The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-16
low AS CAMP Align
TAKES NEW TURN
federal CROWD, Is DRAWN
INTO STATE FIGHT.
Contest for Governorship Between Cum
minis and Perkins Grows More Com
plicated Since Receipt Of Delivers
Letter Indorsing Sioux City Mans
Governor Cumnins After Hepburn $
Scalp?

Special to The Journal.
Des Moines Iowa, March 16.--If the bitter
contest between Governor A. B. Cummins. lead
ing the progressive republicans of Iowa. and
George D.. Perkins of Sioux City, leading the
standpatters =, does not develop into fight
with the federal crowd and thereby threaten
to disrupt the entire political situation in Iowa.
then the rapid events of the last few days are
deceiving This is what has happened:
Senator Dolliver issued letter which has
been construed as decided Endorsement Of
Perkins. s#.@E= "a ~ 49, So
Captain J. A.. r Hull, representing the sew
enth district, has hurried home to investigate
an uprising with which the ''progressives' are
credited. s-.E '. - ..'.ss-....- = r
1t is announced that almost certainly can
didate will be brought in the field against Major
Lacey of the sixth.
Governor Cummns in public address cham
pioned the cause of A, I, Smith of Mount Ayr,
who is candidate for the seat occupied by
none other than Colonel Hepburn of rate-bill
fame.
A quiet movement has been discovered in the
eleventh to bring out an opponent to Representa-
tive f. H. Hubbard who was made congress
man by A. F. Call Mr.. Perkins present MAN.
ager. ~. E", p. '..',.'
Opposed to Governor. be- &c.,
Now these activities. generally speaking. have
been Interpreted as meaning what was already
the general belief-that the entire federal
crowd" is opposed to Governor Cummins and
| hopes to retire him to private life. The dis
! position of the CuInmins supporters to extend
their fight to the Washington delegation was
mot slow in manifesting itself. As far as
known, the Dolliver Endorsement of Perkins has
not won over a single Cummins follower. On
the contrary, no less conservative a newspaper
than the Des~ Moines Register and Leader an
nounced editorially. while discussing the Dolli-
| yer letter, that there would be rafting OF
bones If the congressional delegation q should
mix in the state fight. ..- t-.,..s.-
! There are many reasons why the delegation
| che ,,11 how for G1n
| these reasons are quite similar to those which
actuated the Wisconsin delegation in opposing
La Toilette. In the first place Cummins is 9
known aspirant to the United States senate
! He announced three weeks ago that he would
not be a candidate to succeed Senator Dolliver
so it is accepted he will wait till the seat now
occupied by Senator Allison is vacant. If Cum
minis keeps himself in sufficient power to put
himself In the senate when the time comes
il is unprecedented that he may carry some OF
his friends to congress.
u. a. g.. Wages War on Blythe.
Particularly are the representatives from south
Iiern Iowa justified in expecting hostility from
the Cunnlins faction. Southern Iowa is KNOW
as the. :.reseryation,'' and over it j. W. Blythe
1.-THE Iowa attorney for the Burlington, is cred
tied with. being boss. Blythe has been powe
lin Iowa politics, and in view of this fact, i
would not be expected that Lacey or Hull o
I Hepburn or Hodge would be nti-Blythe men
Now Cummins is waging open warfare on Blythe
HE mas mace ply part po1llics al Assue
viAhd If he wins, those associated In the popula
limind, with the Blythe camp may expect n
Iisupport from CMmnins men. Hodge, iron
liBlythes own district, has announced he will no
jagain be! candidate. and Cummfns men sa,
ithis is because he found he couldn't win again
| still more aggrayating feature Of the low
Isituation, from the standpoint of the Washing
ton Officials Is the determination of Governo
Cummins to Introduce the primary system an
to have it applied to the selection of congress
men--both representatives and senator's Will
it applies to the governorship well, the lates
bill introduced In the Iowa legislature, an
known ito have been drafted under Cummins
directions would. not go into effect until 1905
, or too late to affect Ethis: gubernatorial cam
paign. This is taken ito mean that Cummin
has an eye open for, the; senatorship, as wei
lions to be made directly by the people an
the: '.progressiyes'' set up great cry agains
railroad domination of politics, the present dele
) CATION may well fear that the people would b
governed by It, whether altogether warrante
by fact or not. FIJI