Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-29
.U&URP POWERS
Of DELEGATES
Perkins Proposition Asks i'll Ef-
feet That Power Of Delegates
Be Usurped
WHAT is THERE TO ARBlTRATE?
Proposal to Depose the Delegates to
the State Convention Will Not Be
Accepted by cummins-Would Be
Confession Of Weakness-Cumnins
Victory Fairly Won.
[By Ora williamsl

[By Ora Williamsl
Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, June 29.-After long
night session of those who are the
republican party manifesto was Is
sued last evening. especially given to
the standpat press alone. Ed Hunter
wants to co,npl omise or arbitrate to
see who won.
The conference was said to havt
been a warm one. The great leaders
of republicanism were called in to
prepare the document. There was the
redoubtable Ed Hunter who spent so
many years of his life laboring zeal
ously for free trade, as chief Of the
meetings. There We're such saviors of
the republican party as Will Parrott,
Charley Johnston, Ben Salinger, How
ard Tedford. George Gallarno. Al Nor
rison. l.. Young and others, who are
much concerned for fear the republic
cans who gather in state convention
will not know what to do when they
get there. Out Of the conference came
the letter of Perkins begging for a
chance to arbitrate the issues Of the
campaign.
What is there to arbitrate? What
issues have arisen, and why? Can
the delegates to a republican state
convention be deposed and their pow
ers be delegated to a committee Of out
siders at the behest of candidate
for one office on the ticket?
The suggestion is to arbitrate the
contests. There are three contests
What has arisen to make it impossible
that these should be settled in the or
ldinary way? There are threats OF
contests by Ed Hunter all over the
state, fakes and shams and frauds;
but why arbitrate contemplated
crime?
Suppose the proposed board of arb-
tration should call up the so-called
contest from Carroll county? Call Zen
to the stand. He testifies. He had
twelve or fifteen delegates in small
room after the regular conven ton
had adjourned and they held so-call
ed convention. Not a man or child
in all Carroll county having a thim-
bleful Of brains or an iota of common
honesty would ever pretend that this
is a real contest. 1t represents Moth
ing but the rage Of defeated and
|discredited local political boss. Why
go into a scheme for making pretense
of arbitrating such sham? And SO
with the whole bunch.
"A bigger bunch of fake contests
never showed up anywhere. If the cre-
dentials committee on August is
made up Of average republicans Of
good sense it will be able to dispose
Of every real contest in two hours.
But Ed. Hunter assumes that Per-
kins and Cummins are really the only
ones concerned in this case. How
about the other candidates? Will Sen
ator Hayward, for instance, stand for
having 1t submitted to arbitration.
whether he carried Scott county or
whether it is to go for julie Richards :?
He has got his county-got it fairly
and honestly and conlpletely-and is it
in the power of all the candidates for
governor, at the instance of Ed. Hun
ter, to say to Hayward that he has no
rights anybody else is bound to con-
slider?
Then consider the rest Of the candi-
dates-Carroll, Morrow, Eaton, Pal
mer, Porterfield, Morling, Crockett.
Byers, Garst, Raymond, CORNWALL, But
ties, Cloud and possibly others-have
they no rights in the matter? OF
course, everyone who feels that his po-'
sition is insecure and that he has all
ready been licked, will want "arbi-
tration." But every candidate who has
won will be against turning over to an
outside commission the right to de-
eide whether the progressives or the
standpatters have been victors.
Then as to the convention itself, and
the delegates thereto. Suppose when
the delegation from Story county, for
instance. knocks at the door of the
state convention for admission, it is
Informed by the man with a club that
it has no standing whatever, that Ed.
Hunter has secured arbitration" and
the arbitration board had decided that
a democrat voted in one township, that
nobody knew how he voted, but that
as Cummins had 130 majority in the
township it was presumed the demo-
crat voted for Cumnins, and that this
board of arbitration" had decided.
therefore that Hon. William ON Payne
was entitled to vote Story county for
the whole Ed Hunter ticket. Dave Pal
mer. Morrow. Porterfield Morling and
ALL What would happen about that
time? And there would be about $50
regularly elected delegates. each one
having proper credentials in his poclS-
ct. and every ore ready to back up the
regularly elected Story county delega-
ton and toss the report of the board
of arbitration out Of the window.
Then what as to the republicans of
Iowa who would have a right to feel
outraged at the scheme? In fact. 1t is
an insult to every republican in every
county where these fake contests have
baen instituted. They made the fight
ana WON. Have they no rights? And
Il Ed Hunter can usurp their rights