Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-12-04
NO CHANCE TO
BEAT DOLLIVER
in LIGHT OF LOGIC OF POLITICS
STORY ABOUT sTANDPAT.
TIERS is SILLY
Junior Senator is Said to Have Enough
Votes to Control the Republican eau
cus-No Combination With Demo-
Gratis to Elect.

Cus-No Cotnpinatton with Demo-
Gratis to Elect.
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stories about standpat republicans be-
ing willing to vote for Cummins for
United States senator as against Sen
ator Dolliver were without foundation.
Il am not prepared to deny that many
Of the standpatters dispise Dolliver
and would like to see him left at
home in Fort Dodge; and know, al
so, that some of them have been talk
ing to the Cummins men about Cum
minis being candidate SO they can
vote for him in preference to Dolli-
yer; but let me tell you something:
When 1t comes to the point of their
voting for Cummins, actually and in
fact, there would be nothing doing.
To Stir Up Animals.
Viewed in the light Of the logic of
politics the story Is silly. Privately
I am convinced that some shrewd
Cummins man started it either to stir
up the animals or in the hope Of
forcing a fight in which Cummins
legislators might conclude that the
only thing to do would be to vote for
Cummfns instead of Dolliver thus op-
ening up the whole question"
Iowa newspaper readers were given
an outline of the suggestion along
these lines which became public i'm.
mediately after election; they are
now being entertained by the revamp-
ed story coming out Of washington, D.
O., where 1t is said to have created
sensation.
No Signs Of Bolt. .
What may be done by the statndpat-
ters of the state in the line Of organic
ing fight against Dolliver has not
been disclosed
But as to Governor Cummins, he
will not be a candidate against Dol
| liver. This Is definite and certain.
Dolliver claims to have enough
written pledges to control the repub-
lican Joint legislative caucus. With
the Cummins forces plus his own per-
sonal strength this must be the fact.
His friends reason therefore, that
there is no way in which he can be
defeated except by the stand patters
bolting the republican caucus. No
one expects that to be done. The
standpatters are not that kind of re-
publicans.
Combination an ImpossibiIity.
A democratic-republican combina-
tion on United States senator would
appear to be a political impossibility
in Iowa, under any circumstances No
one imagines that Secretary Shaw,
John F. Lacey or any other man or
party principles would accept an elect
ion at the hands of democrats.
So that the estimate of the promin-
ent standpatters referred to at the
opening of this letter, that these stor-
les are fairy tales, appeals to posted
politicians as correct
Lacey Not Candidate.
The friends of Congressman Lacey
say that the dispatches from Washing
ton which state that President Roose-
velt is going to make Congressman
McCleary land commissioner instead
Of Congressman Lacey, do the latter
an injustice as they leave the i'm
preston that he is a candidate for the
appointment. He is not and has not
been. The appointment of some other
republican will not be a defeat for
Major Lacey.
Needs No Appointment.
The sixth district congressman is
one of the best lawyers in the coun-
try and is a man of considerable
wealth. He has no special need of a
mere appointment to a public place.
Indeed, his friends say that they would
regret to see him accept such an ap-
pointment for they believe that he Is
too big man to devote his talent to
that sort Of thing
1t is understood that Major Lacey
is interested in railroad enterprises in
Alaska which have great future 1t
is believed that when he retires from
congress he will devote himself to his
private interests and the practice of
the law.
Paul Mclean in Harness.
Readers of newspapers have OBJ
served that Paul Mclean is getting
back into the harness. His name ap-
pears at the bottom of sundry dis
patches from Washington, D. S. He
is connected with some of the feder-
al business there but it is understood
that he will succeed Frank j. Still
man, as correspondent of the Sioux
City Journal and some other news
papers at the national capitol during
the coming session Of congress His
appointment to place in the canal
CONSTRUCTING force in Panama was a