The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-08-20


select that candidate for the United
States senate who viii be most &C
ceptable to the people of the state and
who will come the nearest to uniting
the republican party into harmon
ious, body
Burlington Hawk-Eye: The progress
toward clear and fair understanding
among Iowa republicans ought to be
reached without difficulty, and quickly,
to this effect:
i. That Governor Cummins has an
undoubted right to be candidate for
the United States senate.
2. That any other republican has a
like and equal right to be candidate,
8. That all republicans ought to
vote for republican nominees on state,
congressional, legislative, judicial,
county and local tickets.
4. That it will be entirely proper,
and in accordance with precedent, for
the governor to, fill the vacancy by
Temporary appointment.
5. That thereycan be no reasonable
objection If he defers the appointment
until after the November election
congress not being in session until the
first Monday in December.
g. That the republican members OF
the legislature elected in November,
caucus for senator, as has ben he
custom, and swhoeVer receives a ma
jority of all the votes cast be the re-
publican nominee and be elected Uni
ted States senator gt.fft'
ator. Committees have no Z such au.
thority. Secret caucuses have no
such authority. The legislature which
is to meet in January will elect the
senator without regard to what may
be said at this time. Then why be-
come so distracted The thing to do
is to close up the ranks for the entire
republican ticket from Taft and Sher-
man down. No one can change the
mind of legislator. No one has au-
thority to tell him what to do. If you
compel him to state who his choice is
for senator you simply start him on
the road to defeat. Let the nominees
for the legislature alone unless you
want democratic legislature.
The course of republican duty is
plain.
All republican nominations have now
been made, excepting that of candi-
date for supreme Judge. These nom
J.,
If the newspapers get into a row
the coming county conventions will
pass resolutions on the senatorship.
Then the demand will be made that
the state convention will pass a reso-
luton. Then the republican party will
be split wide open.
All true republicans ought now to be
for peace.
The senatorship should be deter
mined by the caucus of the republican
members of the legislature to be
chosen Nov. 8.
Burlington Hawk-Eye: MIR. Cum
minis is entitled to the unanimous sup
port of his party says the Marshall
town Times-Republican regarding the
United, States dictatorship. How so?
Has no other republican any right to
aspire to the senate? Iowa has abund-
ance of fine material for senator, men
of large ability and mature experience
in congressional and executive affairs.
Every one OF them stayed out of the
contest last June, excepting Mr.. Cum
Minis; and he had promised not to be
candidate against Mr.. Allison. Have
Lacey, Smith, Shaw, Haugen, Blrdsall,
Cousins, Hepburn and others no right
to be candidates simply because in
their respect and admiration for Mr..
Allison they refused to be candidates
against him last June, content to abide
future opportunity I'll
That opportunity has Unexpectedly
come, when, behold, they are met
with the startling admonition from high
sources that they are trespassing upon
sacred ground; that they must not
aspire to the senatorship at time
when Mr.. Cummins wants it! ID
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