The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-19
HULL NOT WORRIED.
He Says That Cummins and His
Friends Cannot Beat Him
at the Primaries.
from The Journal Bureau, Room is. Post Build.

From The Journal Bureau, Room IS, Post Build.
@ ing. Washington. Va SS4 S.a$
Washington March 19.-Representativ
Hull of Des Moines evidently does. not
d take much stock insthe Fstories which have
I been sent out from Iowa. regarding the
politics of the Des MONIES district. These
I stories all of which have been anti Hull.
L are written. according TO Mr. Hull S opin
Il ion. by the private secretary tosGoverner
Cummins. wiIe<loes: good deal Of news
paper work OF the side. and has organized
& quite a press klreau.s Hull refuses to be-
3lieve that his 9Ilitical scalp is in danger
of being lifted Here IS the wayne talks
about the Des Moines situation: =. g5
Il am still tarrying in Washington, not
withstandng the reports telesraphed from,
Iowa about my impending downfall. am
d going back In a, few Gays to remain for
E the summer and to attend to some private
IS business, and to give little attention to
politics. '"'sszZ2 So 81
81 For several years have, hardly had
any time I could call my own. Now I
want to devote the summer months to my
private business. I have been in Des
Mones so little that there are 10000 or
4 $4,000 people out there who do not know,
me, have been so busy elsewhere. I
want chance to meet them.
4 Governor Cumn1ins and I do not get
along very harmoniously but, of course,
4 such things happen among men who get
b into politics. They have been proclaim
ing my defeat because of an election the
other day for the district congressional
committee. I don't care whether the
other fellows have the district committee
or not. All that committee has to do is
to call the primaries for the nomination
of a republican candidate for congress. 1
Ii didn't spend a penny on that e. "
For several years, the committee has
+. been with Inc. and I have been accused Of
doing all sorts of things. Now am per-
fectly willing to let the other side have the
committee.
.g ''Cummins and I live in the same pre-
Fcinct, and l easily beat him out there in
the last fight. He and his friends say
s they can defeat me at the primaries for
X nomina ton next year. In my Judgment
they can't do it,
Valuable Bird Legislation.
William butcher of New York city
passed: through Washington on his way
to Richmond, Va, where he goes to urge
the passage of the bird protection bill
now pending in the Virginia legislature
& The "A. o. Z. model bill" which is
being urged upon the legislatures of all
the states which have not already adopted
1t or its main features. provides for the
protection Of all birds except game birds
throughout the year, and thus seeks to
prevent the shooting Of birds for the sake
of the feathers commonly used in the mil
linery business. The bill has passed the
Legislature of North Carolina. Tennessee
and Oregon at the sessions of this year.
The bill is strongly recommended by
the secretary Of agriculture, and in Ten
nessee its passage was urged also by Pres
ident Dabney of the University Of Ten
nessee. who was formerly assistant secre-
tary Of agriculture. The bill, in it's es-
sentiai provisions at least. has now been
adopted by the legislatures of nearly half
the states in the union.
This result represents about sixteen or
seventeen
part of MI butcher and his associates.
The model bill was adopted by the Or
nthologsts union in 1886, and since that
date has been passed. on an average, by
one state or more. each year. 1t is also
in force in several Of the Canadian prov
inces. A statute based on the same gen
eral principles has been adopted in South
Australia
Committee Places
s.555 When congress reassembles next winter
there will be good many vacancies in
senate committees to be filled-some for
ty-nine, to be exact-created by the men,
bers who went out of office on the 4th
of the present month. In the shakeup
Senator McCumber of North Dakota will
become the chairman of the committee on
pensions, post held for a number of years
by Senator Gallinger Of New Hampshire,
who now becomes chairman of the COM
tmittee on the District of Columbia. The
pension committee is one of the most i'm
:Iportant. Mr.. McCumber will find his work
hard, but the post is one of great dig
nifty and influence. It is possible that
Senator Hansbrough of North Dakota will
Grelinquish his place the library COM
3mittee. which he has held for a number
of years, and try to secure place on
the committee irrigation and arid lands
Already he is the chairman of the COM
arnittee on public lands: and if he can
add q place on the irrigation and arid
lands committee to it, he will be able to
accomplish a great deal for his state.
While not officially connected with. the
Z irrigation committee Senator :: Hans
brough drafted the new irrigation law and
did more to get 1T through congress than
any other member of either house: &is
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