Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-04-29
Concede Cummins All Counties
West of Black Hawk and Fear
For Entire District
ROW OVER MANAGEMENT ACUTE
Bad Organization and Methods Con-
ceded to Be Losing Allison Votes
While cummins Gains in Reservation
Cause Great Concern Among sena-
tors Supporters.

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Washington, April 29.-From very
high source in standpat Iowa politics.
proceeding badly for that faction. The
quarrel over management is known
here to be very real and serious. In
the Third district, it has leaked out
that the Allison people are panicky
over conditions, because neither con-
gressional candidate has dared tie him
self to Allison. when both We're rather
expected to lean to the senator. AS a
result, the Third is not meeting the ex-
they now fear the loss of Black Hawk
and everything west of it, and the pos
sible loss of the district as a whole.
Bad organization and methods are
admitted to be costing the Allison peo-
pie votes. but the greatest concern is
felt over the reaction of public senti-
ment in the First, Second, Third and
Eighth district, in favor of Cummins.
These districts are proving disap-
pointment to the Allison people.
Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, April 29.-There are two
possibilities of Governor Cummins be-
ing defeated for the United States sem
ate even if he carries the primaries on
June next One of these possibilf-
ties is bolt of republican voters at
the election, resulting in the election
of democratic members of the legisla-
ture. The other is a bolt of standpat
members of the legislature, combining
Porter, the democratic nominee.
AS to how much of possibility there
is of either is grounds for debate. Sem
ator Jameson of Page county, DEM
ocratic senator, does not believe there
is nearly so much possibility of a
democratic legislature being elected as
of the standpatters of the legislature
combining with the democrats to elect
Porter, the democratic candidate.
Two years ago, when following the
defeat of George d. Perkins, his cam
paign managers joined forces with the
democrats to defeat Cummins, the
democrats made a gain of six mem
bers of the senate and twelve in the
house, a total gain of eighteen mem
bers. There were tWenty-one of the
fifty senatorial districts in which elec-
tions We're held that year. Because Of
the law that provides that each county
shall have at least one member in the
house there was an increase in men,
bership Of the house and tho the dem
ocrats gained twelve in the house the
republicans lost only two members
Out of the 15S members of the
house and senate there are 137 up for
election this year, there being twenty
one hold-over senator's. There are ten
hold-over democratic senators. To
control the next legislature the DEM
ocrats must hold all the territory they
now have and gain thirty-four more
members. Four of the twenty-nine
senators to be elected this year are
democrats and of the house where all
the members are up for election there
are thirty three democrats The house
has 10S members and to control it the
democrats must elect fifty-five mem
bers or twenty-five more than they
did last year. The senate has fifty
members and to control it the demo-
Gratis must have twenty-six members.
They will have ten members hold over
Four of their districts elect senators
this year. Out of the twenty-one SEN
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elect sixteen 1t is understood that
the two houses ballot separately on
senator first before balloting on joint
ballot Where the democrats have had
thirty-seven members heretofore they
must now elect seventy-one in order
to control the legislature.
1t will be remembered that last cleo
ton the standpatters bolted the ticket
and because of this fact there were
more democrats elected to the Iowa
legislature than for many years and
most politicians do not consider that
the election this year will be any more
bitter than that of 1906.
OF the twenty-nine senatorial dis
trcts in which elections are to be held
this year twenty-five are republican
and of these the following districts
were represented during the last ses-
sion of the legislature by Cummins men:
Cherokee : Ida Plymouth. Marshall,
Boone Story. Cerro Gordo-Frankln-
Hancock, Audubon Dallas Guthrie. I4y-
on O Brien- Osceola- Sioux. Clay Dick
inson- Emmett Kcssuth Pa'o Alto.
Clayton. Mitchell Winncbago- Worth,
Marion Monroe. Aiiataakee Fayette,
Calhoun Webster. A total of -.
The districts CONTROLLED by standpa:-
ters are: Adair- Madison. Buchanan-
Delaware, Mill Montgomery, Iowa
Johnson. Woodbury.. Clarke Warren,
Mahaska Lucas Wayne. Pettawa'ta-
ME. Decatur Ringgold- Union. Linn,