Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-05-23
A[L|SON'S PHOTO
WORRIES FRIENDS
Progressives Not Responsible
For Circulation Of Tell
Tale Picture
SHOWS AGE AND EMAclAT'oN
Photograph Taken in Washington and
Sent to Iowa Friends Disturbs Sem
ator's Supporters standpat Mis-
representation Of cummins' Party
Record Continues.
pecial to Times Republican.

special TO lInSS-ftepuDllCaHs H.
Des Moines, May 23.-Standpat
newspapers are engaged in claiming
that libelous photograph of Senator
William B. Allison is being circulated
over the state of Iowa by the Cum
Minis campaign management; that a
picture of Senator Allison has been so
changed as to make him look enact
ated and old. In admitting that the
photograph represents Allison as ema-
ciated and old, the friends of Senator
against his election and much that is
contradictory to their own claim that
Allison is "in the best of health and
vigor," for the picture of Allison to
which they refer was made for him by
a Washington photographer, and was
intended by the Allison people to be
used on their campaign literature.
In the first place, no picture Of Sen
ator Allison has been used by the
Cummins campaign management in
any shape. No picture has been in
side the Cummins headquarters except
on one occasion when half-tone print
of the picture in question was sent to
Manager Gilbertson by one Of his
friends, with the request that he have
a half-tone made from it and sent to
him for use in his paper. Mr.. Gill
bertson refused to have so much to do
with it as TO oblige friend, and sent
it back by the next mall
Early in the campaign, when atten-
tion was being centered on the fact
that Allison was 70 years old on March
2, 1905 and when the discussion was
centering on whether a man Of that
age should be returned to congress
for another term. Of six years. the
friends of Senator Allison had him go
to the photograph gallery of Harris &
Ewing, in Washington, D. c., and sit
for photograph. 1t is learned that
he sat for the picture on or near
March 2, his birthday. After the pho
tograph had been taken it was seen
by his campaign managers that 1t
would never do to use it in the cam
paign, tho the photograph was true to
life and represented him as he is to-
day.
Instead therefore his campaign
managers are using in their literature
cuts made from photographs made
many years ago. The Burlington
Hawkeye uses in it's columns an old
wood cut made twenty years ago or
more, and shows the veteran senator
without any mustache. The picture
most used on his campaign literature
is one showing him as he appeared
about fifteen years ago at the age of
about 81, when he was still in robust
health
When the agitation was on among
some of the newspapers. as to what the
real condition of Allison was as to his
health, Des Moines man by corre-
spondence learned that Allison on his
last birthday sat for a picture in
a Washington photograph gallery, and
from the photographers purchased
copy of the photograph, which was
made by Harris &, Ewing, of Washing
ton, d. c., as mentioned above. So
far as known, this is the only one of
the photographs that has been received
in the state. From this half-tone cut
was made. and a number of copies
printed, which were distributed by the
purchaser of the photograph to his
friends. The friends of Senator Alli-
son did not dare raise the question as
to the authenticity of the photograph
earlier in the campaign, for it's authen-
ticity is too easily established. half
tone cut made from the photograph
was published in the Clinton Adver-
tiser some weeks ago, and had they
desired, the question of its authen-
ticity could have been raised then cas-
ily. The photograph has not been
altered in any respect whatever.
Furthermore there can be no claim
but that Senator Allison went volun-
tarily to the photograph gallery and
sat for the picture.
Standing pat on its determination to
continually misrepresent and to cal
everybody else liar who disagrees
with it, the Des Moines Daily Capital
of May 21, says: "Mr. Cummins was
elected to the legislature on the same
ticket with Horace Boies and it has
never been denied till now" The maxi
ing Of such deliberate false statement
cannot be understood except that the
author of the statement is moved by
political greed and graft and is delib-
erately selling his columns to corrupt
political influences at stipulated
price.
Governor Cummins was elected to
the legislature in November, 1887. and
served but two years. Horace Boies
was elected governor Of Iowa on No
vember 5, 1889, two years later. How
could the two men be elected on the
same ticket when one was not can
didate till two years after the other
was elected? And yet the quotation
from the Capital is fair sample Of the
accuracy of its political writings.
Further on in the editorial 1t is said
that Cummins voted for Boies and that