Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-07-12
The Iowa Situation.

| Eight hundred and twenty-One votes
are required in the Iowa Republican
convention. Governor Albert B. Cum
minis claims to have 1886 delegates in
structed for him, clear majority Of
| fifteen over the field led by ex-Con-
| gresham George d. Perkins The anti
| Cummins crowd are contrasting large
number of his delegates, and perhaps
he is contesting some of theirs At
any rate, Mr.. Perkins does not concede
| the nomination to Cummins, but claims
that his right is as good as that of
| Cummins. But he offered to leave it
| to the chairman of the Republican ma
| tional committee. Governor Cummins
should remember that the Republican
national committee is not enamored
of reformers. That was demonstrated
| beyond all cavil when Governor Rob
ert NJ. La FoIlette's delegation was I'M
tremendously bowled out of the Chi
| cago Republican national convention
| in 1904 and the stalwart delegation
headed by United States Senator John
| G. Spooner was seated-that, too, on a
| showing so weak that the supreme
court of Wisconsin held the La Toilette
state ticket to be regular" Therefore
| his delegation to the national conven-
ton was also regular" and the La
Toilette ticket swept the state. With
| that example before his eyes Governor
Cummins will be Simple Simon IL he
! accepts the seductive invitation of
Brother Perkins In passing it may
be stated that there is not more ami
able man or a more graceful writer in
all the Hawkeye commonwealth than
Hon. George D. Perkins. He is a
stand patter from away back, and Gov
ernor Cummins owes his fame almost
entirely to his advocacy of tariff revi-
sion. The Washington Star is a stanch
Republican paper, but it can see as far
into a milestone as the next one, so 1t
says editorially under the heading
sCummins of Iowa."
Don't accept the proposition, governor,
that comes from your rival, Mr., Perkins,
that the dispute over the convention or
ganization be referred for settlement to
committee to be named by the Republican
national chairman. You have made your
fight and have won, and you should hold
fast all that good fortune and the merit
of your cause have given you. The Re-
publican national committee is all right,
but it has no proper place in the local
affairs OF the Iowa Republicans. They
should settle their own differences in their
own way. What If those differences are
sharp and some heat has been engender-
ed? That should insure the larger vote
after everything has been arranged. And
then, governor, you stand not only for
yourself, but for the cause of tariff revi-
sion The stand patters said that you
could not carry the delegates on that
issue Now that you have done so they
seek to set aside or confuse the verdict.
Don't let them do it. Iowa is not only
Republican state, but is in favor Of tariff
revision on protection lines. She has
spoken through your candidacy. Mr.. Per-
kins is unhappy, but it is not your place
to console him. Leave him to time and
tide and ask for his support at the polls.
"First Victory For Bryan Congress"
No well informed person will ac-
cuse the Philadelphia Inquirer Of be
ing a Democratic paper. On the con-
trary, it is one of the most rampant
Republican papers in the land-a thick
and thin organ Nevertheless even the
Inquirer can discern the signs of a
Democratic triumph in the congression-
al elections this fall. Under the above
caption it says editorially:
That is a miserable situation in Lu-
zerne county. where two Republicans
have been nominated for congress in the
same district.
There seems to have been no excuse for
it. High handed proceedings on the part
of the chairman Of the convention and
his refusal to accept the report of the
tellers naturally produced confusion and
a break The result was split into
factions
If the two candidates shall remain in
the field the district now represented by
Ha&ry w. Palmer, Republican, will be
carried by the Democrats.
Score one already for the Bryan con-
gress which all Democrats hope to elect
next November.
Organism Is rampant. A united Demo
cratic party throughout the Union viii
plunge vigorously into every doubtful dis
trict, and there is danger There can be
no doubt of that A handful Of districts
won by the Democrats in Pennsylvania
might very easily turn the house of rep
resentatives over to the Democracy, and
Democratic house would be accepted by
the Democrats everywhere as the fore
runner Of the triumph of Bryan in the
coming presidential campaign.
Yet in spite of this real danger factions
in Luzerne deliberately hand that dis
trict over to the Democrats.
But. after ALL this is no more than any
considerable following of the Lincoln
party would accomplish in various other
districts
Opposition to the Republican party in
Pennsylvania means the possible If not
probable choice Of a Democratic house
and the prestige of victory to encourage
the campaign Of William Jennings Bryan
for president Of the United States.
Most Noble Judge.
MY good and brilliant friend, Judge
O'Neil Ryan of st. Louis, has recently
rendered decision that carries con-