Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-19
Davenport Papers Voice In
dignation of Republicans
Against PARROTS Letter
TISSUE OF FALsEHooDs
The Times, a Paper That Has Been
Neutral in tho Campaign, Calls Upon
PARROT to Apologize to Scott Repub
Leans for Libelins Republicans of
That County.
Davenport Timesl

To show to what extent false reports
are circulated in Iowa just now in or
der to deceive the people, the following
statement published in the Burlington
Hawkeye, Cedar Rapids Republican,
and other newspapers. is here repro
duced:
Des Moines, Ia. June 16.-The fol-
lowing address was issued tonight from
the Perkins headquarters in this city:
| ITO the Republicans of Iowa:
"The action of the republican county
| convention in Scott county today in
structing the 50 regular delegates from
certain the defeat of Governor Cum
| Minis for a third nomination, and is a
strong endorsement of the good work
done by Secretary Shaw in his Daven-
port speech.
III the Perkins people had been COM
PEELED to contest the votes of Scott
county, Governor Cummins could not
have obtained a majority of the uncon-
tested delegates to the state convention,
but If the So regular delegates from
Scott instructed for Perkins there Is
no longer any doubt of the result. Gov
ernor Cummns is defeated and the an
lu-Cummns people in the state conven-
ton TO be held August l, 1906, will
have clear majority of the delegates
besides controlling majority of the
district. thus securing a majority of
the members of the new state central
committee, as we'll as of the commit
tees on credentials. permanent organ
ization and resolutions of the conven-
ton. w. f. PARROTT."
Charity would concede that Mr.. Par
rott has been deceived. but anyone who
reads this statement and who is res
ident Of Davenport, knows that Mr..
Parrot could have ascertaned the
truth in ten minutes if he had used the
long distance telephone and talked to
two or three people. Evidently when
he read the Des Moines Capital, which
reported only the Perkins minute
convention, totally ignoring the regu-
lar convention that was in session for
two hours and in which Perkins took
part, Mr. Parrot found all the basis
for his statement ito Republicans Of
Iowa.
The only authority competent to in
struct instructed for Cummins. 2. The
Perkins delegates are not the regular
delegates. No convention can be regu-
lar and do it's work in five minutes. g.
The support given Cummins by Scott
county certainly does not insure his
defeat. 1t may not nominate him,
but that is another proposition. l.
The action of the convention was any
thing but an endorsement of Shaw.
These appear to be all the misleading
statements In Mr. PARROTS first sem
tence.
The second paragraph, being based
upon the misstatements of the first,
need not be considered.
Up to now The Times has given the
claims of both sides in regard to how
the campaign in the state has been
going. That was because it presumed
there was reasonable ground for diff
ferences of opinion among honest men.
But when such baseless claims are
made in regard to a convention of
which The Times has personal and
positive knowledge as an honest news
paper holding the ideals Of honesty in
giving news reports above any advan-
tages of mere partisanship. it cannot
allow such Prescriptions and absolute
ly unfounded claims to be published
broadcast without challenging them.