Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-22
UNREST APPARENT
IN NORTHERN IOWA
Political Waters Appear Ruff'led
For Allison's Next Senator
ial Voyage
DEMANDS ARE MADE ON HIM
lntimation is That Allison is Being
Asked to Settle His Political obi
cations kretschmer and Archie
Smith Refuse to be Quieted--Wanted,
Superintendent for Hospital.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican
Des Moines July Information
that is coming from the northern part
'of the state Is that things are dis
quieting for Senator Allison The
echoes of the campaign of 1906 are
hardly ceased reverberating thru the
hills than preparations begin on the
campaign of 1908.
Politicians who were active in the
last campaign, remember that There
was one Fred kretschmer. of Dubuque,
who was candidate for state treas
urer and was making some headway as
a Cummins man, and as such was Civ
en- the right to name the delegates
from Dubuque county TO the republi-
can state convention. AS soon as he
was we'll under headway he withdrew
from the race and named set OF dele
gates from Dubuque county that were
all 'standpa Blythe. The howl that
Went up PUT Dubuque county 10 shame
and it called the delegates together and
/ they decided, it is understood, in the
interests of Senator Allison TO split the
delegation even for Cummins and Per-
kins.
limitations are made that kretSch-
mer received monetary consideration
for getting out of the way and nam
ing Perkins delegates but now comes
the intimation that Senator Allison is
being askedTo pay his obligations. The
information that reaches this city is to
the effect that delegation was named
at a conference of Kretschmer men ana
this delegation had an audience with
Senator Allison.
In his dignitied way Senator Allison
is said to have informed them that ne
knew nothing of the matter" That
is about as far as the matter went at
lithat audience. The kretschmer dele
cation wanted jobs but Of course Sem
ator Allison could not talk on a subject
he knew nothing Of Now there are
threats that the kretschmer people
against Allison unless some inauce-
ments are held out to the contrary. Eff
forts, it is said, are being made to in
duce Senator Allison to receive the
delegation again and to really make an
effort to lind something for Mr..
Kretschmer TO do. These efforts are
being made by all Allison men who
see the danger in temporizing with ths
Kretschmer element.
A further disquieting element In
that section is MIR. Archie Smith, an
other eX-Cummins man, who was made
collector Of internal revenue at Du-
buque by the federal crowd. AS Archie
Smith and his friends understood it
at the time he was to be taken care
Of for all time to come, at least that
as taken for granted since no definite
length of time was fixed. But when
the federal pie came to be, cut in
Washington recently, there 6as trou-
BILE. M. j. Tobin could not be landed
for the position of United States at
torney for northern Iowa. which was
in the line Of his profession as a law
year and was really the only official
position he would care for so he was
found the position of collector of in
ternal revenue which had almost as
good a salary" But this let Archie
Smith out Smith is now out of the
government employe and it is said that
he has some time to travel over the
northern part of the state. His friends
are incensed that he was not better
cared for"
Senator Allison, it is said, has been
approached in his behalf also, but had
"heard nothing of the matter" and so
could do nothing. Mr.. Smiths friends
are now threatening to organize the
entire northern part of the state of
Iowa against Allison.
Underneath it all there leaks out an
important bit of political information,
and that is to the effect that the polit-
ical patronage, ever since the Gear
fight has been handed out, with the
coming senatorial fight in view. 1t is
this fact that is leading the Allison
people to believe that the coming con-
test at the statewide primaries and
the legislature following will result in
the election of Senator Allison to the
seventh term and a period Of forty
two years in the United Statesa sem
ate.
It was the main fight Of last year
and every lukewarm Cummins man
that could be handled was manipulated
and made alright" but it seems now
that it was for the time being only.
Not only the two cases of Kretschmer.
and Archie Smith are bothering but
it is understood that there are some
other cases in addition to those and
causes quite different from the recent
nightly thanderstorms that are caus-
ing sleepless hours for j. w. Blythe
of Burlington. Ed H. Hunter OF Des
Mones and others. Their memory is
continually being logged that there
are certain little matters to at
tend to-
The state board of control is consid-
ering few applications for the posi-
tion of superintendent Of the new tu-
berculosis sanitarium at Iowa City. The
position is going to be quite as hard
to fill as that of superintendent OF the