Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-05-15
Both Will Speak at Big Rally
to Be Held Next Mondav
Night in Des Noines
sYERs AND OTHERS THERE ALSO
DolIiver to Be Kept Busy Explaining
Disputed Claims Whom He Returns
to Iowa to Re- enter tho Campaign
Pressure Necessary to Keep Him in
Line on Rate Legislation.
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Des Moines. May Interpretations
are completed for the big progressive
rally for Monday night, May 1S, in the
Auditorium in this city. Plans are be-
ling made to make the occasion gath
ering of the leaders from all over the
state, and 1t is believed that there will
be no difficulty in filling the Auditor
been made to provide for an overflow
meeting If this Is necessary. II the
weather Is good this will be held in
the street in front Of the Auditorium
and il not it will be held in the Y.
M. c. A. auditorium, which is close
by. All who speak at the first meet
ing will speak also at the overflow
meeting.
1t was definitely announced today
that the speakers will be Governor
Cummins, Attorney General Byers,
Judge s. F. Prouty and d. c. Chase. Of
Webster City. Probably also Lieuten-
ant Governor Garst will speak Ex-
Governor William Larrabee, who was
invited to be present has written that
he cannot come but that he will be
able to make some additional speeches
this campaign and may go to Creston
and Cedar Rapids Senator C. C. Dow
ell, of this city, will preside as chair
man Of the meeting
Altho Governor Cummins and Judge
Prouty have been staunch political
friends, the meeting here next Mon
day will be the first at which the
two men will speak in Des Moines
from the same platform while Judge
Prouty is candidate for congress. AL
tho Governor Cummins has always
held in the highest esteem Judge
Prouty, he has never had the oppor-
tunity to appear for him in Polk coun-
ty. During the first and second cam
paigns when Prouty was a candidate
the situation was such that the gov
ernor could not take part in the con-
gressional fight. Two years ago Prou-
ty was not candidate. The fact that
he was not candidate was OF great
assistance to Cummins. This year they
are both candidates The contest is
before the people in the primary and
not before the politicians in the eau
Gus and convention and they are maxi
ing no hesitation about speaking in
each others behalf.
When Senator Dolliver returns to
Iowa to speak for Allison again he will
have plenty of material to talk on in
the way of answering the charges OF
the progressives. His claim that he
was the originator of the rate legis-
lation has been riddled and if Dolliver
indicates desire to have more con-
elusive evidence 1t can be said that
there are kilograms and other evidence
to indicate that 1t took great deal
Of pressure to keep him in line till the
rate bill was thru.
At the meeting Monday night next
in this city d. C. Chase is expected
to devote some further attention to
Dolliver and his campaign.
I Reference to the proceedings Of the
republican state convention at Cedar
Rapids in 1901 when Cummins was
first nominated governor, discloses the
fact that Des Moines county, the home
of ]. w. Blythe Of the Burlington rail-
road, divided its vote. giving 12 votes
to Trewin and II to Hartman for gov
ernor It gave % votes against the
credentials committee report, seating
the Jackson county delegation, which
was one of the test votes of the con-
x,onfior