Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-05-29

iouS professional lobbyist this state mas
ever known, democrat, and there
the deal is made He withdraws his
candidacy yet names a delegation OPP
posite from what he had promised his
home convention workers that ne
would name. He is now explaining
away the suspicion that his estimate
of $4,000 for campaign expenses was
accepted ana the amount refunded tc
him.
At Baskerville railroad private car
stood side tracked for one week prior
to the caucuses, holding a school OF
instruction and when the caucuses
convened local railroad officials at
tempted to force men to pass between
tellers where their vote could be
spotted instead of allowing a secret
ballot.
found written by Carroll Wright, gen
eral attorney for the Rock Island, urg-
ing the men under obligations to him
to fight Cummins. Wright admitted
in the Register and Leader that ne
was fighting Cummins and for Per-
kins.
In Council Bluffs the fight against
Cummins was led by the local attor-
ney for the %" and the local attorney
for the Rock Island Here toughs were
run over from South Omaha by some
one and voted against Cummins with
red ballots in their hands,
In Sioux City Mr.. Perkins placed
his campaign in charge of George
Gail, general attorney for Iowa TO,
the Great Northern, one of Jim Hits
roads, and down in Burlington j. w
Blythe. the general attorney for the
20" another Jim Hill road, and gen
eralissimo Of railroad politicians,
stood up in his own ward caucus and
insisted that those present pass be-
tween tellers where their vote could
be watched and he was chairman of the
resolutions committee which resolved
against Cummins.
Then in Ottumwa Cummins carried
majority of the caucuses, but this
same railroad attorney, Blythe, told his
subalterns over the long distance phone
to secure contested delegation at any
cost. These men then proceeded to
throw out of the county convention
twenty Cummins delegates notwith-
standing that these twenty men came
there with their credentials signed by
a standpat chairman of their caucus.
A Blythe man who had previously
been kept out of the convention and
had no right there put all the motions
of a boilers convention, thereby
trumping up the contest as instructed
by phone.
This same Mr.. Blythe has delivered
to Perkins and against Cummins tif-
known as the 20" reservation, and in
which his c., B. & @. railroad influence
has built up a powerful machine.
In Chickasaw county majority OF
the delegates to the county conven-
ton were Instructed for Cummins. Two
delegates thus instructed were induced
by the local railroad politicians to
violate their Instructions and the
county was carried against Cummins.
The air is now blue with charges Of
money and bribery.
In Johnson and Iowa counties three
workers were hired by the Rock Island
railroad officials for every voting pre-
cinct 1t is estimated that $4,000 was
thus spent in the two counties.
These are some of the incidents Of
the present campaign against Cum
minis in Iowa. No wonder LaFolletle
has volunteered to come to Iowa and
talk for him. LaFollette has been
thru the same fight. Will the people
of Iowa stand by the man who is
leading their fight or will they let him
be defeated? The campaign has now
reached the point at which close coun-
ties must be bought or Cummins can
not be beaten. The money is ready
with which to do the buying. Let the
enemies of Cummins succeed and for
twenty years to come not a man dare
aspire to office by election or appoint
ment in Iowa until he has first jour-
neyed to Burlington and made his
peace with the man who looks after
the railroad interests in Iowa politics.
SUBSTITUTE SOMETHING.
Taking I'M the liouor problem the