The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-08-23
FIGHTS CUMMINS.
Perkins Paper Urges Republicans
to Knife the Governor and
congressman.

SGanu paOtefS anu unsuccessful canQl-
date against Governor Cummlns for the
republican nomination, Monday publish
ed in his newspaper, the Sioux City
Journal, large picture and eulogy of
Claude Porter, the democratic nominee
for governor; an editorial roundly abus-
ing Congressman Hubbard for making
an alliance with Cummins mon to secure
his denomination; long news story in
which it was declared republicans were
disguised with Hubbard, and an open
letter, prominently displayed, written
by c. w. Johnson, formerly one of the
Perkins managers, in which republicans
were urged to knife not only the Cum
Minis ticket but the republican con-
gresham as we'll.
Johnston's letter is by far the most
threatening statement made since the
convention by standpatters, and as Mr..
Johnson was an active participant in
the Perkins management, and his letter
receives such prominence in Mr.. Per-
kins' newspaper, it is considered here
that Mr.. Perkins must approve of the
advice given in the letter.
The letter is addressed to "Our Re-
publican Friends" and says in part:
"Mr. Perkins was assured of the sup
port of certain congressman, otherwise
he would not have been a candidate.
The fight was made and the victory
rested on the disposition of Scott coun-
ty. If given to Perkins he would have
been nominated
"Equitably, possibly no one was enti-
tied to Scott county; politically, it be-
longed to Mr.. Perkins beyond question.
1t would have been so decided had it
not been for the interference of Senator
Dolliver, Congressman Birdsall, Judge
Coumee and some other congressman.
CIV. l.. Eaton said some of the pro-
gressive delegates were coming down
with their muscle, and the Register
and Leader, in two editorials, threaten
ed personal violence and possibly blood
shed to the standpatters, something
never known in the history of Iowa
republication before.
"Messrs Dolliver and Birdsall took
the Third district member of the state
committee, which was to decide con-
tests, to a room and pounded him for
an hour, demanding that Perkins be sac
rificed in making up the temporary roll.
when Chairman Spence was presid-
ing over the deliberations of the COM
mittee in the hearing of the evidence,
Senator Dolliver called him out into
conference and made similar demands
and possibly promises.
''Other members of the committee
were labored with and in the end their
aims were accomplished and Mr.. Per-
kins went down in defeat.
'This placed them in position to throw
a shadow on the integrity of Mr.. Per-
kins and his managers in reference to
contests, concerning which they haye
no apology to make.
cit enabled the delegates and lieuten-
ants of Dolliver and Connor, from the
Tenth district, to hiss the name of that
matchless Yankee Methodist, Leslie M
Shaw, the man who made Dolliver and
Conner, whose personal life is beyond
criticism, and whose public career as
secretary of the United States treasury
is one of the most brilliant since the
time of Hamilton.
"Birdsall's district, the Third, follow
ed and then Polk county. The agents
chosen by the present executive joined
in Kissing the most distinguished lowan,
except Allison, who was lately accorded
the same treatment by a progressive
stronghold near his home in his state.
"Baptising and renovating the repub-
lican party of Iowa is of more impor-
lance than all the congressman
combined.
"This is an off year, and this, with a
republican president, who can veto all
bad laws and who has enacted into laws
all pressing legislation, reduce the
effect to minimum of the few demo-
cratic congressman that may succeed
at this time.
"But we must prepare for the struggle
of 1908 which will be protection against
free trade. Platforms are worthless
when candidates repudiate them after
election.
"From past experience we know that
both the democratic and republican
candidates for governor will be preach
ing the same doctrine after the Novem-
Der election, and it makes no difference
to the stand-patter which one succeeds,
except he does not want to be held re-
sponsible for the false teachings of his
agent, who claims the right to sign the
name of his principle, the republican
party.
TIME TO PROTEST.
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