Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-04-01
Expose OF the Latest Standpat
Campaign Falsehood Creates
CONSERVATION
TO MAKE BOYD scAPEeoAT
Lafe Young Makes Hurried Trip to
Ohio to Try to Unload Responsibility
for Garbed Publication candi
dates Slow to File Nomination Pa
pers-Des Moines Gossip
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
| Des Moines April 1.-Following the
publication of the Vorys- Williams ex-
posure of the Allison fake in regard
I to the Cummins- Taft statement. Lafe
Young packed his grip and hurriedly
departed for Columbus. AT the same
time Charlie Johnston. A. u. Quint and
others OF the Allison crowd myster-
iously disappeared from their accus-
toned haunts in the hotel lobbies.
II now appears that conference was
held at the time of the state conven-
tion in the Allison headquarters to de-
eide whether the garbled copy of the
statement should be made use of as a
At least two of the persons present
declared that ii would be an unwise
thing to do. and stated their belief
IT would prove 10 be ii boomerang.
They We're overruled and the Allison
organs were instructed to make the
most Of the material. 1T is stated also
that Perkins, Young, George Wright
and possibly some others, admitted that
on it's face the statement showed it
could not have been written by Gov
ernor Cummins or have represented his
views.
1t is learned here that the Allison
people have become so badly fright
ened that they are going to induce
MIR. Boyd to become a scapegoat and
shoulder the whole responsibility 1t
is admitted that the statement was
secured after it had reached the hands
of Secretary Taft, so that his respon-
sibility for what became of 1t and the
use made of it is clear. and it is also
admitted that Mr. Boyd was in the
state as the accredited agent of Taft
The Allison people now claim that Mr..
Boyd, Tafts representative. gave out
the statement and authorized its use
But they expect to be able to secure
from him Il sworn statement that will
relieve them from the embarrassment
in which they find themselves toward
the Taft candidacy.
In spite of all evidence to the con-
trary the standpat press still tries
to make it appear that the statement
did come from Cummns, this being
their only hope to prevent its pubica
ton from being the boomerang which
some of them foresaw. Governor Cum
Minis returned yesterday from the east
and said he never saw the statement
till it was shown to him on his return,
and had not even heard of it, till
then. Every effort is now being made
by the standpatters to relieve the AL
lison people of the embarrassment of
having published a confidential state
ment to Secretary Taft which Taft
says he never gave out.
This is undoubtedly Lafe Young's
mission to the east.
General S. II. NJ. Byers, of Des
Moines, has loaned to the historical
department $4,000 painting by Car
racci of the Madonna and child. The
painting was hung yesterday in the
historical building General Byers is
to leave for Europe with Mrs.
Byers for an extended visit and placed
the painting in the historical building
for safe keeping.
The painting was owned by Mr..
Byers for some time before he was
aware of It's real value. 1t was pur-
chased in Switzerland for a little or
nothing" and was brought to America
and placed in their home on West
Grand avenue. 1t was purchased while
the general was consul general to
Switzerland and was found in an old
castle there. The painting is insured
for $4,000 which the insurance COM
panies taking that class of insurance
consider one-fonrth of it's value.
The painting is by Carracci of the
italian school of the seventeenth CEN
tury. Carricci revived art i'll Italy
which because of the wars and other
troubles had about died out after
time. He with his brothers
established the first modern Academy
Of Art. After the painting had been in
the possession of Gen. Byers for some
years it was seen by an art critic who
it genuine Carracci
painting of the seventeenth century.
The historical department has lately
its newspaper files by the
Herald from 1S4S down to the present
lime. The addition is considered very
because of the wealth of ma
.erial of value to students and others.
Only one congressman, Kennedy, of
.he First district, has filed his nomina-
ion papers with the secretary Of state.
Two candidates for presidential elector
nave filed their papers. These are
Mardis of the Eighth. and Lee of the
Zenith Not u candidate for state
office has yet filed his petition.
Hon. y. S. ketchum, who is a can
iidate for denomination for railroad
has nomination papers /
rom every county in the state hut two
md will have these in a few days. He |
yil then file them with the secretary |
If state.
A friend of Governor Cummins wrote !