Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-04-13
THE COMPANY PERKINS KEEPS.

NHcI uaISSI lIIGdlGIS, IIleu UllCON
er much that otherwise might have re-
manned concealed. Serious trouble de-
velops not only who are our friends
but those upon whom we depend and
| lean in time of need This common
truth was never better illustrated than
by the political situation in Madison
and Polk counties.
Mr.. Perkins candidacy is in serious
difficulties in Madison county. Where
all seemed sunshine and soft winds,
where all the airs that blew We're
stirred by the breath of standpat lead
ers giving forth quiet orders to sub
servient subordinates. a monstrous
change has come over the spirit of the
scene. The common voters have seen
fit to assert themselves. Mutiny is
rife and generalissmo and lieutenants
of the Blythe dictatorship are roaring
orders and beating the section hands
into line with the fiat of swords. There
is noise of the captains and shouting.
Madison, standpat Gibraltar, bids fair
to go for Cummirs.
In this case, who comes on to take
supreme command, and save the Per-
lins' interest? A. F. Call, attorney for
the Jim Hill railroad. With whom does
he first confer? Ed Hunter, notorious
Ed Hunter, the railroad lobbyist of
whom LATE Youngs Des Moines Capt.
tai said that when Hunter landed on
the other shore, the very sharpest devil
of the Internal regions need take care
or Ed would get him into trouble, or a
closed carriage. 1t is not necessary to
place Ed Hunter. His name is a
synonym for all that is tricky and un-
foreground in politics. The ink in
which his indictment was drawn
for debauching jury has not
long been dry when Jim Hills
attorney and Perkins manager
calls him first of all in consultation
over the needs and prospects of Mr..
Perkins candidacy for the republi-
can nomination as governor. Who
came next to Hunter in precedence and
Importance? Later in the day, says
the report, LATE Young and j. G. Ber-
ryhill and other of the Call lieuten-
ants met their chief in war council.
But Ed Hunter, like Abou Ben Ad-
hem, led all the rest.
bedfellowship. Jim Hills legal hench-
man and Ed Hunter, George D. Perkins
and LATE Young, squirming together
like nest of angleworms. If confirm
alton of the suspicion that George D.
Perkins candidacy is mask to the
movement of railroads to regain control
of Iowa state government and policies,
these circumstances would appear not
only confirmatory but conclusive. Why
are A. F. Call, railroad attorney, and
Ed Hunter, railroad lobbyist, taking
charge in a crisis? Why is Lafe Young
hand and glove pOUulcdlly WIFI r1ullleI
the railroad lobbyist, whom he cruci-
fed on the editorial pages of the Cap
ital when Cummins was candidate
for senator, and Late told the truth?
1t is explicable in only one way. Are
Ed Hunter, LATE Young and Jim Ber-
ryhill the only republicans left in Polk
and Madison? Is Ed Hunter repre-
sentative of the republican party of
Iowa? In all sincerity, what is the
legitimate conclusion forced irresist-
ably by candidacy generated by rail-
way attorneys and differed by men
like Hunter?
In trouble men call upon their
friends. A candidate must be known
by the company he keeps. Mr.. Per-
llins' candidacy is no better than the
men who are managing it. Ed Hunters
name at the head of the Perkins polt-
zeal management is simply equivalent
to the name of Chauncey M. Depew at
the head of an insurance company.