Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-24
POLITICS PLENTY
At CAPITAL CITY
The Political Powder Works
Working Overtime in Prepar-
alton For the War
SOME BIG GUNS ARE FIRED
SOME BIG GUNS ARE FIRED
EIkins, Shaw and Lesser standpatters
Brought Into Play, But the Casual
ties Have Been Few-Dobson's
Rroadside Against Hull Attracting
Good Deal Of Attention.
[By Ora Williams]

[By Ora Williamsl
Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, March 24.-There is
much politics at the capital city just
now. The atmosphere is more than
heavily laden
Leslie NJ. Shaw came and joined in
the acclaim against all progressiyeness
in Iowa that might exclude him from
the presidential race.
George Dobson said it again and
rubbed it in and invited Congressman
Hull to double his lawsuit.
Elkins. the most conspicuous de-
fender of railroads in the senate. fired
his gun at Cummins and Cummins is
loading up to reply.
George d. Perkins got his chance
to make stump speech before the
legislature and improved the oppor-
5tunity.
Smith Mcpherson got drunk and spit
out the venom of his corporation SYM
pathies.
Gilliland subsidized after the governor
told about the lobby, and then Gilli-
land owned up to having known all
along the narnes of the lobby mem
bers.
Now Perkins whose campaign liter
ature is prepared to prove there is no
difference between him and Cummins
on issues, wants to debate these issues
with Cummins.
And so it goes.
An interesting rumor is in circula-
ton about the city. 1t is to the effect
that Shaw is being kept where the
|, Iowa eye may remain on him all the
time, so that when the proper time
comes he viii be brought into the con-
vention and all the elements opposed
| to Cummins will be asked to unit>;, on
him for governor as the only man who
can save the party from factional-
ISM" /. e. the Cummins republicans.
This presumes, of course. that there
will be a sufficient number Of Perkins
delegates, and Herriott delegates and
Rathbun delegates and others who may
be simply and straight out for whoever
Blythe says, to defeat the governor II
thew can be got together. In short
shaw is to be made use of as Kirk
wood once was in republican state
convention. And the coming OF Shaw
to Iowa at this time to talk pohtlcs Is
part Of the game.
Dobson-HuII Fight.
The people of Des Moines who don't
care a rap for politics, but who do be-
lieye in decency in public affairs, are
much interested in the Dobson-Hull
fight. Dobson is surprising good
many. Some try to parry the blow he
deals by referring to Dobson's own bad
record when he was partner OF Shaw IN
the organizing Of get-rich-quick COM
panies in Des Moines, which have been
driven from the state under Cumm1ns.
But the fact is that Dobson is In po-
sition to know what he is talking
about. The Des Moines papers have
hardly told Dobsons story about the
Morgan $4,000 deal. The way Dobson
tells it is this. One day some congress-
men called on Hull, in charge OF tee
republican national congressional
HEADQUARTERS, to get some money to
use in their districts. Hull said there
was no money. They asked to see the
books and were shown. They saw who
contributed and how much, and what
was done with it. They observed that
i Pierpont Morgan had not been cred-
tied with any donation. They thought
he ought to put up some money. They
went to Morgan. He agreed that he
ought to pay, and asked how much.
They suggested sum. Morgan want
ed to know how often he ought to be
called on to pay They admitted once
each campaign was enough. Then Nor
gan said he had in fact given Hull
SEC, 900 for that campaign. But the
beggers for money had seen the books
and had not found there any credit
for the same. Now Dobson wants Hull
to show the books and indicate what
became of the $4,000. And Dobson
saws that since Hull came, home this
time-ne is now here leaving congress
to take care of itself-he has privately
admitted to friends that he got $4,000
from Morgan for his committee. But
of course Hull publicly denies every
thing, and as he is to take it into
court mmediately the truth will prob
ably be got at.
But there is no doubt that Dobson is
making g. speech of kind to cause
much worry to the friends Of the chair
man of the committee on military af-
fairs And it is fight of factions in
which Cummins men have no part.
| The Perkins Challenges.
| The Perkins Challenge" to Joint
debate" is taken to be the most anus :
| ing thing of the season: 1t is pointed
out that the literature which Attorney
Call is circulating in certain sections
of the state in behalf of his candidate
is carefully prepared to prove con-
clusively to the unsophisticated that
Perkins is one with Cummins on the
issues of the day and that he is just
as good a republican as Cummlns any
day. How can two men who are run
| ming for one office on one platform IN
one party and both lifelong adherents
! of the party engage in joint discus
sions. And then 1t is pointed out that