The Washington times., 1910-06-09
ProgressiveS Hail With Glee
Defeat of Hull by
Prouty.
SMITHS VICTORY
CHEERS REGULARS
lnsurgent Delegation Assured, But
Standpatters Expected 10 Con-
troll State Convention.
Bv IoHN SNURE.

Al the OdplNo. LtQdgB dDouA lllt " lA4AC
House and in political circles generally
there was led discussion Of the
results =: the primaries held in various
parts Of the country this week.
The result in Iowa was the subject Of
the most discussion. That result was
in part a victory for the progressives
and in part a victory for the regulars
Both the progressive and regular fac
tions in Congress profess TO derive sat
isfaction from 1t. Tie net outcome Of
the Iowa primaries was.
Defeat for denomination Of Represen-
tative Hull, of the Des Moines district,
for twenty years a meHI0cr OF the
House and a foremost Cannon sup
porter
denomination or Judge Walter /
Smith and Of Representative Kennedy
both regulars and Cannon men
Nomination Of eight progressives for
the House on the Republican ticket and
Of three regulars or stand-patters.
Nomination Of Governor Carroll, a
stand-patter. TO succeed himself. and
the probable control o. the State con-
venuon by the regulars.
Gain For Progressives.
So far as the House IS concerned. the
the prCgressives from Iowa in that body.
Now, the House delegation consists Of
six progressives. four regulars, and one
Democrat. In the next House. the regu-
lars will have not TO exceed three men
and probably not to exceed two. mas
much as il is expected that in the
Eighth district, which Is now represent
ed by Democrat. Judge II. NJ. TOwner,
a regular, who has been nominated By
The Republicans, viii be beaten at the
polls Representative Kennedy is also
IN great danger OF defeat in the election
This may leave judge Smith as the only
regular from Iowa in the next House
The defeat Of RepI sentative Hull was
overWhelmlnE- This was the biz sur
prise Of the primaries. The unofficial
majority Of judge 5. r PrOuty, who
defeated him. Is about 1900.
II was generally supposed the outcome
IN this district would be close Tho
fight IN this district was waged on pro
EreSslve and regular lines. Hull was at
lacked as Cannon supporter and the
tact that Speaker Cannon went into the
district and spoke for him was used
against him. Mr.. Hull is chairr1aT ~
the house Committee on Military A.
fairs and has been in The House for two
decades: Senator Cur Minis fought hin
personally. His defect comes al +be go
OF succession Of hard fights va 1ed
against him by Judge Prouty ana tbe
progressive forces. IN preceding cam
paiEns.
Personal Popularity Wins.
Representative Smiths majority is
larger tran expected and is unofhcialIv
said 10 be about 1000. Judge Smith Vas
fought as a Cannon man, but his great
personal popularity won him a victory
despite the fact that Senator Ctlrr7r ,ir1s
made two speeches in his district against
him
The progressives had hoped TO defeat
Governor carroll for denomination, but
were disappointed in this The returns
indicate that he has been renorninated
by a majority Of from 100 10 2OO0.
Another disappointment TO the pro-
gresslves Is in the fact that the stand
patIerS VIII probably control the State
convention by a narrow margin. PresI-
dent Iaft viii be given a strong in
dOrsement in the convention While
there Is talk that the regulars will try
70 oenounce Senators Cummins and
DoNiyer for thei. votes on tariI q =
not likely the State convention viii take
this course
Governor Cummins IN an interview
said the defeat OF Hull OvershadOv-ed
all other features Of the results IN polit-
ical significance.
South Dakota results in the Tuesday
primaries were close Representatives
Martin and Burke, both regulars were
renominated- The three-COrnered con-
test over the gOvernOrship is close, with
the Indications pointing TO the selection
OF Egan. who is an Independent and an
inSurgent- VeSsey, who is also an in
sursent, may lead in the final count
Protest Against Interests"
From Florida comes news which is
calculated TO cheer the progressive Dem
ocrats and the Republican insurgents
II is that former Governor Broward
has won out in the second primaries on
the SenatOTship and has defeated Sen
ator TaliafeTro by about LOO majority.
TaliaferrO is a conservative. Broward
belongs to the other wing Of the Demo-
cratic party and has risen from a steam
er deckhand. The nomination Of Brow
ard is a protest against the rule Of
Florida by corporation interests stand
ard OIL influence is freely charged to be
powerful in Democratic politics
In the Tenth Indiana district the
Democrats have nominated John B.
Peterson against Representative Crum-
packer. They have denounced the new
tariff law and Crumpacker as its "chief
apostle"
In Representative DaIzeH's district. in
PENNSYLVANIA, DR. R J. Black his op-
penent' mas asked a recount on ground
of frauds in the baIIotfur