The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-10-08

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not found wanting, to replace a mar
who is now seventy.five years old, ant
who has abused his opportunities ant
his ability to serve his people in near
ly a quarter OF century of congress
sional life. A man who has attained
Colonel Hepburn's age is entitled to
vacation-besides, 1t is mighty poo
plan to keep man too long in con
gress, because it has too great tend
ency to Joe Cannonize that body.
Hepburn Sets One Good Example.
To the man who is inclined to b,
somewhat independent politically
there is one point in which he cal
find 1t consistent to admire Colone
Hepburn, and that Is the one point o
boiling.
Wasn't it in the Greeley campaign
that the colonel said something abou
the Republican party having becom.
so rotten that the man in the moor
had to hold his nose when he passed
over Washington?
Then you will remember that it wal
Hepburn. through his henchmen, VIII
led the fight of the standpatters il
this Eighth district in their figh
against Cummins, two years ago,
fight that gave the district to Hepburn
by 3,416 and at the same time gave
to Porter by 1902. If every Democra
in the district voted for Porter, thes,
figures would indicate that 5.91S stand
pat Republicans voted for Porter
And this even was after a deal hat
been made by the leaders of the pre-
gressive and the leaders of the stand
patters, deal in which the progress
sives agreed to vote for Hepburn ant
the standpatters agreed to vote TO.
Cummins. The only trouble with thi:
deal was that the progressves keL
their promises, while the standpat,
forgot to do it. This was a decided
example of bolt.
Hepburn's own home county of Pag.
kept up its full proportion in this
standpat bolt from Cummins, by Civ
ing Hepburn a majority of 709 an.
Porter majority of Goethe frs
time this county was carried by {;
Democrat since 1862, or Whereabouts
When Colonel Hepburn leads a boil
he seems TO do it up to a queen
taste.
Then during the recent extra session
OF the legislature, when Cummins hat
received the regular caucus nomina
ton for United States senator, it wa
Hepburn's own district that furnishe.
nearly one-quarter of the boilers VIII
made the deadlock. Ten of the repre-
sentatives and senators from this dis
trict, every one OF them standpatters
joined in this bolt. There is no doub
but that if Colonel Hepburn ha.
tried he could have persuaded ever.
one of these senators and representa-
tives from this district to have vote,
for Governor Cummins, the regula;
caucus nominee.
In other words, if Colonel Hepbur,
had wanted to he could have elected
Governor Cummins. the regular eau
Gus nominee, to the United States sen
ate.
These are examples and facts tina
the progressives in this district will
give very serious consideration to.
They will also give close considera
tion to the fact that during the session
of the geenral assembly a year ag,
last winter, while Mr.. Jameson wa!
in the state senate, that he voted il
every case with the progressives fol
the reform measures which wert
passed by this general assembly, meas
ures that have forever fixed the stand
ing of Governor Cummins and his win,
of the party in the history of thi.
state, and measures that would no
have become laws had it not been fo
the hearty support of Senator Jamie
son and a good many others of tn,
Democrats in this general assembly.
These are the examples and the con
ditions that will make many of tn
progressives of this district vote TO;
Senator Jameson as against Colone
Hepburn.
Another thing that will have an in
fuence in the same direction upon tn,
progressives is the fact that there j.
not man in the whole state Of low;
who has been more abusive of Cover
nor Cummins, nor one who has beer
more effective in his work agains
Governor Cummins and his policies
One of the greatest victories the pro
gressives could have would be the de
feat of Colonel Hepburn.
Colonel Hepburn has number o
farms in this district. He has large
and very valuable one near Clarinda
in Page county. he has large one il
Decatur county, and it is said that b.
has many more properties in this dis
trict and that he has money loaned il
many places. And in the city O
washington, which is his real home, a,
he hardly ever visits Clarinda, b.
owns an elegant residence. In othel
words, he is a man OF wealth. Ye
just a short time since he voted TO:
an increase in his own pay because /,
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