Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-11-25
IOWA CHOOSES
CUMM|NS
SENATOR
GOVERNOR SUCCEEDS
THE VETERAN ALLISON
End Comes to Bitter Faction
Fight Successful Candidate
Pledged to Tariff Revision and
Railroad Regulation,
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Des Moines, Ia. Nov. 24-GoVer-
nor A. B. Cummins at noon today
was elected by the Iowa Legislature
United States senator to succeed the
late william b. Allison The vote
stood Cummns, 10G. Porter tdemo-
craD, 55; three republicans did not
vote.
Having received a majority of all
the votes cast in the Joint session of
the Iowa senate and house, Mr. AL
bet y. Cummins is declared elected
United States senator for the term
ending March 4, 1909"
Lieutenant Governor Garst spoke
the works which brought thousand
cheering legislators and spectators to
their feet and when Senator Cum
Minis moment later walked to the
speakers stand preceded by his aged.
gray-haired father pandemonium
broke loose, The cheering continued
for five minutes, at the close of which
Senator Cummins began an address
10 the legislators.
All save three republican house and
senate members voted for election of
Cummins to the senate. The demo-
Gratis voted solidly for their candi-
date, Claude Porter, but their COM
bned strength aggregated but thirty
five votes.
Senator Cummins in a brief speech
thanked both the republican and
democratic members of the legisla- |
ture for the support they had given
him during the seven years of his ad
ministration as Iowa's governor Hell
declared that insofar as he was con
cerned bitter factionalism in Iowa is |
at an end.
II am naturally a republican ard
! shall,adhere to the principles Of myi
party because | believe that in so |
doing ] viii be doing the greatest
good FOR the greatest number" hel
declared II shall at all times, how J
ever be mindful of the great respon- 1
sibnlty imposed upon me by the peo-
pie of Iowa and will do everything in
my power to make myself of use to
those people"
At the close of the joint session |
Governor Cummins resigned as chief !
executive of the state and the oath |
of that office was administered ia
Lieutenant Governor Garst.
Governor Cummins today was elect |
ed 20 fill the uneXpired term Of Sena-
tor Allison ending March next. His |
reelection in January next to the full |
term of six years is unquestioned.
While Senator Cummins speech OF
acceptance was plea for harmo
and for an eradication of factional
differences in Iowa, he was none the |
less specific on questions which have
engaged his attention during his past
career. Speaking of his attitude on
the tariff. he pledged himself and his
efforts for immediate revision, He
declared himself unalterably opposed
to discrimination in the matter of
freight rates, and condemned stock
watering and other abuses of cor
porations.
Speaking of his position relative to
a revision of the tariff Senator Cum
Minis said
"As you all know | am In political
faith a republican. l believe in the
essential principles of that party and
] shall do my utmost to carry them
into effect. for thus. and thus only
as | view my duty. can l promote
the. welfare Of all the people. ! beg
to illustrate my meaning ! am deep
ly convinced of the justice and the
wisdom Of the economic system which
imposes protective duties on imports
and with my voice and vote in the |
senate of the United states. [ shall do
everything in my power to preserve
it, To me this established policy
of the republican party means duties
on competitive products high enough
TO fully protect the American produc-
er in his homo market against the
unfair rivalry Of ether countries. but
upon the other hand low enough to
insure TO the American consumer a
fair American price | am in abSo-
lutte harmony with the definition an
nOunced in the most recent national
republican platform I stand as you
all know, for revision Of the tariff
schedules. an honest revision, keeping
the promise to the hope as well as to
the car; revision tested by the
standard declared in the platform
ana what little influence / may have
will be exerted 10 fulhn the pledge
npon which the coming acm.nIstra-
ton was entrusted with POLITICAL
DOwer