The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-02-15
CUMMINS RECEIVES
FRIENDS GREETINGS
Presidential Candidate, Lat
est in Field, Observes
His Birthday.
(Nationai News Association,


the latest Of the Republican presiden-
tial aspirsnts Baird Cummins.
United States senator from Iowa.
Senator Cummins was born sixty-two
years ago in the town Of Carmichaels.
Pa. In early youth he followed his
fathers trade Of carpentering. and
with the money thus earned he was
able to take q two years course at
Waynesburg college. After leaving
college he worked for several years as
a railroad surveyor. He must have
been . pretty good man at the business
for he was offered position 40 chief
engineer Of one of the western rail-
roads. But the future senator had al
ready determined upon the law a. q
profession and at the age of twenty.
three he laid aside his tripod and be.
came q student in q Chicago law Of.
flee.
Mr.. Cummins did not become a res.
ident Of the state that later was to
make him governor and United States
senator until 1873. when he removed
from Chicago to Des Moines and form.
ed law partnership with his brother.
Before many years had passed he had
established his reputation as one Of
the ablest lawyers in the Hawkeye
state.
Ten years after his arrival in Iowa
Mr.. Cummins was elected to the state
legislature. He was elected a. an in
dependent candidate, which was not
q very common thing in those days.
He voted with the Republicans on all
matters. excepting prohibition. He
was . believer in high license. AZ
moro practical temperance measure
than prohibition. and subsequent leg.
islation seems to have approved his
judgment, for high license with local
option now appears to be the settled
policy Of Iowa.
when John H. Gear. known a. the
grand old man" Of the Republican
party in Iowa, was nearing the end
Of his long career In the United States
senate. Mr.. Cummins became . candi.
date for the toga. He was unsuccess-
ful. but he came within three votes
Of election and established his place
among the foremost leaders of his par.
~. In 1901 he came out for the gov.
ernorship. 1t was Cummins against
the field. He stumped the state and
won in the convention Of 1900 dele.
gates by . majority Of eighteen. He
"a. During his administration and
under his Leadership the reform move
nnent made great Roadway In Iowa. As
a candidate for third term. with RE
form" ~ his campaign slogan. he
swept the state with an old time mas
jority that made him master OF the
pArty. V. 4
In 1908 Mr.. Cummins was elected to
serve out the unexpired term Of vii.
liam b. Allison in the United States
senate; He was reelected to the full
term the next year. When the tariff
agitation was renewed soon after he
entered the senate. Mr.. Cummins
stood up and said things which started
what became known as the Iowa
Idea" The idea meant reduction Of
tariff on monopolized products. La
Follette and others took up the idea
and made much Of 1t. but 1t was Cum.
minis who originated 1t.
Close friends and admirers of Mr..
Cummins believe that the "progres.
sive" movement a. the Iowa Idea"
has, come to be known. may sweep
the Senator into the White House.
They believe that on a showdown he
could poll greater strength among the
progrossive Republicans than Senator
La Toilette. The Cummins policy:in re-
cards to the leading Issues ofsthe day
may fairly b defined ~ q means be.
tween the views Of PRECEDENT Taft and
those Of Senator La Toilette. . little
more advanced than the former and at
the same time not 10 radical AZ the
lSot-nAmed.
Senator Cummins believes in reform
but he does not believe that the pro-
psr way to remedy the existing condi.
ton Of things 10 to destroy the corpor.
ations and make war on the railroads.
In . speech delivered before the
Roosevelt club In Denver some years
ago b expressed his views ON tho
subject Of reform a. follows:
do not fear the title Of reformer.
bSt put the true meaning upon the
word. The reformer who destroys IL
the enemy Of mankind. The reformsr
whose cry 10 march on" 10 the bene-
fsctor OF his race. In a country like
ours. whose foundation stones were
laid by the hands of patriots, and
whose structure 10 cemented by the
blood Of heroes. whore justice aud
equality have been the watchword of
our commanders. what we need IL not
revolution. but evolution. We need re-
formers who recognise that what VIC
have 10 good. but that 1t may be bet.
ter: men and women who devote their
lives not to tearing down, but to build.
ins up"
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mothers feel very much concerned ov-
OK the frequent colds contracted by
their children. and have abundant rea-
son for It - every cold weakens the
lungs. lowers the vitality and paves
the way for the more serious diseases
that so otter follow. Chamberlain
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and IL pleasant and safe to take. For
sale by all dealers.