The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-06-06
Insurgents and Regular Forces
in Iowa Ready for Prima-
ries Tomorrow
FIRST REAL TEST OF STRENGTH
Result Expected to Exert Considerable
Influence on Politics in Other
States-Many Congressman
Have Hard Fights

Des Moines, Ia, June 6.-Polticians
who have been watching for the ma
tional drift i'm Republican politics
will await with keen interest the re-
suits of the Republican primaries to
be held throughout Iowa tomorrow. 1t
will afford the first real test of
strength between the regulars and
progressives and will doubtless exert
considerable influence upon the Re
publican carty conventions to be held
later in Minnesota, Wisconsin and
other States of the middle West.
The fight between the regulars and
progressives for control of the State
conventions has been one of the
fiercest ever known in Iowa politics,
Iowa is now regarded as a progressive
State. Her senator's took the lead in
the tariff fight, and were backed by
insurgent congressman from several
districts. If the progressives succeed
the Taft administration is not likely
to be endorsed excepting possibly n
quito general terms, and Senator D.i-
liver and Cummins win be held up as
rejecting perfectly the will of the Re-
publican party in Iowa. If the regulars
cain control, the Taft administr tti.n
will be endorsed generally and specaii-
allJ. and the work of the two senator's
thus discredited.
Fight All Along the Line
Tne fight between the rival factions
is general all along the line. The more
wore inclined to con1ne the fight "a
urrhIbers of Congress and to leave the
State officers alone, but after consid-
cradle hesitation they yielded to the
demand of the rank and file to cxaen
tn, fight to the state offices. In plir-
el ance of this plan former Lieutenant
G Vtrnor Warren Garst has beer
brought out as the progressive candi-
date for governor i'm opposition &c
Go, ernor b. f.. Carroll, who is making
the fight of his political career sor re-
nomination.
But the most spectacular contests o.
81 are those that are being made I,
return insurgent congressman e
Washington. Three districts in lows
are conspiciously represented by Cav
nor Pepubicens. Walter l. Smith ;
member Of the old Cannon rules con
Tittcc represents the Ninth disirics
CAPTAIN J. a. II. Hull, chairman .os Ia
military committee In the House. rep
resents the Seventh district, and c. a
Kennedy represents the First district
All supported Cannon measures ant
al voted for the Payne tariff bill Tn
other districts in Iowa, except tn
Eighth which is represented by Dem
Ccrat are progressive.
Some Keen Contests
In the Ninth district Congo 'sma
Smith is opposed for re-ele, IN o
tho ground that he rs Cannoo mar
I'm II. w. Byens he has a foema
worthy OF his steel. Mr.. Byers ia
served TIVE terms as attorney genera
of Iowa, and It is believed by the pro
gressives that he Is as strong "a can
didate as could he put up.
In the Seventh district, Captai" Eu
is opposed by Judge s. f. Prouty' WI
cane within forty votes of seehrin
The nomination at the last primaries
lie is close friend AMI adviser q
senator Cummins.
,'eptain Hull, who has repr iA'tc
,hH seventh district for twenty year
is 9, "ngly entrenched in his pottici
pns'I'cn. AS chairman of the com
m.ttee on military affairs. he has Sc
cured for Des Moines one of the frc'
nliitiy posts In the country. In ad
sli'ion he secured last summer W
great military tournament for Do
Moinos.
But i'm spite of this, the progressive
believe he will be defeated. At bar
quet here last winter Senator Gun
lains declared that even If Captai
Hull had been able to do much f'
Des Moines by making 1t a militai
center, he had lacked in other r.
apects which might entitle him to r.
election.
The contest against Congressma
Kennedy in the First district, thoul
II has not attracted so much attentio
ir regarded. as almost as importa
as the fights In the Ninth and Seven
distr.ct S. Brookhardt, a radical h
surgert,- Is making the race again
Mr.. kennedy.