The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-25
IOWA
sTRUBLE IS STRONG
Former Congressman Is in the Lead
for Congressional Nomination
in the Eleventh.
All the Counties, but Two Of the Dis
/ trict, Have One or More .
Candidates. s..
Special to Tho Journal.

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Sioux City. Nov. 25.-Politics in the big
eleventh. the northwest district of Iowa,
has been developing new situations rapidly
of late, In expectation of the long expected
contest for the republican congressional
nomination next spring.
+ The eleventh is a land of political bat
ties. 1t is, IN population. one; of the. larg-
est districts in the country, and in both
population and area the largest in Iowa.
Lot Thomas of Storm Lake represents it
in congress-. He is serving his third term,
and there are candidates, positive or pro-
spective, in nearly all the counties. Some
of them are:
/, l. S. Struble or j, IT,, Samnis Plymouth
county
p. c. Roach, Lyon county.
/, A. Kindall, Monona county TT
p. Fl. Hubbard or j. l.. Kennedy, Woodbury.
Lot Thomas or F. H. Helselt, Buena vista
county. -: RI 49,: z
A. 9. Hobart. Cherokee county. +
Judge William Hutchinson, Sioux county. =
/ 4: 3. Funk, Dickinson county.
/ W. A. Helsell. Sac county.
J, +. Clover. osceoia county.
Scott NJ. Lafd. Q'Brien county:
This leaves two counties, Clay and Ida,
without any bidders; but the campaign is
young. a.sss a.
1t is no injustice to any other candidate
To Day lIldI' Lie WIN. IS
attention just now is Isaac Struble of
LaMars. who represented this district four
terms in congress, from 1882 to 1890. He
doesn't look a day older now than when
George d. Perkins, at the LeMars conven-
ton in $780, wrested the nomination from
him. For long time Struble was re-.
garded, as politically dead. Perkins served
four terms; then he was defeated by.
Thomas, who is serving his third and anx-
ious to- continue Indefinitely unless he can
land the federal judgeship which the Iowa
delegation. at Washington. is now strug--
Cling to settle. There is much quiet talk
that the delegation is going to deadlock
on the judgeship, and that either Thomas,
who was an able district judge before he
went to congress, or Birdsall, now con-
gresham from the third and who, also,
went from the bench to the national capt.
tai, may be the compromise candidate.
Afraid of StrubIe.
Mr.. Struble has recently Indicated that
he is disposed to try again for congress.
Immediately the politicians have. been hg-.
uring his strength and are shocked to find
lparts Of the district come. the same. re-.
ports. Struble will have his home county
| of Plymouth, it having been: arranged that
| he will be given the delegation without a
contest. Either j. U. Sammis OF Phil A.
Roland might make him trouble at home;
!
way. 1t is declared by all the politicians
who drop in from Sioux county that
| Struble will take it away from Roach in a,
| fight. Roach has been counting on Sioux
| and would get it but for a home candidate
| or Struble. If Judge Hutchinson. who
| lives in Sioux county, gives verification to
! the rumors Of his congressional ambition,
! he will be dangerous man. But thus far
he has not admitted it. publicly. <
Struble, too, is regarded as easily the
strong man in Cherokee, second Of course
/ to- a .favorite son such: as Mr.eHobart He
I is picked as the strong. man in, Sac, Tho
Thomas has strength there and would
make a good fight. Struble, too. believes
/ he can transact business in Ida. O.Brien
! is always an uncertain county,. For years
] it has been dominated by Ed c. Brown,
now railroad commissioner. But. Mr..
Brown is regarded as much less likely ac-
! lively to participate, on account of his re-
/ cent financial reverses, and the fact .that
he will next. year be a candidate for re-
nomination. for the railway commission,
and will be in no position to. get into" a
congressional affair. .
In short. the politicians list enough
strength under Struble's- banner to: make
him lead In the first ballot. Roacll.s
! friends have considered their man the
Header until lately. They counted Lyon,
Sioux, Osceola and O'Rrien for him. He
| may get. them, but not on the early ball
! lots. He has much strength in Wood
bury the big county including Sioux City
Woodbury. has almost as many delegates
as any two others In the district. Its
second choice. after a home man.. is I'm
| certain; Funk, Roach and Struble all have
strength.
| Woodbury's Candidate,
Woodbury. will probably present State
| Senator q. III. Hubbard as its candidate
! There is not entire harmony in the county
/ however. James l.. Kennedy, a. lawyer
and clever. politician who has recently
l been Installed as manager OF the republi-
i can orgauiza ton, IS reported to have con-
j gfessionaI :: ambitions. Kennedy lost
i ground in the recent campaign, In which
/ the democrats came near elecfing theil
county ticket, greatly injuring his pres
tige as leader. Hokever, should he
make a fight he might possibly secure the
4 delegation. Il.
Funk was for twelve years, a. state sena
! tor and for half that time leader Of the
Legislature. He has generally been res
garded as especially good gubernatoria
timber for the ,Curnrnins succession, and
many people believe he will be kept out OF
the congressional race by assurance; of sup
port. for governor. two years hence.
i Frank III. Helsell lives in Congressman
4 Thomas home county, His one chance
and his friends do not consider It a bad
/ one-is that the convention may have q
Il long siege of ballots, and get to looking
4 around for a new man, Then, when this
stage comes. if BuenaH Vista should real
! ize the hopelessness of Thomas renornfna-
ton and start voting for Helsell, he might
4 be able to win as q dark horse.
The other candidates are not considered
likely to develop much strength outside
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