Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-04-11

plea of not guilty; but that very day
his chief, Lafe Young. pr a con-
fessicn in which he stat = nat he 50.
cured possession of the oined state
ment from the Allison q ,anization in
Des Moines,' and furt' : admitted that
the copy was hand - and considered
lin the office of A. luint in the OBJ
servatory block, - has the Allison
movement in Pc ' .ounty in charge
This witness fl ~ r printed and de-
clared that "a 8 y was taken to "a
meeting of Allso.. workers in the office
in the presence of MIR. Jackson, j. G.
Berrvhill, Charles Finlsbine and Mr..
Quint. the Taft manager, produced the
statement and read it to the Allison
men present
"At another time Mr.. Young printed
that "a copy came into the hands OF
Ex-Governor Jackson, A. y. Quint, /.
NJ. Treynor. Charles w. Johnston and
several others No explanation has
been offered as to why Tafts manager
should have confided. as this story in
dicates, the secrets of the Taft cam
paigrl to men some Of whom were then
and are now bitterly hostile to Taft
and President Roosevelt.
"As to what truth there is in the
published confession of the man who
organized the Allison committee l cam
not say, and in the light of Mr.. Vorys'
statement the confession is of doubt
full accuracy; but l do know that a
copy of the memorandum was circu-
lated among the avowed leaders of the
Allison movement at the time of the
state convention, that conference
upon the same was held in a room
which the conferees supposed was Per-
kins' room at the Savery. that it was
then and there resolved that the copy
should be used in the Allison interest
and in pursuance of that decision it
was so used.
"I leave Chairman Adams and his
employers to settle their differences in
their own way.
",The fact is that practically all these
politicians who have grouped them
selves together nominally under the
Allison banner, but who care no more
for either Allison or Taft than they
do for truth and honesty, were parties
to the plot to make use Of "a copy of
the memorandum received at Taft
headquarters regardless of the injus-
tice That would thereby be done three
great republican leaders of our day.
Knew Cummins Didn't Write 1t.
every one of these politicians knew
when he handled the story that the
memorandum was of confidential
nature. that it had been in possession
of Taft and his managers, that it was
not prepared by or for the governor of
Iowa. and that possession of it must
have been secured in some surrepti-
tious and dishonest manner contrary
to the desires or orders of Taft or his
manager.
"In short. they knew, and they know
now, that they had no more right to
the memorandum than if they had
broken into Mr.. Vorys' desk and taken
it at dead of night.
Even the published copy used in
the Allison campaign shows for itself
that the sole purpose of the memoir
andum was to aid Taft's manager in
securing solid delegation without re-
gard to faction. am assured that the
entire Taft campaign was conducted
with a view to avoid factional entan-
clements. Whether any OF the in
formation sent to Columbus from Iowa
was of any use, or threw any light on
the situation, is not for me to say, but
Mr.. Tafts general manager expressed
his thanks in cordial manner, and the
delegation, which is composed OF both
progressives and standpatters, is a
unit for Taft. If have ever written
or said anything which has offended
Taft and his friends, / am not aware
of the fact, and certainly / have not
given publicity in any way to one
word to bring them into discredit or
to widen the breach in the party.
Taft No FactionaIist.
"There is no personal controversy,
nor has there been, between myself
the Taft movement. I have been as
sured personally, and by letter from
Columbus and Washington, that
neither Taft nor his committee have
taken any factional part in the con-
troversy in Iowa, nor will they do so,
but that they have acted in accord
with that high sense of honor which
we all recognize as characteristic OF
our splendid president and his close
friend, the distinguished secretary of
war. I therefore protest emphatlcally
against the effort to inpeach their tes-
tilnony and impugn their motives.
Ten days ago the order was given
to the henchmen: we shall see with
what vehemence Mr. Williams will be
denounced The mud batteries have
been worked to the limit upon this
order, even as they were two years
ago when incurred the hatred of this
same chronic crouch and his cohorts
by supplying the literature for the re-
publican campaign. They will renew
the attack without further orders.
carefully refraining as in the past
from telling any truth about me.
incidentally I will state now. so
there can be no mistake, that this in
teryjew is my own, and was not die
tated by anybody, and like the MEM
orandum that was stolen and butch
cred, no person was consulted in re-
gard to it's preparation. Unlike some
of those engaged in stirring up fac
tional strife. 1 have the right to do my
own thinking, and am capable OF do
ing my own writing"
CAR INSPECTOR KILLED.