The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-09-09
SMITH WRITES TOWNfR|

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Wants T0wner to State His Position
on Questions which will Enter
Into Congressional Campaign.
Hon. A. l. Smith, of Mt. ayr,
who has been, recognized as a pro-
gresive candidate for the republican
domination for Congress in this dis
]trict, on Monday addressed an open
communication to Judge H. M.
Towner, of Corning, who has been
suggested as a congressional can
didate. The following article ap-
peared in Mondays Mt. Ayr Press:
Hon. A. I. Smith gave to the
Press Saturday a letter he had writ
ten to Judge Towner and requested
that we give it publicity and that we
send it to the Register and Leader
as their correspondent at this place.
The letter calls for Judge Tow
ner's opinion upon certain issues
which Mr.. Smith thinks to be i'm
portant to the campaign soon to
begin.
The questions coming from Mr.,
Smith at this time will attract at
|tention to Mr. Smith from all parts
of the district. He said early in
the summer that there would be a
candidate for congress from the
progressive ranks in this district if
he had to be one himself 1t is
Ilikely that tue letter he is sending
|portends that event. He has made
several efforts to get other progress
sives to enter the field and no one
has yet entered. If he can get no
other man announced he will have
to get into the game himself to
make the statement he made last
|spring hold good. He is man of
his word and thinks that he has had
Experience enough in the efforts he
has made to make a canvass this
lyear that would amount to some
thing
| In a recent conversation with the
|editor of the Press he said, eff 1
get in the race this year to make my
promise of last spring good no one
need to expect campaign such as l
made in my two other efforts. l
learned something in those cam
paigns that will be remembered by
me II l have to trot out again"
J. B. Harsh, Dan Turner, and
the congressional contest against
lTowner but they do not get in the
flight and congressional contest
against Judge Towner will not be
won in a month or two months He
has been at work for nearly a year
and has his fences well gone over
one or more times.
Smiths letter to Towner follows:
Mt AYR Ia Sent 1000
Hon. H. M. Towner,
Corning, Iowa.
Dear SIR
1t appears to be quite generally
understood by the people of this dis.
trict that you are or will be a can.
didate for the republican pomina.
tion for congress in the Eight Con.
gresional district of Iowa.
Assuming therefore that you are
candidate for that honorable posi-
tion and being citizen of this dis
trict, as you know, l desire to ask
!; 1yoar views and position on the fol
lowing questions:
First, Are you in favor of and il
sympathy with Cannonism of the
National House of Representatives
or Aldrichism in the United State!
, Senate and the interests they repre-
sent in congress?
Second, Are you in favor of anc
in sympathy with the general views
> expressed and votes recorded by tn,
majority of the members Of tn,
Iowa delegation in the last specia
: session of congress on the tarif
bill?
Third, Do you view with alarm
the rapid concentration and consoli
dation of great corporate interest
= = which are now going on in tn
:, United States, in all the principa
industries; what in your opinion,
= the principal cause or causes an
what remedy or remedies if any, d
;, you propose?
y Never before were the peopl
- giving SO much attention an
{, thought to public questions, and
, believe your views on the question
herein stated will be of public il
= terest and I shall therefore max
8 this letter public.
70 With kind personal regards,
= am, Yours very truly,
10 Smith