The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-08-08
Is THE LION Of TIE Day
Cummins and Associates
Sweep Board at Cedar Rapids
THE TICKET is MADE
Fight Is Won With One Hard
Engagement.

Cedar Raids. Iowa, Aug. 7.-Governor
A B. Culnmins. Des Moines; lieutenant
governor. John Herriott, Stuart; judge OF
the supreme court, - II. weaver, Iowa
Falls; railroad commissioner. E. c. Brown
Of Sheldon: superintendent of public in
struction, r. c. Barrett. Usage.
With the above ticket the Republicans
of Iowa, viii so into the next state cam
paign.
Cummins swept the board. He and his
followers took everything that they went
for, and from the first rap OF the gavel
to the putting out Of the lights there was
no time when they did not have the sit
uation well in hand. They had har0
fight before the committee on credentials
in the effort to save the delegations OF
Jackson and Carroll counties and came
from the committee room beaten men.
They expected to have six out of eleven
members of the committee, but in the
morning caucus they fell one short of
that number and the vo.e in the commit
tee went against them in both cases by
q vote of to 6. This uefeat was Of no
had the strength on the floor 1 the con-
vention to seat --eir men whenever the
question came up. They won their fight
on the first ballot taken in the convention
and from that time to the finish there
was never the slightest doubt Of the ul
innate result.
The members Of the steering committee
who had decided to make their fight with
Hartman as their candidate came into
the convention in bad litical odor. The
break of the HerriOtt remnant had con-
WINGED them that they had little chance.
The first blow they received was when
the Cummins men took control of tie
committee on permanent organization.
The steering committee had counted with
confidence on organizing the convention
and had declared over and over again
that their best chance for winning with
Hartman lay in this direction. When
once they had the organization, they said
they would proceed to name the nomi-
nees. They failed utterly to their men
in the make up of the regular organiza-
ton and when permanent chairman.
Byers, who IS a strong Cummins man
took up the official gavel, his first blow
drove home tho last nail in the coffin OF
the committee They had previously
been knocked out of the report Of the
credential committee and from that time
on it was simply a question of waiting for
the hearse that woulu carry them away.
The ballot showed Cummins, $50; Trewin
96915; Hartman. 9591a; longer, a; Her
riott, S; Mahon, 2
The nomination of Cummins was made
unanimous.
Although Herriott and all his personal
following denied upto the time the con-
vention opened that they would take
nothing on the ticket less than first place.
there is no doubt now that the deal was
fixed with the Cummins men and that
the delivery the last of the last district
delegates this morning was a step in the
Of votes. Even with the
Cumnins' strength behind him the strong
Of the state, Herriott required
two ballots TO beat Brandt, who made q
strong personal canvass and gained
steadily from the time that he opened
his headquarters. The judgeship was
practically conceded to Weaver before
the convention opened and nothing but
the determination of the Polk county
delegation to cast their sixty-four votes
for Bishop on the first ballot as a compli-
ment to thta gentleman, prevented Weav-
ar's nomination on the first roll call.
When Polk changed on the second ballot /
It was all up with his competitors.
Mowry made a stronger run for railroad |
than the friends of Brown /
had expected and before the end Of the !
count was reached they had his following 1
n something like CONSERVATION. The /
Brown men had the strength TO win out, /
however.