Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-08-17
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an pOlltlCdl 6lIQ6COQ IN Iowa
is "chaos." The only thing
clear about the state convention Is that
Mr.. Secretary Shaw is no longer the
.favorite son of Hawkeye Republicans
~ presidential candidate chat IL. II
that convention fairly represents Re
publican sentiment In that state. Hon.
George D. Perkins, who was the lead
ing gubernatorial candidate, says that
It does not represent Iowa Republican
sentiment and that the Cumminsites
stole the convention. If that be true,
Secretary Shaw may yet loom large on
the presidential horizon. There Is
much Of soreness among the stand pat
ters, and many persons believe that
enough Of them viii bolt to elect the
Democratic ticket. Think Of such SUI
psr6minent stand patters as Colonel
William Peters Hepburn, Major John
3. Lacey and Robert G. Cousins run.
ming for congress on tariff revision
platform and whooping 1t up for Cum
minis - Iowa's favorite sonl
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The Vice Presidency.
Nothing has occurred which SO thor
oughly demonstrates the force of the.
Bryan movement and the abiding faith
which man havs In both bis nomina-
tion and election az the statement Of
Hon. Charles A. Towne that he will be
clad TO accept vice presidential NOM
nation on ticket with Bryan, but
would not accept 1t on ticket with
anybody else. Evidently Towne con-
sidsrs Rryan's election among the Ger
tAinties. Mr.. Towne Is himself a man
Of presidential stature, a splendid
specimen Of mental, moral and pigs
ical manhood, in the very flower Of his
years, loved and trusted and admired
by all who know him. Handsome,
graceful and prepossessing, he would
be an ideal presiding officer for the
senate and would discharge the duties
Of that high station with tact, dignity
and signal ability. He Is student Of
men and things, versed In the history
Of his country, as we'll as In the sci
snoe OF politics. and Is an orator of
rare power. Bryan and Towne would
make the greatest oratorical team ever
nominated on one ticket for the two
highest Offices within the gift Of the
American people. Nobody except some
malignant blathsrskite ever said an
unkind word concerning Charles A.
TOwns. He has the satisfaction Of
knowing that he enjoys the sincere
frisndship Of every human being ac-
quainted with him whose friendship
II worth the having.
he wears no mans and no party's
collar. he was Republican repre-
ssntinS In congress an Overwhelmingly
Republican district which included
tho ambitious and growing city Of Du-
luth, and gas prime favog1tt In that
district when be lat the Republican
party on question Of conscience. Hv-
erybody knew that he spoke the sober
truth whom he saad during the lats SEES
sion Of congress that he could have re-
mainsd In congress TIL the day Of his
death ~ Republican had be been
willing to swallow everything labeled
RApublicanism, but whom he knew
that party to be wrong he left 1t and
oast his fortunes with the Democrats.
30 be voluntarily went out Of the
house. subsequently, hs served In the
senate for about stx wsefs By appoint
msnt from that great Democrat, Gov
ernor John Lind Of Minnesota, a. the
successor to CushmAn Il. Davis, the
brilliant shakespearsan scholar. After
his brisf term In the senate Ne Towns
removed to New York city to practice
law, with no thought Of rs-sntering
consrsas. but Tammany gladly gave
him a ssat In the house, whore no Is
now serving with high distinction.
The American people would be honor
ing themselves by making Towne vice
president, which position he would
honor as highly a. any man that evsr
occupied It. "Mr. Woe President
Tswns" would sound veal.
esslne New Light
It Is with great pleasure that / an