Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-03-31
SHOWS UP FALS[HO0D.
Ora Williams Puts 1t Up to
Standpat Managers to Re-
tract Campaign Lie
cvmMlNs NEVER SAW LETTER
cemmun;eation, to T.ft's Manager
Mss Williams Personal Opinion -
Copy That Some One Stole Garbied-
NViliiamss Demands Retraction and
2 Arrsotien5 by Allison Supporters.
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..My fate, Iowa, Dear Sir: News
. Williams correspondents in youl
. very high, eooded tho country with
.nna,;,ef transformation involving
. been + inexcusable injustice to the
EoSefnor of our state, the secretary OF
war and the president of the United
States, and as am now in position
to aid you IL you are honorably IN
clined to clear up the matter, ! re-
quest that yet, and your associates
give to this plain recital of the truth
the same publicity you have given to
falsehood.
The attempt to embarrass by mis-
representation the great leaders o1
progressive thought in state and ma
ton was first given publicity in the
Des Moines Capital and Chicago Trib-
une some days before the recent state
convention, The essence OF the story
was that Secretary Taft has in his
possession a confidential communtca-
ton from Governor Cummins, a copy
of which was shown President Roose-
Welt. The Tribune story was intro
duced:
Some weeks ago q representative
Of the Taft organization visited the
state and interviewed the leaders OF
both factions. He spent the last days
OF his stay in the state at Dubuque,
where he was in close association with
the manager Of the Allison campaign
A Variety Of Conclusions.
This was followed by a declaration
that 1.-The statement was forwarded to
Mr.. vorys. and by him sent to Sec
rotary Taft at Washington, who has
the original copy and it is said has
submitted it to the president"
on the same day an alleged portion
Of the Statement" was printed by LATE
Young and he declared 1t to be "a
protest" which followed the visit Of
the Taft representative to you.
Following the state convention which
unanimously instructed for Taft your
publicity bureau renewed exploiting
the matter. LATE Young printed that
governor Culnmins, thru his secre-
tary, Ora Williams, DICTATED a
statement of his position" and fur
sher that "the governor GAVE Ora
Williams TYPEWRITTEN state-
ment," and that "this typewriter doc
ument came RIGHT FROM THE
GOVERNORS OFFICE" He further
declared that cit has been shown to
Secretary Taft and a copy of 1t has
reached the desk of President Roose-
Welt" ~ ~
A version ofsthe Waterloo Reporter
is that the statement was DRAWN
in the presence Of Governor Cummins
and he SUBSCRIBED to its contents. /"
AS you had it published in Allison's
own newspaper in Dubuque the mod
flying phrase sit is said" was made
use of.
George Perkins in his Sioux City
paper givessanother version in which
he states that the Taft representative
Sought an interview with the gov
ernor' and then
AT the governors suggestion the
substance of what he said was reduced
to writing by Ora Williams, who was
present, and later in the day a copy
was handed to Mr. Boyd by Mr.. Will
Jams; and that copy contains the
statement that is now, without the
loss or substitution of a word, given
to the public
LATE Young has since printed sew
eral different versions, declaring that
the governor read the prepared doc
ument over and gave it his endorse
ment and directed that it be given" to
the Taft representative.
l quote verbatim from your news
papers so there can be no misun-
Outstanding as to their claims. These
unequivocal statements raise three
Issues:
AS to CumYnins-that he is RESPONSE
BILE for 8. statement sent Taft to hip
in securing a Taft delegation from
iowa. and that it contained matters
which IL they came from the governor
were indiscreet. The substantial ac-
curacy of the statements Of fact are
not questioned.
AS to Taft-That the original copy
is in his possession and that he, di-
rectly or Indirectly thru his repre-
sentative, authorized the use now be-
ing made of an incorrect copy Of the
varne.
AS to Roosevelt-That some one
showed him pretended copy OF the
contained matters calculated to mis-
lead and offend the president
An Absolute 'Falsehood.
Unless the direct connection of Gov
ernor Cummins with the whole mat
ter Is established there is no possible
excuse for the attempt of your public
ity bureau to Involve in a controversy
the three distinguished republicans.
The main contention that Governor
Cummins in some way communicated
in writing his views to Taft is abso-
lutely false.
The assertion that Cummins "dictat-
ed" a statement, or gave a typewrit-
ten statement" to me, or that such
statement or any statement or letter
came direct from the governors of
flee. is false
The assertion that statement was
drawn in the presence Of Cummins
and he Subscribed" to it's contents is
false.
The assertion that I gave to Taft
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