Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-16

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nominated the Republican says:
Mr.. Blythe, With seeming earnest
ness approached Mr. Carpenter, and
graspfng his hand as he was about to
| retire, remarked in sometnns like
| these words.
| albert, | have been Your friend and
/ am going to be your friend, and l
want you to understand that in this
|Scampaign ! have treated you as fair
| as 1 have the other candidates. My
! county has given YOU an equal division
| of votes in this convention and will
continue to do so. and thus leave it
to the other counties to make the
| nomination. You can depend on this"
Thursday morning Van Buren, and
Jeferson's candidate, McCoid, released
these delegates and authorized them to
vote for Carpenter The Republican
goes on TO relate
Louisa county delegates were in
formed of the decision but when the
opera house was reached Mr.. Blythe
appeared on the ground and urged Van
Buren, county delegates not to leave
McCoid, asserting that he could be
nominated. He appeared very anxious
and was informed that our boys would
stay by McCoid if he would tell us
where to get the additional votes, over
what he had been receiving, to nonin
ate him. But he could not tell us. He
was asked to give McCoid the vote
of his county entire, but he said that
would be unfair. Then one kopp.
postmaster at Mt Pleasant, the most
severe man against McCoid with his
mouth that was in the convention,
tho he was not a delegate, came to
Mr. MeCoid hurriedly from side
walk conversation with Mr.. Blythe and
H. O. Weaver, and told McCoid that
If he would hold Van Buren, and JEFF
ferson counties to himself for short
time he would have Henry county
throw nine votes to McCoid and he
would be nominated. *s* The second
ballot was being called, and Des
Moines county did not give single
vote ito Carpenter on this ballot. nor
did she on the previous ballot, and
this was the critical point in Senator
Carpenters candidacy, yet only few
hours before. Senator Carpenter had
been told while Mr.. Blythe clasped
his hand. that he would be treated
fair, that Des Moines county would
give him the same support that the
other candidates received.
Then came the climax: Van Buren,
and Jefferson would throw their vote
to Carpenter on the next ballot 1t
seemed that Carpenter would be NOM
mated. Fooled by the evident impos-
sibility of keeping Jefferson and Van
Buren, away from Carpenter, Mr..
Blythe took the bull by the horns
when the third ballot was called for,
a member of the Louisa county dele
cation arose and withdrew Carpenters
name, and sitting at the side of the
gentleman who withdrew the name was
delegates H. Q. Weaver, a former law
the republican state central commit
tee, present revenue collector with Of
flee at Burlington, and a very pleas
ant gentleman who had, less than an
hour before, been informed by Mr..
McCoid in person that Van Buren, and
Jefferson counties would cast their
votes for Carpenter soon following the
opening of the convention. To say that
the Van Buren, and the Jefferson coun-
ty delegates We're stunned, or dazed, or
dumbfounded, at this withdrawal Of
Carpenters name hardly expresses
it, insists the Republican. The
result was, as intended when the
treachery was concocted, the defeat of
McCoid, and the political assassination
of Carpenter in the house of those
whom he had thought to be his friends.
We have attended many political
conventions, but never before have we
seen a semblance of such cruel. merci-
less and deceptive practice as here per-
petrated 1t is that kind of politics that
defeats parties, but thank heaven the
great body of delegates present were
not knowingly participants in the
scheme. We have no desire to ex-
press harsh words over what was
done. Far from it. We have in years
gone by been a sincere friend of Mr..
Blythe and Mr.. Weaver. Mr.. Blythe
has had our defense privately and in
our paper against reflections that have
been made on him and his methods as
a political leader. We believed he was
not the insincere man that so many
had charged him as being, and we wish
we could continue in that belief, but in
the light and facts of last weeks Bur
lington convention it leaves us only
the conclusion we have given. And
this leads to another conclusion, which
is, that just such political malpractice
as Is here cited in the history Of this
convention, and has been developed in
the inordinate and selfish third term
ambition of Governor Cummins, is liza
BILE to work disaster in the republican
party by electing a democratic gov
ernor and democratic congressman in
Iowa, a result that the Republican
shall labor to avert.
The last paragraph contains the
meat Of the cocoanut. The Keosauqua
has been a sincere FRIEND
of Blythe's. The sincerity" of it's
friendship has made it with other res
ervation papers of its ilk his subserv-
lent tool and slave. With it's contem-
poraries it has not only defended him
and his neighbors but has been part Of
his methods the willing alder and
abettor Of his schemes. How could the |
believe Blythe was not !