The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-21
.CDNlER OUT OF THE RAGE
IOWA GUBERNATORIAL CONTEST
SEEMS TO BE GOING CUM
MINIS WAY
FROST FOR THE MINISTER
Statement of His Retirement From,
the Campaign Is Expected From
the United States Envoy
to China,

| DIES MONIES, To-, May 20.-Develop-
ments of much significance in the con-
gressional politics of the Seventh district
accompanied ire recent meeting of the
| Republican state central committee Of
| Polk county Congressman Hull received
a serious setback and corresponding
! impetus was given to the campaign of
who is planning to force his way into
| Hull's tfme-worn congressional shoes.
| Several weeks ago, Prouty sent out a
! letter to the candidates for committeeman
! uring that men be elected who were i'm
partial and not committed to HulTs inter-
! est This letter Stirred the Hull forces to
i activity and when the primar es were he'd
they succeeded, as they supposed, in get
/ ting safe majority of those on whom
they could depend on the committee The
meeting of the committee for sorganiza-
ton has Just been held A hard fight
arose over the craftsmanship The con-
! test ended in turning down the candidate
Of the Hull men and in electing as chair
man Deputy County Treasurer AL Lay
man.
M. M. Robertson, who was the candida. e
of the Hull supporters for the chairman
ship, was put in as secretary as a balm
to the hurt feelings of the Hull contin-
gent. While Layman is not an avowed
enemy of Hull he is regarded as friend
ly to Prouty, and at least Is impartial
The incident is regarded here as of much
Importance as indicating that Prouty's
strength is greater than expected and as
strongly emphasizing what has been fore
told in various ways before, that Hull s
congressional seat will be placed In great
jeopardy next year.
The results OF the gubernatorial fight
Nlus far have been generally favorable
y Cummins. 1t now appears certain the
anti-Cummins forces will fail to carry
Dallas county for Maj. Conger. A snort
time ago the friends of Conger in Dallas
county gave up the idea of making
fight for their candidate. 1t was then
to Cummins would be likely to hurt ir-
reparably the Conger campaign. It. was
then determined to fight, and for the
past ten days every effort has been mace
TO make votes for Conger. The fight is
already virtually lost to him in Dallas.
as the caucuses held the past two Lays
have given Cumminsi fifty-two Instructed
delegates in the county convention. con-
ger has none and the CuInmins leaders.
who need but ten votes more to control
the county convention, say they slre
assured OF Two or tn-~e times that num-
Der.
The real crisis of the Dallas county
fight was passed when the caucuses were
held in Perry Saturday. There The fight
was bitter in the extreme, prohiDltlon
and temperance workers in Des Moines
Joining in the fray against CummlnS.
The Conger men lost In all three W$rds
of Perry, thus giving twenty-one dele
gates In the county convention to Cum
Minis and setting the tide for Cummins
in the county so strongly that both ma
chine and anti-machine men agree 1t
cannot be overcome.
1t is asserted by the Conger men 5he
leaders of the Cummirs forces in Dallas
took snap judgment on them by calling
the caucus without giving requisite no
tice The other side declares this untrue
thaC ample notice was given and ample
time allowed all to vote that desired to
do so.
The general impression here Is that
the Conger movement has run its course;
and that the opposition to Cumn1ns VII
now shift it's support to rrewn Thus us
far Cummins has III delegates. lie has
carried Polk, Boone. story, woodbury.
and Sac counties Q Brien coanty, though
il instructed only for Brown for railroad
commissioners. is for Cgmmins. Guthrie
county has instructed for John. Herrlott;;
Union county and Adams have instructed
for Judge H. M. ToWner for Or SUPREME u inl
Judge and are stror4S,ly anti-CummIns;,
Mai. Conger has returned from WASH
ington and a statement is expected from rom
him refusing further to allow the use
of his name as d candidate.