Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-05-07
ARE NOT 100 SANGU|N[
Progrcssives Aware of the
Danger Of Being Too Sure
OF Success
BLYTHE INTERESTS AT WORK
Tho Anti cummins Forces Have Not
Abatcd Their Energy and Will Con-
tnuo to Seek Some Way to Encom-
pass Governors Defeat-More About
tho Tax Question.
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| Special to Times Republican.
| Des Moines. May Progressive re-
pnbicans in discussing the present
day conditions are saying that 1t does
not pay to be too sapguine. While
there Is not Il progressive but believes
thoroughly that there is no
possible way In which Cum
Minis can be defeated now for a
third nomination, they point out that
too sanguine disposition sometimes
loses sure thing The fact that the
an inccssant fire Is reason enough for
the progressives to exert themselves TO
the utmost. 1t Is pointed out that ac-
ton such as took place In Delaware
county. where the progressives en-
dorsed Cumnins at county conven-
ton called for the purpose only of Sc
gates, is too liable ITO be followed by a
SiaChtHlllS VI cllOIl VII itllt litGoiy
the other fellow is licked. Not that
this Is any more liable to take place In
Delaware than In any other county.
but only as an illustration. In such
counties there are still to be held fur
ther caucuses in tho townships. and In
none or these counties have the rail-
roads laid down their fight. There
must be second convention in num-
Der of counties of the Third district
for the purpose of selecting state dele
gates. and the conference In Chicago
between Hunter, Wright, Boehmler,
Davis and others may have been called
for the very purpose of Matching
scheme to land these sure Cummins
counties
Furthermore tho there are num-
Der OF northern counties which there
is every reason to believe will be for
Cummins. in a short time the sure
Cummins counties will be out of the
road and the fight will then be In the
reservation territory almost exclusive
ly, where arguments count fon little.
and the railroad pass Is the only cur
rency.
There Will be absolutely no slacken-
Ing of the Cummins campaign so far as
the state headquarters are concerned,
and If anything, more persistent work
will be done in the future.
Juesled Figures.
State Dairy Commissioners III. r.
Wright. who has given some study to
the taxation question of late, said to-
day that the attack of the standpatters
on the question Of taxes was one Of the
most fortunate things for the progress
slve movement. "rhe figures on which
the Perkins supporters are attempting
to attack the governor on the taxation
question are merely juggled for this
purposes of the campaign. There can
be no more charitable view taken OF
the matter than that IT is done deiber-
ately for all intelligent men can easily
ascertain the truth. When once the
people are shown that there has been a
Juggling of the facts on this
question of taxes, they will look with
grave skepticism on any other state
ments from the same source and they
can easily be shown the falsity Of the
taxation figures put out in attack on
Governor Cummins."
The Primary.
1t will be some time before all the
lessons on the primary election law
will be discovered from its workings
in Polk county, but one OF the things
learned is that man who might have
q sure thing with caucuses is frequent
1y in possession of anything but a sure
thing under the primary. Representa-
tive Teachout of this county, would
have been returned to the legislature
under the caucus system according to
the opinions of many and it would at
least have been difficult to defeat
him. Under the primary election he
carried two precincts and got just six
zen delegates in the county conven- |
lion.
Big Ditch Project.
The 'Monona- Harrison county ditch, !
which has been before the courts for
several years. will continue to occupy /
, prominent place. Judge Lacey of the
district court at Logan. set aside the
contract for the big drainage ditch on
he ground that it had been illegally
made and declared it null and void and .
he supervisors and contractors have
appealed the case to the supreme
'ourt. There are certain interests in
Monona and Harrison county owning
arge acreage of land that will be ben
fitted by the ditch and will further
more have to bear its expense of the
lrainage of the swamp lands. These
interests are not ready to have their
and drained and hence they are fight
ng the proceedings at every step. a
Meeting of the citizens was held in
)nawa recently to decide what should
e done. 1t was decided that the SUI
ervisors ought not to waste time and
money appealing to the supreme court
nut should let new contracts at once
nd use greater care next time in get
ing the contracts technically correct.
BUT before the meeting adjourned the
supervisors had already Joined in the
ppeal and if will probably now be a
ear al least before the supreme court
ules on the matter if not more, as the
of the case for the court
Y the lawyers is momentous task.
lvolving lengthy arguments and
riefs.
JUDGE SCORES A LAWYER.