Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-03
IOWA ALL STIRRED Up
Shaw and Bryan Stamping the
State.
FORMER ADMITS AMBITION
Depends Upon His State for the Presl-
Dental Nomination.
FINISHES A LONG CAMPAIGN
Nebraska Leader Supports Democratic
Nominee, but With
Reservations.
FORMER ADMITS AMBITION
FINISHES A LONG CAMPAIGN
Special Correspondence of The Star.

DIES MONIES, Iowa, october 80 1906.
Interest of the closing week in Iowa 5
strenuous campaign has centered in the
visits of Secretary Leslie NJ. Shaw and Will
liam Jennings Bryan. Secretary Shaw has
returned to his home state to try to line up
the staEdpat republicans who are threaten
ing to bolt Gov. Cummns. while Mr.. Bryan
was brought to Iowa by the democratic
state committee to urge Bryan democrats to
support Claude x. Porter, the democratic
nominee for governor.
With the big majorties that Iowa has
been wont to roll up for the republican
ticket the chances are largely in favor of
Gov. Cummns' election, but he is quite
likely to have less than 5000 plurality. If
the standpat boilers and the solid democ-
racy should get together behind Porter they
could come close to electing him, but that
is the problem now perplexing Iowa poll
ticians. To aid in its solution Shaw and
Bryan were sent for by their respective
party leaders.
Secretary Shaw's Admission.
Why Secretary Shaw should come to Iowa
to assist in the reelection of his bitter polit-
ical enemy, Gov. Cummns, may seem
strange to those who do not know of Mr..
Shaw's consuming ambition. 1t is no longer
doubted in Iowa that Secretary Shaw de-
sires the republican presidential nomination
in 1913. In fact no less person than the
Secretary himself has minated this week
that if he could have the loyal support of
Iowa behind him he would be able to get
the presidential nomination. That explains
why Shaw has come to Iowa to swallow
the bltte-cst political pill he has ever taken
and campaign for the reelection of Gov.
Cummias, whose denomination he vigorous
ly opposed. Shaw wants the support Of
Iowa for tire presidency without a fight and
is endeaVoring to appease the Cummins
in fN1ay MI
campaign.
In t.is connection Secretary Shaw said Il
have just completed campaign in fifteen
states, where in seven weeks / have made
more than eighty speeches. There is a
great confidence that the republican party
will control the next Congress. In Il few
districts the ill-feeling engendered at the
primary is likely to endanSer results. When
two candidates of the same party canvass
district for a preconvention primary, the
issue invariably becomes personal and not
political, and the defeated candidate sell
dom stultliies himself by supporting the
successful Instead the democratic
candidate uses the preprimary arguments
of the defeated republican with which to
defeat the successful one. In every repub
lCaA state the democrats vote at our pri
lnaries. control our nominations and then
try to defeat the man who is nominated. 1t
makes a pretty kettle of fish and it may
cost us the Congress"
The mass of the voters don't seem to be
caring a rap about all the tariff talk this
year. Tho issue with them is whether
Gov. Cummins shall have a third term. and
that Will be the turning point of the Iowa
campaign Incidentally. two or three Con-
gressmea who have become involved in the
Cummins and anti-Cummins issue or who
have republican constituents divided on the
gubernatOrial issue may be dragged down
in defeat. Republican State Chairman
Woods considers Representative ]. f. Lacey
of the sixth district In great danger of de
Feat for this reason ana he also fears that
G. A Kennedy. the republican nominee i'll
the trst district, VIII be defeated Repre-
sentative y. +. Dawson of the second dis
trict will have close run, but it is now
expected that he will pull through.
Bryan Creates a Sensation
William Jennings Bryan created sensa-
ton in the state this week by draw wing the
greatest audience that ever gathered at
political rally in Des Moines. the home OF
Gov. Cummins. Fully 1o,0Jo persons
stormed the big auditorium here to get a
glimpse of Bryan. but only a third of that
number could get inside the building and
it took Bryan himself half an hour to
wedge his way through the immense crowd.
Its the hardest time | ever had in my
life to get into my own meeting, said Mr..
Bryan, as he finally got before his audi
ence. The bringing of Bryan into the Iowa
campaign at this time was due to a reluct-
ance among many Bryan democrats of the
state to enthuse for the state ticket. which
was nominated ny a convention controlled
by the conservative faction.
Bryan, after finding the record of the
democratic candidate for governor to con-
form - lis standard reformer, agreed
to speak against Gov. Cummins, and it was
with great reluctance he did so. for as
ne admitted In his speeches. he has been
an ardent admirer OF the Iowa governor
But while Gov Cummius stands for a few,
reforms, Mr.. Porter stands for all the re-
forms Of democracy" declared Mr.. Bryan
TO his audience in explaining his support
of the latter.
But while Bryan urged his followers to
support the democratic state ticket, he sue
ceedsd in starting 4 storm that nay play
havoc with the organization of the conserv-
at:ves. Ii has been repeatedly charged that
the railroad corporations are aiding the
democrats against Gov. Cummins As soon
us Mr.. Bryan heard that the democratic
campaign fund might be tainted with cor
rorItion money he proceeded To investigate
the record of the democratic candidate.
He concluded that "Mr Porters record is
better than Gov. Cummins' record on the
railway question
Bryan Wants Proof.
But Bryan is still calling for proofs on
the charge that corporation funds have
been contributed directly or indirectly for
the democratic campaign in Iowa. and de-
clares If the proof is forthcoming, he will
ask the democrats of the state to vote
against Porter
in his Des Moines speech this week, and
that his words might not be misquoted he
was careful to read them from a typewrit-
ten statement he had prepared.
Then Bryan launched into this declara-
ton. which is the that j. likely to
cause merry war on the state organiZa-
tlon: IL there is person the state
committee who is opposed to railway rate
legislation or who tried to defeat the bill
proposed by the President for rate regu-
lGtion. he ought to resign from the commit
tee" State Chairman G. w. Miller was q
delegate TO the rate regulation convention
In Chicago a year ago. which Is charged
with having been packed by the railroaG Us
10 oppose the giving OF rate-making power
20 the interstate commerce commission. w
\. Marsh. who has been one of the chief
advisers of the present state committee and
IFS chairman. was also a delegate. Marsh
has been Endorsed by the state committee
fo- Iowa member of the democratic ma
tional committee. The Bryan democrat
are opposed to iIarsh and favor Cato Sells
who Is believed to be the personal choice
OF MIR. Bryan. The Bryan men are now
i1bilsnt. for they interpret Bryan's decla
ration Ia he II virtual demand for the resig-
nation Of State Chairman Miller. which they
believe also kills all chance Marsh may