
the word around from one to another
| to scratch the first three names. Whel
a group of standpatters or voters sus-
ceptible to influence gets together
some .andpatter begins arguing for
..s scratching of Cummins, Garst and
Hayward on the ground that all three
are democrats and suggests that this
word be spread about to other stand
| patters.
| Since the state fair opened | have
seen several standpatters from north
ern counties who are here to attend the
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disclosed this intention to not vote
for the first three republican nominees
but to vote for the first three demo-
cratic nominees and the rest of the
republican tidket," said a prominent
republican of this city who is not on
the state ticket. Every time they
have used the same argument and all
most In the same words. They are
from northern counties and after hav-
ing long conversations with them l
am convinced that there is a concerted
movement on the part of the stand
patters to do that sort of thing The
work of working up such bolt IS
thus far being done in the "neighbor-
| ly" sort Of fashion by spreading the
suggestion by word Of mouth Thus
| far this bolt has not reached to greaI
length, but the fire is being fed by the
standpat press such as the Hawk
| Eye and Sioux City Journal. 1t might
as well be recognized by the leaders
| of the republican party now that this
bolt is on. ] am convinced that it cam
| not be successful in defeating any re-
publican candidate but it must be rec
ogniZed and taken into account in The.
| campaign and plans made to counter
act it. / find that most Of these peo-
| pie do not differ with Governor Cum
Minis on the tariff question. They
recognize the fact that there are
schedules that should be revised. But
they supported Perkins in the cam
paign and now in their talk they show
every indication that some one has
been influencing them They are men
,yh T ,e
and who have been in politics for some
years. They know the ups and downs
of politics and wouldn't ordinarily
on the losing side.''
While it is being recognized by
| many of the leaders that there is every
indication that number of republic
ans are going to bolt this year there
| is every indication that the hard and
faithful work of the central commit
tee is largely going to overcome it.
There is no disposition on the part of
| any one in charge of the campaign to
count the state convention as the end
of the fight. There is every belief,
however, that the party vote next No
vember will be as large as usual in an
off year. In fact Chairman Woods
has set as his motto, in this campaign,
"a plurality Of SO,OOO." The last vote
on governor was Cummins 23S,804.
Sullivan 159,725, or a plurality for
Cummins of 1909. The vote for Her
riott, lieutenant governor, was slightly
less than that for Cummins. Roosevelt
in 1904 received 307,9O7 and Parker
149.14 The democratic candidate for
secretary of state, Charles A. Dickson,
received 153,337. The democratic vote
in the off year was as large nearly as
in the presidential year when the full
vote is supposed to be out. The sup
position is that there was a DETECTION
of the standpat vote in the off year in
1903. The standpatters are in the
habit of boiling the ticket. On the
other hand there is evidence coming
in that the democrats are being at
tracted to the, leadership of Cummins
just as they are to the leadership of
Roosevelt a. state employe who does
some travelling over the state is au-
thority for the information that demo-
Gratis in Page county especially and in
other counties as well, are going to
vote the republican ticket at the elec-
ton next November. Several of them
in different parts of the state have
told them so. They say they resent the
action of the railroad politicians and
corporation tools in trying to elect the
democratic ticket when defeated in
the republican party. They believe
Cummins represents the common peo-
pie and is trying to work in their in
teresfs and for that reason they pro-
noSa to vote for him,
The Iowa School for Feeble Minded
at Glenwood has a capacity of $50, and
there are 1867 enrolled and large
number of others who seek admission.
but must be refused because of made
quate facilities. This is the substance
of the report of Superintendent Mog-
ridge to the state board Of control The