Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-05-21
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Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, May 21.-Congressman
Hull Is expected to come out in day
or two for Senator Allison. The con-
gresham from the Seventh district
was slated to reach Des Moines some
time today and 1t was allowed to leak
out that delegation of standpatters
were prepared to meet him at the de-
pot and demand that he come out
for Allison. This they claim is be-
cause of the fact that Cummins at his
speech here Monday night made an
unequivocable statement in favor OF
Prouty.
Hull men generally are trying to
make 1t appear that Governor Cum
mins will lose many votes because he
is supporting Prouty for congress in
opposition to Hull. The situation in
the Seventh district up to two years
ago has been such that Cummins. and
Hull have never been candidates for
political office at the same time. Both
live in Des Moines and up to this
year their paths have not crossed be-
cause two years ago there was no
fight on Hull in the Seventh district.
This year the candidates. go to the
primaries. and both are candidates.
For years Judge S. +. Prouty has
been making speeches in favor Of
Governor Cummins He has been the
close political friend ef Governor
Curnmins and has been on the stump
for him. He opened the campaign in
Iowa this year for Cummins for SEN
ator In a speech in Fosters opera
house, in this city. In spite of the
fact that Cummins and Hull stand for
radically different things in politics,
and are in fact Numerically opposite
on most propositions, yet great many
politicians have supported both Cum
minis. and Hull. OF course with such
it has been largely a band wagon
proposition. Being out for political
appointments they have supported both
in order to be in on both the federal
and state pie-cutting.
In his address at the Auditorium
Monday night Governor Cummins
spoke from the same platform with
Judge S. F. Prouty and he urged the
voters to support Prouty. Now it is a
question what the result will be. Alli-
son standpatters now claim that Hull
must come out in retaliation and sup-
port Allison and must do so in a pub
lie utterance. AS a matter of fact
there are several leading politicians Of
the city who have been supporting
both men who say they will still vote
for both at the primaries and it is not
believed that there will be any very
great change. However. the Prouty
support will of course work harder for
Cummins and the Hull men will work
harder for Allison. In Marion county
Governor Cummins will gain votes by
his stand for Prouty because the
Prouty supporters there were resent
ing it because the governor had never
publicly declared his preference for
Prouty.
Charlie Johnston who supported Per-
kins for governor two years ago and
has ever been opposed to Governor
Cummins, said today that both Cum
minis and Hull would carry the Sew
enth district. In conceding the Sew
enth district to Cumnins he said that
Cummins' majority in the Seventh
would be between "thirty-five hundred
and four thousand" He was asked IL
he considered then that Hull was
stronger in the Seventh district than
Allison and admitted that it amounted
to that.
Cun1mins men and Prouty men alike
say that if the Allison men Of which
Mr.. Johnston is one. admit that Cum
minis will carry the Seventh district by
$500, then Prouty has as good as car
ried the Seventh district for they are
sure that the difference between the
votes for the two men will not be 80
great that Prouty would fall more than
1000 behind Cumnins. At the last
election two years ago in November
there We're little over 10000 votes
cast in the Seventh district. Cummins
men believe the governor will carry the
district this year by more than 1000
majority.
The state board of control today ad-
vertised for bids for 10000 tons of coal
which will be the largest purchase of
one commodity by the board. This Is
for next winters supply Of coal for all
the fourteen state Institutions and will
cost the state nearly a quarter Of a
million Of dollars. The board advertise
for bids on all kinds of coal. It then