The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-04-24
A LITTLE CLIQUE
STIR UP TROUBLE
PROMINENT DEMOCRATS DlssAT-
IsFlEo WITH IOWA PATRONAGE
PLAN TO DEFEAT JUDGE WADE
Senator Kenyon Thinks Bull Moosers
Intend Going Right Ahead and
viii Ask George cosson To Be
Candidate For Senate.

Washington, d. c., April 19.-Jerry
| B. Sullivan, the democratic leader
from Des Moines, has been signa1ly
recognized by President Wilson, who
has named him general appraiser of
merchandise at New York, a life job
which pays $4,000 a year. The ap-
pointment came unsolicited, too, it
seems. Mr.. Sullivan is in Washing
ton. He said upon arriving that he
was not here to oppose the appoint
ment of State Chairman Reed, to the
United States Marshalship, Of the
southern district of Iowa, and was not
looking for anything for himself. A
good many democratic politicians be-
lieve Jerry had his fingers crossed
when he talked like this. These pol
iticians say there is no use longer to
deny the fact that little clique of
prominent democrats in the state is
dissatisfied with the manner in which
the Iowa patronage is about to be
distributed and is trying it's best to
stir up trouble.
E. G. Dunn of Mason City, and Mr..
Sullivan are named among the dissat-
isfied. Mr.. Dunn referred to himself
and advisers as Wilson Men. He
classified the members of the other
faction of the party as reactionaries.
AS to State Chairman Reed, why, he
is a reactionary of the worst type,
Nj. Dunn said.
| Louis Murphy of Dubuque, who will
be collector of internal revenue for
the northern district of Iowa, said in
his elegraph- Herald that he would
hesitate to classify Mr.. Reed as a re.
dictionary, but judged by some of the
company he keeps, he is that"
Politicians interpret this statement
of Mr.. Murphy as a shot at Judge
Wade, National Committeeman,w whose
prominence in the councils of the
Democratic National Committee, the
evident cordially with which he is
received at the White House, and,
more than ALL the power about to be
given by the administration to him in
the handing out of federal plums Ito
the boys back home" are anything
but pleasing to Mr.. Murphy's friend
Jerry Sullivan. In this connection II
Is of interest to note that Mr.. Sulli
vans friends are planning to defeat
Judge Wade for reelection to the
National Committee.
But MI. Sullivan has his knockers
in the party, too. They say that fol
years he has been supporting Senator
Cummins in Iowa and that it can be
shown by the poll books in Mr.. Sulli
vans voting precinct in Des Moines
that he voted for Cummins for gov
ernor when the latter was opposed by
Claude r. Porter. During his pres
ent visit in Washington, Mr.. Sullivan
has conferred with Senator Cummins
and Senator Kenyon and this fact has
caused friends of Mr.. Porter and Mr.
Reed to fear that plan was on foot
to have the Iowa Senators hold uI
the appointments of these two. even
If they should be recommended by the
Iowa Democratic organization.
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A Tariff Commission, which shall be
composed of five commissioners, who
shall be appointed by the president
for terms of six years, the duty Of
which Commission shall be ito inves
tigate the cost of production of all
articles produced in the United States
which by any act of Congress are now
or may hereafter be the subject Of
tariff legislation" is provided for In
bill, introduced Thursday, by Repre-
sentative Good, of the Fifth Iowa Dis
trict.
Mr. Good introduced tariff Com
mission bill in the sixty-first Congress
httt 0nt for ic
bill embodies the cardinal features Of
his former bill, and grants the Com
mission larger powers
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Dispatches from Des Moines, telling
of the defeat in the Senate of the Nc
Hose Fusion bill which would have
allowed the name of a candidate tC
appear on more than one ticket, were
read by members of the Iowa delega
ton with great interest The demo
cratic members seemed pleased
while, quite evidently, the progressive
Republicans and the followers of Sen
ator Cummins were much disappoint
ed.
Representative Good feared thai
the defeat of this measure would
mean the election of democrat tc
the United States senate and the
election of a democrat to succeed
Geo. w. Clarke for Governor. His
opinion is that If the people want 6
candidates name on more than one
ballot. that is their business, and they
should be allowed to have II there.
Senator Kenyon believes the Iowa
bull moosers or progressives Intend
tp go right ahead and build up theil
organizations in every county in the
state. From information which
reaches the senator, he judges the
progressives are trying to persuade
George w. Cosson to be their candi
date for United States Senator mex
year Mr.. Good thinks Mr.. Cosson II
Ambitious to be governor of Iowa some
day and will want to run on the repub
liCan ticket and that he cannot be wor
over to the progressives in this in
stance.