Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-04-13
SAVE LEGISLATURE,
CORPORATION CRY
Blythe and His Lieutenants Will
Concentrate Effort to Control
Next Assembly
THE STORY COUNTY SITUATION
Railroad Attorneys Have Started in
to Elect Representative Whom
They Believe Will Be subservient to
Their nterests-Heralded as Har-
mony Candidate.
IBy Ora Williamsl

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines. April 13.-"Save Per
kins II we can, but at least pull cor
poration legislature out of the wreck
age seems to be the latest war cry of
Blythe and his lieutenants.
While everything is being done that
is possible to make big show for Per-
kins even in counties where the corr
poration influence is not controlling,
information reaches here which .ndi-
Gates that the fight is being concen-
trated on the general assembly. No
stone will be left unturned in the ef-
fort to make sure that the legislature
is to be one that Blythe and his ma
chine can handle.
An example of what is being done is
in Story county. Editor Payne would
admit that Story is the strongest Cum
minis county in the district But the
corporations have invaded Story and
are going after, not delegates for Per-
klns, but member of the legislature
Tom Bevington, of Sioux City, attor-
ney for the Chicago & Northwestern
also in charge of the interests of the
allied packing interests In northwestern
Iowa, has been spending some time in
Story county. tom" used to live in
Story and he is an alumnus Of the
Ames college. He had great influence
in Story before he became mixed up in
some shady transactions when he was
county attorney in Woodbury.
In the four days he spent In Story
county he did much talking for George
d.. Perkins. He consulted with the
standpatters at Anes and Nevada. He
laid his wires dep and dis,oursed
sglibly on the greatness and grandness
of the Sioux City candidate. But he
did more than this, for he picked q
candidate for the legislature and des-
ignated that either one or two men he
named would be satisfactory to the
northwestern for a place in the house
of representatives. These mares were
given to trusted lieutenants ana in due
time they will be announced. The one
finally picked for winner will be her
aided as harmony" candidate, and
that the entire force of the standnat
element re-enforced by the railroad in
fuence may be concentrated on the
legislative fight.
Prominent republicans In Story are
asking each other whether the time
has come for them to delegate to a
railroad attorney from Sioux City who
shall represent them in the legislature.
They feel that this has not been done
before; that it is hardly the right time
to commence. Failing all else the plea
is to be made that the fight is really on
Dolliver and under pretense of being
for Dolliver they hope to pull thru
their candidate; but leading, republi-
be made to work.
From other counties comes informa-
tion that the standpatters are picking
their candidates for the legislature
just as early as possible. They hope
to be able to make sure that even tho
Governor Cummins is reelected the
legislature will be one that the rail-
roads can manipulate even as they
did the senate the past winter.
Another trick of the standpatters is
becoming evident. In some counties
where they have control of the organi-
zation but could not now gain the
county convention, they have called
conventions early to select delegates to
judicial and congressional conven-
tions, but make no mention of the
selection of delegates to the state con-
vention But they plan, if he conven-
tions are under their control. to select
delegates to the state convention and
thus steal a march on the Cummins
people.
That the railroads are actively in
politics and watching every turn is
evident from the activity of their well
organized workers in every part of the
state. In Sioux City thousands OF
copies of an alleged Record of George
D. Perkins are being sent out from
the office of the attorneys for the
Great Northern, and the state is pelng
flooded with this literature furnished
by corporations.