Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-12-20
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Opponents of President Desperate in
Effort to Hold Delegates.
cUMMINs TO BE CANDIDATE
Iowa senator Comes Home aud II
IN said win Announce iIia Par
pose 10 Hold Iowa Dele
Eation in Line.
tFrom a staff correspondenl.l

WASHINGTON, Dec. i9.-(Speclal Tel
ram.)-Senator A. b. Cummins left for
Iowa tonight and those who pretend TO
know say that on his arrival I'm the
Hawkeye state Inc will lannounce his can
didaoy for president.
And thereby hangs tale. For some
days past forces antagonistic to the re-
nomination OF President Taft have been
throwing boquets at the man from Iowa.
They have been saying complimentary
things about his achievements, not only
as governor of great state, but as sem
ator. with the result that lowa's pie
turesque statesman, possibly recogniz-
ing that La Follotte's boom is growing
gradually weaker and weaker finds in
the situation All opportunity TO slip over
the delegates from Iowa for himself.
The same interesting game Is being
played In Indiana with ex-senator Bev-
eridge as the rallying cry for those op-
posed TO the present occupant OF the
White House and II is intimated that
several other favorite sons in addition
to la Toilette win be commandeered tn
break down Tafts strngth In the so
called insurgent states TO the end that
II there should be a stampede away from
Taft one of the galaxy OF intrepid war
riors might become the beneficiary and
the nominee.
To bark back to Senator Cummings.
1t Ia generally conceded that II he should
Indicate when In Iowa he would like 20
have a delegation from the state 1t
would be hard TO beat him. even though
Senator Kenyon Is a pronounced Taft
man. 1t shows however the desperation
| in which La Tollettes followers are
placed and that they are playing the
! honorcd "favorite son" racket TO beat
the generally and logical candidate.
President Taft in the meantime is put
ting things over" for the honor and
glory OF the entire people, wholly obiv-
ious seemingly TO politics beings being
played against him,
HItchcOcIs's Speech Delivered.
Almost at the close OF a long but eX-
ceedingly interesting and historic session
OF the senate today Senator Hitchcock
succeeded IN getting the floor to cham
pion the substitute he offered yesterday
TO Senator Lodges resolution abrogating
the treaty Of 1892 between Russia ant
United States with references to pass
ports. Senator Hitchcock started out bS
saying that the controversy over the
question OF passports Of former Rus-iaI
citizens was as old as the treaty Itself
that ever since the first passport wa'
turned down by Russia sentiment naC
reached congress and had been growing
ever since. lie insisted that the Language
Of the resolution as reported from the
committee on foreign affairs was evasiy'
and really dishonest and the Nebraska
senator insisted that the resolution shOulC
state In plain terms the reason why the
treaty was abrOgatcd Hitchcock's sub
stitute was defeated by a vote OF 81 L
lG? the Lodge resolution then beins
adopted unanimously, seventy-two sen
ators voting IN It's favor.
bloom FuII-FIedgcd officer.
Frank Bloom. son OF Fort Meye
tailor, In whose behalf President Taf
linterceded and whose case was the cause
Of a repIimGnd for Colonel Joseph Car
rard OF Fort Meyer, is a fun fledged Of
ficer OF the United States army. The las
formality was completed yesterday whei
the senate confirmed his nomination a
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