Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-02-01
SENATOR YOUNG rs POSITIVELY
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The Hon. Lafayette Young is Unit
ed States Senator from Iowa by ap-
pointment Of Governor Carroll to fill
the vacancy caused by the death of
Senator Dolliver during the recess
Of the legislature last fall. Mr..
Young is also a candidate for cleo
ton for the unexpired term Senator
Young's colleague, the Hon. Albert B.
Cummins, does not desire Mr.. Young
to be elected.
Remarking that the members Of
the legislature were nominated before
Senator Delivers death, so that
there was no chance to hold a pri-
mary on the senatorship, and remark
ing also Senator Cummins' zeal for
the direct" election of senators,
Mr.. Young has asked his colleague
to use his potent influence with the
Legislature to induce it to suspend
proceedings until an advisory" d.
rect primary ON the senatorship can
be held.
Strange to say. Senator Cummins
has absolutely refused to accede to
a request so obviously reasonable, in
view of Mr.. Cummins' record of zeal
for the direct primary and for the
popular" election of senator's! Ap'
parently Senator Cummins is afraid
that Senator Young might win If the
question of who should be Senator
Delivers successor should be referr
ed to the people OF Iowa.
| Noting also the formation OF thu
Progressive league" at Washington
and that in the forefront OF its plat
form is a demand for the popular
election of senators and for referen
dums on everything, its member
have been asked by Senator Young
Iowa friends to interest themselve
in behalf of senatorial primary tt
end the deadlock on the senatorshil
In the Iowa legis lature, in which MI
Young has now one-third of the re
publican votes.
I Out in Iowa they naturally suppos
| ed that the progressives would be de
lighted thus to prove their faith b
their works and to promote the grea
reform Of having senators chose
directly by the people instead of b
their representatives in the legi,
lature as the constitution provides
But, strange to say, all the "prt
gressives" have found excuses for NJ
proving their faith by their works!
Il Senator Bourne, the president o
the new reform and Roosevelt Thir,
Term league, said he was too i'll e,
en- to talk with the envoy of the III
e sophisticated Iowans.
8 Congressman Norris of Nebraska
J. the insurgent hero of the Hous
and the leagues vice president, yer
ally pledged his unfaltering devote
to the direct primary and the ''po
g ular" election of senators, b,
J. thought that under existing cond
:, tions" there should be an exceptio
made and that no senatorial primal
should be held in Iowa.
The existing conditions are,
n course, that If the pople of low
s We're given a chance directly to e
press their choice for senator, M
Young would doubtless be that choic
II Senator Bristow of Kansas plead.
that the weather was cold and Il
roads bad out in Iowa, and that
would be most unkind to ask tt
Iowa farmers ITO come out and vo
at primary when the legislatul
could take care of the matter vii
much less trouble. He knew tn
/ was the situation because Senat
) Cummins had told him so!
So it went all around. Not one
the "progressives" would prove b
u faith by his works!
OF course, the truth is that I'll
"progressives" are for the direct pl
n mary only during the Chautauqua le
l. ture season, and when they feel &c
tain of getting something by it.
For Mr.. Young and his friends /
: ask them to be for it all the yea
e round and When it might be inco
l. venient to "give the people a chance
IS is positively unkind Ocean.