Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-04-02
Allison Men Circulating Foolish
Report That Senatorial Con-
test is Settled
HAD NO BEARING
Primary Election Will Settle tho oues-
ton, and Nothing Else-standpat-
ters Coming Over to Progressive
Views on Tariff Signifies Who Has
Been Loyal to Principles.
,pecial to Timcs-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, April 2-Alison men are
assiduously spreading the report over
the state that the last state conVen-
ton held March IS settled the contest
between Cummins and Allison for the
United States senate and that the cam
paign is all over. The way they repre-
sent 1t is that the two men. Allison and
Cummins, agreed TO leave the matter
to the state convention. that the state
convention endorsed Allison and that
and is no longer a candidate.
OF course to the well Informed this
campaign canard means nothing for
they are aware that the primary on
June 9 will settle the matter and that
the convention had nothing to do with
it, but with large element OF the voters
who do not follow political matters so
closely, the report has the effect of
confusing them. They get the impress
sion that the progressive cause has
suffered defeat and that there is no
use to make any further effort this
campaign.
Three men from different parts of
Iowa were in Des Moines In one day
this week who spoke of the matter.
Each of them had the impression from
information furnished them from a
standpat source that the senatorial
fight was all over, having been settled
by the recent state convention. Cum
Minis workers out over the state have
heard the same thing.
The primary election law placed on
the statute books by the progressives
at the last session of the legislature
provided that the primary nominations
for United States senator should be
made by the primary election which
this year will be held June 2, just two
months from today. The only agree
ment between Allison and Cummins Is
that both have promised that they will
abide by the decision of that primary
and that whichever one carries the
primaries the other will not be can
didate further and will not carry the
matter into the legislature.
"Now that the standpatters have
come to the position of the progress
Sives on the tariff question, showing
that the progressives have always been
true to republican doctrine, it now be-
comes pertinent to inquire who has
been loyal to the party's nominees"
said prominent republican today. "At
the last general election there We're on
the ticket two persons whose alignment
was universally known, Cummins
progressive, and Palmer, a standpat-
ter. Did the progressives cut Palmer
because he was a standpatter? Did the
standpatters cut Cummins because he
was a progressive? The figures answer
the question.
Governor Cummins received in the
state 216.968 votes Palmer received
232, $40, showing that 1881 more
standpatters scratched the head of the
party ticket than the progressives
scratched Palmer for Palmer received
practically the full party vote. Take for
instance the Seventh district In Dali
las county Cummins received 2.O6S:
Palmer 1852, showing that at least 664
Standpatters scratched the party ticket
in that county. In Madison county
Cummins received 1.755 votes. Palmer
2,126 showing that 81 standpatters
scratched the party ticket in that coun-
ty; in Marion Cummins received 2.076.
Palmer 1854. showing that 452 stand
patters scratched Cummins there: in
Story county Cummins received 2.4s2,
Palmer 1886. showing that "a stand
patters scratched the ticket there: in
Polk county Cummins received S,484.
Palmer S,912, showing that at least
62S standpatters scratched the ticket
there: in Warren county Cumnins
received 1.414. Palmer 2.112. showing
that at least 698 standpatters scratched
the ticket there.
"In the Seventh district Cummns
received 1909 votes and Palmer 21,022,
showing that at least 1923 standpat-
ters scratched the ticket in the Seventh
district alone. This shows that the
have been not only true
to the fundamental principles Of re-
but have been true to the
party's candidates"
In this connection there is discuss
sion as to whether these standpatters
who scratched the ticket and voted for
the democratic candidate for governor
are really republicans and whether or
not they should be allowed to take a
republican ballot at the primary. The
primary law will be put into operation
this year for the first time. The voter
when he enters the polling place will
be given the ballot of the party he
belongs to. II he is a democrat he will
he given ballot with the democratic
on it. If he is republi-
can he will be given the ballot with
the republican candidates on it. Many
s1andpattsrs openly bolted the ticket
and voted for Claude Porter. The
question is have they any right now to
participate in the selection of repub-
lican candidates being in fact them
selves democrats.