Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-12-31
DES MONIES FILLING
UP WITH POLITICIANS.
JUDGE KENYON ONLY ONE or
THE CANDIDATES WHO Has
NOT APPEARED ON THE SCENE;
ABSENCE HELPS cAusE.
by Special Correspondent ]


Des Moines, Dec. 80. The presen,
week has brought to Des Moines al,
most every Iowa man who is inter
ested IN politics. and the question OF
the senatorial succession has been
discussed from every possible and I'm
possible angle. Out OF all the argu.
ment the fact keeps becoming more
and more apparent that Judge William
IS. Kenyon-who, by the way, is one
Of the very few Iowa politicians who
has not been In Des Moines this
WEEKS leading the entire field BY
several lengths In the race for the
toga which now depends so precari.
5ously from the broad shoulders, OF
Lafayette Young.
# For the innocent bystander there Ii
a world Of fun in this senatorial cam.
paign, and the only reason more pen.
pie are not enjoying 1t to the fullest
extent Is found In the fact that almost
everyone who takes enough interest
in politics to investigate the senatorial
situation is either backing an ayowed
canaidata,or trying his beat ta slip hts
own name into the hat
The man up q tree,' that impartial,
obseryant Individual who 10 80 often
mentioned, and so seldom seen, is.
missing one OF the greatest Joys Of his
existence he isn't perched In q tree
top right kere in Des Moines. ss4.
Judge ksny.2'. Absences c9nsp' p'sSov,
II he is he 4 1t is a safe ana sane
bet that ky& has long ago taken hlss
eyes ffa{his 0eething mass ofi poli.'
ticians ford Anoment and turned His
gaze east rerd--to Washington and
Chicago Ind elsewhere outside Of
Iowa-therssto locate q very busy
trust busting person who votes at
Fort Dodge but who was far too busy
hunting down malicious captains uf In
dustry to dgo home for the holidays.
Judge KefRon is conspicuous Nv His
absence frfn Iowa at this paycholcgi.
cal momentA and the mails don't seem
to be workiNsAwell at all At any rate 1
no one who IS Aning about II has heard
him say just fhere he stands on the
tariff questims, which, II Senator
Young and ta5 newspaper are 70 BE be-
lieved, istrA burning issue before tho
"'pee-pul' rigbrsat this time. by the
same token,rSo one is announcing the
receipt Of liter or message from Ken.
yon giving His position on this mo.
mentous point.
But If anyone wants to know lust
where Judge Kenyon stands he need
look no farther than the columns Of
the Register and Leader, whore editor
is Harvey Ingham, himself, by the
way, one Of the scratched entries in
the senatorial race Mr.. Ingham has
some decided views on the tarin, and
they don't agree with those held By
the standpat wing OF the republican
party. Mr.. Ingham and his paper are
as strongly for Kenyon as is possible
when the field fs chock full Of pro-
gressive candidates Now; that being
the. case, it is another safe bet that
Judge Kenyon, whatever he may have
been in days gone by, Is now pro.
gressive. This week Mr.. Young's
paper stood right up boldly and In
quired in big type. Where does Ken
you stand? I" Well. that's the answer.
kenyon's Past Affiliations.
Mr.. Kenyon is listed by the Don't
You Remember" club as one Of that
army whose every member Is known
as the original Cummins man. In Mr..
Kenyon's case 1t is recorded on the
minutes of the club that he carried
Webster county for Cummins when
the latter first secured the guberna.
torial nomination. But Kenyon was
for many years staunch friend and
supporter Of his fellow townsman, the
late Senator Dolliver. With Dolliyer
he espoused the case of George b.
Perkins and that OF William b. ALL
son, against Cummins on both occa-
sions In fact, 1t is said that Mr.. Ken
yon was a great deal more active In
Mr.. Perkins interests than was Mr..
Dolliver. His activities were less
marked during the campaign between
Cummins and Lacey, and politicians
with hearty memories have been
heard during the last week to say that
they recall him as a Cummins partisan
though a luke warm one-in that
fight.
In common with the big Jungle beast
whom cartoonists use to typify the
republican party, Mr.. Cummins Is
credited with never forgetting an