Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-08-12
Standpatters Said to Have Had
Scheme to Have Allison With
draw After Election
ALLIsoN's
ILLNESS
BOUT
Physicians Say 1t Is More Than Likely
Allison Never Was Aware That
Primary Was Being Hold = Stand
pat Plan to Elect Cousins or Some
Other Radical.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Aug. 12.-When the Ce-
dar Rapids Republican, a standpat
newspaper that has lost no opportun-
ity to fight Cummins even to the ex-
tent of misrepresenting him, published
from Washington the information that
Allison did not want to run as can
didate for senator but was forced to
De a candidate simply for the purpose
of defeating Cummins, it admitted as
being true the thing the progressives
knew to be true all thru the cam
paign. But when the Republican stated
under it's, Washington date line that
even had Allison lived it was not the
intention to e-elect him at the legis-
lature but that it was the intention to
ignore the action of the primary and
elect some other person it disclosed a
plan of the standpatters which the pro-
gressives had supposed was too ex-
treme for even the standpatters to at
tempt.
The information was published in
the Republican last Saturday, Aug. 8.
According to the Republican which
supported Allison and the editor OF
which claims to be in the councils of
the standpat faction, Allison told his
friends months ago that he would not
be candidate for nomination at the
primar les and told them that he feared
he could not live thru another term of
six years but desired to retire from ac-
tivity of politics. Later it seems, ac-
.cording to the Republican, Allison said
that he was forced into the race by his
friends, (the standpatters presumably
because they considered that he was
the only man who could defeat Cum
Minis.
TO avoid giving the opposition
chance to say that attacks were being
made on Senator Allison many things
were not told during the primary cam
paign. One of them was this very fact
that Allison, approaching 80 years OF
age, desired to retire from political
activity but was deprived of the re-
ward of privacy to which his long SER
vice had entitled him by his sup
posed friends whose only motive was
the defeat of Cummins.
1t is hardly believed that the stand
patters COULD have carried out the
other scheme of electing some stand
patter like Cousins to the senate
when the legislature met next jan
uary, no matter how well planned the
scheme was. The plan, according to
the rules by which politics was one
time run in Iowa, was very shrewd.
They would have used Allison's name
on tne primary ballot to fool the peo-
pie and defeat Cummins thereby and
evidently did do so. Then while all the
state was slumbering peacefully on the
suppositien that Allison's election was
assured the scheme was to be worked
quietly among the standpat members
of the legislature to elect another and
the first information the people of the
state would have had of the scheme
was when they awoke some morning
to learn that Cousins or some other
standpatter had been elected United
States senator with the simple explain
alton that because of his age" Alli-
son had decided he could not accept
the election.
Politicians believe that never in the
history of the state of Iowa has such
a deliberate and cold blooded attempt
to thwart the wishes of the people of
the state been planned and the publi-
cation Of the story in any other paper
than one such as the Cedar Rapids
Republican would probably have met
with a hostile outburst from the stand
pat press.
been shown the Associated Press dis
patches concerning the illness Of Alli-
son and the cause Of his death, say
that it is more than likely that Senator
Allison was not aware that primary
election had been held in Iowa. His
trouble is said to have gone on for
more than year and a half and the
uremic poison which from the nature
of his trouble was sure to get into his
system is said by physicians to early
have an effect upon the brain in such
troubles. Physicians here therefore say
that it is doubtful whether on primary
election day Senator Allison knew
that an election was being held and it
would seem that had he been pos
sessed of his mental faculties he would,
after having been shown such a signal
honor, have dictated an interview ex-
pressing his appreciation.
IF the legislature is called in special
session to elect United States sena-
tor it is doubtful whether 1t can finish
it's work in one week. The law pro-
vides that when a United States sena-
tor is to be elected the legislature
shall meet for that purpose on the sec
ond Tuesday after it meets and or
ganizes. The Legislature could meet
and organize on Monday and would
then have full week before it could
meet for the real purpose of electlng
the United States senator. The week
could be spent in. caucusing but one