Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-10-23
CONNOLLY TO WIN, !
De MAR PREDICTS
Manager of Democratic Candi-
dates Campaign Says He !,
Will Have $4,000 /;
Plurality. !,
coNoLLYS CAMPAIGN WORKS
WONDERFUL CHANGE IN
SENTIMENT.
cummIns Will Lose 10000 conserva'
tive Republicans and $4,000
Bull Moosers.

Des Moines, Oct. 20.-John De Mar
! today issued formal statement pre-
dieting s!le election Of Maurice Con-
! molly, Democratic candidate for Unit
ed States senator, by $4,000 plurality.
II know it is customary for campaign
managers to predict the success OF
their candidate" says Mr.. De Mar.
but I am making no baseless predic'
ton. My estimate Is based on polls
carefully made in different parts OF
the state and held of saying any
thing about the result until the polls
were completed. am absolutely sure
of Mr.. Connolly's election and Mr..
Connolly himself is no less confident
than l am.
at has been amusing to observe the
Cummins plan OF campaign. First
they said that of course Mr.. Con-
molly had no show to win Neverthe-
less, Mr.. Cummins left Washington
several weeks ago and has since worn
out his voice in fifty campaign
speeches in his own behalf. Again,
they said that Mr.. Connolly couldn't
win. But they issued hurry-up call
to Senator Kenyon to come out and
help, and Kenyon has been here for
over two weeks. leaving the state abb
solutely without representation in the
senate.
CUMMING Heavy Losses.
"Mr. Cummins will lose and Mr.. Con-
molly will get the votes of 10000 anti
Cummins Republicans. Mr.. Cummins
will lose 10000 votes to Casper
Schenck, the Progressive candidate
for senator. Mr.. Cummins will fur
Their lose the votes OF thousands Of
sincere Republicans who will seize
this opportunity to express their
healty approval OF the president by
voting for Mr.. Connolly. Mr.. Connol-
ly's record in Congress and his per.
sonality will bring to his support
thousands of independent voters. Fl.
nally Mr.. Cummins will suffer with
his party because $4,000 Republicans
can't be induced to 60 to the polls in
an of year election. whereas the
number of stay-at-home Democrats Is
less than 10000.
1.-THE Cummins campaign Is listless.
No wonder. He has been telling the
people of Iowa for years that Demo-
and hard times. Iowa, more pros
porous now than ever. realizes that
isn't true.
congressman Connolly continues
his campaign, speaking twice and fire.
quently oftener every day. His meet
ings are all enthusiastic and every
where he is creating the most favor.
able impression. Ex-Congressman
Dan Hamilton reports that Mr.. Con-
molly made 500 votes by his Sigourney
speech. From every point where Mr..
Connolly speaks come the same re-
ports. At Sheldon, Iowa, 125 travel
ing men held meeting and organized
themselves into Connolly-for-the-Sen-
ate club. A few days before the anti
Cummins Republicans In the Eleventh
district had met and organized to fight
Cummins and support Connolly. The
latter is arousing great enthusiasm
and working wonderful change of opin-
ion with a declaration of his Ameri-
canism. He is praising the public
school system as the greatest of our
republican institutions, affirming his
undying hostility to union of church
and state in government, and pro-
nouncing as preposterous and absurd
the suggestion that he owes any politi-
cal or civic allegiance to any foreign
parsonage. 4 have been taught from
infancy he says, that if any man,
no matter who he is or in what posi-
ton he may be, seeks to influence me
to be false to my country that should
treat him with contempt. have been
taught in school, in church, and at
home to uphold the Constitution and
the flag and hurl back into the teeth
of those who impeach my patriotism
the lie and the libel that l yield or
owe allegiance as public officer to
anyone but to the state
Mr.. Burleson for Mr.. Connolly.
Postmaster General Burleson last
week issued strong letter of indorse-
ment of Mr. Connolly, in the course
of which he says:
"T am sure 1t Is unnecessary for me
to tell you that there is not in con-
gress representative more loyal and
faithful to the interests of the people
than Mr. Connolly and he has ear.
nestly supported President Wilson
and the administration in its policies.
I'm order that the president may
/; carry to completion the reforms which
the people themselves have inaugu.
rated and that the administration may
be continued in the interest of better
and cleaner government, the presi-
dent must be sustained by having in
the United States senate . working
majority Of his own party who will
support him. Mr.. Connolly has ability
and the courage OF his convictions
and is big enough to rise above par.
tisanship and champion the rights Of
all. irrespective Of political animation.
and at the same time he Is . good