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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1896
Page
5
Investigative account alleges Polk Madison and Story County Republicans traded influence for political gain in a controversial seventh district visit. The report accuses figures of compromising integrity and selling access to secure favors.
The Des Moines Daily News reports a Republican district row in 1896 Iowa, alleging Madison Polk and Story counties were pressured by a Madison cabal to back Hull for congress. Key figures A L Wood James D Bowen George Keenhold Carl Garver J F Reed deny secret deals and pledge county sovereignty.
A late edition of the Reporter accuses Wood of an eleventh hour bid to influence Madison county voters by alleging a prearranged deal to deliver the county to Hull. Bevington, Wright, Bowen and others are named as opposing factions, with letters and endorsements cited from Des Moines and Story and Polk counties to bolster Hull backing.
The piece urges Madison county Republicans to back Hull in the primaries on Friday June 5 and send Hull delegations to Winterset. It warns Hull’s defeat is certain if Madison County fails to carry the area and stresses casting votes for Hull over Berryhill or Berry to avoid nomination by the opposition.
A political figure recounts assurances of support from Dr. Bevington before and after the state convention. He says he pressed friends to back Bevington in the county to secure his election as a delegate to St. Louis.
Dr Bevington promptly denies responsibility for the Wood deal and resigns as delegate to St Louis to the Republican state central committee chair. He appeals to Madison county voters to back him against the Woods Bowen Keenhold Reed political faction in a June 1 1896 circular from Winterset Iowa.
Isaac Brandt accuses A L Wood of bad faith in arranging Polk County backing for Dr Bevington as a congressional candidate. Brandt recalls pledges to support Hull and alleges Bevington favored Hull while promising future support, urging fair consideration of the Bevington candidacy. Des Moines May 10 1896.
Polk county delegates to the republican state convention in Des Moines Iowa on March 11 189% signed a letter exposing a bargain with Madison county. The memo alleges Hull backed Bevington for national convention at St Louis and notes collusion to deny a congress candidate. Signatories include Bowen Garver Parker Sweeney West Sherman Goodrell Worthington Gardner Minity Phillips Kinkead and others.
A letter from J. F. Reed of Nevada Iowa dated April 28 questions Dr Bevington's congressional candidacy and pledges. Reed claims Story and Polk counties supported Hull for national delegate and warns of a possible district split if pledges are not honored.
In a March letter published by Wood, C. D. Bevington rejects Hull backed deals and resigns as delegate to the St. Louis Republican National Convention. Bevington appeals to Madison County voters for honest politics and support for his bid for Congress.
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