Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-31
VOLUNTEERS WORK
FOR GOV. CUNMNS
IT Voters of Iowa DO Their
Duty, He Will be Nomi-
mated Senator
LITTLE SPENT IN CAMPAIGN
Methods of Opponents Supporters in
Contrast to Those of the Governor
New Voters >Imost Unanimous for,
eover~5A ,faIIense Scheme to Be
Wor \ 1 Hard at the Polls.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Oct. 31.-If the voters
of Iowa who approve the splendid
record Of the republican party in Iowa
duty on election day and vote their
honest sentiments at the primary,
Governor Cummins will receive an
overwhelming majority for senator.
This is the conclusion of the volunteer
workers who compose the Cummins
committee and have been keeping close
tab on the trend of affairs in the state.
The victory is not won, not by any
means, but it is in sight, and IT, My
possibility of defeat lies in the fact
that the opposition is armed with the
familiar weapons for defeating the will
Of the majority.
The friends of Governor Cummins,
the progressive republicans of Iowa
now know that everything has been
done that can be done legitimately 10
1t has all been done by men volun-
teering their services and working
without compensation or thought of
reward. The only expense has been
for printing and postage. A few hun
dred dollars covers the entire expense.
All that has been done has been to
send out one brief folder setting forth
the record on which the Cummins CAN
didacy is based, and letters urging
that in every county an effort be made
to see that every republican votes at
the primary. Not a. word has been
said in disparagement of Governor
Cummins' opponent.
Judge Prouty has estimated, from
Information coming to him, that OF
those who voted for Allison in June
fully 10000 will now vote for Gov
ernor Cummins They voted for Alli-
son becouse they believed in Allison
and not because they hated Cummins.
To assume that the entire Allison vote
can be delivered to anybody against
Cummins, as the Lacey committee
claims, is not in accordance with the
pretensions of the leaders.
Information which has come to
Chairman Gilbertson indicates that of
the new voters and younger members
Of the party, which is the vote not cast
in June, fully 80 per cent is for Cum
mins 1t is for Cummins for exactly
the same reason it is for Taft, be-
cause it is known that the two men
represent substantially the same things
in politics. When Taft. in Des Moines,
planted himself squarely on the pro-
gressive platform, the eyes Of good
many Iowa voters were opened to the
meaning of the contest now on.
Governor Cummins has made a fine
campaign in the state, speaking for
the republican ticket. Wherever he
has gone he has done much to make
smooth the way Of all the republican
candidates. At no place in the state
has his presence added to factional
feeling. At no place in the state have
republicans hesitated to have him
speak.
The anti-Cummins campaign has
been conducted in very much the same
way as the committee conducted it
two years ago and in other campaigns.
That the methods of johnson, Rich
ards, ct al, advised by Ed Hunter, are
regarded as effective by those who
know is shown by the fact that in the
last campaign Miller, democratic
chairman, paid them over sI1OO for
their political services. Unquestionably
this year the committee has spent
many thousands of dollars and has
been abundantly supplied with funds
and help. Millions of pieces Of litera-
ture have gone out to voters in Iowa.
Some of this literature has been much
the same as Richards and johnson
used in the democratic campaign,
making the old attacks on Cummins
and. the republican party.
The challenge scheme is to be
worked fiercely, and at every polling
place where friends of Cumnlins are
not aggressive. an effort will be made
to frighten every voter into avoiding
the primary. Yesterday Des Moines
mail carrier was drafted to go to the
office of secretary of state and copy
the names of all who have signed nom
ination papers These will be used to
intimidate voters.
An effort has been made to line up
all the old soldiers against Cummins.
This is resented by good many of the
veterans who do not forget that no
governor of Iowa has ever done so
much for the old soldiers.
There has been some pretense here
of some sort of truce" on PERSONAL
tiles. But yesterday the Johnson
Richards committee paid for big ad
in the morning paper revainping the
old stuff about Cumnins and trying
again to call in question his republic
canism. The attack caused only re-
sentiment here and win make votes for
Cumlnins by stirring the progressive
republicans to activity.
Similar methods have had no effect
ont in the state. An anti-Cummins
organ in northern Iowa attempted a
sensa ton by claiming that Cummins