Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-28
NO SPECIAL PRIMARY IN IOWA
senatOrship Will Be Threshed Out in
Open Caucus.
LIST OF PROBABLE CANDIDATES
Senator YounE's Temporary Appoint.
ment believed 60 he a Handi-
cap TO TITS EICC-
tiOn.
trrom . SOD correspondentl


ter OF the senatorial succession in Iowa !
wUl be settled by an open caucus Of the |
republican members Of the legislature and |
that there will be no special effort made !
70 rofer the matter to the people at a spe- |
cial primary or to bring about a deadlock |
In the hope Of leaving the matter open |
for lot Of aspiring candidates two years
hence. There has been a great deal of gos- |
sip about probable deadlock in the legis- |
lAture, but most OF this has been inspired /
by hope and has been given circulation /
because Of persons who believe that in
this way they would have a chance to get
into the game two years hence. The |
thought, however, Of having Iowa only |
half represented in the senate will operate
to prevent any failure on the part of the
legislature to exercise its constitutional
obligation to elect a senator
Nearly all talk OF having the Legislature
elect someone merely as a stop-gap has
also ceased in recent weeks. There was
some talk OF having the legislature elect
one Of the older republicans like Governor
Larrabee or General Dodge or Henry Wal
lace, with an understanding he would not
be candidate a year hence, but this Idea
has been abandoned.
Early Caucus Probable.
The present outlook is that early in jan
uRry a caucus of the republican members
Of the legislature will be held; that there
will be a considerable field of candidates
under consideration; that the legislators
win exercise perfectly free choice in try
ing to secure for the senate the very best
and most representative republican I'm the
state. There will be nobody barred no un-
due influence exerted anywhere and there
will not be any effort anywhere to have
fractional lines considered. In fact, all who
are giving the matter any thought what
ever are insstent that there shall be no
fractional lines in Iowa, but that the spirit
of President Tafts letter of last summer
shall be observed and that one republican
shall be considered as on a par with every
other rs to repubncanism.
The newspaper gossip in Iowa has been
along the line OF trying to make Of the
election fractional matter, but members of
the Legislature deprecate this.
YOunE's Appointment IA Handicap.
There is very little doubt that in the
legislative caucus the leading candidates
for the place WHY likely be Governor War
rem Garst, Attorney General II. w. Byers
Senator Lafe Young, Congressman Il. H.
Hubbard, Lieutenant Governor George W.
Clarke and possibly Major John F. Lacey
or Congressman A. F. Dawson. Some Of
these are of one faction and some of an
other.
The fact that LATE Young was appointed
is believed by some to be a handicap to
him, as some of the members of the legs-
lature will feel that 1t was an effort to
forestall the action of the legislative caucus
and TO force a situation that would be en-
barrassing. Besides, the majority of the
members of the legislature do not feel any
too friendly to the governor and will not
be disposed to accept his decision as bind
Ing On the other hand, there is some
sentiment now being worked up along the
line of keeping Young in the place for. the
short term and the long term on the theory
that he represents the extreme opposite of
Senator Cummins and would offset and
balance him in the SENATE,
A strong candidate is likely to be Gov
Arnor Clarke, provided he decides upon
entering the race. though he is not saying
much about it. II has been thought posi-
BILE that an effort would be made to COM
bine upon him in opposition to Young and
TO secure for him the solid support Of the
majority of the caucus and the state organ
ization in general. Clarke would be en-
tirely acceptable to Senator Cummins, ex-
oept that he halls from an adjoining county,
which would not be very desirable.
Garst Popular in North.
The strength Of Governor Garst lies in
The northern part of the state He is inn
mensely popular with the republicans in
those parts of the state where the repub-
Hcan party is extremely strong. There is
no doubt but that he was the choice of
the majority Of the voters two years ago
for governor and was defeated only by
the accident of alphabetical disadvantage.
And, again, he was urged into the race
hvr rI,nIVt ffr,11V
and only failed because of the sentiment
for a second term.
Attorney General Byers is regarded as
the most able of the entire list Of candi-
dates, for his legal training is of high
quality and he has had great amount Of
public experience. 1t is expected he will
be q candidate, but he has not said so
as yet.
Every person mentioned for the place is,
in fact. a good republican, and it is I'M
likely an effort win be made to cut anyone
out Of the race on the ground of not being
regular or firmly grounded in the principles
of the party.
Cummins VIII Talk on Rates.
Senator Cummins goes to Washington
next week. He has no very definite pro-
gram of legislation or legislative work
There are some matters left over from last
but realizes that in the short session much
will have to give way for the important
matters of the session He is prepared to
make an address before the Interstate
. Commerce commission outlining what he
believes to be the true principle in the
matter Of fixing rail rates. He is regarded
everywhere as an expert in this matter
He has given much time and study to the
subject and is prepII ed TO give an excellen
legal discussion OF the question Of how
to arrive at a basis for fixing railroad
rates.
StilImRn in Lead for Speaker.
It is practically settled that Paul Still
man Of Greene county, editor Of the JEFF
ferson Bee, will be the next speaker o
the house OF representatives in Iowa. Their
were others considered, but the only on
seemingly in the race is Ernest Moore o
Cedar Rapids, VINO will hardly be able T.
secure enough support to make it wort
while. Moore at the last session organizes
the house.
There will be an interesting contest owe
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