The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-09-09
STAND-PATTERS
BEAT CUMMINS
Iowa Governor Lacks Eleven
Votes of Succeeding to
the Senatorship.
FEELING GROWS INTENSE
FRACTIONAL FIGHT RENDERS THE
STATE DOUBTFUL.
FEELING GROWS INTENSE

Des Moines Ia. Sept. S.-True to their
pledge to one another, forty-two stand
pat Republicans in the state legislature
today prevented the election of Governor
A. b. Cummins to the United States sem
ate to fill out the unexpired term of the
late ". b. Allison. These forty-two sem
ators and representatives refused to cast
their votes for Governor Cummins and
with the forty-five Democrats who voted
for Porter they outnumbered the sixty
five Republicans who voted for Cummins
Not only did the stand-patters prevent an
election today, but they declared that ii
is their intention to continue in their
course, deadlocking the legislature. if il
is necessary. to keep CuDmins out OF
the United States senate. Both sides say
tonight that they will not yield.
VIII Soon Adjourn.
There is disposition among many men
of both factions to hurry the primary
law legislation. for which the extra ses-
sion was convened, and then adjourn
Todays voting was conducted by each
branch of the legislature separately. The
house proceeded to the roll call on sena-
tor in the morning.
With the very first response from
stand-pat Republican il became evident
that the stand-pat plan to prevent an
election would be carried out Every
stand-patter stood by his pledge. and
when the vote was announced it was
found to stand follows:
Cummins. A.: Claude r. Porter. Demo
crat, 81; Funk 4; Perkins. /; William
Larabee, l. with the stand-pat strength
Of IS votes cast for various candidates.
including Walter l. Smith. w. p Hep
burn. G. N Haugen and A. F. Dawson.
of the Iowa delegation in congress.
Result in Senate.
In the senate the vote was postponed
until afternoon. There Cunlmins received
u, and Porter II. while the II votes OF
the stand-patters were scattered. as in
the house In both houses the stand
patters explained their opposition 10
Cummins on the ground that they did
not believe in proceeding with an cleo
ton until the people had chance to
express their preference in primary cleo
tio2.
Governor Cummins was seen at his Of
| flee after the vote in the senate. He
said that he had nothing to say for pub
| LEGATION. but that he regretted that SO
many Republicans had found it neces-
sary to bolt the decision of their party
| caucus
| Tonight much bitterness is expressed
among the progressives. who talk of bolt
ing the state and legislative tickets al
the polls if the stand-patters refuse to
| give their majority recognition.
| The stand-patters are much elated. IheH
| figure that the defeat of the governor
at this time effectively DISCREPANCIES the
progressive forces and make his success
| impossible. There are those who thlnI
the effect on the movement which hc
has been leading will be very detrimcn
tai and that it will begin to disintegrate
Joyous Democrats.
| Democrats were juhilant at today:
events. They are hopeful that the join
session will disclose the fact that thu
stand-patters have forced deadlock, ano
will hasten the enactment of any kim
| of primary law in order to compel ad
| journment as quickly as possible an'
while the Republicans are at loggerheads
| There was talk tonight among th'
stand-patters that they would stand TO
the election of any man in the joint ses
sion except Cummins. and suggested tina
he withdraw and permit the election o
some one either the choice of the ma
jority of the party caucus or OF the to
tai number of representatives of the as
sembly represented in the caucus.