The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-12
JOHNSTON RAISES
CAMPAIGN ? Il n. FIGURES ! ]!
PERKINS MANAGER SAYS CUM
MINIS Is BOUND TO LOSE.
Changes His Figures on. the Majority,
Against the Governor from $4,000 to
27,ooo-Thirds Anti -cumnins Letter,
Is Sent Out ollowness.. Of Demo
cratic Pretense Revealed. ..a:.'.S ::
Special to The Journal. =.


Sioux City, Iowa, Oct. &c. W. Johnston,
the ,Des AIoines politician who was one of Mr..
Perkins managers in the preconvention cam
paign, and to whom Mr.. Perkins now refers in
his newspaper as one Johnston" this week
issued his third anti -Cummins letter for general
distribution thru the state. He predicts Gum
Minis defeat by $1,000, basing his estimate on
reports from fifty counties He says: = ,.a:
tni the On ptray
Of 1854 votes, based on information gathered
from twenty one counties. ~ ignored the south
lions to the northern half and then to- the cities
and towns only where the republican. party was
strengest. This territory indicated loss TO
or twenty-five votes to the. precinct. -.-.E
Since this statement was made have heard
from over fifty counties and have received hun
dreds Of letters giving polls of many precincts,
and, l.. see no cause or reason for reducing the
above estimate. Many have criticised me for
being too low; but none for being too high. o..
=: Country Precincts VS., Towns. 49,
1t is notorious that the country precincts are
and towns. AS before l have confined my in.
vestigations to the northern and: central por-
is confined almost entirely to. the first two names
on the ticket. Speaking seems to intensity the
feeling te Of the people s they declare they
two democrats they say, and as they are forced
to make selection they prefer genuine dem:
ocrat They ask no advice from outside sources
as to how they shall vote.;~In fact Il do not
believe that a single vote has been changed by
any spellbinding.
will vote the republican ticket. Some will dc
this, but not nearly SO many as formerly; So
it will neither be asrepublican gain or demo.
How He Figures It. $3.50.
Governor Shaw's vote In 1899 was the largest
ever polled for republican governor in Iowa.
Taking Cummins' high vote, 23s, so4, and de-
Quoting the ~ per cent loss, 1880, and YOU
have l91, S44. the total republican vote for gov
ernor this year. OF. this 47,960 d1saffected re-
publlcans, l find few will vote for Coffin, the
has been running about 3 per cent, but to be
conservative, count 10 per cent. Ten per cent
g $50 IS 45ss which being deducted leave:
cast for Porter. Conceding Porter to be- al
popular as Sullivan, he will get 1850, 725 demo
CT Gratis ,a votes The tin @ claim they
vote. or $4,000 to 10000 above the Sulliyar
vote. w.
will bring more votes. but, to be safe let US
estimate that they will increase the Sullivan
vote 10 per cent. or 1922. Now, adding yor
Sullivan vote .....:.............. 1853, 925 votes
Increased democratic vote. ...... Is 972 votes
Disanected republican vote. 4s,1e4 votes
Total for Porter .............. 21S,S61 votes
Total vote for Cumm1ns: ..... 191 ,s44 votes
. Plurality for Porter. ,........ s27,o17 votes
Good Point for Cummins.g
A paragraph contained in the weekly press
letter Of tn edemocratic state management has
brought Joy to the hearts Of the. followers. Of
Governor Cumn1ns, for it is believed it. vii
prove ah effective catash securing votes for the
!! governor. 81 $50. ,sees.'.. . - =
| The democratic campaign letter refers THU
! week to the enactment last winter of a Law
removing the circle from the ballot, and Say:
| this Of it.. i; E
ut was the .fairest thing the republicans: i,
| Iowa have done for years. And it was no
done then in order to be fair, but the standpat
tiers in the legislature wanted to defeat the pri
mary law and conceded that much to the5 dem
ocrats if they would help them let go Of th
primary, law" tHfg .;,~,.: IGT .
This is frank admission Of the fact that Hh
primary election law, which is exceedinglykpop
ular with the voters was beaten last winter b,
an alliance of standpatters and democrats TIL
| same alliance that is now opposing Governo
! Cummns and associates. - :
This win be used by the republicans to shov
| the insincerity of the democrats In putting
primary election law plank in their state plat
form, after they had made the deal that pre-
vented the state from obtaining such law las
| winter. r. 20 - ",s..~.S;