The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-01-25
IosUa And The Presidency
Opposing VeiCs BY Tlvo Leading Des Moines Papers.
cuMMlNs FOR PRESIDENT.

Register and Leader: 1t has been
practically assured for some weeks
that If the progressive demand for a
new name on the national ticket
should come to head, Senator Cum
Minis would by the logic of events be.
come a candidate.
There has been too much uncer.
tainty concerning Mr.. Roosevelt's
wishes or intentions to permit such
movement for him as would be
needed to draw him into an active
candidacy. Moreover, there has de.
veloped a certain bitterness towards
him among the friends of the presi-
dent that other progressives do not
share. The third term objection
has been found to have weight with
many otherwise friendly to the
cause.
The La Toilette campaign, for some
unaccountable reason, was permitted
to languish just at the time when a
clarion note was needed. When fin
ally 1t was launched, the mistake was
made of going to the presidents own
state, where the political unrest was
not in shape to be utilized in a dis
tinctively La Toilette way. Many
things have happened untowardly Tor
La Toilette.
Senator Cummins has in a personal
way gained a standing that is not
enjoyed by any other progressive
leader. Both by nature and by long
training in the courts he practices
a fine courtesy towards his oppon.
ents, and thus maintains a status of
personal friendliness with men he Is
vigorously fighting. There is not
the personal hostility to Cummins
there is toward any other insurgent
Of prominence.
Senator Cummins, both as COVER
nor and subsequently in the senate,
has shown a capacity for leadership
and for administration that makes
him considerable by those who
would oppose any insurgent, but
who, if any insurgent is to be named,
would have a large hand in deter.
senator's name has not been so
much in the newspapers, it must not
be accepted that his name has not
been considered, and that seriously
that he Is now announced.
Iowa presented Senator Allison as
an international bimetalist at the st.
Louis convention when it was prac.
tiCally assured that Mckinley would
be nominated on a gold platform.
Even those who are confident that
the president will be renominated in
June are not so sure of it as the
friends of Mckinley were sure of
his nomination at r. st. Louis. Iowa
lost nothing in the support OF ALI.
son in 1896, and will lose nothing
in the support of Cummins now, II
the result should prove to be fore
ordained What the state stands for
is known. and urging the Iowa pro-
gramme in the national convention
in concrete way will not be without
its advantage, regardless OF what
comes of the balloting.
Finally, Senator Cummins has not
become candidate merely for the
purpose of getting control Of the
delegation from Iowa. The one thing
he has insisted on from the begin
ming has been that he would not
permit the use OF his name unless
it became apparent that in the case
of a breakup in the convention, he
would have substantial support in
influential quarters. Senator Cum.
Minis has held many conferences
with the leaders of the progressive
movement, and it is as a result of
these conferences, and not with any
thought of the Iowa situation, that
he has determined upon his course.
The Register and Leader has every
reason to believe that if the presi,
dent is not to be renominated Senator
Cummins is today the most likely
man to succeed him. The chance
that the president will not be renom-
mated may be small. But such as
it is, it is favorable to the Iowa SEN
atOr. In such situation there would
seem to be but one thing the state
could do creditably, and that to send
a fighting Cummins delegation to
Chicago.