The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-10-11
Notes From Democratic National Headquarters

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exception of candidates for local Of
fices here and there, a congressman
now and then has been all that the
party has elected. These could almost
b. counted on the fingers of one
hand-Wade, Hamilton, Jamiason and
Pepper are the conspicuous ones.
But repeated defeats have not
caused the democrats in Iowa to aban-
don their principles and this year
tLe reward is to be theirs.
Democrats of Iowa are confident
of victory; their opponents generally
admit it and everyone who makes an
impartial and unbiased investigation
is forced to the inevitable cOnclus-
ion that democratic success only
awaits the counting of the ballots.
Conditions at this time make no 9th
sr outcome possible.
Before the Baltimore convention
Clark sentiment predominated among
the Iowa democrats. The reason was
a natural one. The speaker lives in
an adjoining state and Iowa demo-
Gratis know him personally and ad-
mire him. Now, having lost none OF
their high regard for Clark they are
solidly lined up for Governor wilson.
They see victory and none OF them
is shirking or sulking. Iowa repuDll-
cans divided their allegiance between
Taft and Cummins-a favorte sOn-
before the republican convention.
Roosevelt did not figure with them,
Since the convention, however, they
have divided between Taft and Roose'
welt and an estimate of the ratio OF
division depends upon the viewpoint
The regular republicans say Taft will
poll more votes than Roosevelt; the
third term advocates declare that the
colonel will distance his republican
rival, but however you figure it, the
division will be such that Wilson
will poll more votes than either one
of them. You may scour Iowa from
Davenport to Council Bluffs, from
Sioux City to KeoRuk and it would
not be possible to find a corporal S
guard of democrats who are going to
vote for Roosevelt, but there are thou
sands of republicans disgusted with
both Taft ond Roosevelt and who will
vote for Wilson.
Iowa gave Taft 27O000, Bryan
100000 in 1908. This year Wilson
will get upwards Of 100000, while
Raft and Roosevelt will divide 225,OOO
This is a simple problem in democrat
ic loyalty and mathematics.
But that is not all. Iowa will elect
a democratic senator in place OF the
Honorable W. S. Kenyon. He will
be Daniel w. Hamilton. In the re-
publican senatorial primaries Kenyon
contested with former Senator "Lafe
Young. When Kenyon's majority ran
up to 10000 the counters got tired
and said: What's the use, it seems
to he Almost unanimous. Looking
at these figures some people said:
Poor Dan Hamilton, he hasn't got
chance. Their mistake. The situa-
ton changed with Kaleidoscope sud
denness Kenyon, a real progressive
who would make a first class demo
crat if he lived in a normally demo
cratic state, was forced to align him
self with Taft. When he did that he
signed his own political death war
rant, but he could not do otherwise
Now it is Poor Kenyon His po-
litical life is being ground out be-
tween the two millstones of Taftism
and Rooseveltism. Good fellow. Ken
yon. fine type, but unfortunate.
But Iowa will lose nothing by elect
ing Dan Hamilton in place of Ken
yon. He is Just as true sort OF real
Progressive as is Kenyon. The Iowa
people know this and are perfectly
satisfied. A change of 20 members
in the Legislature if Iowa from repub-
lican to democrat is all that is need
ed to elect Hamilton. Thirty Iowa
legislative districts were carried bN
the republican two years ago by less
than 100 majority; half o dozen more
by maiorities of less than 200. The
regulars and the progressives are di-
viding the republican vote IN prac-