The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-14
LOOK TO CATO SELLS
IOWA DEMOCRATS THINK HE
WOULD Mako GOOD RUN FOR
GOVERNOR
IsLIKELY TO BE THE NOMINEE
Preparations Now Making for One
of the LiveIiest Campaigns
Ever Held In Hawk
eye State.

CHICAGO, July peelal.)-Cham-
pioning the people against the secret in
fluence which many of the voters OF
Iowa believe controls state officials in
behalf of the railroads, Cato Sells Is
likely to be the Democratic candidate for
governor at the next election. Cummins,
the Des Moines Republican, VINO brave
ly leads those in his party who see and
resent railroad dictation to the governor
and his official family and especially
tnat part of it which has to do with fix
ing taxes, never will be nominated. The
best prophets in his own party, knowing
the battle he has to fight, do not think
that he will get nearly enough votes,
though he may go into the convention
with more delegates than anybody else.
Then up will rise the peoples cham
p.on, Cato Sells, rich, strenuous, fearless
and popular. Heading the Democratic
ticket, it is expected ne will be also the
hope Of the Cummins Republicans and
march on to victory. With Mr.. Sells as
a leader the Democrats will hold up the
assessment Of railroad property and
other history to show extreme intimacy
between the state Republican machine
and corporations. The state executive
council will be bombarded for making
bAO 1dIIuClS pay llN6 lltilSS DIS AcdNS
taxes as the corporations. At a meeting
Of Iowa Democratic leaders last March
a programme about as indicated in this
statement of the situation was agreed
upon, but later 1t was feared the plans
ould be disturbed by the nomination
of Cummins. However, Iowa Democrats
of prominence who visited Chicago re-
Gently said that the latest reports
showed Cummins could not be nominat-
ed. Secretary Walsh, of the Democratic
national committee, whose home is at
OttumWa, Iowa, holds this opinion and
he expects a very lively campaign in the
Hawkeye safe.
There is something doing" also III
IoWa'S neighbor state on the south, MIS-
souri,, if the gossip Of Democrats who
came directly here from a recent con-
ference in Jefferson City is any indica-
ton. There was a semi-secret and en-
tirely informal gathering at the capital.
with Gov Dockery as the central figure,
and the topic was:
who will be United States senator in
place of Vest?"
The answer was:
"Ex-Gov. Stone"
Vests term will expire in 1903, and the
next Missouri state legislature will elect
his successor, and those who would have
the honor are now and for some time
have been actively preparing for the final
contest at Jefferson City. Mr.. Vest Is
over seventy, and so feeble that he could
hardly stand up last winter to make a
speech, though he did succeed, by hold
ing onto his desk with both hands, IN
making several good ones. He was more
feeble than Platt, of New York, who tot
tered through the corridors, and with
difficulty pushed open the swinging doors
leading into the senate chamber.
Stone is alert and vigorous and ma
tional character. His affiliation in his
party is well known, and 1t is causing
strong opposition to him in st. Louis and
other cities of his state, where ex-Gov.
Francis Is believed to lead in strength.
But friends of Mr.. Stone say that he has
developed great strength in the country
districts, and that the legislators from
them will elect him United States sena-
tor.
Hawaii figures in the official Democratic
history of the nation now and the ISL
ands viii be included In the precinct OF
ganization now in progress for the cleo
ton of President McKinley's successor
in 1904. William H. Cornwell, of Homo
lulu, is the member of the national COM
mittee for Hawaii, but so far as being
heard from at headquarters is concerned,
he is not yet in the United States of
America. 1t is hoped that Mr. Corn
well win be less distant in the future.
=
Oklahoma Democrats, In recommending
J. R. Jacobs, Of SnaNpee, to O-.airman
Jones for member of the national COM
mittee ended their factional fight and
left the glory of continued ''scrapping'
to the District Of Columbia and the In
dian Territory. In those two bailiwicks-
the factions simply will not get together
and the district and the territory are