Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-05-28
Senator's Supporters Offering to
Trade Allison Votes For Sup
port For Carroll
AN AuDAc,ous PROPOSITION
Proposed to Make the Offers to Cum
minis People All Over Iowa-AI'i-
son People Expect to Lose in Pri-
mary and Carry the Fight to the
Lesislature-Hunter Gets Into Game.
Special to Times-Republican.

| Special to Times Republican.
! Des Moines, May 2S.-Within the
last two days Allison people have be-
] gun offering to trade Allison votes for
Carroll votes. Convinced that Allison
cannot win at the primary on June
| they are offering to vote for Cummins
| in exchange for votes for Carroll and
the standpat legislative candidates, de-
1 termined If they lose at the primary
polls to carry the fight into the legis-
| lature.
! While no names will be given at this
solutely reliable sources. 1t has been
| disclosed from four different and dis
| tinct sources within the last two days.
! The scheme of the standpatters is to
cover the state with these offers. 1t Is
proposed to make these offers to Cum
minis people everywhere Standpat
voters in great numbers will make the
offers to enthusiastic Cummins voters
| that il the Cummins man will vote for
! Carroll for governor the standpatter
will vote for Cummins for United
| States senator.
| The audacity of the proposition
would stamp it as incredible If it were
not that the information has been had
from such reliable sources Further
I more Cummins men are reporting that
standpatters are already making them
/! the offers 1t is of course possible for
| one standpatter to make this same deal
with several Cummins voters. If they
! should succeed in making such trades
with 100 voters in each county 2O,-
900 majority for Garst for governor
would be cut down to nothing and
few more votes traded would give Car
roll the nomination. A few votes
| changed in doubtful counties could
easily result in the nomination of the
I standpat candidates for the legislature.
With a standpatter in the governors s
chair and a standpat legislature the
primary vote for Cummins for senator
could then be ignored and Allison or
Lacey or Lafe Young elected to the
United States senate. 1t will be re-
membered that the Daily Capital of
| this city, seemingly speaking with au-
thority, declared editorially that Car
roll was against Cummins for sena-
! tor.
I From one source it is learned that all
the information in the hands of the
standpatters at this time leads them
to the conclusion that Cummins will
be nominated for United States sena-
tor by at least 10000 majority. They
have found no means possible of cut
! ting down this majority and hence have
adopted the plan to make Herculean
effort to nominate Carroll and a stand
| pat legislature.
/! Ed. H. Hunter, lobbyist for the rail-
roads, democratic postmaster of Des
Moines and two years ago the railroad
manager of George D. Perkins cam
paign for governor of Iowa. is in the
Allison campaign with both, feet. How
ever, he is not feeling very sanguine
of victory. AS in the campaign Of two
years ago Hunter believes the early
management of the campaign will re-
suit in defeat for the standpatters and
is responsible for present conditions. 1t
will be remembered that Perkins cam
paign was first managed by Senator
| jackson of Sioux City but the rail-
roads which put up the money became
dissatisfied and demanded that Ed.
Hunter take charge, which he did.
From the time that he took charge the
standpatters began to carry county
conventions Con paper) which at the
oo
being fakes.
When the Allison club was organ
ized in this city with Frank D. Jack
son as president, Ed Hunter took lit
tie grip on the situation and had his
man "Frday," known to the Des
Moines city directory as Wilbur j.
Garrison, elected secretary Of the club.
Garrison was the man who hired the
Iowa newspapers some two or three
years ago to publish matter in favor Of
the railroads on the railroad rate
problem Ed. Hunter thus got into the
Allison campaign in a small measure.
He got one foot in.
Recently the situation began to look
dark to Hunter and he determined to
do more The old side arms, the rail-
road pass and the use of money in
carrying caucuses and conventions,
were taken from him by the last leg
islature. He has, however. engaged a
force of stenographers and is busily
engaged putting out such material on
his own account as he thinks advisable
and to persons with whom he has in
fluence. He is in the campaign with
both feet doing all he can but it is
learned that he is not hopeful that
Allison will be nominated at the pri-
maries on next Tuesday.
The standpatters have deliberately
attempted to ditch one of their num-
ber James II. Wilson, of Adair coun
ty, is running as a candidate for the
nomination of lieutenant governor. He
has been In politics for many years
and has q host Of friends. He has been