The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-10-22
ARE KNITTING
GOV. CUMM|NS.
Hepburn Has OutLong Dagger for
Undoing Of Lacey's Opponent.
IS SENDING OUT CIRCULARS,
Yet Crafty Peter IS Making Adroit
Appeals to ProgTessives.

Editor Daily Tribune-The Hepburn
men of this district are using a smooth
way to attack Cummins in his candi.
dacy for United States senator. They
dare not openly oppose Cummins at
this time, for many of the Cummins
men are inclined to oppose Hepburn
for reelection. But the Hepburn men
are determined that Cummins shall
not be nominated for senator. 1t is
remembered in this district that at
the Blythe headquarters in Des
Moines at the time of the state con-
vention in 1906 that Hepburn was
very active in trying to secure the de-
feat of Cummins for governor Hep
burn was warned that his activity
might cost him votes in his district.
He replied that he would prefer his
own defeat to the nomination of Gov
ernor Cummins. This statement is re-
membered here and it is now thought
that he is still in the same frame of
mind. 1t is also remembered that in
the last legislature Hepburn had it in
his power to elect Cummins to the
United States senate and he made no
effort to do so. In fact he made an eff
tort to make it possible to keep Cum
minis from being elected. Every Hep
burn man in the legislature in this
district bolted' the nomination of the
regular Republican candidate for SEN
ator.
1t is apparent to every one that Hep
burn is much interested in the defeat
of Cummins for the senate. He has
heard much of the threatened defec-
ton of Cummins from his ranks and
has recently made a canvass of the
district in an effort to conciliate the
progressives. But at no town in the
district did the progressives attend
his caucuses and he has evidently con-
cluded that he has nothing but oppo-
sition to expect from the Cummins
men in any event and that he may as
well make himself solid with the
standpatters.
Since his return there has been
sent out from the Hepburn headquar-
tiers at Clarinda about two thousand
circulars attacking Governor Cum
Minis. The attack on the governor
consists in some garbled editorials
from the Shenandoah World while
Porter was the candidate for governor
against Cummins in the general cleo
ton Of 1906 when something like $500
standpat Hepburn Republicans bolted
Cummins and gave Porter majority
of 1900 In the Eighth district in spite
Of the fact that some 1900 Democrats
voted for Cummins for governor.
The assault upon Cummins is under
the guise of attacks upon Jameson.
However, they were not sent to men
that were likely to vote for Jameson.
but to voters who might be thinking
there was no use to oppose Cummins
at this time. They were sent to for
mer Allison men who would not sup
port Jameson.
The progressives Of this part of the
state are very much alive to the at
tempt and are aroused about the mat
ter. II is not at all likely that tn. cir
cular will be much more sent out but
1t Is probable it will result in many
votes for the Hon. w. D. Jameson for
congress against Hepburn. Hepburn's
duplicity in the Cummins matter is
glaringly apparent in the district and
Will be considered by many progress
sives before the election time comes
around. H. G.. BEARD
Mt. Ayr, Sept. 29.