The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-02-13
KENYON DOOMED
FOR PRESIDENT
IOWA SENATOR SAYS HE HAS
NO THOUGHT OF SUCH.
REOlSTRlCTING OF THE STATE
Representative Kendall Thinks The
Scheme Proposed is Fair One
New Districts Are More Eveu-
ly Divided in Population.

the republicans OF Iowa start the
ball rolling" for Senator Kenyon for
president in 1916. Senator Kenyon's
lattention was called to the sugges.
ton and he said he never had given
a thought to such a thing. The sen.
ator added that his intention was TO
serve his country to the best of his
ability for the next six years and then
return to the practice of law in the
hope of being able to lay up COM
petence for those who are dependent
upon him. ia
Senator Kenyon looks upon Senator
Borah as q likely candidate of the
republican party for the presidency in
1916. He said Borah had the presi-
dency in mind more than any other
republican just, now. .H
why, il Borah lived in Illinois or
New York, he almost certainly would
be the republican nominee for the
presidency in 1916" Senator Kenyon
said. He is progressive republican
of high character and probably would
be more acceptable as a presidential
candidate than Senator LaFollette for
the reason that he has not been 50
radical"
Senator Kenyon expressed the Opin,
ion that the republican party in order
to win in the next presidential cleo,
ton must have a candidate like either
Borah or LaFollette.
Fighting Bob" does not propose to
reopen his presidential campaign
headquarters in Washington this win
tier, Senator Kenyon thinks, notwith.
standing the persistent report to the
icOnrary. The Wisconsin senator sim.
ply Is waiting, Senator Kenyon thinks
Not so with Senator BOrah. He will
make his declaration of faith" at the
Lincoln day banquet in Baltimore
"Wednesday evening.
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Representative Nate Kendall, OF
the Sixth Iowa district. thinks the plan
for redistricting the congressional
districts of Iowa, proposed in the Iowa
Legislature and said TO have the ap'
proval of a majority of the members
of the committee in both houses to be
flair. lnasmuch as Mr.. Kendail's ser
lvice as congressman is about to eX
lpire, he is not at all worried about
how the change would affect him. RE
said the plan proposed was as fair as
lany he ever had seen devised. lie
lcalled attention 10 the fact that the
IElventh district has a population more
than 100000 greater than the First
district and that his district contains
1861 900 less people Jnan Congressman
Woods district, the Tenth. This Is
because the northwestern part of the
state has filed mp with settlers since
THE state last was rcdlstricted, MIR
kendall said
'Of course, IL we are TO look at the
matter purely from q political stand
point, merely as republicans" Mr.
Kendall said, then we should allow
1.-THE districts To remain as they are
for, under normal conditions, the
Second is the only democratic dis
trict in the state" and the only way
to change that, Mr.. Kendall thought
would be to throw Muscatine county
into the First district.
Mr.. Kendall said the changes pro
posed would make some of the dis
tricts even more solidly republican
than they now are. Anyhow, he de
clared, the districts should be more
compact and should be more evenly
divided as to population, and the plar
proposed, which would give the dis
tricts an average population of 202,
900. was as equitable as any, he
Thought.
The new congressional districts o.
Iowa to be recommended are as fol
lows:
First district-Lee, Des, Moines
Van Buren,, Jefferson, Washington
Louisa, Henry, Wapello and Davis.
Second district-Scott, Cedar, Gin
ton, Johnson, Muscatine and Jackson
Third Observation-Disclosures, Delaware
Buchanan, Benton, Linn and Jones.
Fourth iistrict-NO change.
Fifth district - Marshall. Hardin
Story, Tama, Butler, Franklin. Hamil
ton, Grundy and Black Hawk.
Sixth Observation-Disclosures, Iowa, Pow
,eshiek, Keokuk, Jasper, Marion, LII
cas-, Appanoose and Monroe.
Seventh district-Polk, Dallas, Guth
RTE, Greene and Boone.
Eighth district - Adair, Madison
Warren, Montgomery, Adams, Clarke
Fremont, Page, Taylor. Ringgold ant
Union.
Ninth district-Mills, POttawattaniC
Cass, Harrison. Shelby, Audubon, Mo
mona, Crawford and Carroll.
Tenth district - Dickinson, Emmett
iKossuth. Winnebago. Clay, Palo Alto
Hancock. Buena Vista, Pocahontas
Humboldt, Wright, Calhoun and Web
ster.
Eleventh district - Lyon, Osceola
Sioux, O'Brien. Plymouth, Cherokee
Woodbury., Ida and Sac.
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Senator Kenyon is disguised with
the filibustering tactics being employ
led by the democrats In the executive
sessions of the senate these days. Al
THE conclusion of one of these SEES
lsions day or two ago the senator
Isaid the country, If IL could have look
led in upon the proceedings, would
have wanted TO abolish the senate
He declared il reminded him OF two
boys making faces at each other back
lOf n barn.
Washington Notes.
Judge and Mrs. Walter |. Smith, OF
Council bluffs. are in Washington.
I, John Abraham, OF Mt. Pleasant, son
lof Lot Abraham, who was a delegate
from the First Iowa district to the
last republican national convention,
has been In Washington on his way
lack TO Panama.