Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-15

contested deleps MS for them, which
| is virtual ady iof of defeat
| The Perkg1 ,ople sprung a great
| surprise by ;. ,yinE; four of the six
wards in Da. nport and also got
fair share oil the county delegations
without making any effort in that di-
rection.
The Perkins campaign in Scott coun-
,y has been waged for only a week,
and it is generally admitted tonight
that another weeks campaign would
have given the standpatters an over
whelning victory.
In their desperation to carry Daven-
port, tlagrant frauds were committed
by the Cummins machine In every
ward under the direction of the flying
squadron. Perhaps the boldest attempt
TO steal caucus from an overwhelm-
ing majority Of voters ever committed
In the state was that made b. the
Cummns leaders In the Fifth ward.
! The Cummns committeeman OF that
ward called his caucus for small
storeroom. Long before the time set
for the caucus over 400 voters surged
around the front door, clamoring for
admission. A few moments before y
o'clock. 1t was noticed tina. there was
d light In the back room Of the store.
and fearing trick the voters burst
thru the locked front door only to
find that the Cummins committeeman
had let his followers in thru back
door and had commenced to hold the
caucus.
Such active Culnmins leaders as
Charles Bradshaw, Of Des Moines, and
Fred Nollmer of Davenport. admitted
that the Perkins people had ut least
four To one Of the voters at the eau
Gus, bat the Cummins managers pro-
ceeded to ignore the overwhelming ma
jority and attempted to elect Cum
MINIS delegation without submitting to
a ballot.
AS soon as the crowd got thru the
front door DR.. Bowman at once insist
ed on regularly organized caucus and
on ballot solid Perkins delegation was
elected by majority too large to re-
cord
The Cummins committeeman who
attempted to turn this trick in the fifth
ward was Phil Morgan. Geo. u. Hub
| bell Perkins man. was elected CHAIR
man OF the caucus In his stead. State
| IIaDDf commissioner IotiSHopi w.
present at this caucus and attempted
TO engineer the back door deal.
| Even in the silk stocking Fourth
ward the CummnN machine leaders
denied the voters the right of casting
! ballots on the selection of delegates,
division Of the house was called for ON
| the election of caucus chairman, ana
! the ward chairman declared the cum
Minis nominee elected without even go
ing thru the formality of counting the
! voters, who appeared to be about eV-
enly divided. The Perkins men mad
printed ballots ready to vote, as they
did in other wards but the Cummins
managers would not permit vote by
ballot.
After having raihoaded the Cummins
| chairman into office. the Fourth ward
caucus proceeded to name Cummins
delegation over the protest of the Per-
! kins men.
Malcolm MaeKinnon, the official
press agent of the governor, read
written instruction, pledging the dele
CATION to Cummins put the motion ana
declared it carried without paying any
attention to the chairman
Having been denied their right to a
ballot the Perkins men proceeded to
organize a caucus in regular form, ana
elected a Perkins delegation to the
county convention.
The Fourth ward caucus was held at
the armory and was attended by about
300 republican voters. who appeared
nearly equally divided. AS the Cum
MINIS leaders declined to submit to
ballot both sides claim the caucus.
Similar high handed tactics were pur-
sued by the Cummins managers in
the First ward. County Treasurer
Rohlfs who called the caucus to order,
declared the Cummns chairman elect
ed by a vote of As to 43. Other people
who also counted the vote declared
that the Perkins chairman had been
elected and called for a division OF the
house. This was refused
The Cummins managers also declined
TO elect the delegation by ballot, which
caused the Perkins men to proceed to
take the caucus in their own hands,
thew selected a Perkins delegation to
the county convention. The regular
secretary of the caucus refused TO sign
the Cummins credentials and instead
certified that the Perkins delegation
had been duly elected.
The Third ward is also subject to
contest on similar grounds. the Cum
minis managers having refused to per-
nit a ballot in that caucus. 1t is also
contested, the Perkins people claiming
similar frauds.
The Third warl has II delegates
which are counted for Cummins in the
total of rs If they are eventually given
TO Perkins he will have total of lO2
to 50 delegates in this county
srhe Second ward went for Perkins
by large majority and is uncontested,
while Cummins carried the Sixth ward