The Cairo bulletin., 1908-09-09
FORTY.TWO REPUBLICANS STICK
TO PLEDGE AND PREVENT
HIS ELECTION AS
SENATOR.
IOWA LEGISLATURE
BADLY DISRUPTED
Stand Patters Declare They Viii Con.
tinue to Deadlock Session Unless
Cumnlns WithdraWG--Demo-
Gratis JubIant Over sit
uatlon.

Des Moines, Iowa, Sept 8-True to
their pledge TO each other, forty-two
"stand.patter' Republicans in the leg
isaturc today prevented the election
Of Governor Cumins to the senate to
fiji out the uncxpired trem Of the late
w y Allison
These stand,paters refused 10 east
their votes for Cummins and with the
65 Democrats who voted for Porter
outnumbered the 50 Republicans who
voted for Cummins Not only did
these II prevent the e.ecliun todqy
but they declared that it. Is their
intention to continue in their course.
deadIockiug The legislature il neces,
sary too keep Cummins out of the
senate
Both Sides Determined.
Although prominent party leaders
came from al parts of the state to- !
day for the legislative session, and I
also fer tlc Republican judicial con
yention which meets tomorrow, they |
failed to bring about an adjustment OF
differences. Both sides say tonight |
that they viii not Yield
There is a disposition among many
ftho men Of both factions to hurry
up the primary law legislation for
which the extra session was convened
and then adjourn.
The proposition to adjourn would
win all the standpat Republican votes
and probably some of the Democratic
yotse il is claimed, for Cummins
The Vote.
In the house the vote stood. Cum.
Minis a, Claude r. Porter Demo.
craD 81; Funk (; Perkins / Lara
bee d, with the stand-pat strength of
Is votes east for various candidates.
including Walter l. Smith, w. p. Hep /,
burn. G. N. Haughon and A. f. Daw.
son. o fthe Iowa delegation in con.
gress. .
In the senate the vote was Cum ,
Minis, p votes. and Porter. II, while {
the II votes Of tIe stand-patters were ,
scattered
The Stand patters put their opposi f
ton to Cummins on the ground that r
they do not believe in proceeding with c
an election until the people have !
chance to express their prefernc in q c
primary election.
Cummins after the vote said that Z
he regretted that SO many Repub. &
Leans had found IL necessary to bolt j
he decision of their party causus.
Tonight much bitterness is express. /,
n among the proErossiyes and open I,
ak of bolting The state and legis. :,
atiye tickets at the polls if the stand. in
,atters refuse 10 give their majority n
e,
) The standpatters believe that the
Iefest of the governor this time ef r
ectiyely disorganizes the progressive
orces and makes his success impos
ihle. There are those who think the =
feet on the movement which he has
cen leading will be very detrimental
nd that IL viii begin 90 disintegrate
Democrats Jubilsnt.
The Democrats were iubilant and
no hopeful that the joint session iu
.ill disclose the fact mat the stani.
alters have forced a deadlock anl
in hasten the enactment of any kind
Z a primary law in order TO compel
p an adjournment as quickly as pos
Ible. and while the eRpublicaus are d,
q loggerIeads. So
here was talk tonight among the %.
tand patters that they will stand for a.,
le election Of any man in the joint %,
assion except Cummius and It Is sug- nr
asted that he Withdraw and permit -,
p" eie''ioh ol some "'h'F en"i'e o. ma
boz majority Of the party caucus.