The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-10-08

OUTLOOK
IN IOWA

Des Mones, "a. Oct s.-Not since
Uncle Holv Boise rallied the farm
ers oi Iowa to his standard and was
.twica elected governor oE The state and
thereby became a contender Tor the
democratic nomination for president
has the Democracy Of the Hawkeye
state been more than 4 apeck on the
political map With the exception Of
candidates for local offices here and
there, 8 CONGRESSMAN NOW and then
has been all that fhe party has elect
ed These could almost be counted on.
the fingers or one Wade. Hamil-
ton, Jamison and Pepper are the con-
splcuous ones.
But repeated defeats have not caus-
cd the Democrats o. Iowa to abandon
their principles and this year the re-
ward Il to be theirs
Democrats OF Iowa are confident of
victory; their opponents generally ad-
nit il and everyone who makes an i'm
partial ana unbiased Investigation a
forced to the inevitable conclusion that
Democratic success only awaits the
4 counting Of the ballots. Conditions at
this time make no other outcome pos
sible.
Before the Baltimore convention
Clark sentiment predominated among
the Iowa Democrats. The reason waf
a natural one. The speaker lives ii
an adjoining state and Iowa Democrats
know him personally and admire him
( Now, having lost none Of their higi
regard for Clark they are solidly lineG
up for Gov Wilson. They see yictor1
and none Of them is shirking or sulL
| ing. Iowa Republicans divided thei
| allegiance between Taft and Cummini
"a favorite sou-before the Republi
can convention. RooEevelt did no
figure with them. Since the conven
ton. however, they have divided be
tween Taft and Roosevelt and an est
mate Of the ratio Of division depend
upon the view point The regular Rt
publicana say Taft win poll more vote
than Roosevelt: the third term adyC
Gates declare that the Colonel VII
distance the Republican rival, but how
ever you figure It, the division win b
such that Wilson will poll more vote
than either one OF them. You ma
scour Iowa from Davenport to CouI
eli Bluffs. from Sioux City to Keokul
and It would not be possible TO fine
corporal's guard Of Democrats who az
going to vote for Roosevelt, but theT
are thousands Of Republicans DISCUS
ed with both Taft and Roosevelt VIII
will vote for Wilson.
Iowa gave Taft 10000, Bryan zoo
900 in 1908. This year Wilson win 6,
upwards OF 100000. while Taft an
Roosevelt viii divide 225,OOO This
simple problem in Democratic 10
atty and mathematics
But that is not all. Iowa will elel
a Democratic senator in place Of Il
Hon. W. s Kenyon. He viii be Da
lei W. Hamilton. In the Republica
senatorial primaries Kenyon contest'
with former Senator Lafe" Youn
When Kenyon's majority ran up
10000 the counters got tired and safe
whats the use. it seems to be a
most unanimous" Looking at the'
figures some people said Poor Da
Hamilton, he hasn't got a chance
Their mistake The situation chan
ed with Kaleidoscope suddennes
Kenyon, a real progressive who won
make a first class Democrat II
lived in a normally Democratic stat
was forced to align himself with Tai
When he did that be signed his oW
political death warrant, but he cou
not do otherwise Now it is epo'
Kenyon" His political life is belI
ground out between the two mi
stones Of Taftlsm and Rooseyeltisi
Good fellow, Kenyon, fine type. b
unfortunate.
But Iowa win lose nothing by eles
Ing Dan Hamilton In place Of Kenyo
lie Is just as true sort Of real pr
gresslve as is Kenyon. The Iowa pc
pie know this and are perfectly sat
fled A change Of rs members in Il