The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-09
STANDPAT PAPERS
SHOW TRUE COLORS
WON'T BOLT, BUT WILL "KNOCK"
CUMMINS ALL THEY CAN.
Alfree of Newton Bolts the Ticket
Nominated at Des Moines Last Week
and His Letter to Fellow Sufferers Is
Given Great Prominence in MIR.
Perkins Paper.
Special to Tho Journal,

Special to The Journal. -.. s.
Sioux City. Iowa. Aug. e.-rhe Sioux City
great prominence the accouncement that J. w.
AHree OF Newton, standpatter who wrote
much of the matter for the Perkins literary bu-
reau in the late contest, has bolted the Cum
minis ticket. Alfree declares in his letter that
"a striking performance Of the state convention
goes to prove that it was not republican. It
reminded me Of the copperhead days of the re-
bellion, when the name of Lincoln was hissed,
while that of the arbitrator, Davis, met with
| shouts of joy.' '..
Describing the kissing Of Secretary Shaw, he
| continues "At this convention Of August the
| mention Of that honored Iowa name, like that
OF Lincoln, was hissed while that of the arch
| rebel to Iowa republicans cheered to the
echo. The copperhead may be dead. but the
| spirit still lives. Today gander followed by
| the mother goose and cackling goslngs struts
does not heed their coming and bow in their
presence. Vallandingham put brains into the
copperhead hiss, but there Is no such thing to be
found with this strutting gander and kissing
goslings."
The Standpat Policy.
| Enough time has elapsed since the state con.
vention to disclose the attitude of the leading
standpat newspapers Of tho state, which include
the Des Moines Capital, the Sioux City Journal
the Dubuque Times, the Cedar Rapids Republican
and the Burlington Hawkeye.
They will not bolt the ticket. On the other
hand, none Of them has given any indication o,
actually supporting Cummins. In fact, in al
| of them sarcastic references have been made upoy
| Cummins, and In some of them with frequency.
| A fair statement OF their apparent policy
seems to be that they will preserve their racort
as republican newspapers by refusing to bolt
but that they will do Cummins all the harm DOS
sible consistent with that record.
| Practice Marches at End.
Yesterday was closed in Iowa practice marcl
| that regular army officers and members Of tn,
national guard In other states have been watch
Ing with interest. They have doubted its sue
cess. but the report that will be made of tn
three marches in this state will disabuse them 0
this doubt.
The Fifty third regiment assembled at Du
bnque and marched to Maquoketa, the Fifty
fourth at Muscatine and marched to Davenport
and the Fifty fifth marched from Red Oak t
Atlantic, arriving at its destination yesterday
1t took about five days for each march, ate
which the companies were reviewed and EN-
barked for home.
It was necessary to get together wagons t
transport provisions, to provide hospital wagon
and tents, large amount of special equipmen
and to lay out routes in detail. It meant tha
the national guard regiments, the order o
the adjutant general. went on a war footing.
Each required to conduct itself as
would in marching thru a hostile country an
a regular army officer was in attendance to crit
. + cize and see that regulations were ovel
looked.
Major Olmstead retired, and assigned to th
5 adjutant's office Of the Iowa guard, accompanie
each regiment, and will report to the We
department. ~.