Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-28
.CUhN|NS MIL
CLOSE CAMPAIGN
Now Regarded AS Settled Fact
That He Has a Majority of
the Delegates
HUNTER WILL CONTINUE
Anti cummins People Will Probably
Keep Up the Fight With View to
Thwartins the Will of the People at
the State Convention Two Con-
tests This Week.
IBy Ora williams.I
Special to Times Republican.

/
! Des Moines, June 2S.-It is probabls
that with the close of the present week
| the headquarters of Governor Cum
Minis in the crocker building will be
closed and all work In connection with
the campaign Will cease so far as the
progressives are concerned.
1t is all over in the matter of the
contest for governor. There can be nc
possible doubt as to what the conven-
/ ton will do unless the will of the re-
publicans of the state is thwarted in
some way. This involves
Stealing the convention thru multi
plicity of contests.
Revolutionary tactics by the state
campaign or central committee.
Betrayal by delegates because OF
bribery.
An open bolt by the standpatters.
Governor Cummins will be nomi-
mated. He has majority of all the
delegates elected. He has majority
of all the uncontested delegates. In
view of this fact the campaign is re-
garded as virtually closed. 1t is now
up to the delegates.
1t is announced that Ed Hunter Will
maintain headquarters and keep up the
war until convention day. He talks
big about being able to finally control
the convention He says that he VIII
vet beat Cummins. He does not boast
of nominating either Cummins nor
Rathbun, and the Shaw talk has sub
sided since the president spoke. But
Ed Hunter is still talking about beat
ing Cummins.
The scheme to have the railroad
members of the state committee UNDER
take to decide all contests and to seat
all anti-Cummins delegates in every
county where a contest may be faxed
UP also contemplates the use of a vast
sum of money. 1t is realized that II
such a scheme was undertaken the
Hunter committee would be able TO
bring to Des Moines to appear before
the committee an unlimited number OF
persons to testify to all sorts of things,
and they have the newspapers to give
circulation to all sorts of stories about
these alleged contests. They could al
most monopolize the news pages OF
their newspapers for five weeks. Their
supply of free passes is unlimited, and
everyone knows how easy 1T is to get
men from all parts of the state to
come to Des Moines on free passes, es-
pecially if their hotel bills are to be
paid. as they would be. The fund of
100000 set apart for carrying Iowa
against Cummins would all be used be-
fore the convention meets
But as far as the progressives are
concerned the campaign is all over 1t
is up to the delegates who represent
the republican party of Iowa and who
alone have the right to decide what
shall be done. They are to come here
August to nominate a ticket and
they will be permitted to do this un-
molested, so far as the progressives
have anything to say about it.
This week only two counties are
witnessing political excitement. Bu-
chanan is already virtually decided.
The earlier caucuses showed the plain
preference of the people. The LARA
bee-Cummins meeting finished 1T. Inc
Tedford -Gallarno letter afforded var
iety only Gallarno is democrat who
came from Waterloo but who has been
clerk to Gilliland in the senate He
has done some newspaper work. He
has furnished the strongly biased
"plate service" of the American Press
Association, which number of week.
ly papers of the state are using. Some
time ago he was called down hard
by Superintendent McCash of the
Anti-Saloon League for having sent to
a press association a viciously false
article about the league and it's work
Marion county is being raked with
a fine tooth comb, SO to speak The
governor speaks and also Judge Prouty
and Tom Healy. 1t is a strictly school
house campaign.
Dallas has decided for the governor
The so-called contest from Perry was
inspired from Des Moines. What hurt
Hunter was that his henchmen con-
tracted for the delivery of a bunch OF
voters at IS a head. Harvey, who was
in charge, appeared at the polls with
specially prepared ballots on colored
paper to be used by these purchased
voters. but the judges would not per-
NIT their use. The "gang" voted
wrong. and those who paid the money
are getting revenge by having their
own men arrested.