The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-17
FOUR CANDIDATES
FOR GOVERNOR
Porter, Moon, Denison and ssshor
Have Already MADE Announce
ments to their Demo-
cratic Friends
BAsHoR IN THE LEAD
Waterloo Man Believes that He is the
Best Man in the Bunch
and Should be
Nominated.
Especial to The Gate City.]

Il lCpeCldl 10 Inc tate CITY.
/ CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, April IL
The announcement that Claude Porter
VIII again be candidate seeking the
democratic nomination for governor,
and also the decision of Senator Moon
OF Ottumwa to contest for the nomi-
nation, together with the rumor that
Mr.. Denison, who was Mr.. Porter's
running mate four years ago, may shy
his castor into the ring. gives some
thing Of zest to the democratic end
of the anti-primary campaign.
! In addition to the gentlemen nam
ed. S. II. Bashor of Waterloo, whose
nomination papers were filed with the
secretary of state April I, will also
be candidate at the primaries. This
field of candidates indicates that there
is likely to be something of conten-
ton in the ranks of the democrats
and that the republicans are not to
monopolize all the political fun this
! season.
When Mr.. Porter was candidate
before the people for Governor against
Mr.. Cummins he had the support of
something like 10000 independent
voters which usually We're given to
the republican ticket. In spite of this
fact, however, he lacked sufficient
strength with the rank and file of the
democratic party to carry his full
| party vote. 1t was charged at the
time that Mr.. Porter was at heart a
prohibitionist and this, it was said
tended to bring about his defeat. No
utterance of Mr. Porter from that
time. to this has indicated any change
of heart on this question. 1t was also
charged that Mr.. Denison who was
/ on the ticket with Mr.. Porter was dis
| loyal to the head OF the ticket, or, at
least. gave only negative support to
the democratic gubernatorial candi-
date. This is urged as one of the
reasons why Mr.. Denison is not the
4 proper person to be selected at this
/ time. The same process of elimina-
ton would naturally wipe Mr.. Porter
Off the map, since he has not only
4 been defeated for other state offices.
but failed to carry his full party
vote at time which was probably the
(, most favorable in recent history for
/ a democrat to be elected governor of
i Iowa. 1t is understood that the in
dependent voters who supported Mr.
Porter at that time now express the
opinion generally that if democrat
is to be supported this year, new
blood should head their ticket.
4 Senator Moon of Ottumwa is also
said to lean toward the prohibition
propaganda. At least, he is credited
with opposing any declaration in the
democratic platform in favor of local
1 option.
This reasoning naturally leads, SO
the friends of Mr.. Bashor say, to the
conclusion that the Waterloo man is
the logical candidate of the demo-
Gratis this year. Mr.. Bashor declares
that he favors a clear and ringing
declaration in the platform in favor
of local option.
THAT is the only question which
saVorS OIL the state issues tnat is be-
fore us today, says he. 81 believe
that our party should declare for the
right of the people to decide this
question in accordance with the
wishes of the voting unit. believe
that this question should be settled
right, and it never can be settled right
until ii is referred to the people, and
since this is live and vital question,
to avoid it would be cowardice.'
Mr.. Bashor also declares that he
favors a platform which shall look to
the future rather than complain over
the past. 81 want to see the demo
Gratis adopt an affirmative and con-
structive PLATFORM he remarked In
discussing this matter. Il want to
see platform upon which all those
who believe in the right of the people