Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-05-06
SAYS FOLLOWER
Of CHA|NP CLARK
HAS lost FORCE.
Washington Correspondent
Would Have itThat Wade
Did Not Get Off on Right
Foot with Administrative
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Washington, d. c., May Few
mge have had the political mishape
that have struck Judge M. =. Wade
within Ehe last few months. To be
gin with, after looking over the field
Of presidential candidates most care
fully last spring, Wade decided tc
cast his fortunes with Champ Clark
He cast and had Clark been nomi'
mated. Wade would have been chair.
man OF the national committee and
the organization democrats in Iowa
would have grown fat on the years
Of plenty which would have been at
hand, providing Clark had won. But
he didn't get nominated and so the
Jig was up. !.
True to his party, Wade took on
his coat and went to the Chicago
headquarters where he worked long
and faithfully during the campaign
Then at inauguration time, Wade
was in Washington and he learned
that he might have something to say
about the distribution of patronage 10
Iowa. He also learned that Chair
man McCombs was particularly fono
OF Jerry Sullivan and Judge Van
Wagenen, but instead of climbing
right into the band wagon then and
giving both men his hearty endorse
ment, Wade went about the matter
of fixing up slate Of federal Offices
in the old way, and the president pro-
ceeded to upset his fixing by naming
Sullivan and Van Wagenen to i'm
portant places without even consult
ing him.
eurleson Recognized Him.
The fudge, however, did get some
consolation from the postmaster gen
eral who accepted the recommends
tions for postmasters in the eighth
republican districts which he sent
him and their nominations on Thurs
day sort Of proved an offset to the
earlier reverses.
On coming to Washington last
week. Judge Wade announced that
he didn't intend to see the president
until he was asked. Then he pro.
ceeded to set about to get the invita-.
ton. with the result that on Wednes'
day afternoon he had an appointments
with Secretary Tumulty to talk over
the Iowa situation. He denied ne was
going to have an appointment when
asked previous to 1t and but for the
access to the official list at the white
house It probably would have passed
unnoticed.
In a last effort to get out from
under Wade filed the petitions Of all
candidates for federal offices in Iowa
with the various departmental heads
and then made his personal recon-
mendations for only two Offices
namely, United States marshal and
United States district attorney for the
southern district. But In order to
shield his candidates, II they happen
ed to be rejected, he refused to give
out their names.
Porter May Mean Fight.
It was pretty generally conceded
however, that he asked for the nam
ing of Nick Reed and Claude Porter
to these places.
In asking for Porter, he put the
question right up to the administra
ton OF starting a confirmation fight
with Senator Cummins. Ever since
Porter very nearly got Cummins In
q gubernatorial campaign several
years ago the senior senator has chad
it in" for him and he served notice on
the president he would oppose his
confirmation. OF course, Porter car
be confirmed easily despite Cummins
or any other republican senator OF
all OF them, but still Cummins could
cause some temporary embarrassment,
ON the matter.