Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-08
PLAYING FOR THE SENATE.

| TkAvlNu run uUE 0ENAICs
| The charge is freely made in this
/ campaign that the only reason Cum
Minis Is running for governor is that he
| wants to go to the United States sem
| ate and hence must retain his hold of
| the party. The Times Republican
| happens to know from personal knowl-
edge that A. b. Cummins did not want
| to run for the nomination this time. He
| actually shrank from it. Cummins is
poor man altho able to earn the larg
est law income of any lawyer in Iowa.
Since he has been governor 1t has cos.
| than the income of the office has re-
turned to him. Cummins, consulting
| his own, wishes, wanted to get back
to work and take his chances on the
senatorship when that should come up.
But Cummins was besieged by his
friends. The men who had fought for
the destruction of railroad influence in
republican politics were not willing to
see their struggle wasted and when
it became clear that every political
railroad in Iowa had lined up behind
the candidacy of George d. Perkins
they insisted that Cummins run again.
This is the inside history of the Cum
Minis candidacy and the Times Re-
publican speaks advisedly in recount
ing it.
But what OF the senatorship if Cum
Minis does not win? The people of
Iowa know that the railroads have
aker of Ohio and Elkins of West Vir-
gina. They know that Standard Oil
has a special representative in Senator
Aldrich. Dozens of other United
States senators represent directly great
special interests and men close to j.
w. Blythe say that it is Blythe's am
btion to sit in the United States SEN
ate and represent the Hill Morgan
syndicated railroad interests He is
eminently qualified in ability. When
senator was last elected by the Iowa
legislature Blythe actually canvassed
lators. Later in the campaign, to Sc
lect delegates to the national conven-
tion he put himself on the ticket as
one OF the four delegates at large. He
put himself forward in the state con-
vention as chairman of the resolutions
committee. He went to Chicago and
pushed both Allison and Dolliver aside
to put himself on the resolutions COM
mittee there as member from Iowa.
Then he voted Iowa against Roosevelt's
platform Joining such railroad-ridden
states as Pennsylvania, California,
Wyoming ard Montana in oppose
ton to the great majority of the other
states.
No man can recall these things with
out seeing clearly that the defeat of
Cummins means the elevation of
Blythe, himself, to the United States
senate. The nomination of jellyfish
candidate is but the avenue of APP
proch. When Shaw was governor and
came to appoint senator, he owed
his nomination to the railroads. He
realized it and Judge Hubbard kept
him reminded. He told Hubbard. and
Blythe that he would give them two
vetoes in the selections which he,
Shaw, should make. Hubbard named
Cummins and Dolliver as the two men
he would blacklist for that appoint
ment. For political reasons Blythe saw
that Dolliver would be a popular choice
so he labored hard With Hubbard and
persuaded him to consent to Dolliver.
This obligation under which Dolliver
was placed has been an embarrassing
thing for him to face in almost every
crisis in his senatorial career.
1t merely illustrates why men like
Blythe and his professional lobbyists
like Hunter will strain every energy
and spend fabulous sums to pound into
the earth man like Cummins. Let
them succeed and the next step will
be to do as their kind have done in
Ohio. West Virginia, Rhode Island.
Pennsylvania. Montana and many 9th
er states. assume the senatorships
themselves If the people are afraid
of Senator Cummins, how would they
like Senator Blythe?
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