The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-03
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quences. Among them are possible
changes in the !, congressional delega-
tion. The progressives control the COM
ing eleventh district convention, and
threaten to retire Congressman Hubs
bard of Sioux City because; Of his Per-
kins' affiliations in the fight. ~ i
In the sixth district there is trouble
for Major Lacey. He has fought Gum
minis hard, and has the. ennlity of the
progressives in his" district, who are es-
pecially strong in -.Wapello, Jasper and
Poweshiek counties. Major Lacey is
renominated, but the district is, rather
close, and the democrats are united on
Weaver, the redo D hfo old Warh WARM
i, who has served with distinction in the
democratic parties. He viii be nom:
mated at Ottumwa, Aug. Is, and will
give Major Lacey q hard fight. ,.,ea.
fractional feeling runs high in the
second district, and while Congressman
Dawson; kept out of the fight all he
district is normally democratic, and the
democrats expect to- nominate former
Congressman Wade Of Davenport. Tho
general impression seems to be that
Wade will win. The loss of the second
and sixth districts would be OF national
| Importance. =. 800 .--.:
The first district might be turned too.
but for; the fact. that both; republican
and democratic nominees are Blythe
men,, and the anti-Blythe republicans
cannot get any satisfaction from
| boiling 49, e~..w "a ~ -.
1t is the standpatters who are bitter
against j.. A. r. Hull in the seventh
district. Cummins was for Judge Prou-
ty in the: old Hull-Prouty fight. but
Hull seemed to lose, nerve this spring
and joined hands with gCummins. The
elected for Cummins and Hull, and a
Cummins and Hull club did active
work. The stanlpatters made an eff
| fort to beat Cummins in Polk county,
getting about 40 per. cent Of the vote,
and they are denouncing Hull for his
premature surrender. They threaten to
scratch him, but there is no possible
| Denis welcome, Boilers.
The democratic convention will be
held next Tuesday at Waterloo. The
governorship probabilities are John D
Denison,~ Jr., and George w. Ball OF
Iowa City. Both Wade and Weaver
have been discussed, but have refused
to run, and both seem to prefer making
the race, for congress. The democrats
d1t 1cCc1F1uS d1l SOI 10 VI SASohAofC
ment from standpat leaders, who de
clare there will be- wholesale bolt o1
Cummins and practically his whole
ticket. 49, r,. .q'G ~ =. i'af. 80:
The speech of George D. Perkins
in which he pledged his support again
to 'the national republican party
with emphasis on the - national, - jwa
taken as the keynote for his friends
and they are widely alking bolt. The
Des MONIES Capital, Lafayette Young, I
paper, says "it is time there should
be peace in Iowa. but it's support o:
the ticket will be 5half-hearted, ant
almost as bad as open opposition. TIL,
same is true of the Sioux City journal
and the Burlington aHawkeyet makes 1
noise like an out-anu-out bolt. ;,yre,
The congressman will have to lin.
up for Cummins, but the standpa
workers, as rule will, abuse: Cum
Minis Just as hard now as they did be
! fore the convention. In many "reser
sxation4A.zla .eaAa+ies.ita he hard to fin
G Gpmaig Ia "a ths14eaaiar organina
htionssW NJ moSa DC lsssshostile. TIL
d demoerat : Whsa cu1aafns1s was frs
nominal the. Rock Island Favored
him, as he had been one Of the road
Attorneys This year it Joined the sB y
lipgfon and. the NORTH w estern Nth
war against him, and this Rock tslana
! influence lost Cummins several ,coun
= ties which he carried before, countle
, like Iowa, johnson, Muscatine, Adall
J. Cass and Pottawattamie.