The Washington times., 1908-10-13

SenatOrShip caucus. in which the Cum
minis men had a mar rfty The stand
p1tters bound themselves 10 oppose
I Cummins' election. and in the end il
was found impossible 10 fill the va
cancy left by Allison, and the Legis-
; ldture took a recess to meet again after
the November election and choose a
Senator.
Made Cummins Folk Mad.
The action of the anti-Cummins mem
bers Of IL" Legislature in boiling the
caucus made the Cummins members
and the CUmmins men generally over
the State furious. and they are going
TO get even at the polls IN some OF the
legislative district.
One of the troubles that has arisen
this year TO plague the Republicans Of
Iowa Is The liquor quest on. This along
with other OsttCIiu2r makes the con-
test over governor CLOSE It may even
turn the gOvernOTshiL Of Iowa over to
the Democrats. Republicans generally
say they look Tor the election Of Il. +.
Carroll. now State auditor and Republl-
can nominee for governor, by 1000 10
900 votes This is small plurality for
Iowa.
on the other hand, the Democrats are
making hard effort 20 elect Fred T.
White FOR governor They believe they
have some chance Of doing il. In the
last year, Governor CumTIns mas been
insisting on enforcement or the State
liquor laws, which formerly We're evaded
IN many places. especially in the cities
OF Davenport and Dubuque and else
where along the Mississippi and Mis-
souri, rivers.
Liberal Element Resents.
The liberal element has resented this
and it cost Cummins some votes in the
Allison primary. Now, Carroll is a
strict Methodist, and If he is governor
VIII probably enforce the liquor laws
SIN more strictly than Cumnins. on
the other hand, White, a German far
mer of ability and Intelligence. is looked
on with friendly eyes by the liberal ele-
ment. He VIII get q heavy German
vote In the river towns and cities, and
in various parts OF the state White
is q strong candidate, and the Demo
cratic State committee is much more et-
Iective than the Republican committee
This situation has encouraged the
Democrats % put up such campaign
IN the state as they have not made
since the lays OF Horace BOice- Ca
roll has the antagOniSm Of some OF the
insurance interests. Moreover, ne has
u ed TO be neutral IN The CuuImins and
ar ti-CuUmins troubles. and the result
Is the prOgTesSiVes accuse him OF being
a standpatteT and the staudpatters ac-
Cuse him Of being "A progressive.
A Source Of Weakness.
\ source Of weakness on the Repub-
Hcan State ticket IS John L. BleakIy.
the candidate for auditor. As State
senator, though ne was pledged 20 Cunt
Minis for the Senate. BIeakly joined
with the standpattcrs is boiling the re-
cent caucus. Cummins men are openly
vowing they will knife him at the
polls. While the Republicans, by rea-
son II the fact Iowa IS a strong Re
publican State. will probably pull their
State ticket through. the usual major
ties are almost certain TO be greatly
pared down.
As 10 the Senatorship. Cummins' men
are talking confidently of winning In
the primaries, but they are organizing
thoroughly and leaving nothing 10
chance. Lacey's forces say Cummins
has won hitherto with the support OF
Thousands Of Democratic votes. In
the coming primary Democrats viii
be quite rigidly excluded and the Lacey
men say this Will beat the governor
AMI enable them 10 win
Hand of Railroads Seen.
The hand Of the railroads is sim viss-
bic fl Iowa politics. The railroad in
fiuence Is being exerted against Cum
mias. and railroad employees will be
turned against him II possible. Repub-
leans fear. too, that the railway en-
plOyes' clubs which are being forced
over the State, affiliated with the rail
way protection league OF which more
or less has been written. may be turn
ed against Taft.