Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-16
Some Of the Senator's Supposed
Friends Would Like to See
Him Beaten
PRoeREsslvEs ARE FOR HIM
Movement Among the Railroads to
Defeat the Senator Gets Little I'm
petus-Wanted Cummins to Start a
Fight on the Senator-Planned to
Beat Both.
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Des Moines, Nov. 16.-Senater Dol
liver need not have his rest disturbed
over possibility of his defeat for re-
election to tho senate at the coming
session of the general assembly.
Dolliver will be the choice of the
ceive every republican vote at the cleo
ton.
There Is no doubt, however that
among those who have in the past
posed as his especial friends there is
desire that he should be beaten, or at
least scared. There is no mktaking
the hints that have been given out
After the August convention the sena-
tor was the subject Of a bitter attack
by those he had befriended. This was
followed by announcement by Secre-
tary Shaw that Dolliver was his sec
ond choice for senator and that he
would have preferred one who was In
road and trust domination Dolliver
was aware all along that the railroad
influences We're dissatisfied with his
course In congress last winter and
would defeat him if possible.
Previous to the republican state con-
Vent1on, as has been heretofore printed
one OF the leaders in the railroad lobby
in Iowa approached a friend of Gov
ernor Cummins and gave the hint that
Cummins withdraw from the race for
governor and become candidate for
senator against Dolliver The sug-
gestfon was spurned.
Since the republican state conven-
ton, two separate. offers came to the
leaders of the majority to the effect
that the standpatters would like to
have Governor Cummins come out as
a candidate for senator now. The Of
fers We're not considered for moment.
A few days ago a new reporter,
claiming to represent the demo-stand-
pat organ here in Des Moines. was
sent to Governor Cummins. A green
reporter was sent because the errand
was one which no self-resp peeting and
we'll informed reporter would have ac-
cepted. The new reporter butted in
on the governor as he was busy with
his work, and asked him if he was a
candidate for the senate The gov
ernor, without hesitation, gave him a
definite negative. The reporter persist
ed and this is what he got:
You may say most emphatically
that l am not a candidate for the SEN
ate. Whether l will be at some other
time is none of their business"
The interview was not printed; but
the organ has been busy giving out
hints about probable big fight in the
legislature on the senatorship. The
hints are accepted as warning to Sen
ator Dolliver that if it is possible a
muddle will be brought about that
will endanger him in his position.
But If there is to be trouble for
Dolliver it must come from the rail-
road interests and from them alone.
The writer has interviewed the SEN
ator and one representative from this
county, and four other members Of the
legislature on the subject, all progress
sives. What they all say is that there
is nothing in it, that Dolliver will not
have opposition so far as they know,
but that the movement. if there is one,
is on the part of the railroads to in
duce the progressives to lead off in a
fight against Dolliver to the end that
both Dolliver and Cunmins be killed
off politically. They all say, and this
is final, that the progressives of the
legislature can never be coaxed into
making any such blunder.
What the railroad lobbyists would
like. would be for Cummins to start a
fight on Dolliver; then get into the
game with Shaw or Blythe or some
one like them. getting what help may
be needed from their democratic allies
to make a winning. But the game will
not work.
Want Circle on Again.
The move to put. the circle back on
the ballot will be initiated early in the
coming session of the legislature.
eff nobody else introduces a bill to
put the circle back / will do it," said
John F. Offil. Of Jasper county. II
voted to take it off because there SEEM
ed to be general clamor to have the
circle removed; but since the election
I have had perhaps fifty persons come
to me and ask that see to it that the
circle is put back. I believe the re-
moval adds one-half to the expense OF
the election. 1t takes longer to vote
and longer to count the vote. And it is
a fact that a good many voters lose
their votes by reason Of the change
I am for putting the circle back on the
ballot"
Mr. offil says that there was one
straight vote in his county. 1t was a
vote for Governor Cummins and no
body else.
After Firecracker Trust.
The firecracker trust will have to get
busy early in the game, also, for Mr..
Offil is revising his famous firecrack-
er bill and will have it ready for in
PRODUCTION on the first day of the COM
ing session. He will make a strong
fight for it's passage. Last winter ne
got it thru the house, but the commit
tee on suppression Of creditable lesis-