The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-04
CUMMINS AIMS
To Be IOWA'S
NEXT SENATOR
Governor Confident He
Can Defeat Veteran
Allison.

Announcement by Governor Albert b.
Cummins. OF Iowa. that he is a candi-
date for the Senatorial seat now occu-
pied by William b. Allison, has attract
ed national interest Not only does It
eliminate the Iowa governor from the
field Of Presidential possibilities, but 1t
means that Iowa is probably 10 have 4
repetition OF the bitter factlopsI fight OF
last wear, in which Cummins won n
third nomination and election as gov
ernor
Senator Allison is serving his sixth
consecutive term. lie has been a SEN
ator longer Than any o-her man in the
history OF the nation. He has been
nearer the Presidency than perhars any
other man ever was who missed the
great office. For nearly a generation
the suggestion of opposition to him has
been regarded in Iowa as little less than
treason.
Bar Sentimental Fight.
But the Cummins forces announce
mat they will not be denied on any SEN
tmental grounds. II Senator Allison
wishes TO retain his seat in the Senate
he will have to fight for it. they say.
They refuse TO stand aside and let the
grand old man OF Iowa round out
his career with another term.
50 at the age of eighty years and
after having been a member Of the
Senate for thirty-five years. which time
no has been one OF its leading figures,
Mr.. Allison broken in health is facing
the hardest tight of his political career
and when he is least allie TO meet his
opponent on equal terms
Cummins intends to make a hard tig.ht
Tor the Senatorship. His friends believe
ne Is stronger in Iowa today than he
ever was. and that il Senator Allison
would elect 10 announce his candidacy
and refuse to make an active campaign
the governor would win.
Allison May Get Better.
Recent reports from Dubuque are by
no means entirely discouraginR as to
Senator Anison's health. and his friends
here hope that he may be able vet to
surprise his political opponents bv en-
tering the fight and making an active
campaign without taking his life in his
hands. \ year ago last winter he was
seriously III FOR a long time. the hard
work during the fight over the rate bill
having taxed his strength
The Cummins campaign has been care.
iully mapped out For the present his
candidacy viii not be actively pushed.
IN a month or so the Iowa governor
VIII begin his lecturing tour at the
various Chautauqua assemblies which
VIII keep him busy for three months
until fall He will take occasion in his
Itctures 10 take "A prominent staAG for
ha Ional reform and progressive politics.
and also repea. his declaration for Presi-
dent for third term.
To Attack Record.
If Senator Allison decides to make
tight for the denomination. the Cum
minis men announce that they will at
tack his record in Congress. and claim,
TO have material TO prove that he is not
in sympathy with the progressive ideas
Of the majority Of the people OF Iowa.
They will refuse TO accept his long and
honorable service as sufficient reason
for giving him another term. and claim
that he mas been too closely allied with
such men as Aldrich 10 have been IN a
position 10 look out FOR the best in
forests OF The people in Iowa and the
country AT large.
That Senator Allison will announce
his retirement from the race rather
IMAM risk the dangers of a hard cam
The anti-Cummins forces are already
considering candidates. with which 70
make the fight against the governor.
EN-Representative John Z. Lacey. OF
me sixth Congressional district, has
h1een prominently mentioned as a can
didatc.
Shaw in Close Touch.
Leslie NJ. Shaw. former Secretary Of
the treasury. and now president OF the
Carnegie Trust Company of Nctz York.
aull maintains his Iowa residence at
Denni5on, and is keeping in close touch
with the situation in his State and is
expected to be candidate should ALI
son retire.
Iowa showed that Cummins had lost
strength. his plurality being reduced
from more than hundred Thousand the
second time he ran for governor. to ONLY
-@.VW tbs friends however, assert that
ne rs stronger than ever, and that the
opposition last fall was a demonstration
Of strength rather than a sign of weak
ness. as Cummins won with every force
mat the opposition, could muster and
that no such combination can be formed
against him again.
Under the new primars- law candidates
Tor Senator viii go before the voters
az az, TIC November elections next year.
though The result is not absolutely bind
ing on the State Legislature as in the
case of delegates TO the State conven-
ton as 10 nominations for State Offices
To Keep Forces Intact.
Every effort will be made bv Cum
Minis friends 10 keep their forces in
tact and not allow the ambitions of his
chief iieutenants to succeed him as gov
ernor to bring on a fractional contest.
There are already several candidates
talked Of for Cummins' Job
Lieutenant Governor Garst, former
Representative Lane, Of Davenport. A.
y. Funk, of Spirit Lake. and Attor-
ney General Bayers are those most
prominently mentioned. The anti-Cum-
Minis forces are talking OF former Rep