The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-10

caucus nomination nv only three votes.
Three timcs he was elected Governor Of
Iowa m spite nf bitter fractional rows
! that threatened ~ disrupt The Repuhti-
,nn party Beaten IN the Senat orial
primaries nv WILLIAM Il AiIIso in
l9r7. Governor CTMNINS prevailed NJ
last over his only opponent. JoHN 7.
LACEY, the following wear MIR CUM
MINIS has ALWAYS got ufiicc bv Ta,sing
the standard II revolt in his party
ThcSr -rmarks are preliminary 70
common IN q rrpor, that there was a
meeting on August q IN DcS MONIES AZ
which Mr. CTMul\S was the Ccntra,
i.E,.r" To- consider the union Of Western
insurgents nr prugraSSiveS on PreSi-
.lcntial candidate IN iai? Naturally
senator ITMMIS> was most IN favor. and
It was Snlcmnlv announced that senator
IA TOILETTE, d.~pairinG ~ imposing
himself on the party a. ~ candidate.
would support the claims If his friend
CCMuINs Wba' Mr.. IA FoLIETTE
will do under any gwen circumstances
no man can know A. the prrsen, time
he - NOR" con crrned about getting him
s"if returned To Washington ~ a rubnS-
tIo,iS reformcr han about the choice III
ia" Republican national con vcntlo II
l9I?. and his fellow lns,irgent the junior
Iowa senator has voluni eer"d TO stump
Wisconsin IN his behalf He will show
himself IN all the States where The pro-
gr'->~lves are fighting for existence and
say on" Word for them and rwo for hum
self IA their leader
When we remember that Governor
CCMMINS was Il "andidal" Tor the Re.
publican nomination for Vice President
: IN 1914 u * interesting to recall that he
Hon. y y. DoIIIvER now his political
comradr resented his ambition then
/ and that the Governors press bureau
tout'd him for President in lGsIs IL is
easy 10 believe that hc dreams of leading
a string Of delegates into the national
: convention in 1872 and emerging with
he nomination for President The no
| 'Ipn thar senator CIMMINs NAV organ
I.r a new parry "nmrs=sed Of insurgcnt
/ R"pubIrans and BRYAN Democrats NAV
h. diSm SSed a. fant astic He has an
abiding respect for the Republican party
as an organization and none ~ all for
the Democratic parry. All his -ows and
controversies hav. been with Rep,Ibli-
cans inside he br.a-' works and hi-
tactics have been To beat down upDuei-
ton and assume the prerogarlve- %
leadership He ~ now supreme ia
Iowa. and h" aims ia he supreme among
To" pr"grssiv" Republicans in the
nation. A. the recent Des MOin,-s con-
vent ION he served notice that the ReInIb-
lrcan par v must IL. either all progressive
ar all siandpat. \n quarter would he
given ~ the irreprs-slble conflict AZ
the same time he spoke "f the Demo
craft, party "a trrus thai w"uld delight
any Republican, stalwaTt ar indepen-
dent
HITHERTO the career of Mr CTMMINs
has heen one nf repeated successes al
rhouch marked bv ambushss. rear
guard -k'rrnish.~ aud heres. frontal
attacks bu' h. h's won h'- hat'hsS
IN y Stat" where he normal Repub-
hoan mHipritI'.- were large Nrh
margin rf safety for Nio'eLt fe,Id- in
the ranks lie j. nov playing lOr larger
stakes IA an entirely different arena.
wher'. lee viii have tn match his wits
against the experience 1T politicians
fully a. r.--our,,''ul and determined and
Nh-rr 10 prevail N the councils 81 the
Republican party j. only halt the battle
However. he j. not taking tremen-
dous personal risk be- u sur. "i his sea;
in he Senate unih Msrrh ?. 1915 II
i the R-p'bli, party hat ~,ll have
10 taxi. the risk