Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-05-01
Desperate Efforts Of the Stand
patters Shown in Their
Campaign Methods
ED HUNTER DIRECTING WORK
Perkins Headquarters Depending Upon
tho Railroad Lobbyist and Political
Boss to Direct the Management Of
the campaisn-Huss stuys Out of
tho Contest.
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Des Moines, May LIN spite Of the
desperate efforts of the Blythe stand
pat machine to do things In Polk coun-
ty, there will be seventy-two votes
added to the Cummins column as a
result Of the primaries held In this
city today. The Perkins crowd has
flooded the city with circulars of every
description. Their candidates have
almost monopolzed the advertising
space In the local newspapers. Ed.
III. Hunter is the master mind that Is
at the head of the standpat campaign
In this county. Charles w. Johnston.
Lafe Young and the rest take their or
ders from him.
Even the Perkins headquarters, both
state and local, depend on Hunter for
the heavy work OF the campaign man
agement The plan to carry Polk
county would never have been thought
of IL Senator Jackson, Will Parrot and
the police reporter of the Sioux City
Journal, who are In charge Of the head
quarters of Perkins had been depend
ed upon entirely
The word has been sent out by Hun
ter that there must be big vote for
the standpat ticket. The entire ticket
Is picked out for the voters OF the
county, and the slate that Is fixed up
is for Perkins for governor. Raymond
for lieutenant governor, Richards for
secretary of state, Morrow for treasur-
er. Palmer and Porterfeld for railroad
commissioners and Dobson for congress-
A vast amount of money has been
spent by the Perkins supporters In
ibis county in an endeavor to cut into
/ the Cummlns vote. Since 1t was ex-
posed here Sunday that the Hunter
element had planned actually to carry
the county by double crossing local
county candidates and getting them
all to support Perkins, there has been
nothing discussed so much as that.
Such men as DIR. E r. Dorr, one Of
the most radical Cummins men there
is anywhere in the state, was APP
preached and asked to go into the
combine, and promise to support Per-
kins in exchange for the support OF
the Perkins crowd for him for the leg
islature. The lists OF delegates of Del
bert r. Lang and Guy Lee, two cam
didates for the legislature, were seen
in Hunters office and 1t is presumed
that they went into the combine
In spite Of the desperate efforts OF
the Perkins crowd the Cummins people
have not deemed 1t necessary to make
any great effort in the governors home
county. Before the polls closed today
the Cummins people were confident
that the county will give big testi-
monial to Cumnins and that seventy
two delegates will be added to the
Cummins column.
A desperate effort has been made
by some Of the standpatters to get
Hull back from Washington before
the holding of the primaries. If Hull
had returned words would have been
put into his mouth by the organ Of
the anti-Cummins element here that
would have complicated the situation.
These pretended friends of Hull are
more anxious to injure the governor
than to assist Hull. Hull, by remain
ing In Washington, will get the sup
port Of the county for himself for con-
gress without the expenditure Of a
cent Of money. Had Lafe Young been
successful in getting Hull back from
Washington, he would have been able
by misquoting him and making 1t ap-
pear that Hull repudiated the agree
ment with the Cummins men to have
complicated the situation SO as to have
necessitated the Cummins supporters
going out and fighting for the coun-
ty. 1t would then have cost Hull sew
eral thousands of dollars to carry on
his campaign and made it very doubt
back to congress. Those who have
been trying to drag him into the cam
paign were, however less anxious
about the money 1t would cost Hull or
his chances of reelection than they
were to keep Governor Cummins busy.
There is every probability that the
progressives will control the state CEN
trail committee at the conclusion of
this party campaign. 1t will be the
first time since Cummins has been the
leader of the progressive movement in
the state that he has the state central
committee with him if this is so. Con-
gressional and county conventions thus
far held bear out the prediction that
a majority Of the central committee
will be progressive.
At present there are four members of
the central committee who are in SYM
pathy with the governor. These are:
MCCOY. of the Second congressional
district; Fitzpatrick, of the Seventh;
way, of the Tenth, and Scott, of the
Eleventh. Those from the other seven
congressional districts are all in SYM
pa thy with Blythe, of Burlington 1t is
now conceded that the Third and
Fourth congressional districts viii be
progressive, as the convention in the
Fourth district has indicated definitely
how that stands. and a majority of the
counties in the.Third district Indicate
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