The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-08-19

fights in the history Of Iowa politics
And this Is the man that has now
thrown down his glove in front Of the
tarlH barons and trusts Of America.
Behind him are La Toilette, who has
shown equal pugnacity and determine
ton; Dolliver and Beveridge, the ora
tors; Bristow, the man who exposed
the postal frauds, and many others Of
like fiber, with a great army of the
farmers Of the middle west falling
into step in the new crusade. 1t GER
tainly looks like political war Of the
real variety
Handsome Albert"
Senator Cummins is fifty nine years
old, Of distinguished appearance, iron
gray hair and mustache, graceful and
Chesterfieldian in manner, always
wins the support Of the women-so
much SO. in fact, that If woman suf-
frage were in force he would be elect.
ed almost unanimously man who
dresses well and knows how to wear
his clothes, called by his enemies
handsome Albert and '.this man
Cummins," an orator who is equally
at home with column Of figures and
spread eagle peroration-in fact, an
all around leader that If he catches
the tide on this present proposition is
liable to go to almost any heights. He
is Of the sort who will either be presi-
dent or die in the last ditch. Glue
your optic to Cummins, for, without
trying to pun, he is coming man.
Then there is La Toilette, small and
scrappy, who has fought even harder
than Cummins and has been abused
more, who also was three times gov
ernor of his state and fought against
the railroads and the old political
bosses, man who would not accept
his election to the senate until sure
that his state reforms would be car
ried out! La Toilette is five years
younger than Cummins and has been
in the senate four years longer. When
be went to that body the Aldriches
and Hales tried to haze him, but he
hit them so hard that they soon gave
up that policy. Well hated by the in
terests and better loved every year by
the plain people of the United States,
it Is tossup whether Cummins or
La Toilette is the real leader of the in
matter since they are so nearly alike
In principle that the same cause will
triumph whichever carries the banner
Perhaps the third in Importance
among the senate insurrectos is Al
bert j. Beverage of Indiana, who is
younger than either Cummins or La
Toilette and has been in the senate
much longer. Beverage is outgrowing
his reputation as u boy orator and
through his fight against child labor
and for other reforms is more and
more endearing himself to the hearts
Of the progressives. He was born in
Ohio in 1862, beat Bryan in a college
oratorical contest and has long been
a ChautauQua idol and q spellbinder
that could do anything with the Eng
lish language except shut it off. The
old chaps in the senate never would
give the Indiana Demosthenes
chance, and now that this insurgent
movement has happened along be is
in his element
How Cummins Corralled Dolliver.
Nor is Beveridge the only orator in
the bunch. Jonathan P. Dolliver, Cum
Minis colleague from Iowa, has the
American eagle trained SO that it will
not only spread and soar for him, but
turn fipfaps in midair and scream in
sheer rhetorical delight. Dolliver is
also an insurgent, though there are
those who say that Cummins had to
kidnap him and drag him into the
game, or, rather, Cummins grabbed off
the whole state Of Iowa and Dolliver
had to come along if he wanted to play
at ALL At any rate, he is committed
and now makes a noise like pro-
gressive. Likewise he gave Brothers
Aldrich, Hale and Lodge several I'm.
comfortable half hours during the late
lamented extra session. Dolliver was
born in what is nov West Virginia
ffty-one years ago and has been in
congress nineteen years. seven Of
which have been spent in the senate.
Joseph T. Bristow Of Kansas is an
editor and reformer Of the Roose-
welt type. When he was not running
paper in the Sunfower country he
was secretary Of the Republican state
committee and private secretary to
Governor Morrill,. Mckinley made him
one Of the assistant postmaster gen.
erals, third, fourth or seventeenth,
and he unearthed the Cuban posta!
frauds, This made him right with
Roosevelt, who set him to work clean.
Ing out the whole postofice depart
ment, which needed it enough, as the
sequel showed. Brtstow was born in
1861 and is a new member Of the SEN
ate The only pity is that be cannot
investigate that body and clean it up
as he did the postofice bunch.
Personally speaking, It is grief to
me that Burkett and Brown Of Ne
| braska, who insurged up to the very
last hour, had not the stamina to stick
| it out and vote against Brother Al
drich in the last ditch-and beyond.