Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-05-12
Men Who Have Been Called in
to "see Blythe" Verify Brook
hart Story
SENATOR TURNER WAS ONE
Relates How the Burlington Boss Told
What Could and Could Not Happen
in Iowa Politics = Lafe Youns's
Speech WeII Advertised in Old Homo
in cass County.
to Times-Republican.

Special to Times-Republican.
Des Moines, May 12.-More reserva-
ton experiences by bright young
men" who have in the past been invited
to "see Blythe" are to be given to the
public to corroborate the experience OF
Smith Brookhart, of Washington, Iowa.
Senator Dan Turner of Adams county,
Is one who had such an experience and
he has been telling of it in his public
speeches down in his county just as
Broolohart did his over in the south
eastern corner of the state. There
will be others to follow.
1t will be remembered that Brook
hart spoke in Burlington on the night
that Dolliver spoke in Des Moines,
and told how he had been invited to
go to Burlington, and arriving there
was asked up into Blythe's office.
There he was shown personal note
which Roosevelt had written on menu
card and handed across the table at
some Washington banquet to Senator
Allison. Allison in turn had sent 1t to
or three years ago at his conference
with Brookhart to impress upon Brook
hart the fact that he was in possession
Of the confidential affairs Of the presi-
dent. Brookhart was shown other let
ters and given other information to i'm
press him with the omnipotence of the
Blythe machine, accompanied by the
delicate" suggestion that If he ever
hoped personally to be anything polit-
ically he had better come in" and be
part OF 1t. Brookhart didn't come in,
but is fighting the Blythe machine in
the reservation more desperately than
ever.
Senator Turner's experience was In
every way parallel. He was induced
to go to Burlington and once there was
met by his local postmaster who in
vited him to "Come up and see Blythe"
In that conference Blythe proceeded in
the same way in which he had with
Broolehart to impress him with the
omnipotence Of the Blythe political or
thruout the state as WELL He told him
that Cummins could never last; that he
would be defeated and never heard of
again. Blythe told him that he had
just two things constantly before him
that he proposed to accomplish. The
first was the defeat of Cummins and
the second was to keep Hepburn in
congress. Senator Turner is now tell
ing this all thru the Eighth congress
sional district which by the grace Of
j. w. Blythe has been represented In
congress for eighteen years by Col.
William p. Hepburn.
Information has been received here
that there are a great many others in
the reservation and elsewhere in the
state who have been invited to Bur-
lington to "see Blythe" who are ready
to tell of their experience. When Brook
hart spoke in Burlington and told his
experience there were standpat Allison
men who vigorously denied it. They
claimed it sounded fishy and the like.
AS a result Of this it has been deter
mined to give them an accumulation OF
evidence on that line. Senator Dan
Turner has told his experience in the
reservation speeches he has made. He
is now preparing it for publication.
Others are to do the same. If anyone
has any doubts that Blythe has been
using his influence in that way and
using it too within very recent times,
they can be given all the evidence they
desire. There may be some new ma
terial in this evidence too that they
will not altogether relish.
Lafe Young spoke in Anita yester-
day. His date was very properly and
very widely advertised. Anita Is in
Cass county, It was in Cass county
that Lafe Young operated a newspaper
for a time and served as a state sem
ator The people Of Cass county are
thoroughly acquainted with Lafe Young
and 'sneed no Introduction" but just
the same they were given a good strong
introduction.
For fear some Of them might have
forgotten him and for fear there might
be some of the young men" who had
never heard of him the people Of Cass
county at considerable expense had
printed very fulsome "eulogy" of Mr..
Young from the columns of the Allan
tic Democrat of a couple Of years ago
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Lafe Young has drawn a grand total Of
s149,304.38 from the state treasury of
Iowa; how this made an average Of
over $4,000 a year for him up to the
time Cummins became governor and
how after that time he got only an
average of $3.50 a year: it told how all
the members of Lafe's family We're on
the pay roll during most or all the
time I4afe was state senator and how
one Of his sons was on the pay roll
as a clerk in the secretary of states
office while the son in question was
attending college and never entered the
office during all the time: how Lafe
himself charged the state of Iowa $216
as salary for the interim between the
regular session of the senate and the
Brown Impeachment trial extra session.
a charge for. which he gave the state