Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-07
LITTLE HOPE FOR DEMOCRATS
No Prospect of Their Receiving Many
Republican Votes.

Republican Votes.
(From q Staff Correspondent.)
DIES MONIES, June 6.-(Special.)-Demo
cratic leaders are sizing up the situation
politically in Iowa just now, to ascertain
how to conduct their campaign. They
have been expecting that the results of the
primary election would be such that the
democratic vote in November would be
considerably sweued by republican votes.
Publicly and openly they are claiming now
that Iowa will go democratic in November
and that Fred White will be elected gov
ernor. Privately. but not for publication
with the use of thelK names, they are ad-
hitting that the situation is so mixed that
they do not expect to gain a great many
votes.
Though venerated for his years and his
service there is no denying that Allison
will be 80 years old on March 2 1909, two
days before he enters the term for which
ne was nominated Tuesday, and that fact
Will keep the Cummins men In. line. II
Allison were a young man with the proba-
biiity that one election TO the senate was
to be followed by others the temptation 10
the Cummins' men to bolt would be great.
But in the face of the fact that Allison
cannot serve the state a great while longer
the Cummins' people will not bolt. They
will turn in and help elect a republican
legislature. and, as they hope, a Cummins
legislature. so that in case of a vacancy.
which they are confident will come soon,
Cummins will be elected 70 the senate.
The progressiVes are furthermore taking
a philosophical view OF the matter and
claim that they lost only the position of
governor. They failed to capture the United
States senAtorship. but are gloryinE in
the fact that they probably nominated four
new progressives to the congress, which
II all are elected will give them six of the
eleven congressman. Many Of the pro-
gressives' candidates for the Legislature
got through and the legislature will prob
ABLY remain progressive. The standpatters
Wiil' however have a majority on the
executive council. Most OF the proRressivA
newspapers are considering Cummins' de-
feat as merely a luii in their fight. a mo-
mentaTy defeat, and are declaring that the
fight must continue. The standpat news
papers ~criticise the workings of the nri-
mary law. though il gave them a victory
and are charaoterizing the results as the
death knell of faetonalism and the elimi-
nation OF Cummins from political life.
II IL now generally conceded that Il was
the light vote in the northern part Of the
state. where cummin Is strong, that cost
MN tno NlctOIy. Az the same time AL
lison was considerably stronger in that
part OF the state than the cummins people
had suFmised.
Mrs. w. Van Werden wife OF DR.. ". Van
Werden. a prominent physician OF this city.
died this morning at Mercy hospital from
blood poisoning. Mrs. Van Werden had
been seriously III for two days. Two
weeks ago while cleaning house Mrs. Van
Werden stepped on q tack. DIR Van War-
den dressed the wound. which was not
thought AZ the time to be dangerous.
Wednesday she was taken very IN and she
was removed TO the hospital All night
physicians worked over Mrs. Van Werden.
but they were unable TO save her life.
DIR. Van werden IL III at the hospital
suffering from the shock resulting from
his wifs's death. Mrs. Van Werden has a
sister at Jacksonville. III.
Heirs OF the late Daniel Francis, the
wealthy East Dee Moines resident. who
died last week after deciding his entire
estate Of $4,000 TO the Preachers Aid So