Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-01-09
TIE GEAR SUCCESS
Some Of the Elements Of Strength
That Contributed to the Elec.
tion Of "Old Business
Knows the State. Its People and Its
History-Not All Machine
Politics.
Legislature Getting Down to Bust.
ness Admiration For Cummins


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Bicknells Comment.
Special to Times Republican,.
Des Moines, Jan. 81 came to the
state of Iowa when there We're only 20,-
0C0 people in it and have lived to see
1t increase to over :. 900 900" In this sem
tcnce from Senator Gears speech in the
republican joint caucus may be found
one great source of his. strength. He has
grown up in the state and no one in it
knows the state better than he does: no
man in Iowa knows more people and
their history than does Senator Gear 1t
was astonishing, in fact. for any one
who watched him receive his callers all 4
day and evening during the contest last
week To see how well he has remem-
bered the men With whom he has been
associated in politics all these many
years. There We're comparatively few
to whom he had to be introduced and to
many of these he was able to say, "Oh,
yes. l knew your father before you.H Ii
is not strange that a man like his, who
is so much Il part of the history of the
state. had strength With the people. for
lit is useless for any one to claim that
Senator Gears election is due altogeth-
er to machine politics or to the skill and
activity of his managers. He was
power of strength unto himself. Many
times during these months of struggle
have heard men say: II simply could
notscppose John III. Gear / have known
him too long and he has always been
good to me. Some of my young friends
Thought ! ought to be for Cummins. and
II admire him Very much. but could
not be against Governor Gear.
AS for MIR Gummins, no one with the
authority or approval of the Gear man
ayers. or having self-respect, has in any
way assailed his character or ques-
toned his high intellectual quail
titles. Admiration for him has
been expressed. not only by
those who favored his election, but by
those who felt bound to support Sena-
tor Gear. They have not thought it nee
essary to abuse MIR. Cumlnins in order
to advance the cause of Senator Gear.
| The reasons for MIR. Cummins defeat
We're many and are known to every one.
His very independence of character.
l.that led him to oppose the republican
Isparty at a critical time, because he did
not agree with the party, had no small
part in his defeat. Then there We're
some serious mistakes in the manage
lment of his campaign, which would bet
ter now be forgotten and need not be re-
lferred to. Many times the Cummins
people have paid tribute to the superb
ority and great effectiveness of the
Gear organization. Mr.. Cummins and
| his friends We're never Bile to match it.
although they put up fight on the
| speakership that astonished everybody.
Take it altogether and these two men.
| Mr. Cummins and Mr.. Eaton. are en-
titled to the highest honor paid to po-
llitical and personal genius. for the
against great odds.
Both houses of the legislature We're in
session this morning, but nothing inn
portant was done. For,naiisies were
gone through with and this afternoon
| the Joint convention to canvass the vote
on governor and lieutenant governor
Will be held. The inaugural committee
decided definitely to have the ceremony
| Thursday at 2::30 p. M. in the Auditor
.lium. The reception will probably be al
| the state house in the evening. Speaker
| Bowen was left to make up the house
committee as he saw fit, making new
/ committees if he desires. as is said to b.
the case. The senate has a committee
on solving the question of offices for the
board of control and it is likely this
committee will favor putting the boart
down stairs in the basement of the cap
! itoi at once. displacing the historical de
/ partment and some others.
4 Speaker Bowen has done a Very clev
Ter thing by appointing Rush lsenedic
TO be his private secretary. MIR. Bene.
diet has been a very earnest supports
of Mr. Cummins and Mr.. Eaton. II,
was the Gummins and Eaton candidat,
for chief clerk of the house. Two year,
/ ago he was the republican nominee TO
the house in Shelby county. and fou
years ago he was private secretary I,
/ Speaker Byers, whose close persona
i friend he is. Mr. Benedict's experience
4 will be valuable TO the new speaker an,
his appointment was graceful recog
milton of the opposition.
/ Lieutenant Governor Mlliman ap
pointed Fred O.. McCutcheon of Id;
4 County to be his private secretary MI
4 McCutcheon is a student at the Stat
University, who is spending the winte
in the legislature. He is a son of Stat
\ Committeeman Mccutcheon. and ha
had legislative experience having bee
a clerk in the last legislature. He ha
also had some newspaper training
which will come handy in this position
If there was anybody in the Gea
camp who felt better than George NJ
Christian. of Grinnell, the United State
marshal of this district. ii is hard to te
who it could be. MIR. Christian ha
been one of the most diligent and effec
tive of the Gear workers. 1t was sal
during the contest that one could gen
orally tell the way things We're going b
looking at George Christians face. ]
was never-failing barometer shown
the state of the weather around tn
Gear headquarters. Representative Ly
man of PoweshieK county lined up fo
Dr. Bowen for speaker, and the resu
was largely due to the work that Geore