Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-08-27

to submit the fractional issue to a. vote
OF the whole party and thereby remove
the occasion for attack and reprisal
within the party.
1t was because Governor Cummins
had received suft icient definite infor-
nation of this state of affairs and had
disclosed 1t to his friends several weeks
ago that The Times Republican has
gers OF the situation. No one now re-
joices more in a prospect of peace than
does this newspaper and no one took
more satisfaction in Senator Delivers
acknowledgment that to Love Thine
Enemy" had become political neces-
sity since that is the only way we can
get along with him. When the governor
proposed a plan whereby noncombat-
ant candidates within the party could
be saved and when his plan was ac-
cepted, there arose some prospect for
peace which was extremely desirable.
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slant repetition of the charge that
progressives or Governor Cummins
yielded" to the demand for democratic
exclusion. At no time did they raise
objection. When it was first suggested
the governor welcomed it. His friends
identified with the management Of his
last campaign think that they know
that two democrats in river counties
voted for Allison to every one who
voted for Cummns in the interior,
hence their self Interest Is for an ex-
elusive primary. Governor Cummins
aspires to be a party leader and he Is
honest in his public statement that he
does not want a nomination unless 1T
can be obtained by republican votes. II.
we are to have peace and harmony
let's quit putting the emphasis on this
term yield" There is sting to 1t
which tempts rejoinder. Dolliver
rubbed 1t in even after the governor had
declared his enthusiastic endorsement
Of the principle. To continue 1t now
is to prclong the old contention that
Cummins men have been democrats
and anti Cummins men have been the
only real" republicans. Let us have
real peace.
The Capital itself offers far more
plausible explanation Of the real IN
SEPARATION back of the suggestion; one
which can be accepted in the spirit OF
compromise and which arises mos.
naturally from the conditions which
both factions had admitted to exist.
The Capital says that ut was pre-
scented to Governor Cummins as COM
ing from the republican delegation in
congress-, and the governor immedl-
ately endorsed it," If this is so why
call it ga great victory?" And again
as to who should receive the credit
for discovering the plan the Capltal
says, cit is understood that Represen-
tative Haugen claims it, Let's concede
it to Haugen. He is already regularly
nominated for congress and his name
will go on the ballot as the republican
candidate for that office in normally
district. He admits that ne
is thinking some about running for this
nomination which we all
concede contains the element of haz-
ard. No one as thrifty as a NorthWood
banker would think of letting go CT
sure thing while chasing chance and
vet If Fourth district republicans could
vote for Cummins for senator in oppo-
sition to Haugen, while at the same
time knitting their congressional ticket,
consisting of the name Of the same
Mr.. Haugen, there could easily be dan
ger before such temptations. 1t would
be a most natural inspiration for Mr..
Haugen to propose a plan whereby re-
publicans in the Fourth congressional
district could be compelled to first
vote for Haugen for congress before
they could be counted for Cummins for
senator This precaution would sound
SO much like the principle of double
collateral as to commend itself 1mme- 1
diately and we can all join the Capital
in conceding the credit Of the sugges-
ton to Haugen without implying that
Mr.. .Cummins was compelled to "yield"
the major portion of his voting
strength when he endorsed it i'm
Remove the sting, boys, SO
we can keep the peace now that we
have obtained it.