Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-02
Three Months Ago They Were
Proposing Not to Nominate
Candidate For Governor
EXPECTED REPUBLICAN SPLIT
They Were Proposing in That Event to
Support cymmins, Largely Infuenc-
ed by Bryan's Letter-Why the Ev-
ans Letter Has Fallen Flat = The
Democratic Alliance.
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Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines Nov. 2.-Democrats who
are now loudly proclaiming that they
are true blue party men solemnly pro-
not nominate any democrat for head Of
their ticket. If Ed Hunter and his as
socates had accomplished what they
said they were going to accomplish
and had carried out the program for
the state convention which was map
ped out by John S. Runnells in Chica
go, then it was their hope and eXpec-
tation that they would support the reg
ular republican nominee for governor.
A short time before the republican
state convention Charles A. Walsh
came to the city and he and George
Huffman, Harry Evans, j. NJ. Parsons
and some others set out to plan for the
campaign. A committee approached
the committee then in charge of the
campaign for Governor Cummins with
a pItpOSdl llldl III CASE lLlG IililOSQ
men bolted the republican convention
and nominated a ticket and the pro-
gressves had the courage and the abl-
ity to stand up in the convention and
TO proceed with the nomination of a
regular ticket, then and in that case
the democrats would not make any
nomination for governor, but would
permit the fight to be entirely between
the two republican tickets. They sent
word that they knew to a certainty
that under such circumstances they
could prevent the democratic conven-
ton from making a nomination. They
hoped there would be such a split in
the republican convention. They had
faith that those who had set out to
force such division would be able to
do 1t.
These democrats were informed that
Governor Cummins had said and had
never revised his position that he
would not under any circumstances
make the race for governor save as the
regular republican nominee on the os-
fetal ballot as the republican cand,-
date. They We're told that the friend =
of Governor Cummins believed they
had won the victory and that there
would be no split in the convention.
But these democrats insisted that they
had been informed, on authority, they
could not question, that there wc(lld
be a division in the republican con-
vention and they were desrous of
making an agreement under which they
alton. They got no comfort from any
one in any way connected with the
progressive movement.
Harry Evans, one of these demo-
Gratis proposing and suggesting that
no democratic nomination for governor
be made, met Governor Cummins on
train after the governor was re-
nominated and Evans showed him a
letter he had received from Bryan in
which Bryan discussed the attitude
Of Cummins on the corporation ques-
ton and indicated that he did not
want to interfere. 1t was Evans who
did all the talking, who suggested that
democrats ought to fix it up so as not
to oppose Cummins but he would like
assistance in fighting the congress-
men. Governor Cummins did not then
or at any other time ever suggest a
willingness to do anything or to per-
NIT anything to be done to injure the
chances Of any republican nominee.
The Evans letter has fallen flat
because so many democrats know the
real story and it bore evidence of un-
truthfulness which has not deceived
to hide his only villainy by throwing
dirt on another"
Whether or not the democratic state
central committee has received rail-
road money and paid the same out for
campaign purposes is a matter of only
incidental consideration. The fact is
that the democratic state central COM
mittee has been hand in glove with
the mana gers of Perkins campaign
and this fact is known to everyone who
has been about the headquarters Of
the democratic committee in the OBJ
servatory building. 1t is quite possi-
BILE that members of the democratic
committee have, not received any mon
ey direct from the railroads, but the
democratic committee is working hand
in glove with c. w. Johnston, Julian
Richards and Ed H. Hunter, who had
charge Of Perkins campaign during
the greater part Of the preconvention
campaign. OF the present time john
ston is sending out tons of literature
in behalf of the democratic candidate
and the democratic committee is well
aware of that fact and is advising with
them as to the literature sent out.
They are supervising the expenditure
of railroad money in the behalf of
their candidates. There is-a we'll de-
fined belief here that the railroads
refused to pay the money direct to the
democratic committee, but specified
that it should be spent under the sup
ervision of their lobbyist and agent
here. Ed H. Hunter, Hunter acting
merely as disbursing agent.