The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-04-10
DUNN GIVES CAUSE
FOR OPPOSITION
LATE CANDIDATE FOR COVER.
NOR GOES AFTER REED.
SAYS REED is REACTlONARY
Another Reason Which May be the
Main One is the Mason cityan's
Belief That State Chairman
Was Disioyal Last Fall.

Washington, ID. c., April 8.--The
Iowa democratic machine only yesten
day was regarded as model OF per.
lection. Today, only half way UP the
hill, 1t is chugging iaboriously and
may have to stop. The speed marvel
has large crowd aboard and ii would
look like a shame to rob Its members
of their promised joy ride. II is sad
to relate, but the truth OF the matter
is that, while the sun was shining
brightly, gentle zephyrs were blow.
ing and clear track stretched away
for an indefinite length, a monkey
wrench as long as wagon tongue
was thrown into the very in'ards OF
the mechanism.
who t'rowed dat brick?"
None other than f.. G. Dunn, of Ma
son City, who was the democratic
candidate for governor last year. He
is the individual who slipped crow.
bar into the vitals of the thing.
Dunn thinks he has a grievance
and he came to Washington and gave
1t air. That the young man is popu.
lar and has friends everywhere In the
state is not to be doubted and the
stand he has taken against the Iowa
democratic organization causes ser
iOus apprehension In the minds of
democratic leaders. They fear his ac-
ltion will cause a breach in the party
that will widen and deepen as the
months go by until there will be no
more chance for them to elect a gov.
ernor next year than there used to
be in the days when the republicans
hni In
governor by a majority of almost any
size. -.
The head and front of the Iowa
democratic organization is composed
of Judge Martin J. Wade, national
committeeman; N. f. Reed, state
chairman, and the three democratic
congressman, Pepper, Connolly and
kirkpatrick.
In the dispensing of patronage, each
of the three congressman is supreme
in his own district; in the eight dis
tricts which are represented by re-
Ipublicans, the organization makes the
recommendations. Mr.. Dunn thinks
this system, SO far as 1t relates to the
republican districts, Is all wrong. He
declares the pie in these districts
should be handed out by the demo.
cratic candidates for congress who
were defeated, the patriots who
fought valiantly, but fell outside the
breastworks. Mr.. Dunn himself Is in
this class. He feels that he should
be consulted and, because he has not
been, he is just as peeved as Jerry
Sullivan is at the attention which the
administration Is paying to Judge
Wade, and he an original Wilson
man while the Judge was a Champ
Clark supporter. ".. .t.-5
The diplomatic reason which Dunn
gives for his opposition to Reed, who
lis candidate for United States mar.
shall of the southern district, is that
Reed is reactionary of the worst
type. He thinks it would be mockery
for a reactionary like Reed to be
allowed to build up a machine in
Iowa under progressive, such as
Woodrow Wilson is. Reed would ap-
point deputies of the same stripe as
himself. Dunn claims, and the govern.
ment would pay the bills of these
Reed followers as they travelled about
over the state, Strengthening the Reed
machine.
However, another reason, which
may be the main one, for Dunn's in.
surgency in this hour of democratic
triumph is his belief that Reed as
state chairman last year was disloyal
to the Dunn candidacy and that this
lis how 1t comes that George w.
Clarke Is sitting today in the COVER
nor's chair of Iowa instead of himself.
Mr.. Reed himself Indignantly de-
MES this charge and democrats in
every district of the state are tele.
graphing to Washington affirming
their faith in Reeds loyalty and ask
ing that 5Dunn's protest be ignored.
Among those who have so telegraphed
were candidates on the state ticket
with Dunn and several members OF the
state CENTRAL committee.
Mr. Dunn has told the story of his
troubles to Secretary Bryan and also
to the White House. 1t will be inter-
esting to watch the result, official
knowledge of which will appear when
the President sends his first bunch
of Iowa nominations to the senate.