Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-06-11
CUMMINS' STANDARD RAISED
Senator Kenyon 0peas Headquar'
ters for Colleague at Chicago.
HAWKEYE CLUB IS IN CHARGE
Delegates Instructed for Him
Kenyon Gives Out Enthusi-
astic Statement.

CHICAGO, June 1U.-The standard OF
Senator Albert B. Cummins of Iowa for
| republican presidential nominee was
raised today by his colleague, Senator
w. S. Kenyon, who arrived from Iowa
full of enthusiasm for the Hawkepe
candidate. Senator Cummins now has
ten delegates pledged to him.
Headquarters In the hotel where the
Taft and Roosevelt camps are located
| were engaged by Senator Kenyon and
the Hawkeye club of Chicago assumed
charge of the campaign. Before the end
of the week the IoWans expect that more
than 1000 enthusiastic boosters from be-
yond the Mississippi Will be in Chicago
to demonstrate their fealty to the senior
senator from Iowa.
Before leaving for Washington, Sem
ator Kenyon said:
Friends of Senator Cummins believe
are tired of the present controversy and
tired Of personal politics. We present in
him man who can unite the party and
lead 1t to an old-time victory. His canr
didacy is not for the purpose of injuring
any one or Furnishing any one.
Senator Cummins has always been on
the peoples side in every contest A
record that will inspire confidence, q
| magnetic personality and a character
without q spot or blemish--where can the
partly turn for a leader better than he.
| 1t would be we'll II out of all this turmoil
such candidate could be nominated at
| the convention"
| headquarters Of Senator Robert M. La
Toilette would be opened in a downtown
hotel, and the Wisconsin men autlyety
at work for their candidate
Platform Talk to the Front.
Discussion of planks for the party
platform is becoming more general in
the various headquarters. One of the
missionaries" is James T. Williams, jr.,
| formerly a federal civil service commits
sioner and named as delegate at-large
| from Arizona.
Two particular planks are in Mr.. Will
| liams' program, One would extend the
| civil service to include all postmasters,
collectors of customs and internal rev.
enue and practically all other federal ap-
pointees not already in the classified lists
His other plank would commit the party
to liberal irrigation policy.
Among the early arrivals today were
! two parties of opposite political tend
| encies from neighboring states. From
Michigan came c. A. Palmer, w. r.
Oakes and G. M. Bane, all state Off
cials and all Roosevelt men. They were
| accompanied by Judge w. D. Gordon,
who is to represent the Roosevelt dele
gates in the contests from that state.
The Indiana political colony was in
creased by the arrival of E. II. Schmidt,
United States marshal; Volney T. NAL
lott Harry O. Wallace, w. E. Davis and
John l.. Hogue. Public duties and pri-
vate enterprise were both represented in
this group, but all were boosting for
President Taft.
New York VIII Vote for Root.
! Lafayette B. Gleason of Delhi, N Y,
secretary of the New York republican
state central committee and selected for
temporary secretary of the convention
by the subcommittee on arrangements to-
day declared that he was confident that
/ eighty-five of the ninety New York del
egates to the convention would vote for
Senator Elihu Root for temporary chair
! man.
Il have received kilograms from
eighty-five of the New York delegates, 4"
said Mr.. Gleason, and they will sup
port Senator Root. 7 am just as conf
dent that from eighty-one to eighty five
of the delegates will vote for President
Taft"
Roosevelt Denies Report.
| NEW YORK, June 10.-Theodore
Roosevelt denied today the report that
! he intends going to Chicago by special
train at moments notice Il know of
no such plan," he said. Il have no pres
ent intention of going to Chicago this
week and won't go unless it is neces-
sary. Mr.. Perkins telephoned me This
morning and l am very sure that if such
a trip had been contemplated he would
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