Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-05-30
Promised Address of Eloquent
Abuse Of Iowa's Governor
is Delivered
"sTuNe" BY TlMEs-REPuBLlcAN
Senator Hands the "Lie' to the News
paper-spends Two Hours RidicuI
ing Iowa's Able Governor With Much
Adroitness and Great Deal of
Misrepresentation and Falsity.

Last night was the standpatters' de-
light. They had the opera house and
the band and United States senator
noted for his eloquence billed to do q
highly entertaining job Of skinning the
only republican governor who has ever
been elected to a third term in Iowa.
There was a good sized audience, COM
| posed OF standpatters and Cummins
men about, half and half, and Mr.. Dol
| liver delivered the goods. Just as an
able attorney before a jury will make
his side Of the case look most convinc-
is heard, Mr.. Delivers remarks to the
man not sufficiently Informed to de-
tect his tricks and his false statements
of facts We're effective. Standpatters
cheered and Cummins men went away
disguised.
Hon. Henry Stone presided at the
meeting. Frank Pierce was head
usher. Messrs. T. Binford, E. S. Ket-
chum and c. c. st. Clair entertained
the speaker and in order to make use
of his personal popularity in the politi-
cal game Rev. Merle Smith was Sc
cured to introduce the speaker as a
brother Methodist.
Senator Dolliver spoke Of his own
achievements In passing the rate bill
and roasted CunMnins for alleged in
consistencies and dishonesty from s
o'clock until 10:O5 p. m. and then for
twenty minutes delivered a very touch
ing peroration, appealing for rever-
ence of Senator Allison's old age.
Roasts tho TER.
At the outset the senator paid his
respects to the Times-Republican,
much to the amusement of those who
blame the T.-R. for great deal Of the
Cummins sentiment in central Iowa.
He paid the IRIS circulation and in
fluence as glowing tribute as would
do credit to the most enthusiastic adj
yertising solicitor but complained that
the T.-R. had misrepresented him in
suggesting that he had been speaking
two words for himself to one for AIS
lison in this campaign. He then grew
warm in contemplation Of the wrongs
this paper had done him by referring
to the charge that he had deserted
Perkins in the campaign Of 1906 and
shouting tits lie!" Il don't know
why this editor should thus misrepre-
sent me. I never did the little fellow
any harm" CLaughter)
Senator Dolliver then explained that
he had been induced by some one in
his own town to ask Perkins to be a
candidate and that. afterwards Cum
minis became g candidate without noti-
flying him of any change in orders and
that The felt obliged to support Per-
kins. He insisted that he had not de-
serted Perkins but that he was SO busy
passing the rate bill at Washington
that he could not take part in the cam
paign.
The T.-R. had never censured Mr..
Dolltver very much for that but had
reprinted the fact that Mr.. Perkins had
accused him of desertion. Dolliver
wrote letter for Perkins in that cam
paign and then laid low altho he could
have been active from the close Of con-
gress in May to the convention, August
1. D He did show up in 'Des Moines at
the convention when the notorious Ed
Hunter had planned to steal the con-
vention by throwing out Cummins' DEL
egates and he argued there with all his
'inf1uence to the text, Don't scuttle the.
ship, boys, I'm on board" The editor
of the T.-R. heard him use the phrase.
Mr.. Perkins complained that this was
desertion, but the T.-R. always believed
Dollver was arguing for the right in
that controversy.
Did He Desert cummins?
Mr.. Dolliver then argued that he had
not been unfriendly to Cummins but
that last September he wrote the gov
ernor letter explaining that he could
not support him for senator because
"Old Man Allison has set his heart on
reelection" He then read the letter.
8It will be remembered that two years
ago when Mr.. Dolliver spoke in the
opera house here he appealed to the
voters with outstretched hands to
stand by the ticket and save him for,
he argued, the railroads were after
him because Of his support Of the rate
bill. The next morning he called upon
the editor Of the T.-R., making the
same request and the gentleman who
accompanied him was somewhat dis
gusted with the strong Cummins talk
Dolliver put up. It was on the night
of that election that Dolliver told a
group of Cummins men in the cam
paign headquarters at Des Moines that
from henceforth he was with them.
He turned to the phone, then and there
and called up the governor, congratu-
lating him and assuring him that the
two would work together. This was
in November. In January the legisla-
ture met and j. w. Blythe was so
angry at Delliver that he had sent a
to the Cummins men at
Des Moines that if they would put
Cunmins up for senator in Delivers
place he, Blythe, would deliver enough
standpat legislators to offset the Tenth
district members who were pledged to
Dolliver. The editor of the T.-R. heard
the governor turn down the proposition
and Mr.. Dolliver was reelected with
out opposition. He did not accuse the
T-R of misrepresenting him on this
point.
The Torbert Letter.
The principal charge made against
Cummins was that Cummins had
promised not to oppose Allison and has
violated his promise The Torbert let
ter was read in evidence with the as
sertion that the assurance contained |
therein was used turnout the Third |
district In tina 1896 camnaiRp and had