Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-18
I BLYTHE NEN
SHOULD BOLT?
What Would Be the Effect in
Case the Threat to Bolt is
Made Good
SOME QUESTIONS TO ANSWER
If Attempt to Name Second Ticket Is
to Succeed Some standpat candi-
dates for Places on the Ticket Will
Be in Peculiar Position-Turnins the
Party Over to Blythe.
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Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines. June 1S.---iWhat would
be the effect if the threat Of a bolt as
made by the railroad crowd should be
carried out and there should be placed
in the field in Iowa this year a ruml
convention ticket labeled national re-
publican" or otherwise pretending to
be in fact a republican ticket?
The accepted spokesman for the rail-
road crowd which is trying to run re-
publican affairs under the guidance OF
Ed. Hunter, j. w. Blythe. l.. NJ. Shaw
Will Parrott, and few others of their
kind. is Lafe Young and thru his
I newspaper he has already given the
! ultinlaJum. He printed 1t in big letters
! last Wednesday:
"A sufficient number of county del
egations will be contested in the state
convention that the control of the con-
/, vention will be a matter of political
manipulation and skill. out of it will
/ come bolt resulting in two republican
tickets"
That ought to be sufficiently plain
i for everyone to understand. And the
writer of it is very close to the man
VINO plans all the contests and who
! will direct the bolt out of which will
come two republican tickets.
After making a columnlong whining
| plea for Governor Cummins to with
1 draw from the contest, he added:
| He could square himself with the
republican party by Withdrawing and
| he can accomplish that end in no other
| way"
/ For republican party" should be
read the Hunter l8lythe-S Shaw Young
/ jnnta Then the sentence is perfect.
| They assume to be in fact the republi-
can party.
| In other words. what Ed Hunter said
a week ago was not true, namely, that
he could force Cummins to withdraw
any day. but he preferred to beat him
| in the convention and would do so.
In other words, there is no way to
prevent Governor Cummins from being
nominated save by his voluntary with
drawal.
OF course, the victor in a hard fight
never withdraws; ii is the fellow who
has lost who with,1raws. No need to
ask beaten candidate to withdraw.
And IL the control of the convention
is to be matter, of political manipu-
lation and skill" everyone knows that
the masters of intrigue" the sharpest
schemers the railroads can employ, will
have a hand in the manipulation.
1t is Lafe Youngs deliberate judg-
ment-better, perhaps. his bold threat
and defiance-that the defeated parties
will bolt and put up another republic
can ticket.
Suppose the threat is carried out and
the bolt is made and a second republi-
can ticket is nominated, what then?
1t would be an interesting situation in
the state convention. Here would be
about 900 delegates holding uncontest-
ed seats on the progressive side, and
perhaps hundred more claiming
right to seats. On the other side would
be the Blythe contingent in solid pha-
lanx, with few scattered delegates
from north of the line and in the coun-
try of big red barns. The convention
organized. contests settled in accord
ance with justness, speeches made, a
platform nearly ready, and then
J. w. Blythe, rising in his seat, would
give the signal Of revolt and march
down the aisle.
Ed H. Hunter, manager for the Per-
kins interests, would wave his white
hat in revolt.
The delegations from some thirty
counties adjacent to the free pass
headquarters would march out of the
convention.
In the three tiers of counties lying
along the Missouri border and all south
of Des Moines there are All delegates
opposed to Cummins. Sixty-two 9th
right to seats that they might vote
against Cummins In three or four
counties next to this solid "reserva-
ton there are fifty more of like mind.
Suppose they should all join in the
game Of "Follow Ny Leader" and seek
another hall or street corner wherein
to hold rump convention. And un-
less Lafe Young and Ed Hunter and
others of their kind are much deceived.
they could all be depended on to do the
bidding of their master.
There would be left a convention
that could do business. It would have
solid delegations from sixty five coun-
ties possibly a number of others. What
kind of ticket would this regular re-
publican convention nominate?
Would it nominate Col. Dave Pal
ner, who is relied on by the rairo Ids
to always do the right thing withcut
being told? Washington county would
be unable to respond on roll call, as
also Van Buren, Lee. Louisa and SOM"
others.
Nsho would be named for state
tceasslrer with Adams. Adair. F'ree
mont TAYLOR and others in that sec-
tion silent?
What would be done if Davis county
should fail to be in position to nonlin-
afe candidate and Monroe Appa-