Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-02
A Glance at Political Map off
Iowa and Effect Of Rail-
road Domination
WHERE BLYTHE is SUPREME
Twenty six Counties Thru Which the
Burlington and Rock Island Operate
Turned over to Perkins, Constituting
Practically All Sioux City Mans
Strength.
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Des Moines June 2.--'rhe hand of
| Blythe may be seen by looking at the
political map OF Iowa as 1t appears to-
day Put a black spot on each county
which has gone for the Blythe candl-
date for governor and look at the story
they tell in this way.
| Let your eye run along the lines OF
the Burlington railroad and see what
is happening. Count up the scores OF
the Rock Island and consider the ma
ture of the alliance. There are TWEEN
ty-slx counties In which the Burling-
ton railroad has lines which have de-
cared against Cummins. There are
.wcnty counties in which the Rock Is
land does business directly that have
gone against Cummins. Some of these
are streaked with the lines of both
systems, for they overlap in business
as we'll as In politics.
| Just three counties have gone against
Cummins where neither the Burling-
| ton nor the Rock Island touch--and one
| of these Is hit by James J. Hills other
| road.
| IL Blythe and his associates can do
so they will place the republican party
of Iowa In a position to support to the
limit the Unsuitable ambition of Blythe.
! That ambition leads direct to the I'm
| tied States senate. II South Dakota
/ can send Milwaukee general attor-
| ney to the senate why cannot Iowa IN
| dorse Burlington attorney? II Me-
| braska was satisfied for years with
! Union Pacific lawyer why could not
| Iowa be satisfied with representative
| of Hill in the senate? AID II men like
! Elkins, Kean, Foraker, Aldrich, Platt
and Depew can hold up their heads In
| the senate, why should not Blythe be
| also great factor there for the spec
| ial interests?
| The fight against Roosevelt is not a
new one and Iowa interests are not
| freshly enlisted therein. Going back
little over two years one may read a
| statement printed In black capital let
ters set in a box four columns wide,
| printed In the Muscatine Journal, jan
uary 15, 1904. stating that Blythe was
then In Des Moines planning to keep
| Governor Cummins from going to the
| IldtdOIldl cOuSelUlOIl dS q OtleSdle anu
| referring to him as "the veteran poll
tician and leader, who is chief counsel
| for the Burlington railroad and is un-
desstood to be the representative Of the
Hill interests, WHICH DESIRE TO
BOOST HANNA AND KNIFE
ROOSEVELT" The death of Sena-
tor Hanna soon after prevented
fruition Of the plot then engaged in by
j. w. Blythe and other railroad leaders
| to drive Roosevelt from the white
house. But Blythe wrote to friends in
| Washington early in 1904 urging the
Hanna candidacy as against Roose-
welt. If Hanna had lived and had con-
sented to the plot Blythe would have
led Iowa to the Chicago convention to
fight Roosevelt.
| Another Turn Of tho Wheel.
Then another turn in the wheel.
| Roosevelt was nominated and was
looking for chairman of the national
committee. He selected Cortelyou. But
Blythe wanted to be chairman. Why?
The story has been told by the Wash
ington correspondent of the Sioux City
Journal in that paper Blythe was
urged upon Roosevelt for chairman
by the Shaw interests.
"Mr. Shaw became interested in
having j. w Blythe chairman of the
national committee and Mr.. Blythes
eminent capabilities were suggested
automatically to the president" said
the Sioux City Journal June 13, 1904
Naturally his purpose was to have
Mr.. Blythe, his strongest Iowa friend,
control the national organization in
the interest of his presidential ambi-
tion"
But the president got onto what
was being done and turned Blythe
down. He wanted the campaign run in
the Roosevelt interest. 1t was even
suggested to the president that Blythe
would be the right man because he
was in touch with interests that usually
furnish the money for campaigns.
Tho Present Campaign.
A few weeks ago Blythe came to
which made primary legislation inn
possible and which converted the SEN
ate of the Iowa legislature into an
amateur debating club for petty poll
itics presided over by docile servant
of the railroads. The campaign ran
along. Men were being picked for the
next legislature. one DAY man VINO
does not bend the knee to bosses pick
ed up on the streets Of Bedford a let
ter which Blythe had written to a
Taylor county politician in which
Blythe indicated who would be nom
mated for representative in that coun-
ty. The Blythe power is being used
today to nominate the man thus named
from Burlington.
A little later the fight came on Sem
ator Lewis in Page county. He was
cornered by the Blythe servants and
deliberate attempt was made to COM
pei him to pledge himself not only to
vote for Dolliver for the senate again
which he cheerfully did = but to
pledge him never to vote for Cum