Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-05-11
Pottawattamie Senator APP
parently Under Orders From
the Standpat Camp
NOT A cUMMlNs SUPPORTER
Claims Made That He Stood Ready to
Vote Against Any Progressive Meas
ure in tho Legislature If His Vote
Was Needed by Anti-Cummns
Crowd-CapitaI Gossip.
Special to Times Republican.

sive to the standpat Blythe camp in
order to get the election as state sem
ator from Pottawattamie county, ac-
cording to information that comes from
the inside as result of the campaign
now on. Saunders was q candidate for
state senator from Pottawattamte
county in 1899 when he was defeated
by Arthur Hazelton. Saunders was
u strong Cumnins supporter, support
ing Cummins for United States sena-
tor. He made his campaign partly on
The ground that he would support
Cummins for United States senator and
lie was defeated on that ground by
Earnest Hart and the Blythe ring. run
ming negroes over from Omaha to
vote against him. Arthur S. Hazel
ton was elected to the position and
served in the Twenty eighth general
assembly and then resigned to take
The position Of postmaster. There was
"A special election called and Charles
Hannah was the candidate of the Hart
ClttllSul III NOuIllI titId b9d0HhN
ers again q candidate as a Cummins
man. 1t comes now from the best
sources that Saunders agreed with
Hart that If Hannah was put out Of
the way he would be Harris man"
The matter was all agreed TO before
the election. Saunders gave his pledge
that In the first session he would not
come out openly with the standpat
tiers unless he had to, but that on every
important vote, IL his vote was need
ed, it would be had. AS result all
thru the Thirtieth general assembly
Saunders was able to make the Cum
Minis people believe that he was still
a Cummins supporter. During the last
session of the legislature his votes
and speeches showed his standing and
the Cummins people have ever since
been asking how it came that Saunders
has switched The information as to
how he switched in the special cleo,
ton in his county was related in this
city by one entirely conyersant with
that special election and the cam.
paign preceding it.
Black Hawk county, according to In
which reaches this city, will
instruct for Cummins but not for Rich
ards, tho the delegation will be under
stood as being for Richards If there
is any show for him to win.' The
Black Hawk situation Is considered as
definitely putting Richards out of the
race for secretary Of state, IL he was
ever in the race. Richards and his
friends wanted his county to allow
him to pick the delegates to the state
The progressive republic
cans of the county at once set down on
this and gave it out as definitely set
tied that he could not under any cir
name the delegation to the
state convention. Now they are going
farther and will not even instruct FOR
Richards, tho thru local pride if there
Is ANY chance, for him to VIM" the del
agates will be for him.
There is said by those from the
Third district who know, that there
has been decided change in the Third
since Kretschmer got actively into the
and that the Third district
will be largely for Kretschmer and
Cummins. Kretschmer was the ruling
spirit at Waterloo at the congressional
and engineered the resolu-
tons in endorsement of Cummins. At
the caucuses in Dubuque county there
were circulated resolutions favoring
the instructions of the Dubuque county
delegates to the state convention for
and not for any other state
officer. This was done especially in
the interests of Kretschmer in order
that he might have the county delegeL-
ton entirely in his power to swing as
he chose and these resolutions were
adopted in practically every caucus
and lead to the action of the county
there yesterday. Kretsch-
mer is now actively in the field. It Is
that he will select all Gums
Minis delegates to the state convention
and those who have been watching the
trend Of his campaign believe that lie
will make a good showing in the state
Now that the fight on the position of
governor has come to be somewhat
one-sided, some attention Is being Civ
an to the other positions on the ticket.
The comment in political circles is that
he political move for Morrow to make
s to land some Eighth congressional
district counties for Cummins and |
hat If those counties wish to see Nor
'ows sure defeat the best possible way
10 accomplish 1t Is for every county in |
he Eighth to instruct for Perkins. If
very county in the southern part of |
he state instructs for Perkins and a
of the state convention Is |
composed Of strong progressive Cum /
nins men as it now seems likely that
t will be, it will not fair we'll for any
tate candidate who comes from coun-
y instructed for Perkins. The senti-
nent in the northern part of the state
S recognized as being more wide
wake on the present movement than
my other.
If the progressive republicans of
county do as they declare
hey will do and instruct for Cummins
'nly, the contest as between Richards
md Kretschmer as to which shall have
he Third district will be settled
Sretschmer is understood to have his
county solid. Richards is likely to
lave his county, only in the event that
lie seems likely to win.
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