Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-08-07
Many Of His Former Opponents
Are Now Willing to Aid
Him
SENTIMENT is cRvsTALRINe
Letters and kilograms Pouring Into
the Governors Office Promise Him
Backine-M any of Them From
Those Who Formerly Opposed Him
Political Situation May Be Solved.
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OF the past tnree Gays CoHsihSe eiiS
friends of Governor Cummins that no
action on his part will be necessary to
succeed Senator Allison. With remark
ai,'e unanimity the people of Iowa OIL
all factions are saying that there
shoulc be no opposition whatever to
Csvslnor Cummins. 1t has been sur
orise to the governors warmest ad-
mirers kilograms have been coming in
IRON many sources assuring the gov
ernor Df support and as a matter OF
fact. the majority of them are from
persons who heretofore have not been
supporters of the governor.
II appears at this early date that II
this sentiment is allowed to continue
without interruption 1t would soon
solve the political phases of the sltu-
atioa t. the satisfaction of everyone
and greatly to the benefit Of the
chances OF the state ticket. and 1t VIII
d. moro at this time, with an election
coming on to insure the success pl the
republican ticket, than anything that
could i.alpen and will do more to re-
/, ove Fer the good OF the party much
os Tx. evils OF the bitter fights that
have taken place in the past.
The progressives OF Iowa are confi-
dent Of their position and with fun
knowledge OF the hard fights they have
gone thru with in the party they would
not hesitate to undertake these fights
all over again if that was the only
way to accomplish the good that has
been accomplished. But these PROPOSE
tions have been pretty we'll threshed
out now and everybody seems wiling
and ready to say that the laws that
have been passed and the things ac-
complished are good. There seems
therefore to be no particular reason
for opposing Cummins' advent 10 the
senate and those who have opposed
him in the past are now expressing
themselves in the governors favor.
Governor Cummins would never have
been a candidate for the United States
senate this year but for the belief
and the assurance that Senator Alli-
son would not be candidate. E[e had
that assurance from persons who at
terward opposed Cummins in the; CAM
paign. He was Informed by personal
friends of Senator Allison that the
senator's physical condition was such
that he could not possibly be can
didate for denomination and was as
sured by these men that he would get
their support
Governor Cummins has always been
a friend of Senator Allison and With
the information at hand that Allison
would not ask for reelection Governor
Cummins made the announcement OF
his candidacy. This was followed soon
after by the announcement of the can
didacy of Senator Allison, which was
a decided surprise to Governor Cum
MINIS Just what We're the influences
field may not be clearly known at this
time. 1t is known that when the men
who have been the chief actors in the
campaign are ali dead and gone history
will cleai. up many things that cannot
be related now. The newspapers
when DUNG the campaign claimed
TIM: Allison was enjoying the best of
::ealt!i, now freely admit that as far
back as last December he was in
very weakened condition and their ac-
counts of his illness published now
disclose that the information given to
toe governor was correct.
But with the unanimity with which
the people of the state are coming to
the support of Cummins now there is
every reason to believe that the scars
made by the recent campaign will be
the most quickly healed by any politi-
cal scars made in Iowa in many years.