Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-05-19
Democrats Are Anxious to See
the Sioux City Man Win
the Nomination
NO HOPE OF BEATING cUMMlNS
Democrats Believe They Will be Un-
able to Make Any Headway in the
Election Campaign Unless the Re-
pubicans Nominate Strictly Rail
road Candidate.
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Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, May 19.-"rhe nominal
ton of George D. Perkins, of Sioux
City, would be far the best thing for
the democratic party in Iowa. said G.
W. Miller. of Waverly, democratic
central committeeman from the Third
congressional district, and secretary of
the committee. The ultra conserva-
tive democrats, who left the democrat
ic party when Bryan was first nomi-
mated, are remaining in the republican
party now because of their admiration
for Gov. A. B. Cummins. If George D..
Perkins were to be nominated by the
republicans for governor and the DEM
ocrats nominated good man, such as
Judge Wade, every one OF them would
return to the democratic party We
can have no hopes of their return un-
less the republicans nominate some
such Il HAN as Perkins.
The real bottom of the demo
position was thus explained today by
Mr. Miller. Besides Mr.. Miller other
democrats here in attendance at the
committee meeting yesterday admitted
that it was the excellent character OF
Governor Cummins, his stand by
Roosevelt for the square deal and
mis- eminently able administration of
affairs in the interests of the people,
.nft is attracting the attention OF the
people of all parties and is causing
trouble for the democrats. Some OF
them are frank to admit that if Cover
nor Cummins is nominated the demo-
Gratis have a poor chance. They Will
not quite admit that they are doing
anything to encourage the candidacy OF
Perkins ir the hope that by the repub-
licans nominating him they can get
back their members and elect & COVER
nor. but they do claim that it is Per-
kins' affiliation with the corporations
that causes them to wish that he will
be the nominee of the republican party.
Mir. Miller, of Waverly, did make this
distinction, that it is the democrats in
the republican party that are hoping
for the nomination of Cummins, and
that the democrats in the democratic
party are hoping for the nomination OF
Perkins. Because of the interests OF
their own party these democrats will
not go quite to the bottom of the dis
custom They will not say what they
think of the republicans who are glad
to have the president attract demo-
Gratis to the party, but do not want
their governor to make conversions.
But they see the point.
The Des Moines postoffice situation
may not have been what took Ed. H.
Hunter to Washington, d. c., to- see
Capt. j. A. Il. Hull but there is we'll
defined conviction here that Mr.. Hun
ter did not go to Washington to buy
wall paper Cor his Des AIoines store
1t is further known that the postoffice
situation here is getting more compli-
Gated every day and is getting mixed
up in state politics. j. l. Myerly, OF
Des Mcines, is one of the candidates
for the position of postmaster and is
being backed by Hunter Berryhill-
Young. The appointment of post
master is to be made in December. 1t
is undoubtedly true, too. that these
men are very much worried over the
report that Captain Hull is about to
come out openly in support of Cover
nor Cummins.
The fact is, there is more than some
people think in the significance of ex-
Mayor John MacVicar, of this city,
calling on Congressman Hull in Wash
ington when Mr.. MacVicar was there
recently attending the meeting of the
National League of Municipalities. Mr.
Macvicar is Cumnins supporter from
principal. He owes Hull nothing polit-
ically and Hull owes him nothing, and
vet there is every reason to believe
that tMacvicar would support Hull now
for congress sooner than he would
most any other candidate that has
been mentioned in Des Moines. And
there is Furthermore every reason tic
believe that there is no person in Des
Moines who could defeat Full if Mac
Vicar should support Hull.
The -Berryhill-You crow6
was very mad at Captain Hull be-
cause he did not fight Cummins ane
only because they were more mad al
Cummins. When they found tina
there was some foundation for the be-
lief that Hull might come out openly
and do something for Cummins they
turned very quickly. A large number
of letters have gone down, to Wash
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