Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-28
CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS IMPORTANT,

Since the Dubuque Times and the
Stony civ Journal persist in reading
out of the Torbert letter pledges ana
motives which any intelligent man.
friend or foe. can see We're not con-
tanned in it, reference to the enron
olosical order of the political events Oh
that campaign will throw some ish'
on the effect of the 'letter IN Dupuaue
county among Allison's friends.
April lin reply to Torberts ques-
tion care YOU seeking Allison's place!
Cummins writes, 1T is ridiculous.
am a candidate for governor ana noun
ing else. 1t would be just as reason
.h,e RI ask me to deny that l am d
candidate for president. or for an APP
,,ointment in the cabinet as attorney
general or on the supreme court. he
did not say that he would never III ene
future seek any one Of the hohois
enumerated.
May 1O-Twenty days had elapsed
and the Dubuque county convention
authorized kretschmer to select the
delegation. The convention was con-
trolled by Cummins men,
Nav 24-Identical kilograms APP
reared in the anti Cummins dailies an
nouncing that Kretschmer had nameu
Perkins delegation. This proved the
Leading scandal of the campaign ana
the Register and Leader claims 10
have been told by standpatter hieh
IN authority that Kretschmer's price
was another letter promising MN
federal appointment. At least the loss
of the dubuque delegation was useo
AGAINST Cummins all over the state
and absolves him from any pleose
that the Torbert letter may have ever
implied. Kretschmer gave as his eX-
once that he had deserted Cummlns III
Allison's interest
June s-Cumnins carried the East
Waterloo cancuses, capturing Black
hawk county. 1t was the Gettysburg
of the campaign as Cummlns was
thereafter assured Of control OF the
state convention.
lime e-Fourteen members OF the
Dubuque delegation agreed to diVloe
also Sin Allisons interest''-quite All
sonesque.
No man can read recent political MS
tow in its chronological order without
seeing at a glance that when cum
,,;ns naeded the Dubuque delegation IT
hoa heen named for Perkins and the
tom toms were making such a DIN as
70 sn,it ones ears. But when the Hover
of the rebel army had been shattered
and the majority of votes in the state
convention assured for Cummlns' theh
the delegation divided "in Allison's IN
terest" Can anyone find, then, either
in the letter or the situation an ooli-
cation which would bind Cummins
never in the future to run against Al
Hson or for the presidency? Would II
not be far more illuminating to make
public the letter given to kretschmer
promising him federal JOB?
The facts are that the letter was mol
written to influence anyone or to be
seen. Torbert was the governors close
friend. He had advised the governor
to make the same statement as to Al
lson that he had already made as TO
.Dolliver. /, The suggestion was maze
for the governors own good and the
governors letter was written TO ten
Torbert privately why it was not
necessary to do the thing suggested.
If was not written to secure Iorpert S
vote Or influence or to be shown TO
anyone 1t was written to state the
governors position in the campaign
namely that he was then fighting Tor
governor, not for senator.