The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-06
All Quiet in Iowa.

| Sioux City Journal: Iowa newspa
pers warrant the statement that Iowa
| politics are at low ebb, the lowest
Known in ten years. There is mighty
little afioat. The prediction is made
| in an authoritative quarter that there
will be something doing before grass
grows, but everything at present of an
animated nature Is under the snow A
Des Moines newspaper touched key
note the other day when it said that
what was wanted was more unrest
among the people. The next point
of necessity relates to stirring them
up. At the present writing, attention
is being given almost exclusively to
other business.
The statewide primary elections
will be held in June, but little move
men is observable on the face Of the
deep. The effort to bring out a can
didate against Governor Carroll met
with only scattered and feeble re-
sponse The probability is that every
state officer who wants a renomina-
ton and is willing to go to the trou,
bic and expense required under the
primary law can have it, without par
ticular reference to whether he Is in
surgent or regular. For one reason
or another the people do not care to
take ire initiative.
In the congressional districts mat
tiers are drifting in lazy way. In
the Seventh district there is appar-
emily the most doing, but what is do
ing is chiefly confined to the politi-
clans. Captain Hull is popular in
Des Moines. and his support extends
to the ranks of the insurgents. Des
Moines does not see how 1t could do
better by itself than by keeping the
captain in congress. Judge Prouty has
frozen out his insurgent compatriot.
and has placed himself On high
ground in clothing suitable to the sea
son. He is waiting with such patience
rs he can command for the people to
warm up. The judge feels that with
out a career in congress his life
would he failure. He has been on
the job TO long time. 1nsurgent
leaders have time and again called at
tention to the occupant of the seat
from the Ninth district, but N Cou1-
Gil Bluffs and Whereabouts there APP
pears to be no sufficient unrest giving
promise Of the displacement of Judge
Smith, though it has been pointed out
to them that Indignation would be-
come them for divers and sundry al
legged reasons. The chances run In
all the districts to the denomination OF
incumbents, without special reference
TO alignment at Washington or with
nome factions.
Coming down to legislative and
county officers much of the same stu.
alton is observable. The ms have
much the advantage if they desire to
enjoy it. The people are quiescent-
There is no senatorial contest on
the slate for the near future. The
senior senator's term does not expire
until 1913 and the juniors runs until
1915. They are not under the imne-
date whip OF self interest. Their
snip VIII uot SD W oIo uue1i iri-,
which is presidential year. Many
things may happen meanwhile, and
the business in land has It's seat at
the national capital. That is far on,
and the drift hitherward is slow.
There is vague understanding that a
fight Of some kind is on. but with the
tariff issue off the boards, and with
knowledge of vehement wish that it
may not come back soon, 1t is a puzzle
to the average citizen to know what
the fight is about.
All of which signifies restfulness,
possibly carelessness, In the field Of
Iowa politics. There may be sound
and fury later on, but there are only
echoes of 1t now. and these are out of
the depths of eddies kept in movement
by the wind of politicians.
Presenting that there are Demo
Gratis, they are somnolent, with moth
ing coming from them more intelligt-
BILE than snoring.
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