Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-13
Lists of Members of Allison
Clubs Show Few Former
Culnmins Supporters
ALLISON MAY BE WITHDRAWN
Being Pushed Into Campaign When He
is Physically Unable to Undertake
Work-Primary Election Law Great
Strength of Cummns in the Cam
paign Soon to Open.
Special to Times Republican.

Special 10
Des Moines. Jan. 13.--0ne of the
Davenport newspapers published list
of the members of the big
Allison club recently organized
in that city with a big flourish
The publication of this list discloses
the real situation. There are thirty
seven members of the club, and thirty
five of these voted for George d. Per-
kins last year. Only one other, in
addition to Hon. Joe Lane, is known
to have supported Governor Cummins
in 1906 Most of the thirty-tive are
men of the bitter standpat sort, who
were vigorous III their support of Per-
kins.
No list of the members of the ALI
son club at Council Bluffs has been
published, and the only information
that has leaked out as to the club Is
the fact that it has about twenty-five
members and that the officers are all
men who have fought Cummins in ev-
cry campaign. Ernest Hart, Charles
Saunders and men of that class are
known to be connected with it, and 1t
is not known that any politician who
supported Cummins in 1906 is mem
Der.
1t is given out that an Allison club is
to be formed in Dubuque. This is
Allisons home town, but it is not un-
derstood that any great number Of
former Cummins supporters are to join
the club.
In the, meantime there is disquiet-
ing information from Washington. The
National Daily. published in st. Louis,
and the editor of which IS friendly to
Allison. says:
Senator Allison's friends in Wash
ington are somewhat concerned over
the determination of Governor Cum
Minis to be candidate for the senate
They realize that 1t means q hard
fought contest, for CumminsN Is man
who has splendid political organiza-
ton at his command. The primary
law In Iowa is another feature that
worries Allison's adherents. AS gov
ernor of the state Cunamins has great
deal of patronage in every county, and
will be able to do work in the prl-
maries which Allison cannot do. "A
contest in senatorial primary means
heavy expense for candidate ana
ALLISON can i'll afford to make the race
where it requires any large expendl-
ture of money"
Beyond the fact that Governor Cum
Minis does not have a vast amount or
political patronage in each county, and
has nothing but the appointment OF
lfew oil inspectors and beyond the fact
that If either of the two can afford
heavy expenditure. it is Allison and
not Cummins, the item is believed to
be reasonably correct 1t seems to
speak with authority as to Allison's
friends being worried over the prl-
mary vote on senator
| 1t is well known secret here sthat
the chances are all against Allison,s
name being presented to the primaries
on June 2 next and that the real mo-
tive of the standpatters in forcing the
/ aged statesman to take his place In
| the senate chamber day after day when
he ought not leave his easy chair Is
| the hope Of estranging some of the
real Cummins strength. By attacking
Governor Cummins and by picturne
| Allison in the prime of life and able
to serve many years in the senate they
! hope to permanently estrange many Of
/ the real Cummins people of the state
In the final stages of the campaign II
is proposed to bring in Lacey or some
man Of his type in the hopes that once
] estranged the Cummins men will moi
go back to the governor.
The publication of the list Of mem
bers Of the Allison club at Davenport
and the information as to the club al
i Council Bluffs shows just how many
Cummins votes have been estrangec
thus far.
The primary election law is the grea
] strength Of the Cummins campaign FOL
the senate and the best informed be.
| lieya that there Is not the slightes
doubt but that the governor will pol
a very heavy vote. For years the PEG.
pie of Iowa have been educated to the
progressive policies. They have beer
shown by repeated campaigns in which
railroad money and corporation inf1u'
ence was used that a primary law, az
anti-pass law and tWo-cent fare Law
with other progressive measures were
| absolutely needed. Governor Cummin'
name has been linked with the advo.
/ cacy of all Of these measures and 81
far as this generation at least can re-
| member, Senator Allison has never ad.
vocated the passage of any Of these
measures that the political condition:
Of Iowa have so long demanded.
The campaign for the United State:
senatorship will be opened shortly ant
it will be fought largely along these
lines.
Governor Haskell Of Oklahoma, Bis.
hop Luther B. Wilson of Chattanooga
Tenn, Ri. Rev. Father Cleary Of Min
neapolis, and Assistant Attorney Gen
eral C. w. Trickett of Kansas City
Kas., will be the speakers at the state
prohibition convention at the Plymouth
Congregational church Jan. 1928.
| James G. Berryhill Of Des Nome!
will be the presiding officer over thi:
two-day convention, which was called
by a representative temperance com
mittee for the purpose of organizins
the temperance and religious forces o
the state into movement to brint
| about a resubrnission and adoption o
the prohibitory amendment to the con
stitution.
The permanent chairman is yet to b.
chosen by the temporary committee.
II Governor Cummins started east las
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