Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-09-10

eTANpPATTERs SUCCEED IN
BLOCKING GOV. CUNNING
ELECTION AS SENATOR.
BOTH FACTIONS ARE FIRM
Declare Their Intention to Continue
Their Course Neutrality-suspicious.
ocrats JublIant Over
the Situation.

Des Moines, Ia, Sept. 9.--True to
their pledge to each other, AZ stand
pat Republicans in the state legisla.
ture Tuesday prevented the election Of
Gov. A. B. Cummins to the United
States senate to fill out the unexpired
term Of the late w. B. Allison. These
~ senators and representatives re-.
fused to cast their votes for Gov Cum
minis and with the 40 Democrats who
voted for Porter, they outnumbered
the S. Republicans who voted for
Cummins. Not only did the standpat
tiers prevent an election Tuesday but
they declared that 1t Is their intention
to continue In their course, deadlock
ing the legislature II 1t is necessary to
keep Gov. Cummins out Of the United
States senate. Both sides say that
they will not yield.
There Is disposition among many
men Of both factions to hurry the pri-
mary law legislation, for which the
extra session was convened, and then
adjourn. Tuesdays voting was con-
Quoted by each branch Of the legisla-
ture separately. The house proceeded
to the roll call on senator In the morn
ing. With the very first response,
from stand pat Republican, 1t be-
came evident that the standpat plan
to prevent an election would be car
Tied out. Every standpatter stood by
his pledge and when the vote was an
nounced 1t was found to stand as fol.
lows:
Cummins, "A; Claude r. Porter
(Dem.), 81; Funk, 4; Perkins, J.; Will
liam Larrabee, /; and with the stand
pat strength Of 2S votes cast for vari-
GUS candidates, including Walter I.
Smith, W. P. Hepburn, G. M. Haugon
and A. F. Dawson Of the Iowa dele
cation in congress.
In the senate the vote was post
poned until afternoon. There Cum
minis received 81 votes, Porter IA,
while the IA votes Of the standpatters
were scattered as In the house.
In both houses the standpatters ex-
planned their opposition to Cummins
ON the ground that they did not be-
lieve in proceeding with an election
until the people had a chance to ex-
press their preference in primary cleo
ton.
Gov. Cummins was seen at his Of
fee after the vote in the senate. He
said that he had nothing to say for
publication, but that he regretted that
30 many Republicans had found 1t nee
essary to bolt the decision Of their
party caucus.
Tuesday night much bitterness was
expressed among the progressives
who talk Of boiling In the state and
legislative tickets at the polls II the
standpatters refuse to give their ma
jority recognition.
The standpatters are much elated.
They figure that the defeat Of the gov
ernor at this time effectively disor-
ganizes the progressive forces and
makes his success impossible. There
are those who think the effect on the
movement which he has been leading
will be very detrimental and that 1t will
begin to disintegrate. I
Democrats were jubilant at Tues.
days events They are hopeful that
the Joint session will disclose the fact
that the standpatters have forced a
deadlock and will hasten the enact
ment Of any kind of primary law in
order to compel adjournment as quick