Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-05-20
Gives Out Interview Saying He
Was Ready to Support Por-
s..- ss.-e-sT-
ter For Governor
RIRnsAIL MIXED In HIS DATES
Claim. to Have Exaeted Promise from
cummins on Senatorial Matte on
August is and Gave Him Support,
When. in Fact Governor Had Been
Nominated Several Weeks Before.
Special to Times-Republican.

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view given to the Daily Capital of this
city Monday and in his speech deliv-
Tered in New Hampton last week, Con-
gressman Birdsall Of the Third district,
says that unless Cummins had prom
ised him not to be candidate against
Senator Allison this year he would
have urged the election of Claude Por-
ter, democrat, for governor
Congressman Birdsall has been dis
trict judge for several years on the re-
publican ticket and has been congress-
man for six years on the republican
ticket. But he says that he would
have bolted the republican nominee and
advocated the election Of a democrat
had not the trepubl ican nominee pledged
away his political future.
Republicans Of all factions are
shocked at the admission made pub
licIy by Congressman Birdsall. It is
and of course has been known ak along
that many Of the bitterest standpatters
bolted the ticket and voted the demo-
cratic ticket two years ago. Such men
as Dave Brant, of Iowa City, bolted
openly but it was never supposed that
men Of the type Of Congressman Bird
sail would do other than support the
party nominee.
Birdsall says he came to Des Moines
on August 10 to see Governor Cum
minis, The state convention was held
August l and Cummins was then the
nominee Of the republican party for
governor. Then he says he asked Gov
ernor. Cummins 1T he was going to be
q candidate against Allison in 1908. and
claims that Governor CEmmins as
sured him that he would not and that
only on that assurance did he and AL
lison and others urge the election OF
Cummins. The republican convention
was over and Cummins nominated and
the only way he could oppose Cum
minis would, be to urge the election OF
Porter, asdemocrat
4 Btd6All saSs- he had supported Cum
|min9 apce AS0l. There is good evil
dsfhaS t4 this is not true. "Birdsal
has NOT Supported Cummins since
! 1901 said Archie Smith, formerly rev.
enue collector for northern Iowa.
s~Birdsau was the first man to come to
me two yearssago and ask me to work
for Perkins. In fact he, kept everlast-
inslyS after me to get me to support
Perkins for governor against Cummins.
He has not always been for Cummins
by any means.
Corporation influences in congress
have found means for lodging the
Petersen -fbill prohibiting corporations
money to political cam
.paigps Instead of using corporation
money they use the public money. This
His, .exemplified in the appropriations by
congress for postoffice buildings. Down
in the Sixth district there is every rea-
son to believe that Speaker Nate Ken
dali will be the republican nominee TOT
congress. AS result the republicans
OF congress gave to Dan Hamilton, the
democrat. serving his first term In con-
eress from that district, a larger ap-
preparation and a bigger slice from the
pork barrel, than was given to any 9TH
Ter congressional district in Iowa.
f The reason for giving the Sixth dis
trict a big appropriation is very plair
when It is remembered that$Nate Ken
tdall. the governors friend. is the re-
publican nominee for congress. But the
standpat newspapers Of the state car
nv still further interesting Information
| on how the public money in the I'm
tied States treasury is to be used anG
| is being used for political effect where
1t win do the most good instead of II
FIine with good business policy and fur.
| Their these standpat newspapers claim
| all the credit for this to- Allison ant
ipolliver.
In the Council Bluffs Nonpareil, in {
\ dispatch from Washing ton,@it is said
+ senator Allison was especially inter.
ested in the item appropriatfng 100000
flor "a new postofice and court house
Fat Ottumwa" Why should Allison b.
so interested in helping out a demo
b..cratic congressman in the Sixth dis
!. trict? is what is on the minds Of re-
publican politicians.
i Furthermore the item claims that al
the sapprpprfa tions are to9Tbe credited
{, to Allison: that he made them and TIL
! inference is that he made them solel.
with the view Of extending his term o
thirty-six years in the senate into
H term of forty two years. It will be seel
from a study of the appropriation bill
that in every district where there is
/ possibility that progressive is likel.
to be the nominee Of the republican
party for congress appropriations hav
Eiibeen used to bolster up the presen
] standpat occupant
- ,sSr4N;
The Chicago & Northwestern RAN
road Company enjoyed an increase II
1907 over 1906 Of more than $4,000
in its passenger earnings-six, months
OF the last year being under the Q
II cent fare law. The Chicago, Milwau
kee & st: Paul Railroad Company
during the same period, lost abou
ss. Some folks are in