The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-10-30
WASHINGTON LETTER.

Washington, d. c., Oct. 27.-Speo-
ial Observation-Disclosures t
State Bryan returning from his re-
cent trip to Iowa brought hopeful
report to President Wilson OF condi
tons as he found them in the state.
Mr.. Bryan told the president that he
talked with representative citizens
gathered from all parts of the state
and found them in hearty accord
with the administrations policies
and that they had unbounded conf
dence in the presidents ability to
put through the legislative plans he
is furthering to carry out the COM
prehensive policies to which the
democratic party is pledged.
Secretary Bryan found strong
undercurrent of opinion among the
democratic leaders that democratic
senator would be elected in Iowa
next year to fill Senator Cummin's
seat. He found this to be true for
two reasons. First, because the
party is stronger in the state, has
ADLER leadership and is fortified by
the confidence gained in the election
last year when the state was carried
for President Wilson. And, second.
because there is strong protest
against Senator Cummins in his own
party. The senator lost his conser-
vative support when he bolted the
Taft nomination last year and sup
ported Roosevelt for the presidency.
He alienated much of his progressive
support because in effect, he support
ed the Payne-Aldrich tariff law,
which previously he had classed as a
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the statute books when the Under
in the senate. There is more popular
approval among progressives. to the
course of Senator La Toilette, repub-
lican, and Poindexter, progressive.
in this particular, as both showed
consistent action by voting for the
democratic bill when it carried the
provisions for which they had been
contending.
On two occasions during his Iowa
visit Secretary Bryan paid high COM
pliments to Congressman Maurice
Connolly and to urge the people of
the third district to send Mr.. Connol-
ly back to congress. Congressman
Connolly has won the confidence and
respect of the administration leaders
by the fighting spirit he has display
ed, by his intellectual attainments
and by the grasp of public affairs he
has shown. Congressman Connolly's
friends look upon him as one of the
coming political leaders. He has
youth, energy, ambition and high
ideals, qualities which have won him
recognition in his first seven months
in the house.
Congressman Pepper was hOnored
last week in being appointed as one
of the tifty-six members of the house
to attend the dedication of the re-
stored congress hall in Philadelphia
where the first congress held it's ses-
sions. There were only fifty-six
members of that congress and Speak
er Clark selected the same number
out of house membership of ABS to
be present as official guests. Mr..
Pepper as the only member of the
Iowa delegation holding a commit
tee craftsmanship and as secretary of
the democratic congressional COM
mittee stood well up in the list OF
members of this committee, member
ship on which was considered an
honor owing to the historical signi-
ficance of the occasion. wv.
Letters reaching Congressman
Kirkpatrick from old soldiers in the
sixth district, who, though republic
cans, voted for Kirkpatrick, declare
that President Wilson has won many |
friends by his fidelity to duty in re-
naming on the job all summer to
urge the measure which he believed
the people are demanding.
From the letters / am receiving |
am amazed how strong the presi- |
dent is with people of all classes"
says Congressman Kirkpatrick. HE
is receiving enough. republican sup
port for his policies to indicate that
the people hold him to be bigger
than his party. The people have
faith in the president and his policies
and can be depended on to back him
in his fight for currency reform
J. K. Dougherty.