The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-01-11
lNSURGENT INSURGENTS.

was ''one-man" faction.
lit was the wish to break up this die
Iation that gave insurgency it's first
reasuD for existence. 1t was urged
sshal no matter how able or consclen-
ttions the boss" might be, the days of
bossism in Iowa should cease.
Insurgency was successful largely
iupon this issue, but as was predicted
aben, the result has been to build up
"A One-man organization more doml-
sueering. more selfish and more auto
cratic than any ever before known in
Iowa.
No one denies but that the recent
qualities Of Iowa have been absolutely
controlled, guided and directed by one
man. His decision has been final. His
control has been absolute. The SOL
Gaiers of France followed Napoleon
with no more abandon of personal
judgment, and with no deeper sense
Eof personal loyalty than the apostles
of insurgency have followed their
leader.
at is a hopeful sign, therefore, that
insurgency has at last shown itself
IN the ranks Of insurgency and that
there is fair prospect that it's cry of
back to the people" will be made
effective and no longer be liable to the
charge of rank hypocrisy.
The situation has arisen in the pres
sent senatorial contest No one denies
but that it was the desire of the in
surgent leader to dictate the field from
which the senatorial candidates must
be chosen. 1t was loudly proclaimed
that no choice would be made among
Ihe few chosen ones, but none were
TO be considered by the insurgent leg
lsslators save those bearing the Imperi-
al o. K, and even then, in the last
analysis, it was understOon that the
secret sign would be given and the
,aoga handed to the anointed one.
But new man, Kenyon, appeared
upon the field His record as pro-
Gsressive was straight and clean. He
advocated all the principles of the So
called progressives. He was trust
buster and tariff smasher Of the
most approved type. He was young
man, and we have heard much Of the
expediency of electing young men to
GlIices he was able, brilliant and eff
ficient. He was closer to Dolliver,
whose later day memory is said to be
reyered by all good insurgents than
any man who had been named.
Kenyon did not stand as mere echo
OF the great Imperator, however, and
there was at once a frenZied effort to
.sstafe his candidacy, to whip his fol
lowers into line, to bring out new can
s5idates to weaken him and to threat
en- his friends with direful conse-
sluences if they did not desert him.
All this not because Kenyon was not
good man, not because he was not a
good progressive, but because he was
not one of the chosen ones, because he
had dared to be a candidate in his own
right, because it was feared that
yually have two United States senators
instead of one.
that in spite of this enormous pressure
such men as the Larrabees, Harvey
Ingham, Senator Joe Allen and about
twenty insurgent members of the
house and senate have been able tC
stand out against it and have thus fal
forced the Kenyon candidacy SO that il
is the only live, growing and effective
candidacy in the insurgent camp to
day.
These men have even dared to stanC
out against a senatorial caucus anC
have been so utterly fearless that they
have refused to abandon one of the
great issues of their faction and are
demanding a special primary on the
senatorial question.
So enthusiastic and effective has
been their campaign to date that if any
yielding is done it will have to be by
rEf,e Cummins faction of insurgency
Their candidates are weak as com
pared to Kenyon and their efforts tc
divide his vote have SO far been un
awaiting Thus, if any insurSent i:
named by the Legislature, it will be
Kenyon and in case of special pri
mary his name will assuredly go be
fore the people.
He is much the strongest candidate
presented by the insurgents and PR
mary contest between him and Senate
Young would not only be intensely in
teresting from the politicians stand
point, but highly instructive and help
full to the people as whole. The is
sue would be squarely drawn with abb