Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-06-13
co AGAINST CUMMINS
Des Moines Attorney Secured No
Delegations Last Week.
SEVEN CONVENTIONS WERE HELD

for Hartman Montgomery and
Clark Went for Herriott-Conger
Forces Won Out in Madison.
Des Moines, June 10.-During the
past week seven county conventions
have been held and the Cummins men
have not secured a single delegation.
They claim some of the delegates that
have been named but have no in
structed delegates. The Linn county
convention, held June 8, went against
iCummins, although his managers had
made hard fght there. Upon being
defeated they declared that their only
object in making the fight was to
make Jude Hubbard take sides one
way or the other However, the coun
ty went as it had gone in years past,
and instead of Judge Hubbard, Judge
Cook of Marion was practically the
only man who@showed his hand. Cum
Minis carried Marion, being the only
precinct in the county he secured.
i Saturdays inventions all went
lag ainst Cum1nins. Dubuque and Black
Hawk instructed for Hartman as had
been expected. They are in the Third
district, and now 1t seems probable
that Hartman wilt have the district
solid.
Montgomery and Clarke went for
Hartman without instructions. al
though it is claimed by the Cummins
men that they secured some delegates
in each.
Clarke county went against Cum
Minis.
The great fight of the week, how
ever, was in Madison county, and the
Conger forces won out. It was hard
contest from start to finish and the
Cuuimins men were not as confident
of carrying the county as they have
been of most others, Neither were the
Conger men sure and the result was in
doubt up to Saturday night when the
primaries were held. Every possible
means was used by the Cumnins men
to carry the county. They even went
SO far as to attempt to injure Conger
by telling falsehoods about him. In
one locality the story was started that
at one time during his life he had been
in the liquor business. In some places
copies of the first cablegram received
by Cummins from Conger in which he
said he was not candidate were
shown and it was represented that
this was Conger's final statement. His
statement since he arrived in this
country was ignored by the Cunmins
men whenever they were unable to inn
pose on the people.
Mr.. Cummin6 himself made several
trips to Madison county. He was
there at least twice during the past
txr0 oh 0,,n fi,a,n ~
among the voters himself soliciting
was the work Of Tom Way and the
la days in the county.
What the influence of this conven
tion will be upon the conventions OF
Marion and Warren counties in the
Seventh district that have not held
their convention yet remains to be
seen. Conger sentiment has at all
times been strong in Warren, the
county having always been against
/ Cummins. 1t is probable that Congel
will carry both Marion and Warren
counties which will give him three out
of the six counties in the Seventh dis
trict. Cummins, while he has
many votes in the lead, will
be greatly handicapped from
this on by the fact that his dis
trict will be divided. The action Of
the Cummins men to the Eleventh dis
trict is now being brought home upor
them and they will be compelled tt
confront conditions similar to those
which confronted Perkins. Mr. Cum
Minis, of course, will have majority
of the delegates in the district, but il
will not be solid for him by any
means.
Four counties are set to hold theil
conventions during the coming week
1t is doubtful if two of them instruc
for Cummins, although they are in ter
ritory that has been his so far this
year. These are Greene and, Chero
kee. Cummins sentiment is strong il
both of them, but Greene has a candi
date for supreme judge in the person
of Judge q. A. Church and will prob
ably instruct for him, alone. TIL,
delegation will probably be PARTIAL.
Cummins Cherokee is doubtful will
a probability of a divided delegation
The other counties Pocahontas ant
Palo Alto, will probably be for Cum
Minis.
Cummins is of course, well in tn,
lead, having over 800 instructed dele
gates and few that are not instruct
ed. He has over half of the delegates
that have been selected so far. |
must be taken into consideration, how
ever, that his delegates are from coun
ties that have always been for min
and whose conventions were he'll
early at the behest of his managers
From this on counties belonging to tn
other candidates will be held and il
a few weeks the showing will be
very different one.
FINDS SUDDEN WEALTH..