Arizona republican., 1910-06-05
THEN COME THE PRIMARIES
Senators Cummins and Dol
liver Arrayed Against
State Administration -
Name of President Taft
Invoked In It's Favor

Des Moines, Iowa. June 4.-This
state. the immediate center of the ma
tons interests in republican politics.
refused to close the primary campaign
with tonight's meetings and will con
tinue it on Monday. state officers and
congressman will be nominated.
Broadly speaking, the issue in the
republican ranks is the present re
publican administration. outside this
broad line of demarkation between the
factions there are, however. factional
differences SO complicated shat even
veteran observers like La Fayette
Young. admit their inability 20 solve
the situation
To a degree the prestige of Senator
Cummins is involved in the fight be-
tween Governor Carroll and Warren
Gorst for the gubernatorial nomina-
tion. Cummins is said To be in favor
O. GOrst.
The formation of q Taft club" in
support of Carroll was the principal
play in this development Tnus the
denomination Of the governor will be
hailed, if it takes place. by the So
called reactionaries as a slap at Cum
Minis.
As to his own thoughts on the mat
ter the governor has said little save
that he does not purpose to be dictated
Il. by Cummins and Dolliver.
vi the congressional nominations.
the contests exciting the greatest in
terest are in the First. Seventh and
Ninth districts-in the last named the
greatest of all. In the First. Congress
man Charles 4. Kennedy Of Montros .
is being subjected to the assault oc
those who do not approve of his So
called stand pat" record. The pro
gressive" candidate is Smith W.
Brockart
Judge 5. F. Proutv for the fourth
time is seeking to wrest the nomina-
tiOn from Representative John 4. Huh
OF the Seventh district. At the pri-
maries two years ago Hull won over
Prouty by only 40 votes. though the
city of Des Moines is in the district.
In the Ninth Congressman Walter
!. Smith is being put forth as the
wheelhOrse of the republican admins
tratiOn. In the Second. Third. Fourth,
Fifth. Sixth, Eighth and Eleventh dis
tricts. there are no contests among the
Charles Grilk. candidate Of the party
is said TO be a progressive, but the
regulars declined to oppose HIM when
Congressman Dawson. the incumbent,
refused To seek denomination, and Con-
ressman Pickett of the Third is re-
garded as a sort of conservative pro-
gressive." Representative Hogan Of
the Fourth is another unOppOsed pro-
gressive. Representative GoOde, unOp-
posed in the Fifth. is labelled by the
progressives as generally insurgent."
Congressman Kendall, who stands
without opposition in the Sixth, is also
claimed by the progressives. The pres
ent member from the Eighth district
is William d. Jameson, a democrat.
He refused to be candidate again and
the honor is being sought b. II. NJ.
Towner, stand patter." and John II.
Darrah. a progressive. The candidates
have eschewed oratory in the cam
paign in favor Of gum shoe canvass.
In the Tenth, Lewis H. Mayne, has
been selected to make the run against
Congressman Woods, an insurgent.
There are no democratic contests in
the First, Second. Third, Seventh,
Eighth and Ninth districts. No demo-
cratic nominations will be made in
the Tenth and Eleventh districts.