The Washington times., 1906-06-18
CUNhINS' ENEMIES
MAKE HARD FIGHT
Republican, Situation in
Iowa Grows Acute.
CONTESTS IN CONVENTION
Perkins Adherents Plan to Force the
Governors Followers to
Bolt.

The latest developments in the Iowa
Republican campaign are the most sem
sauonal that have yet taken place.
Although Governor Cummins on
Thursday last carried the primaries in
Scott county by an overwhelming ma
9ority, the county convention on Satur-
day split and the anti-Cummins dele
gates named a contesting delegation.
Now 1t is announced that the anti
Cummins people VIII manufacture a con-
test in every county that is yet to hold
convention, and in the State conV en-
ton Will have the State central commit
tee. which they control, prepare a roll
call for the temporary organization.
placing all the anti-CUmmins delega-
tons on 1t in contested counties Thus
they viii make a majority for them
selves in the temporary organization,
and use it 10 vote their own delegates
into seats in the permanent organiza-
ton
Conditions in Iowa have reached the
Statewide riot stage. The standpatters
now fatty declare they propose to force
the Cummins people TO bolt The Cum
Minis people defy them and say that
they will pitch the other fellows bodily
out Of the convention hall if there is an
attempt TO steal the convention by such
- fNA~ E@NRgTIh ~ bF tIil-
ployed.
The anti-Cummins campaign has been
placed in charge of L. II. Hunter.
Votes in the Convention.
The Cummins people have now T2i un-
contested delegates. George d. Perkins,
of Sioux City. has $50. Major w. s.
Rathbun, of Marion. has 80. There are
115 uninstructed delegates, most of them
-n1r
contested. which the equities would d.
vide about equally between Cummins
and Perkins There are seven counties
Yet 10 name their delegates. with a total
OF about 100. Most Of these are Cum
minis counties. but Hunter has an
nounced that the standpatters will con-
test every one, send up contesting dele
cations, and. through their control OF
the State committee. seat their con-
testing delegates in the temporary or
ganiZatiOn-
If this beautiful scheme could be car
RED out Just as Hunter had planned it
the anu-Cummins forces would have
about the necessary S2l TO control the
convention. Granting everything that
they can possibly claim or contest from
this time forth, uney would be able by
deciding every contest in their favor to
HBure themselves into bare majority
in the temporary organization
but IN order 10 make up this total
and figure out control il is necessary
10 assume that every Perkins delegate
VIII stand by the plans of Manager
Hunter 1t happens that Perkins has /
Big Eleventh. which viii not go into /
the deal one Of these is his home 4
county OF Woodbury., which is also the /
nome or Congressman p II. Hubbard .
Hubbard has been loyal TO Perkins \
though two-thirds Of his district has in
sTuctcd for Cummins.
Threat to Beat Hubbard.
The CummIns men in the district have
given out that Hubbard viii be denied a /
denomination for Congress If he permits /
the three Perkins counties in his district
10 become parties 10 such a deal as
Hunter proposes. Subtracting the vote
OF these three counties from the total
anti-Cummins vote. and adding it to the
CGmmluS strength the governor will (
turn up ComfSrLa bly, IN control of the /
temporary organization. When the con
tests are settled on an honest basis Cum
minis viii have about 2O0 majority in the /
permanent organization
i ms represents the actual facts Of the /
81 eitIati3n hiiq 20 date and outlines the plans 4
machine is employing TO defeat Cum
minis are the most remarkable the State /
mas ever seen. They can only be com
pared 10 me cesserate means employed /
by the stalwarts in some of their bitter /
nights against La Toilette in Wisconsin. /
Blythe Back of the Fight.
-AoSt oL the members or the Iowa dele
cation IN Washington have become. fear
ful Of the menace TO the party which is 4
involved in the railroad plan to steal the /
coming convention. and they will coun- 1
sci against it.
The man whose political power really !
DdckS the light on CumminS is J. w /
Biythe, OF Burlington, general counsel ]
OF the Chicago. Burlington and Quincy {
railroad Slythe is the agent of the
ConsClluatec railroad power I'm Iowa |
politics He opposed Cummins five ysars /
ago. but not so violently as now. Soon
after CummlnS was sworn in as gov
ernor the Northern Securities Compauy /
demanded some important changes in /
lhe corporation laws Of Iowa. which. II 1
iheN had been secured, would have made /
it possible to transplant the Northern
Securities 10 Iowa and render IL i'm /
mune from successful prosecution. The
legislature was easily managed and the /
law passed; but Cummins vetoed II.
after a stormy scene with Blythe who \
SWore vengeance.