Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1904-06-18
BURLINGTON MAN WILL PROB.
ABLY REPRESENT IOWA ON
RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE
CUMMINs WILL TALK
Governor viii Appear Before Commit
tee to Present His Tariff Ideas
Dawson's Chances For Second Dis
trict Nomination Regarded AS Good.
[BY LEON BRowN.1
Des Moines Bureau of the Courier.


Des Moines Bureau of the Courier.
Des Molnes, June IL.
The Iowa delegation to the national
convention will meet at the Stratford
hotel in Chicago Monday morning at
10 o'clock. Whether the member of
the committee on resolutions Of the
national convention will then be de.
termined upon is problematical.
Allison is Chairman,
1t has been assumed that Mr.. Blythe
himself would take this position
Senator Allison has been made chair.
man of the delegation, which gives
him conspicuous position in the first
national convention in which he will
have sat for forty-four years. His
name of course had been most promi-
nently mentioned for the place prior
to the time of the convention. Many
politicians thought at the time that he
would prefer not to be member of
the committee
Blythe Probable Choice.
1t is assumed, generally, in political
circles that Mr.. Blythe will be chosen
for the Iowa member Of the resolutions
committee. There is no question of
his absolute control of the delegation.
A vote as between him and the govern
or for member of the committee on
resolutions could not be more to his
disadvantage than fifteen to eleven in
his favor. Fifteen is the minimum
possible strength which he has on the
delegation. On general propositions
he is believed to control twenty of the
delegation.
The announcement that has been
quite definitely made that Governor
Cummins expects to exert his influ-
ence at the Chicago convention to Sc.
cure recognition of his views on the
tariff and reciprocity questions has led
politicians to suppose that if Mr.
Blythe ever had had any idea of sur.
rendering the Iowa place on the com
mittee on resolutions to some other
member of the delegation he has re
| llinguished it. If he, himself, goes on
| the committee the attitude of the lowe
member would be definitely known, ir
Irrespective of the persuasions which
Governor Cummins as leader ant
spok ssman of the radicals before the
committee on resolutions might be able
to advance.
Cummins to Address Committee.
| And it is believed that Governor
Cummins will appear before the com
mittee for broad declaration on the
subject of tariff revision and reciproc
lity.
Dawson's Chances Good.
All but one congressional conven
tion has been held. That is the sec
ond district, but it has been called fo
July 27. Politicians believe that
nomination will be easily reached an,
| that the nominee will be A. 4. Daw
son.
Fight Only in Second.
The second will be the only distric
in which there will be a fight thi
year, that is real contest 1t will b
perfunctory in all the other districts
Increased maporities are expected Il
all of them. And it is believed tina
the fighting qualities of the republ
cans of the second are SO improved
the blunders of Judge Wade and tn
/ prejudices against him are SO conspit
uous and the majority for Roosevelt i
the state will be so large that the re
4 publican nominee in the second will b
named.
| Two New Members.
With the nomination of Major LIZ
cey in the sixth district on Wednesda
1 the list of denominations was compile
ed, only one congressman falling
! the wayside. He was Lot Thomas {
/ the eleventh So that there will be br
4 two new members of the Iowa deleg;
/ ton in Washington next Decembe
!. Hubbard of the eleventh and the r,
publican from the second.