Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-07-04
IS HOPE FOR TREWIN
Gubernation Fight in This State
Grows Doubtful.
OPPOSITION TO CUMMINS is GAINING
Contest is Not as Near Over as the
Cummins Men Would Like for PEG.
Pile to Belieye-Thirty.two conven.
tons Yet to be Held.

Des Moines, July 3.-Republican
conventions have been held in sixty.
seven counties out of the ninety-nine
counties in Iowa. Thirty two conven
tons remain to be held, four of which
will be held during the coming week.
They are as follows:
aturday-Warren, Osceola, Mitch
ell and Cedar.
The conventions which yet remain
to be held are distributed among the
districts as follows:
First district-Des Moines, Henry,
Van Buren,.
Second district-Jackson,. Muscatine
Johnson, Iowa.
Third Observation-Disclosures
Fourth DISQUALIFICATION, Fayette,
Floyd, Cerra Gordo, Howard, Mitchell,
Worth.
Fifth district-Jones, Benton, Cedar.
Sixth district-Davis, Monroe, Wa
pello.
Seventh district-Warren
Ninth district-Harrison, Mills. Pot
tawattamie, SHELBY.
L
Emmett, Webster.
Eleventh district-Monona, Osceola.
Cummins is strong in the following
counties which are yet to hold conven-
lions: Jackson, Muscatine, Johnson,
Iowa, Mitchell, Calhoun, Emmett, Web
ster and Osceola.
Des Moines, Henry and Van Buren,
will be anti-Cummins.
Buchanan will be for Hartman.
Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Cerro Gordo
and Howard will probably be for Ire
win with Worth in doubt.
Jones, Benton and Cedar will be
against Cummins, as will Davis. Mon
roe and Wapello. The first three will
probably be for Trewin.
Warren has already been decided by
the primaries
Harrison, Mills, Pottawattamie and
Shelby will be for Herriott.
Monona is in doubt, as is Crawford,
with the chances against Cummins.
1t will be seen in the foregoing table
that the contest is not so nearly over
as the Cummins men are trying to
make the people of the state believe.
Thirty-two conventions are yet to be
held, or but little over two-thirds Of
the counties have so far selected their
delegates to the state convention. Mr..
Cummins, it is true. has a large lead
over any of the other candidates but
he has not enough to nominate nor
has he the prospect of securing enough
in the counties that remain to be held
to make up the deficiency. His adj
therents realize that he cannot be nom
mated on the first ballot, as they have
been claiming. They also think it
hardly probable that he can be nomi-
mated on the second ballot and are now
/ beginning to talk about the third as
the ballot when the Ninth district will
break.
i The confidence of the Cummins men
! increased somewhat with the results
in Ringgold and Wright, but the re.
suit in Winnishiek was a hard blow
to them. Klemme had been brought
/ out for lieutenant governor to injure
Senator Trewin in his own district
This fact was generally recognized by
politicians despite all statements tc
the contrary by the friends of Cum
Minis. 1t was supposed he would be
! able to wrest Winnishiek from Trewir
and the effect of this on the rest Of
the district. it was calculated, would
be very injurious to Mr.. "rewin's
candidacy for governor. 1t is now
certain that he will have the distric
solid with the possible exception O
Mitchell and Worth counties. Mitchell
is the home of two of Cummin's strong
est friends, Senator J. A. Smith ant
Representative Willard L. Eaton
Whether they will be able to throw thu
county against the district candidat,
and for Cummins or not is problem
The Impression has prevailed that the.
would, but if the rest of the distric
is practically solid Mitchell count,
may swing into line.
A month and one week remain unit
the convention. The fight has beel
the hardest one ever waged in low
between contending factions. 1t i
probable that the result will grow
more doubtful as time passes and tina
, on the eve of the convention no on
will be able to name the nominee. /
has been the fight so Ear of stron
and fanatical organization bound to sc
cure control of the state against a.
unorganized force. Three or fou
places might be pointed out where
compact organization would have bee
able to give Mr.. Cummin's candidac
its death blow but they were not take
advantage Of If he is nominated
will be because of the apathy Of thos
who have opposed his faction in tn
past.
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