Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-12-21
Senatorial Contest in Hands
of Able Workers.
CROWD AT DEs MONIES
The Friends of sold Business, Smiling
and Full of Business-Cal Man.
ming and H. L. Waterman
Are On Deck.

Des Moines, Dec. 21.-The biggest po-
litical crowd since the last republican
state convention has come 10 town.
The Gear people throng the Savery
House and the Cummins men are
mostly to be found at the Kirkwood
House. Among the Gear men are j..
w. Blythe OF burlington, Senators II.
III. Brighton, of Fairfield, \. S. Halle
Waterloo, ex-senator Waterman and
Cal Manning of Ottumwa, Representa-
tive Barringer of Palo Alto, Let's of
Louisa, Kendall of Monroe, Townsend
of Calhoun, Roome of Winneshiek,
Temple of Clarke, Baker of Cass, and
others, besides many prominent poll
ticians not members, but interested in.
the promotion of DR.. Bowen's interests
as incidental to the success of Senator
Gear. DR.. Bowen came in with Dir.
Roome Tuesday morning.
Senator Hobart of Cherokee, Senator
Classen of Marshall, who are not yet
ready to hang out a banner on the sena-
torship, We're also here. Representa-
tive Kimball of Marshall, and Repre-
sentatives Scott of Ida-Monona. and
Coburn of Cherokee. We're also on
hand. Mr.. Kimball is generally quot
ed as a Cummins man. DIR. Prentis also
came in and said that he thought the
prospects of Mr.. Cummins and Mr..
Eaton were mos. excellent. and, in fact,
he was very we'll p.eased with the pro-
nounced position he has taken in their
favor. He feels certain he is OH the
winning side.
Down at the Cumnins headquarters
in the kirkwood house. C. q. McCar-
thy was marshalling n strong array of
the followers of the brilliant Des
Moines man. One of the most promi-
nent aud active of these is represent
atiNs I. a. Way, of Earcocls. who is
putting in his best licks for Mr.. .Cnin-.
,nins.
Representative Bennett. Representa-
tive Sokol, Rush Benedict and other
men, most of-them known as Cunmins
men, were to be seen around the Kirk
wood headquarters.
With the two Blythes in town, things
are lively.
a. X
Representative L. r. Barriager, of
the Olay-Palo Alto district, was one of
the visitors yesterday who attracted
considerable attention. owing to the
hard fight he had for his election. He
has been classed as 4 Gear man, partly
because OF the expressed preferences OF
his constituents and partly because of
the strong effort made by the Cummins
people TO have another man represent
the district. "My people are certainly
for Senator Gear" said Mr.. Barringer,
'sand we figure that a vote for Bowen is
equivalent to n vote for Gear in the
organization of the house. The sena-
tor from our district, DR.. Bachman, is
a pronounced Gear man, and il my
opinion the sentiment of the district is
for Gear. Yes. we had nard fight
in our representative district. Judge
Carr, formerly a resident of Emmets-
burg, now of Des Moipes, tried very
hard to have a Cummins man noini-
mated, but he was defeated. Then after
the convention, it was sort of go-as-
you-please, .anythingto to-beat-Barringer
fight. Democrats, free silyerites, Cuhi-
Minis men and all sorts but true repub-
cans joined hands against me. My ma
jority was something over 700"
David L. Heinsheimer, one of the old
est and most successful business men
in the southwestern part of the state,
has been in the city looking the situa-
tion over and incidentally visiting his
old friend and fellow-townsman Ad-
jutant General Byers. Mr.. Heinsheim-
er is, of course, Gear man, and said
the sentiment for the senator was
overwhelming in Mills county, both
senator and representative being in
structed for Gear. He thinks the Ninth
district, in whose politics he has been
active and prominent for many years,
win be almost solid for Gear. Il think
Gear will get all but one senator and
two members of the house in the
Ninth,' said Mr.. Heinsheimer, sand
DR.. Bowen will get all but the same
two representatives for speaker. Six
years ago the district was solid for nv
fellow-townsman, John y. Stone, for
United States senator, but now we are
all for Gear because we think that with
his long experience in public affairs he
will be worth more to the state than
any man untried in legislative work"
II am here for business, and / don't
care who knows it," declared that DO
litical veteran, Edward Knott, of Wav-
erly, as he settled down to work for
his old. friend, Senator Gear, in the
lobby of the Sayery hotel. 81 am. well
satisfied with the situation as find it.
Senator Gear is going to win. About
our representative? Why, he's for
Gear, of course-he's Gear man per-
sonally. and he was nominated with
out pledges. He did not go around an
nouneing his preference before election
mo, we have close county, aud that
wouldn't do. But he's all right. and
will be on hand at the proper time
Very few candidates have appeared
for the minor Legislative positions. DR..
George A Newman has M onnosition