Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-16
1HE WAR
70 IOWA DISTRICTS
Will Make a Fight
on Legislators Favorable to
Cummins
TO IGNORE PRIMARY RESULT
Plan to Defeat cummins in tho Leg
islaturs for Senator Regardless Of
Success in Primary EIsction-Hep-
burn is Supporting Cannon for Pres
ident-Herriott's Candidacy.
Special to Times-Republ,can.


Des Moines, Jan. 16.-James G. Ber-
ryhill, of this city, stated to some of
his close political friends the other day
that under no condition can a man
known to be friendly to Cummins be
elected to the legislature from Polk
county this year. He announced that
Representative Kelly and Representa-
tive Sullivan. both of whom have de-
clared their intention of asking for re-
election, and both of whom are not
serving their first terms. are marked
for slaughter. He Furthermore stated
that II the republicans nominate
Cummins men the standpatters of Polk
will turn in and elect the DEM
ocratic nominees.
Thus are the lines drawn in Polk
on the senatorial question.
Some time ago Governor Cummins
stated that he proposed to stand by
the primaries He stated that he in
terpreted the primary law as to Unit
ed States senator to mean that the
person who. got the largest vote at the
primary, if he got more than 35 per
cent, was the nominee of the party,
and that the legislature should be
elected without regard to the United
States senatorship, and that the leg
islature should elect the nominee of
the party. Senator Allison followed
with declaration accepting this in
depreciation of the law.
James G. Berryhill is an Allison
From the attitude he
has taken It is presumed that disre-
garding the declared wishes of both
Allison and Cummins, the Allison men
propose to utterly disregard the law
of the legislature. Every Cummins
man will be marked for slaughter at
the polls and every Allison man elect
ed. This view is substantiated by the
Of the Dubuque Times
Journal and other standpat newspa-
pers. Following the declaration of
Senator Allison, the Times-Journal de-
clared that Allison's Interpretation Of
the law could not fix the attitude of
his friends, who would reserve the
right to act as they wished. Other
standpat newspapers took the same
and it is not known that any
Of them have changed their attitude.
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Congressman Hepburn, according
to authentic information that reaches
this city from the Eighth district, has
promised to Speaker Cannon, Of the
house of representatives of congress.
the two delegates from the Eighth
district to the republf-
can national convention. 1t is un-
derstood that there is already some
on the part Of his con-
stituents over this promise of Con-
gresham Hepburn and some Of the
In that district are de-
claring their favoritism for other can
didates. It is understood that neither
Judge Towner nor Bob Spence, both
Of whom are standpatters, are for
Cannon, and both have declared that
the district shall not go for Cannon.
There are quite number of progress
sives in the Eighth district, and none
Of these are for Cannon.
There are some very favorable re-
ports from the reservation territory as
to the attitude Of the republicans on
United States senator. The best of in
formation is that some of the coun-
ties heretofore classed as hopelessly
benighted and Blythe-ridden are pre-
pairing to give big vote to Cummins
for senator at the primaries next June.
The progressive principles of Roose-
Welt and Cummins have had a hard
to the fact that the newspapers uni
formly misrepresent these policies and
all real information from
their, readers. Notwithstanding all this
there is the best Of Information that in
Clarke county Ringgold, and even Van
Buren there is going to be a big Cum
Minis vote.
Ex-Congressman John F. Lacey will
endeavor to name both of the deputy
United States Marshals to succeed
Crafts and Lyons who have resigned.
Mr.. Lacey was instrumental in secur-,
ing the naming of Mr.. Clark of Ottum-
wa as marshal and of course thru
Clark will name the deputies The ac-
tivity Of Mr.. Lacey in the matter is
evidence to many politicians that Lac
ey is determined to be in readiness la
ter to run for United States senator
when the psychological moment comes
for Allison to withdraw.
It is the purpose and intention to
keep Allison in the race as long as pos
sible and by crying that 1T is shame
for anyone to oppose Allison" to es-
TRANCE many Cummins men from vot-
ing for Cumm.ns. When it is too late
to counteract the program Lacey will
be substituted. The various so-called
ALLISON" clubs being organized over
the state are for the purpose of work
Ing the scheme and holding the vote