Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-05
REPUBLICANS Of
IOWA ARE TORN
WITH D|SSENSION
Regulars and Insurgents Bring
Internecine Party War to
Climax Tomorrow
CANNONISM THE GREAT ISSUE
Senator CumminS' Prestige In
voIved in the Fight for
Governor
CANMoNISM THE GREAT ISSUE
Associated Press1

.nES MONIES, Iowa, June 4.-Thi5
state, the immediate center Of
81 the nations interests in Kepubli-
can politics, refused to close the pri-
mary campaign with tonight's meet
ings, and will continue it Monday.
State officers and congressman Will
be nominated. Broadly speaking, the
issue in the Republican ranks is the
present Republican administration.
Outside this broad line of demarca-
tion between the factions there are,
however, factional differences so com
plicated that even veteran observers,
like Lafayette Young, admit their in
ability to solve the situation.
CUAnIINs A FACTOR
To a degree the prestige of Senator
Cummins is involved in the fight be-
tween Governor Carroll and Warren
Gorst for the gubernatorial nomina-
ton. Cummins is said to be in favor
of Gorst The formation of Taft
club in support of Carroll was the
principal play in this development
Thus the denomination of the COVER
nor will be hailed, If 1t takes place, by
the so-called reactionaries as a slap at
Cummins. AS TO his own thoughts on
the matter the governor has said little
save that he does not purpose to be
dictated to by Cummins and Dolliver.
on congressional nominations tho
contests exciting greatest interest are
in the First, Seventh and Ninth dis
tricts--in the last named greatest Of
all. In the First, Congressman Charles
A. Kennedy at Montrose is being sub
jected to the assaults of those who do
not approve of his so-called ''stand
pat" record. The progressive can
didate is Smith w. Brockhart.
Judge S. f. Prouty for the fourth
s1 fn tl,o 1if1a
tion from Representative John A. T.
Hull in the Seventh district. At the
primaries two years ago Hull won
over Prouty by only forty votes.
though the city of Des Moines Is in
the district.
In the Ninth Congressman Walter I.
Smith is being put forth as the wheel
horse of the Republican administra-
tion.
In the Second, Third. Fourth. Fifth.
sixth, Eighth and Eleventh districts
there are no contests among the Re-
publicans.
MANY PRoGREssIvES
Charles Grilk, candidate of the
party, is said to be q progressive, but
the regulars declined to oppose him
when Congressman Dawson, the in
cumbent, refused to seek renomina-
tion, and Congressman Pickett of the
servative progressive" Representa-
tive Haugen of the Fourth is another
unopposed progressive. Representa-
tive Goode, unopposed in the Fifth, is
labeled by the progressives as gen
orally insurgent." Congressman Ken
dali, who stands without opposition in
the Sixth is also claimed by the pro-
gressives. The present member from
the Eighth district is William D. jam
ieson, a Democrat. He refused to be
q candidate again and the honor is
being sought by H. M. Towner,
'stand-patter," and John H. Darrah.
a progressive. The candidates have
eschewed oratory In the campaign in
favor of a 'gumshoe" canvass.
In the Tenth Lewis H. Mayne has
been selected to make the run against
Congressman Woods, an insurgent.
There are Democratic contests in the
First, Second Third, Seventh, Eighth
and Ninth districts. No Democratic
nominations win be made in the Tenth
and Eleventh districts.