The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-12-31
THE REPUBLICAN 81 UATION.

We believe the friends of Secretary
Wilson have been unnecessarily a.
larmed when they have insisted that
the appointment of Gov. Shaw was in
any way inimicabEe to the interest of
the other Iowa man in the cabinet
Shaw and Wilson have been firm
friends for many years and we believe
the very fact that Gov Shaw has an
nounced his willingness to accept the
appointment as Secretary of the Trea-
sury is proof positive that Mr.. Wilson
viii ss1llv protected as Secretary OF
lAgticultpre. The remark attributed
to the President anent this matter is
characteristic of Roosevelt He Is
reported to have said"I would appoint
my entire cabinet from Iowa if wish
ed. = We believe the President may
safely be taken at his word and that
the appointment OF Shaw is made in
spite of the fact that he comes from
Iowa and because the President sees
in him a big brainy man who will be a
help to the administration The compli
ment paid the Governor is all the
higher because tits unsual and contrary
to the dictates of political geography.
To one who has been student OF
Iowa republican politics for the past
| ten years the present situation is an
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question but that the party has been
during the greater portion of that time
largely dominated by certain interests.
This has been done through a combina-
tion which included the majority of the
congressional delegation and number
of important factors in Iowa outside
the delegation. There was always
opposition to this control which grew
naturally year by year Control means
not only the power to please but the
necessity of displeasing and disappoint-
ing. The forces of the disappointed
grew year by year and they found a
brilliant leader in the person of A. B.
Cummins. The fight of last year saw
the victory of the Cummin forces and
the complete overthrow of the machine
For our part we have never been
opposed to so.called machines" in
politics. a party needs a head and
needs organization and planning just
as much as any other concern aud oul
experience shows that the existing
machine" is just as apt TO beunseltist
and honorable as any new machine
which may be built up on its ruins. As
we see it is simply choice of machine
either in the republican or the demo
cratic party. The independent press
which lives by making trouble and
which is as opposed to republican
harmony as his Satanic majesty is
said to be to the sign of the Gross, has
placed Gov. Shaw as the nominal head
of the old machine and Gov. elect
Cummins as the head of the new ma,
chine. Gov Shaw took no part in the
campaign against Mr.. Cummins, but
be that as 1t may and accepting the
Independent view of the case, it would
seem that now is the time for the re.
publicans of Iowa to get together,
At present the opposing factions
present the unique spectacle of two
armies in battle array with absolutely
nothing to fight over, Everything is
present except the casus beH. The
senatorial succession is fixed for the
present. There is no question about
that The governorship is vested in
Mr., Cummins for the next four years
without doubt. Mr., Wilson is secure
in his position !: the cabinet NJ.
Shaw is soon to step from the governor