The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-28
IOWA REPUBLICANS.
cummins Men Likely to Control
the Resolutions Committee.
sEND-oFF FOR TARIFF REVISION

sEND-oFF FOR TARIFF REVISION
Candidates Gather at Des Moines--
business of slnte-Making
Under Way. -
Special to The Journal .s Is. Isl 8.:2 +s.a
Des Moines, Iowa, July 2S.-The busi-
ness of slate-making has already been
taken up by the politicians who have
gathered here for the Republican state
convention on Wednesday,. Several can
didates and their friends are on the
ground and the indications are favorable
Tor plenty OF entertaining politics in the
next few days, in addition to the contest
that will be aroused over the platform.
The wise ones have begun to predict the
nomination of W. w. Cornwall Of Spen-
Ger for supreme court reporter and that
OF NJ. "A. Buchan of Grundy Center for
supreme court clerk, with tbs renomina-
tion Of b. A. Dawson of Waverly- for
member OF the state railroad commission.
Unless the estimates Of the friends OF
Cornwall are entirely at fault, the Clay
county candidate will win easily over
B. F. Salinger OF Carroll. There is little
doubt Cornwall will; get the lions share
OF the dAlegates from Sallnger's own con-
gressionAl district, the tenth. 1t is also
given out on good authority that Corn
wall Is assured Of strong support from the
southern part Of the state, and that ].
w. Blythe and some OF his long-headed
neutenants on the reservation in south
ern Iowa, who are looking forward to
next year and the future are willing to
unload Salinger. If they can get the good
Will of CornwalI's friends in the north
west st taf 1esuS ~ H.
tician than W. W. Morrow of Alton has
declared himself for Cornwall and Judge
H. M. MOwuer of Corning is said to have
kindly feeling for the Spencer candi-
date. These are few of the straws that
indicate the wind Of popular favor is not
tnclining strongly toward salinger. -
Forces Back Of Dawson.
II Chief interest, 80 far as candidates are
concerned, centers on the nomination Of
a railroad commissioner. The railroads
are interested in this office alone and the
railroad politicians are willing ito let the
Cummins men have the supreme court re-
porter and the supreme court clerkshlp
II they can make sure of the retention of
e. A: Dawson as railroad commissioner.
1t Is evidently thenr intention to make
use of the supreme court clerkship to
nominate Dawson and to defeat N. s.
Ketchum of, Marshall county. Ketchunl
has been making hard campaign. He is
Cummins man and he has strong back
ing from the implement men Of the state.
If the situation is left to itself, 1t is
probable Ketchllm Will be able to secure
the nomination. Butsthet2an Cummtns
and Cummins lines are not going to be
tightly drawn aif the machine politicians
can help it.. sH2 p
The fact that IN. A. Buchan of Grundy:
Center Is a. candidate for@supreme court
clerk and that both he and Ketchum are
from the same congressional district, with
the further fact that the supreme court
clerk is nominated before the railroad
cpmmissioner, combine to make its easy
for the railroads to form slate THAI will
asily dispose Of Ketchum. They will
first use the third district vote, which is
entirely in Dawson 8 control, to nominate
>Buchan. The nomination of Buchan will
make It well4nigh impossible to nominate
will kill off Ketchun, at the same time
assuring the nomination OF Dawson by
throwing to him@thegsupport of Buchan's s
friends in the fifth and other districts :
n. This plan will Comprehend the defeat Of
&C. T.&Jones. the <pregen t9clerk Of the SUI
preme court, who Is candidate for res
nomination. Jones Is frst district can
didate, but there are signs of a movement
to throw him overheard and 1t is said the
first district delegates, unless 1t be those
In Van .Buren county, will leave him If
1t Is necessary to do so to nominate
SBuchan and defeat Ketchum =, On the
other hand, the friends of. Jones realize
their danger and they are exerting them
selves Ito hold the first district in line. Il
? The friends of eKtchum, as a matter of
course, will seek to counteract the Daw-
sonBuchan movement by forming an
other combina ton on the supreme court
.clerkship:e. Their ability to do this will
depend much onsthe loyalty 'of the Sec
ond district to C. w. Neal. There are
good prospects for Ketchum's friends
going to Neal, in return for second dds
trict support on the railroad commits
sionership. A good many of the Cumm1ns
themselves to the defeat of eKtchum and
tho nomination OF Dawson, inasmuch as
Dawson has always been a'1oyal machine
man. ,'. .@,
J. n. Funk Of Harding, ex-speaker of
the house, is on the ground in the interest
of Dawson. H. W. Byers OF Harlan is
here and is looking after the interests Of
q 1-as is44A. The Platform. 49,. !
The Cummins men are not worrying
much over the outcome of the contest on
the platform. While they are prepared
for fight, they do not expect very
serious one. In : case the Cumm1ns
forces and the friends of tariff revision
get control of the resolutions committee,
there will in all likelihood be no contest.
They expect to control the resolutions
committee, and to have the members from
the second, fourth, seventh, ninth; tenth
an deleventh districts. In the contest for
member of the resolutions committee
from the seventh district, w. H. Berry
has the best of 1t thus far. His friends
say Lafayette Young will not be able to
get much over half of the Polk county
delegation, In spite Of the fact Hull is In
much, however, by the refusal OF James
G. Berryh1ll to take part In the contest
over the election, Of the member OF the
resolutions committee and by the knowl-
edge that it Is personal antagonism} to
didacy, in addition to his desire TO gain
point with Roosevelt by framing a
lauda tory resolution for his nomination
in 1904. In the counties of the district
outside of Polk, Young will have little
strength. Il Ii +
George e. Roberts, director Of the
mint, Will probably be the member of the
resolutions committee from the tenth dis
trict. If A. B. Funk Is here as dele
gate, he will represent the eleventh on
the resolutions committee. It is uncer-
tain who will. represent other districts,
though there is talk of H. w. Byers from
the ninth. Secretary James Wilson Of the
United States department of agriculture,
will be here as a delegate from Tama
county and may be on the committee from
+ that district. Fl