Omaha daily bee., 1889-07-29
THE FARMER IN POLITICS
He Shows Himself to Be Very
Important Factor.
ALWAYS OF GOOD JUDGMENT.
Candidates In tho Hawkcye State
Already Beginning to Recognize
tho Strength of tho
Granger Vote.
No Marked Change,

DIS MoINEs, Ia, July 3s.. Especial 10 TIE
BEE. There has been no marked change In
political affairs during the past week. In
tense activity has characterized the move
ment on behalf Of all the leading candidates
for the republican nomination.
Hull, Wheeler and Hutchinson are on tho
warpath and are industrously coaching the
granger vote. The farmers never were so
prominent in Iowa politics as they are this
year, and the politicians are beginning 10
realize that the coming convention will be
decidedly on the "gianger" order Des-
perate efforts are being made by both Hull
and Hutchinson to divide the farmers, but
so far with only Indifferent success.
Vigorous efforts are being made TO stop the
Wheeler stampede in the northern part Of
the state, but from present indications only
the two counties of Dickinson and Emmett in
that section will be saved. These may go to
Hutchinson.
In Calhoun county, which adjoins Sac,
lively political contest is going on. The sol
der elements solid for Hull, but the alliance
influence Is almost unite for Wheeler. CAL
houn may possibly eject divided delegation.
new candidate, in the person Of w. W.
Grape, has been brought out by Des Moines
county, but this is probably only for effect
The delegates from this county will be solid
for Hutchinson when the proper time comes
ana so will the whole southeastern part Of
the state, with the exception of few scat
tering votes that will be given TO Hull
The desperate effort OF the corporations to
call halt in anti-monopoly legislation is
extending the fight to the legislative dis
tricts. The state senate has always been
the bulwark Of the corporations, and they
are bending every energy toward maintain
ing control of that body. Poweshek AMI
Keokuk counties have just romlnaJeu for
the state senate W. f. Grover, of Grinnell,
who is largely engaged in manufacturing
and who headed q de legation of lobbyists two
years ago that came up to tho capital to OPP
pose radical legislation" 1t is safe to say
his nomination. is entirely satisfactory to
the railroads
In the counties of Hardin, Hamilton and
Wright unique triangular contest Is going
on. The corporations first brought out f.. S.
Ellsworth, of Iowa Falls, as q representative
from Hardin and L. A. McMurray, of Web
ster City, who is not so pronounced rail-
road man, was urged by Hamilton. Wright
county. which is the smaller of the three,
had no candidate but finally MIR. w. b.
Tyrell, a farmer and stock raiser, was in
duced to take the field and the fight is wax
ing warm.
The Farmers alliance is extremely well
organized in all of these counties, and the
contest at the primaries between the men,-
bers of the alliance and the "old timers"
promises to be no chid's play. 1t looks now
as it compromise will be made on McMur-
ray.
Should Ellsworth be nominated bolt of no
mean dimensions is almost sure to follow,
and the more than two thousand republican
majority in that senatorial district would
likely be wiped out, Even should the cor
poratipns capture these two districts they
would only be 'holdng their own" The
first name, was represented in the last senate
by blatant corporation tool named Dooley,
who was elected as a greenbacker and anti
monopolist but who fell by the wayside and
was led willing victim into the corporation
camp. The other district was represented
by Weber, of Clarion, who blew both hot and
cold as the occasion demanded, but who gen-
orally voted with the enemy when necessary
to defeat antimonOpoly measures.
Among the members of the last senate who
have been effectually shelved by the anti
monopoly crusade is the brilliant 'Talt
Clark" of Page. Senator Clark is a strong
prohipitionist and was the author of the
Clark prohibitory law, perhaps the most
radical measure of the kind ever enacted by
a state legislature. He went to the same ex-
treme in opposition to railroad legislation,
and seemed to entertain supersttious rev.
erence for "vested interests when mani
fesLed in the form of watcred railroad stocks,
but held up his hands in holy horror at the
bare thought of compensating the brewers
and distllers for their losses occasioned by
the enforcement of prohibition. The farm
ers OF Page and fremont have "salted"
Clark for good, and he Is now out'of politics,
at least till the corporations are once more
in the saddle. REX.