Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-01-08
SENATORIAL COMMENT
Incidents Of the Great Political
Struggle Just Closed OF Des
Moines
Joint Caucus Tonight Will Nomin-
ate Murphy For Printer Ted
ford For Binder.
The Democrats Will Confer Empty
Honor of Senatorial Nomination
Upon Cato Sells.
.ecial to Times-Repubiican.

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Des Moines, Jan. s.--The republican
joint caucus to nominate state printer
and binder viii be held tonight at s /
to'clcck in the hall of the house. State
lprinter and binder are included in the
leal. Bernard Murphy, of Ninton. will
be nominated for printer and Howard
Tedford, OF Mount Ayr, for binder.
Neither has any opposition.
The democrats, it is understood, Will
Vote For Cato Sells, Of yinton, for
United States senator.
Il scared the life out Of you.s was
the brief and truthful declaration made
/ by Mr. Eaton 70 the Gear people as he
| cans out of the caucus which had nom
inated his opponent, DIR. Bowen, for
speaker Of the house. 1t was a splendid
night that Mr.. Ea ton put UP. for he is,
mot only an able but Il brilliant and
Elikeabe man, and had he not been SO
| handicapped by being tied hard and
fast To Mr.. Cummins he would have
been speaker of the house. The fight
4 made on him was not of the Gear peo-
4 lple's choosing: they Very much pre-
tferred not 10 have it so. but the Cum
4 minis people forced and insisted upon
1T ard compelled the Gear organiza
4 tion to put up a candidate for speaker
4 and eject him. Theyproceeded to dotiis
Fl with the certainty born of strength and
i the skill to use ii. When the Gear
I managers came 70 Des Moinss on the
10th OF December. and found them
selves with four candidates for speak
eli on their hands, and the Cumnins
4 people united upon one, then and at
that time Mr.. Eaton had every reason
i able assurance of success; in fact the
fight WAS his until two weeks ago
From the time that the Gear organza-
ton was thoroughly united upon DR.
Bowen. it became evidenr to all who
were correctly informed that he was
almost certain to win.
The cumnins people have repeatedly
ldcclared that they We're willing to stake
everything on the speakership fight.
THAT it would determine the senatorial
contest. although they have said that
Mr. Eaton was from eight to ten votes
stronger than AIR. Cummins in the
house Now Mr. Eaton has received
ssI thirty-eight votes in the house and It is
known beyond all dispute that at least
SIX Gear. men in the house voted for
Eaton: SO t is not difficult to size UP
j, the strength of Mr.. CummiEs i'll the
81 house The result would ordinarily
,sl have been accepted as final by the de-
feated PARTY, but not 50 in ms case.
Mr. Curnmirs regarded it as settled.
: He knew the fight was over and said 10
!, a friend NOW | can return To my DusI-
I ness But his friends insisted upon
going into the caucus and making a
5 display of strength. ] is said they iil-
: tterd to try To hold their organization
! together. for use in the future to pro-
Imotesthe interests Of some OF It's rnenl-
be.rs 1t is said they intend 10 try anc
control the next state convention ahd
that they propose to go mo the coull-
!, ties os the state and continue the fight
along the lines that they have hitherto
r pursued, namely. opposition to tne
, present party organization Just wha'
induce ment they can hold out to re-
, tpublicans to enter upon this crusade oi
r revenge. and regret is not easily to be
J, sem. 1t has been reported for some
tins. that G. G. Mccarthy Intended II
be a candidate for congress asains
Capt. Hull.
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If any ore thinks that the victors il
4 the organization of the house intend tt
{ nut the knife into all the followers OF
5 lE,ston and Cummins in the makeup ol
{ the house committees he is badly ms
y taken Nothing of the kino Mil be done
!, Every member of the house, no matter
| whom he favored for speaker OF senator
will he given committee assignment:
according to his merits. OF course there
are not first-clasS chairmanshlp:
enough TO go around among all tn
good men who are entitled 10 recoSN
ton Where conditions and qualltica
tions are equal no one expects that l)r
l. i Bowen viii fail To remember nj
V friends. but as he has said, the nght i
i. NOW over, and he intends to serve tn
; Ebest interests of the state ana OF TN
r party in making up the house commit
e tees 1t Will not be necessary Tor TN
! Gear people 10 manipulate the make-ul
# of the committees and use the patron
II age OF the speaker 10 promote the inter
asts Of Senator Gear. He was stron:
enough in the legislature to nave pee,
nomirated and elected United State
: senator without the speakership ana
. viii certainly not be necessary to VIC
: late the rights OF the members OF TN
house cripple its usefulness and bree'
IN feeling and strife for the entire ses
9 sion by turning down all the stron:
men who supported Mr.. Eaton, an,
rothing of this kind Will be done. MI
EATON and Mr. Byers, especially. vii
he we'll taken care of. OF course trer
are some, small men among the follow
II org Of Mr.. Eaton who have been prom
lc >SbnlIV h4yOlU their mer