Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-05
DOuV[R IS DISPUTED
Governor Cummins Denies MAX
ing Promises Regarding AL
lison Succession
THE GOVERNOR DID SAY
Told DoIIver Several Years Ago He
Did Not Expect to Be Candidate
Against Allison Conditions Have
Changed Since Then Cummins In
terviewed in Washington.
specia, to mes-republlcan.

here from Washington last night that
l Governor Cummns, who is in the ma
tional capital to attend the rivers and
harbors convention most enphatically
denied that Senator Dolliver was COR
rect in his Council Bluffs speech
| wherein he said that the governor was
under pledge not to be candidate for
| the senate against Senator Allison.
"what about Senator Delivers
| statement that you are under pledge
not to run against Senator Allison?' he
| was asked.
Assertions of that kind are untrue"
he replied.
1 II might say more, but | am q
Christian. | will give $1,000 to charity
to any man who will show me let
| ter or statement in which am
pledged not to be candidate against
Mr.. Allison. In speeches and other
wise l have many times expressed
that admiration which in many re-
| spects / feel for Sen. Allison. Several
1
years ago in conversation with Sena-
tor Dolliver told him did not ex-
pect to be candidate against Sena-
| tor Allison. This was by reason OF
certain conditions that obtained at that
time, but have since changed. 1t is on
| that, / assume, that Senator DolllVer
bases his idea that l have pledged
myself not to run. At the proper time
| in the campaign l will have some
| things to say in detail in reply to
Senator Deliver about this matter.
/ Governor Cummins addressed the
rivers and harbors me Getting today lie
has been invited by President Roose-
welt to take lunch with him at tae
/ White house this afternoon.
In an interview in the Washington
| Post the governor is quoted as saying:
More important than the candidate
are his policies. and even more Inn
portant is the platform that the re-
publican party will adopt.
There is not a great deal Of po-
litical activity in Iowa at this time,
but there is deep and widespread
sentiment for President Roosevelt and
| his policies. The people feel that he
| has given them good administration,
and they do not regard the third term
| idea as a bar to his nomination. do
not just now recall the exact words OF
| the ,president on the occasion OF his
| last election. / do not know whether
| he said he would not accept another
nomination or that ne would not be
| candidate. That matters little, how
ever If the people were to demand
| that he be their candidate, he could
| not decline.
| II do not believe the president wants
the nomination, but he is the strongest
man in the party, and it appears to me
that he will be called upon to rum
When other candidates are mentioned
there is no unanimity of sentiment
There is not one upon which the repub-
licans could unite before the conven-
/ ton, but they can upon Roosevelt.
Gas / have said, however, the domin-
ant thing Is the platform of the party,
and next to that the policies of the
candidates. want to see in the repub-
lican platform plank declaring for
tariff revision, but even more impor-
tant that that is a declaration that
the party will not recede from it's de-
termination to regulate corporations
This must be continued.
my views of the tariff are so we'll
known that it is not worth while to say
anything about them. I have always
been a tariff revisionist. I do not want
| a wholesale revision. There are some
comm odities upon which I would even
raise the duties, but there are many
others that should be reduced or re-
moved I do not think there is any
one who will attempt to defend the duty
on wood pulp. That is obviously so
wrong that every one will agree it
should be removed, and there are other
things which inperatively demand re-
vision. I can agree with others that
| the time just preceding national cleo
| ton is not the most opportune time to
revise the tariff. And I do not look for
any attempt either at revision at this
lsession or the next, in fact, not until
after the inauguration Of the next pres
ident."
At the Central Presbyterian church
this morning was held the opening
services Of the national missionary
conference of the Presbyterian church
to be conducted by DR.. Alexander
| 11CA1iS VI I LiadSlpiiid, Sci Sleti VI IAAC
Presbyterian board Of Sunday school
work and publications.
This meeting will bring together
thirty-five missionaries from the states
Of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin,,
North and South Dakota, Minnesota
and Iowa, and is one Of a series Of
such meetir gs being held over the
United States. The missionary board
of Sunday schools has 1853 missfonar-
| les, thirty Of whom are foreign born
and working among their own nation
atty, and 1870 pioneer Sunday school
missionaries. The missionaries who
! come today are those who have gone
into new states in pioneer days, or
ganiZed Sunday schools, worked among
the people and have laid the founda-
tons of the numerous Presbyterian
churches in this middle west.
| The services will be inspirational
and are for the purpose of acquainting
the people with this form of mission
work and assist the Sunday schools of
| the city visited in an institute Of edu-
| cation.
| Rev. C. H. Purmort gave the greet
ing at o'clock. Later followed the
informal talks from the missionaries
on the spiritual, intellectual and work
| ing side of a missionary's life. An
other experience meeting will be held
this afternoon.
] In con. JUNCTION with the missionary