The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-03
AEPHuRN NAY AGAIN Try RACE.


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Hawk-Eyes It is now apparent here
/ thst the iasargens leaders Of Iowa are
hezsnnirg S usrtation with Col. W r.
Hepburn With q view to reyiving his
love fer seat in congress. and there
by hangs an interesting tale Of poll
/ tics as It Is played hv the masters OF
| that game IN the Hswkeye state. NOT
that they really Ike Colonel
Hepburn any more thar when
they defeated him for re-
election LAST November. bat these
socailed .progressives- have even
less resaru for Judge h n Tcwner,
Of Corning, weom they fear VII WIN
the Republican nomination for con
gress in the Eighth district So twixt
the devil and the deep sea. the insar-
gents are inclined to prefer the
archdenon Of Iowa standpatters.
whom they ssy possesses at least one
virtue. and that is they aiways know
where he stands sgainst them
The regular Republicans are con
ceded to have an overwhelming major
ity IL the Eighth district and II
Towner is the only candidate the reg
u,ars enter against the prospective
field of insurgent aspirants for con
gressional honors. the Corning judge
should win in walk at the primaries
next June. Therefore, the insurgen1
race promoters here have conceived
the idea that it would be good political
hors .mansaip to groom Colonel Hep
burn for the track again. They seem
to believe that By feeding the colonel
the proper Establishments in the In
surgent press he might be convinced
that he is in 1t condition to make an
other race At least 1t is hoped that
the suggestion OF Colonel Hepburn's
possible entry will keep many Repub-
licans from tieing up with Towner-
Think Jcckoying Will do Good.
II they eventually cannot get Hep
burn started. the insurgents believe
that this jccneying to withhold sup
port from Towner viii put their can
didate In better position. The fact
that half a dozen Eighth district pro
gressives." who have been loyal to the
cause, are now claiming a congress
sional seat as their reward, is causing
much NOTIFY at the Headquarters IN
the senate ONCE building. State Sem
ator Dan Turner, State Representa-
tive Darrah, of Lucas, and J. b HARSH
of Creston, all have strong claims on
the 1900 salary, and A. l. smith, o.
Ringgold, calls the plum his own Dy
right Of discovery. If the others can
be peaceably sidetracked, the prefer
en- e would be to have Turner enter
the race alone under the insurgent
eolors. but even then it is not beilev-
ad he could defeat Towner single-hand-
ed Therefore developed tae plot 70
pocket Towner by putting forth Hep-
burn.
Not much hope is manifest as yet
OF getting Hepburn into the race, nue
I his name may be kept on the score
| card long enough to seriously weaken
| the support that Hepburn's friends
might otherwise give Towner. The
Iinsurgent chieftains here believe that
Hepburn will not exert himself in any
event to help Towner, who Is said to
have initmated several years ago that
Hepburn was too old to continue in
congress. But Hepburn insists that
he is enjoying private life and his
new automobile too much TO think OF
resuming the burden of the nation He
| has said that he would not even con-
slider a proposition TO re-enter the
political field, but the insurgents do
lot plan to get around him In that
way. They nope TO arouse pop
ular oenand" for his return to con-
gress in event they remain convinced
/ that no candidate OF their own can
defeat Towner. OF course, If Colonel
Hepburn should be renominated.
some of these same insurgents do not
care any more nov than they did last
fall whether he defeats Jameson It
| is Towner's scalp that they are after,
for he has been doomed By the big
chieftaIn to punishment on account Of
alleged treachery during the Cummins-
Gear senatorial campaign