Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-04-28

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i W. b. Hanes, vice president of the
American Life Insurance Company of
this city; b. Il. keltZ, state pharmacy
commissioner; Ora Williams, a news
paper writer. and a number OF other s
were in the headquarters at the time
and heard him say it and II there are
any doubts in the minds of anyone
their affidavits as to what Dolliver
said can be secured.
Il was there the night after election
in the state committees rooms" said
| w. b Hanes today, "and | heard Dol
liver say in substance that from that
time on he proposed to work with the
progressives. He talked to the company
gathered there and said he was going
to be with us
Il did not hear all that Mr.. Dolliver
said as | was busy with some work"
said Ora Williams, but do distinct
ly remember his taking down the tele-
phone, after having assured us that
he was with US, and calling up the
governor and telling him that he would
be with him from that on and he told
the governor, appreciate that they
were after me as much as they were
after you. There were none but pro-
gressives in the room at the time and
when he assured us that he was with
u.s. from that time on I understood it
clearly that he would work with the
progressives.'
Fails to Keep Promise.
But more than this was the assrr-
| ance that Dolliver gave to Cummfns
himself following his nomination by the
| republican caucus at the last session
of the legislature. 1t will be remern-
bered that the standpatters. soured at
Dolliver because after writing a letter
supporting Perkins he would not be a
party to the standpatters stealing the
state convention and the nomination for
his reelection as senator. Senator
Jamison of Clarke county, was one of
the prime movers in the scheme. Ne
gotiations were opened with Governor
Cummins to get Cummins to stand for
it. Governor Cummins' response was
that he had pledged himself not to be
a candidate against Dolliver and that
there had been no candidate during
the campaign against Dolliver, the peo-
pie had not expressed themselves on
the matter and would be improper for
him after being nominated for COVER
nor to come out as a candidate for
senator. But in spite of his refusal
there was move on which at times
gave promise Of electing Cummins.
When the standpatters failed to yet
Cummins to be a candidate they hunted
elsewhere for candidate on whom
enough members of the legislature
could unite to defeat Dolliver. They
failed. however, and Dolliver was re-
nominated.
Following his denomination, with
the knowledge clearly before him that
the standpatters had tried to defeat
him for renomina ton. Dolliver left the
house chamber Following his nomfna-
tion and speech before the republican
caucus and went to Governor Cum
minis office. where for " hour or more
he talked with the governor and made
it as clear as the English would al
low that he proposed from that tirne
on to work with the governor
He told the governor that he was
thoroughly aware of the kind of a
fight that had been started against him
Dolliver). He told the governor that
he believed Cummins was the man to
be elected senator in 1908, and that ne
would be for him. He not only pledged
his support to Governor Cummins for
his nomination and election to the sem
ate in 1908, but assured Governor
Cummins that he looked forward with
great pleasure to serving with him in
the United States senate; that they
stood together on public questions and
would work together in the senate and
out from that time on.
This happened about fifteen months
ago. Tonight Dolliver occupies the
stage in the Auditorium in this city,
urging the voters of Polk county,
Cummins' home city, to vote for Will
lam B. Allison for United States SEN
ate.
When Senator Dolliver addressed an
audience of editors in Des Moines on
one occasion, he said Of Governor
Cummins: "rhe people thruout the
state recognize that Governor Cum
Minis has given to US an administra-
ton of our state affairs so clean, so
able, so high minded, as to entitle him
to rank among the great and honored
chief magistrates who stand approved
in our history as good and faithful SER
wants of the commonwealth"
When he spoke in Ottumwa prophe-
sying Cummins' election to the sem
ate in 1908, and declaring that the
people of Iowa held higher things in
store for Governor Cummins, he was
more prolific in his praise, and when
he spoke in the state central commit
tee headquarters and to Governor
Cummins himself, he spoke with great
definiteness, but the progressives
have had their eyes opened and are not
particularly surprised at his appear
ance here tonight for Allison.