Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-03
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IS BEING SCOU1[,yj
Cummins in the Race to Stay
= Opposition Can Not
Divert Him
WHERE is AvLL's REs'DENcEa
The Des Moines Congressman Actually
Live. on Farm in virsinia-His
\Residence May Be Questioned in the
Campaign - Confusing the Pri-
mary.
Special to mes-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des. Moines, Sept. S.4-Astute politi-
clans scent a move or a renewal of
..the moveY to sidetrack CumInins, IN
the senatorialship campaign.
Some time ago Director Roberts Of
the United states mint declared for
Cummins for vice president. Follow
ing >this events have taken place in
very interesting and logical order.
First there, was a demand for Allison
to declare himself either candidate
or not a candidate. Then Congress
man Smith made a pilgrimage to Du-
.buuue Then Senator Dolliver made
pilgrimage to Dubuque. Then Allison
announced himself a atcandidate. Then
standpat sources in the east began TO
circulate stories again about Cummins
as a candidate for vice president. They
coupled his name with Hughes.
The thing is so self-evident that 1t IL
amusing to the progressives and the
friends of Governor Cummins. Evec
unable to conceive how anybody can
be In politics except for division OF
the spoils the standpatters expect to
sidetrack Cummins and keep him
from the senate with the empty honor
of the vice presidency
& The conferences Of Congressman
Smith and Senator DolIiver at Du-'
buque with Senator Allison We're not
without their purpose. Politicians now
see the explanation. The move for the
standpatters is to keep Allison In the
race and boom Cummins fsr vice pres
ident. They have an idea that Cum
minis is afraid to run in opposition to
Allison and that he is a candidate only
in the event that Allison does not run
In fact, some of the .standpatters have
been giving out talk that Cummins Will
not be- a candidate IL Allison remains
in the field. The next step obviouslyeis
that as soon as Curnmins is safely di-
verted in a mad race to be vice presl-
dent, Allison will withdraw and some
younger standpatter will be brought
out for senator.
1t may be put down as definite for all
time that Cummins is going to remain
in the race and he and his friends are
as confident as anything that he viii
be nominated and elected to the senate
as Allison's successor.
Congressman ]. A. T. Hull may have
to consult Des Moines real estate deal
ers before he is thru with the congress
sional campaign that Is now opening In
the Seventh district. Hull is being ac-
cused Of being a resident of Virginia
instead of Iowa. Des Motnes sees him
but little. He sold his residence In Des
Moines soon after he was nominated
the last time. In addition to pemaining
in Washington a good part of the time
he owns fine farm across the Potomac
in Virginia of enough acres to stagger
most Iowa farmers, and what time he
is not in washington he spends in Vir-
einia on his farm. What politicians
and citizens generally wish to COM
with him on any topic of the
day or business Of the district they look
In the city directory and find that his
name is not there. Then they call UP
one of the newspapers ahd ask If they
know where he can be reached. The
never can remember except
that he has a farm somewhere in Vir-
ginia. Finally after many inquiries
they wind up at the postoffice and 1T
depends very much on who they are
and what their business ia whether the
postmas ster knows where HulFs resi-
dence and address is
All thel other candidates for the
position Of congressman from the
Seventh district reside in the district.
"oh. he'll be back when the campaign
prens," say his friends.
5,re Des Moines correspondent Of
the Burlington Hawkeye, which re-
Gently announced the program by
which 1t was expected to tuyn the re-
publican party back to the corpora
tions, is now engaged in trying to
pervert tbs primary election law and
make it appear as complicated and
of being understood. The
primary law says that one person can
no. be a candidate on two tickets. That
is. il his na,netis written in on one
ballot and printed on another, in the
count Of the. ballots. those written in
cal De COuulGu lO4 tAAO AAieAAA "iAoSS
name is printed on the other ballot.
Ir an attempt to carry out the pro-
p,am of Anything to beat Cummins,"
It is tried to make it appear that DEM
,crats will scratch their ballots on
senator and vote for Cummins.
Leading democrats declare that the
will not vote for Cummins
but school boy reading the primary
alection Jaw can see that they cannot
vote on the democratic ballot and have
the votes count for Cummins 1t is
bei.e ved that very many democrats
who believe III the policies of Roose-
telt and Cun'rrns that the corpora
tions should not be allowed to run the
ytate as hey pease will this year be-
c,me republic ans in order to have Iowa
represented IN the senate by man
uho is nc; III. personal representative
of some Interest" II they vote for
cuHuins they must at the primary