Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-12-28

personal attention; and, indeed, per-
sonal canvass was not regarded as nee
essary. Then ensued the secret plot
ting against him by the Cummins in
terest. Mr.. Cummins wants to go to
the senate rs the successor of Mr.. Gear.
Failing in that. he wants to succeed
Allison. His political ethics under
these circumstances may be summed
up in these words:
j. Until Hancock commits himself
for Cummins, as against Gear, he is to
be regarded with suspicion.
q. "Later-Having declared emphat-
ically for Allison, he must be defeated
at all. hazards"
The Des .Moines local organization of
the Trades and Labor Assembly having
been worked against the protest of
many Des Moines workingmem in the
Interest of Mr.. Cunmins, was utilized
to. flood Mr.. Hancock's district with
circulars to prejudice workingmen
against him. II was done silently,
quickly, before there was time to coun-
tteract its spurious claims, and it ac-
co1nplished Mr.. Cummins' desire-the
defeat of the republican nominee for
state senator from Dubuque county.
Upon this point we have the direct tes-
timonS of Mr.. Hancock, who says:
sr Il have taken pains to discover the
source of these circulars and we have
evidence entirely satisfactory to us that
they were prepared and circulated by
Mr.. Cummins' supporters, and We're
sanctioned by his management. My
friends at Dubuque regard this prear-
ranged disloyalty to the republican
party on the part of Mr.. Cummings
supporters rs subversive of all the prin>
ciples of government by the people,
Mr.. Hancock very properly denounc-
es the employment of these methods
and declares that she does not UNDER
stand how republicans of Iowa can Sc
riously consider sending to the senate
man who would employ or profit by
them, especially at the expense of SEN
ator Allison in 1902"
The Hawkeye does not hesitate to
say that, outside of the clique of poll
ticians who are booming Mr.. Cummins
for senator with the expectation of po-
litical and other rewards, the people of
Iowa do not-and after this revelation
of duplicity, certainly will not-seri-
ously consider Mr.. Cummins for seat
in the senate. He began his public
career by deserving his party at criti-
cal time and he is now ending it by
acts of absolute treachery while seek
ing its highest honors. In other
words. the republicans of Iowa are
asked by this ambitious attorney to re-
tire from public service those ever
faithful and most useful and distin-
guished leaders, William b. Allison and
John III. Gear; they are asked to ignore
Messrs. Henderson, Dolliver, Lacey,
Hull, Hepburn, Cousins, Perkins, Nc
Pherson and contemporaries, who have
won consideration for further honors
by long and faithful service in con-
gress and elsewhere; they are asked to
ignore other distinguished republicans
of Iowa who are also entitled to
consideration by acknowledged ability
and long party and public Service
they are coolly asked to treat all these
gentlemen with ingratitude and for
getfulness and in their stead to reward
the one professed (and professionally
republican whose contributions to re-
publican reverses constitute an unique
but not creditable catalogue.
The republicans of Iowa will ask to
be excused.