Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-05-28
.HONDEA[ WAS WORKED
Dubuque Paper Says Ed Hunter
and Morrow Met krctsclmcr
In Chicago
HUNTER WROTE STATEMENT
AlIison's Friends Wanted to Wire the
Senator, But Hunter Assured Them
He Had Done That and That the
Whole Deal Had Been Endorsed by
Him-Allison Denies It.
Special to Times Republican.

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Dubuque, May 2S.--The Telegraph
Herald has ferreted out from the Du-
buque men acquainted with the facts
| how the Kretschmer deal was worked.
1t seems that the notorious railway
| lobbyist, Ed Hunter. man not long
ago under indictment by a bar commits
tee in Des Moines, charged with jury
"bribing," met Kretschmer in Chicago
with Morrow present and kretschmer
was sufficiently induced" to deliver
his county to Perkins after having Won
it over the opposition of the Perkins
men by an alliance with the Cummins
men of Dubuque county
The Telegra PHI Herald says:
In the meanwhile the railroad poit-
ical agents began work on Kretschmer.
1t was up to them, in political par
lance, to show him that he could not
hope to win against Morrow, and after
having convinced him on this score,
to offer him something in return for
naming q delegation to the state con-
veution which should be for Perkins.
with this end in view, conference
was held in Chicago kretschmer went
over in company with Al. Boehmler.
and Alderman Brad Hopkins, the lat
ter democrat. They met Morrow and
Ed. Hunter, the latter a notorious rail-
road lobbyist, and a Perkins manager.
kretschmer was shown that he could
not hope to defeat Morrow and that tc
ha .it,t.
ply to waste his money and forfeit his
claim for reward for being good
Indian" 1t was there that Hunter
finally led Kretschmer up into the
mountain, showed him the beautiful
view of remunerative standpat fields,
and secured Kretschners promise to
name a delegation that with a few ex-
ceptions would be solid for Perkins.
There, also, the statement which he
issued upon his withdrawal. was pre-
pared, revised and edited by Hunter
1T was expected in Des Molnes that
kretschmer's double announcement
would be made on Tuesday night. 1t
did not come, however, until Thursday.
And the story preceding its coming is
an interesting one. The statement was
given to the Times Office for publca-
ton about IL O'Clock Thursday night.
But remarkable to STATE, 1t was antic-
ipated before it's issuance In two stand
pat newspapers to whom Hunter had
sent It, Hunter had printed copies of
it in his possession in Des Moines.
"On Thursday Kretschmer called w.
w. Benson. who, by the way, is a
brother-in-l law of George Wright, rail-
or M ar!. ma a upr
Pottawattamie, into conference at the
Dubuque Club. That they might be
able to say that a local friend of Sen
ator Allison has passed upon and APP
proved the statement, they called i,
Col. d. c. CHASER and submitted tn
statement to him. Col. CHASER bake
He thought 1t was a mistake to brin
Allison into the matter and since thi
was his view, Major w III. Day, az
other friend Of the senator was II
vited to go to the club and see Il
statement The major read with wot
derment and declared emphatcal
that it would never do to issue az
such statement, that it would hurt Il
senator and that he believed the Sc
ator would never approve the use
his name in such connection"
There We're then two men to ]
'shown'-Glasser and Day-and Bon
son and Kretschmer were able to show
them, after fashion. Ed Hunter wa.
called up on the long distance phone
and he assured the latter from the
depths of his moral character and from
the boundlessness of his honor, that
the tenor of the statement had been
passed upon and approved by Senator
Allison at Washington and that Con-
gresham Lacey had so advised him.
Unconvinced. Major Day said that he
would not believe that Allison approx
ed such a statement If the president
of the United States had assured him
that he had.
THE major said the senator ought to
be consulted and offered to pay the
telegraph toll to Washington and
back Benson and Kretschmer assured
him they would do this, so the story