Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-29
MORE cUMMlNs FAcTloNALIsM.

as we did it ten years ago.
MORE CUMMlNS FACTiONALISM.
In the appointment of the st. Louis
exposition commission Governor Cum
minis has again shown himself the
magnanimoLs man his friends nave
long claimed him to be. In the face of
pressure brought to bear upon him by
friends who have fought for him the
governor has taken the position that
the members of that commission should
be men of prominence and ability in
state affairs. Hence he turns to two
ate, Senators Trewin and Hartman,
regardless of the fact that these men
were his rivals for the gubernatorial
nomination in last summers most Bit
ter campaign. The man who expected
a continuance of factionalism in repub-
licar politics because of the success of
Mr.. Cummins and his friends did not
know Cummins. The only factionalism
Governor Cummins recognizes is the
factionalism of few powerful railway
attorneys who declared with mighty
oaths that he, Cummins, should not
rise.
The governor is not so unsophisti-
Gated as to believe that he will placate
his bitterest enemies by such favors,
but he recognizes that the commission
is essentially an Iowa commission and
that, while the law of itself provided
for fair representation of both demo
Gratis and republicans, it devolved upon
him to see that all men We're fairly
represented regardless Of their color
in republican politics, whether they be
Cummins or anti Cummins. Senate
Trewin and Hartman, aside from hav-
ing made themselves conspicuous by
their ability in state affairs, have also
earned what favors may come, to them
by very fair and broad course in the
last session of the senate. Lieutenant
Governor Herriott blazed the way by
his appointment of committee chair
men. John Herriott, the man with
horns, ignored the factions of which he
had been the author and on which his
fortunes might have been supposed to
depend. He appointed men for their
ability and for their fitness to perform
the work he knew was there to be
done. The result was that the dreaded
factionalism largely disappeared in the
senate. Trewin and Hartman Were
often found shoulder to shoulder with
Healy and Garst voting the dictates of
their judgment without thought Of per-
sonal animosities.
There may be some to charge that
these appointments are but evidence
of the unfai'ing rule in politics to use
your friends and buy your enemies
with your favors but, unless the Cum
Minis organization, so matchless and eff
fecttve, is to become political ma
it smashed. appointments of this kind
must be made on the high, broad
ground chosen by Governor Cummins.
The complaint may arise in the Fifth
district that Senator Trewin, still hold
ing his place in the Iowa senate as
member from Allamakee county, can
hardly be considered as citizen of
Linn county, but the senator has new
house almost built in Cedar Rapids has
maintained law Office there for a
year or more, and by the time work be :
gins on the commission will have be-
come an old resident of the district.
The merit of his conspicuous service in
the legislature will overshadow small
complaints as to geographical qualiti-
cations. The appointments were made
for all Iowa and as such should be con-
sidered. The commission will be as
strong commission as was ever Gre
ated in this state.