Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-27

NOT AFTER SENATORsHIP
Secretary Shaw Says Most Emphatic
ally That He is Not Trying to Get
+ MIR. Delivers Place in the Senate
| Alleged Conversation by Blythe.

| Alleged Conversation by Blythe.
Des Moines, Oct 26-Secretary of
the Treasury Shaw, who came to town
Sunday morning, denied emphatically
the story that he is candidate for the
United States senate against Senator
Dolliver. You may deny that. story
just as positively as you can,D was the
answer to a question on the subject.
The story, which came from Butler
county Saturday night was printed in a
Des Moines morning paper Sunday,
and contains the following statement:
The Schenning Article.
Senatorial ambitions of men promi-
nent i'll Iowa and national politics are
involved in the Butler Bremen senator
ial contest Involved and complicat
ed as are the problems growing out of
the Soesbe-Larllin affair, local inter-
est is dWarfed by the claShing ambi-
tions of the political giants whose in
terests are being considered in the
handling of the situation
circumstances growing out of the
trouble indicate that J. w. Blythe of
Burlington, and Secretary OF the Trea-
sury Leslie M. Shaw, Jointly or sever
ally, may be casting their eyes long
tnly toward the senate chamber at
Washington.
"Infuences said to emanate from
Burlington are held responsible in Il
large measure for the attitude of Bre-
mer and Cumnins, and the anti-Cun-
Minis influences are making themselves
felt in the contest"
Alleged Conversation Quoted.
The article then states that during
the state convention .Mr. Blythe had
an interview With Mr.. Soesbe, who
had a majority of the delegates to the
Butler-R Rrenler senatorial convention
pledged TO hinl. Soesbe was introduce
cd to Blythe by Louis skinner of
s'iarlSsyile, and i isstiia.-the fnl1issyiilGsci
conversation followed:
How do you stand on the senator
ial question:" was asked by Mr.. Bly,
the.
Mr.. Soesbe replied that if Senator
Dolliver was a candidate for re-elec-
ton he would be for Dolliver.
That's all right, but in case circun-
stances should be such that Dolliver
was not the logical candidate, or was
not in the field, or in some other con-
tingency?" Mr.. Blythe is reported to
have suggested.
Mr.. Soesbe had not considered this
phase of the situation.
We'll if We're a candidate, or il
what would be your position?" contin-
ued Mr. Blythe.
1t is added that Mr.. Soesbe declared
himself for Cummins in such a con-
tingency that this answer was not sat
isfactory to Mr.. Blythe and that the
trouble which resulted in the state
board of elections deciding that the ac-
tion of the Butler-Bremer convention
+ was illegal followed.
IL:
Based upon this alleged interview,
1t is claimed that Mr.. Blythe, either
In his own interest or in the interest
of Secretary Shaw, sought to ascer-
tain whether or not Mr.. Soesbe would
vote for anyone else than Dolliver for
United States senator, and the infer
4 ence is suggested that Secretary Shaw
and Mr. Blythe had knives up their
sleeves for Iowa's Junior senator"
Secretary Shaw positively denies any
part in such scheme. Mr. Blythe is
8 not in the city, but a prominent re-
publican who is close friend of his
said:
~ know that Mr.. Blythe took no part
in the trouble in the Butler Bremer
district. l further know that he said
to republicans that as Mr. Soesbe had
majority of the delegates from the
district pledged to him, he should be
nominated /, myself, heard MIR. Blythe
make that statement and / SubSe-
quently heard him refuse to use his
influence for either Mr.. Ssoesbe or MIR.
I.arlhin, and he said positively that he
had no business meddling in the af-
sAirs in the Butler- Bremen district
"a Clumsy Attempt.
Leading republicans here charge
that the story is only a clumsy at
tempt to cause friction among the
republicans. Said one of them last
night.
lit is foolish for anyone to try to
create a sensation over the United
States senatorship Why, look at it.
Shaw made Dolliver United States
senator by appointing him to fill Sem
etor Gears unexpired term Shaw
might just as well have landed him
self in the United States senate at that
time by resigning the goveGnorship sc
that the lieutenant governor eould
appoint him senator. | happen tc
know that such action was atone time
canvassed by certain Of the governors
friends, but he would not listen to il
for a minute.
Shaw Appointed Dolliyer.
"Now, there is absolutely no reason
to suppose that the present secretary Of
of the treasury has changed his atti-
tude toward Dolliver from the time
when as governor of Iowa he appoint
ed him United States senator. In fact
he says he is not fighting Dolliver ant
that should settle it,