Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-05-17
Rumor That the Standpatters
Will Attempt to Steal the
Nomination
WILL RAISE THE CRY OF FRAUD
Fact That cummins Got Such Large
Majority in the City of ottumwa
Gives the Railroad Boss Much Con-
oern-Thc South Dakota Situation
Much Like Iowa.
IBy Ora williams.l
Special to Times Republican.

Special TO 1fneS-RepuDllCaH.
Des Moines, May 17.-Private infor-
nation from Ottumwa is TO the effect
that the Blythe people are preparing
to lay the foundation for contest
ing delegation and to claim fraud and
to the end that there shall be rumpus
at the state convention. 1t is recalled
that the Blythe organ here has been
advertising that certain delegations
from the northern Iowa counties may
be contested This is fake. pure
and simple; as, for instance, in DICK
inson county. which is thus advertised,
the local standpatters have no notion
whatever OF making a contest. and they
laid no foundation for 1t by making
pretense of a division. They want to
forget their troubles. 1t Is the Blythe
managers here in Des iMoines who are
making the pretended bluff about con-
testing delegations Now 1t is learned
that in Wapello they desire to make d
show, when it is found they are actual
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portunity for contesting delegation;
to come to Des Moines at the time OF
the state convention.
AS a starter for this work the cry
has gone up that the caucuses were un-
fair in Ottumwa and that the packing
house men were coerced by the wicked
owner of a packing plant into voting
for Cummins. The claim Is to be made
that Cummins did not get certain del
egations. Then there will be con-
testing delegation named which will tie
up matters on the temporary organiza-
ton at Des Moines. These Blythe men
are also trying to cover up soWe mat
ters in connection with questionable
methods of securing the vote of the
colored brethren of Ottumwa.
The fact that Cummins got such q
large majority of the republican vote
of Ottumwa caused CONSERVATION in
the Blythe camp. 1t means that where
there are few determined men to take
the lead the solid reservation" pha-
lanx can be broken. There is not 4
particle of doubt that Cummins has
carried Wapello by rights and in fact
and all the news from Ottumwa is to
the effect that the twenty-six dele
gates from that county will be for
Cummins in the state convention.
Control 4 Convention.
The chief fighf now seems to be for
the control of the district caucuses and
the committees of the August conven-
ton. The Blythe people are making
desperate effort to gain such control of
these caucuses that they will be able
to put up committees that will write q
platform like that of two years ago on
which Iowa went to the national con-
vention arrayed against the president
and with Arizona, Nevada and few
other sage brush communities There
is vast Importance, also, in the con-
troll of the committee on credentials,
as it relates to the organization of the
convention.
South Dakota Situation.
Senator Smith. of Usage, was in the
city yesterday. He has been having an
outing for several weeks, spending it
in South Dakota. He was much in
terested in the South Dakota situation.
They have a progressive movement In
that state and a fight exactly like that
in Iowa. but they do not lay the blame
on Cummins and say that he is the
sole author of all factionalism. They
also have a law under which all eau
cuses were held in the state on one
date. The people have right to ex-
press themselves on choice for United
States senator. On the side of the peo-
Pile is the present senator, Bob Gamble.
and opposed to him, as the strictly
railroad candidate, is Eben w. Mar
tin, former classmate of Shaw at Cor
nell College in Iowa.
E. D. Chassell, of LeMars, which is
the heart of the Eleventh district, has
also been in the city. He has been
attending to business in Iowa and has
Travelled much. He is not making any
boasts, but has serene confidence in the
triumph of righteousness.