Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-05-29
Little Difference to BE Seen in
Two Likenesses Being Cir
culated
NOT CIRCULATED BY OPPONENTS
Progressive Speakers and Committee
Have Had No Part in Discussion of
Senior Senator's, Physical Condition
-Brookhart Reveals More of Blythe's
Secrets.
Secrets.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to es-Republican.
Des Moines, May 29.--In spite Of all
the efforts of the standpat managers
of Allison's campaign late pictures OF
1.-The veteran senator have reached the
state of Iowa and have found their
way to the voters. Since his illness the
veteran senator has shown every year
of his age. His campaign managers
are circulating pictures Of him taken
fifteen and twenty years ago and one
of these was used when his campaign
buttons were made.
A Des Moines standpat newspaper
printed two pictures of Senator Alli-
son, both evidently taken recently. 1t
made the charge that the Cummins
people had taken picture of Allison
ard changed it to make him look old
and We're circulating this over the
state. OF the two pictures that it
published it claims that one is the
picture changed by the Cummins peo-
pie and circulated to injure Allison.
The other it claims is the rea! latest
picture of Allison and the one the
Cummins people have changed.
The two photographs on their face
show that they are different photo
graphs and that one could not be
manufactured from the other but many
consider what they claim to be Ali
sons real photograph to represent him
as looking more poorly than the 9TH
er.
Ex-State Treasurer Gilbertson, who
is managing the Cummins campaign,
was shown copy of the Des Moines
standpat newspaper containing the two
pictures and the charge that they
were being circulated by the Cummins
committee.
."The Cummins committee has had
nothing to do with circulating these
pictures. The only pictures I have seen
circulated is these In this standpat
newspaper which is supporting Alli-
son. I cannot see much difference be-
tween the two pictures so far as ap-
pearance and age is concerned. They
are on their very face not the same
photograph That Is to say one was
never made from the other by making
the senator look older for the positions
are different. Certainly what they
claim is his real latest picture does
than the other.
Il want to take this opportunity to
say publicly that not at any time has
this committee or Governor Cummins
or any of his speakers said anything as
to the physical condition of Senator
Allison but wish to say furthermore
that If Senator Allison's managers wish
to prove his health and vigor, let them
bring him to this state and let him
appear publicly before the people and
let them judge for themselves as to
his real physical condition. Let the
voters Judge as to whether or not his
physical condition is such as to war
rant his reelection to a six-year term
in the United States senate at the age
of 80 years.
81 haven't seen Senator Allison for a
long time. / do not know what his
physical condition is, but there seems
no question but that the pictures his
campaign managers are circulating
were taken at least ten years ago.
But there should be no occasion at
all to haggle about pictures. Both Of
these pictures published in this Des
Moines Allison newspaper may have
been 'doctored" for all I know, one
Of them to make him look younger
and the other. to make him look older.
All kinds of affidavits may be had
from the Washington photographers
on the matter, too, I expect. The
thing for xSenasor Allison's managers
to do is te(,rzg on the living original
OF the pictures and the people will
then soon judge as to his age and
physical condition"
Smith Brookhart, of Washington, Ia,
ton, Tuesday night. In it he told
again Of his visit to Blythe at Bur-
lington when Blythe took him upon
high mountain and showed him all
the political conquests of the Bur-
lington railroads. He related some
things that have not been circulated
in the published account of his speech
heretofore. Among other things he
told that after Blythe had invited him
into the standpat fold among the
things he showed him to prove that
Blythe was the big man of the state
were letters from various persons. One
Of these was a letter from Congress-
man Hull of the Seventh district in
which Hull submitted to Blythe num-
erous suggestions for postmaster ap-
pointments in the Seventh district. He
showed him letters from member Of
congress from Iowa asking if a GER
tain man would be acceptable to Blythe
for appointment to a high federal po-
sition. and Brookhart said, however,
that the Sweetest" letter in the bunch
was one from "Bobbie" Cousins In
which Cousins assured Blythe MANY