Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-05-31
Scummlns FOR SENATOR.

SIS The newspaper FeQVrlcTS 0he 6SS
a siping now about the Intention OF Gov
4 ernor Ctummins' friends to present the
governors candidacy for United States
senator to succeed Senator Allison.
The .Yriendss have done nothing a. yet
to precipitate such an announcement
lsSut it has been known for some time
that the logic Of tho situation would
! make the governor candidate for the
senatorship before the primary to be
held next hummer. The governor has
9cherished IN ambition for many years
To 80 TO the senate. It has been
laudabls ambition and he has been
frank about it. He tried once before
ana failed. The man elected was 50
Isold thai hi died before he could enter
upon the new term to which he had
been electsd over Cummins Il has
been very generally believed that 9
/ political mistake was made when the
defeat az Cummins was accomplished
1T that time; believed by the men who
/ accomplished 1t.
The political forces then in the as
I cendancy in Iowa which were OF such
Strength as to keep cummins down
have sirlce met several very crushing
defeats. The political gathering TO-
sGether s,f men which was effected in
the Cunimins campaign for the senate,
;furnished the nucleus for future cam
paigns which has almost reorganized
j The public service, DESTROYED favortisn
I Ia railrcad assessments. abolished the
free pass bride, given US the two-cent
fare and state wide primary. Thru
ii all Cummins has been leader and
n many OF the campaigns an unwilling
candidate. But he has stood by the
skriends who stood by him and has
fought hard for issues and for causes.
Many believe that he could have
gone to the senate by election in Dol
sliver's place last winter. so loud was
The enthusiasm for victorious leader
ainath last legislature but he felt that
! be had promised not to oppose Senator
/ Dolliverl and he Insisted upon keeping
( his word even tho the senator's part
Hi the campaign had largely released
him from personal obligations and the
ternpta ton before him was great.
S Next year the field will be open
senator Allison, il he lives will be 70
years old on the second day Of next
March. He would be past S0Jwhen the
I next legislature could convene to give
Shin his reelection II he should seek
one and well into the SOS before he
could begin his new term as senator.
He has served a long and useful and
most honorable career and can quit at I
the zenith Of his glory. He is q very
sick man now. II he should be ~
elected without opposition and should
live to enter the new term it would
only be to display his decline IN
strength and usefulness and power. He
ought to be spared by his friends and
by the state which has loved and hon !
Scred him. Under all human probablli-
sty he viii not be candid date. but If he
It's it will be because his friends are SO
neartless and, so remorseless as to force 4
III sick man past 80 years old to stay in
the active and onerous work Of the
senate solely to keep a strong man.
twenty years his junior, out. Since the
time has come by the mere passing OF
years for him to quit. who IS there
among iowa public men, stronger in
intellect, IN capacity, in the, confidence
Iof the people and better able to sue
deed Senator Allison than is Governor
sCammins.?