Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-05-29
CONNOLLY TALKS
Of HIS CANDIDACY
Sure Of Success In Primary,
ooks Forward TO Election.

That CONGRESSMAN Maurice Coo'
molly will bs nominated for United
States senator In the primary next
Monday 10 his own confident pr0dic.
ton. Il am glad thsre has been this
contest" said Mr.. Connolly on Mon
day. 1T has aroused the interest
Of Democrats In their own primary.
Ny opponent and have occupied tho
center of the staga Notwithstanding
the contests in the Republican and
Progressive parties. This has not %
CURED before In years. and 10 . good
omen.
Il am not only confident a my nom
nation In the primary. but am also
confident Of our pazty's success II
November. I did not, anpounce my
candidacy for tho ssnato without h1e
looking the ground ossr thosoaghay:
have said that va asked to op'
pose Senator Cummius by men close
to President wilson personally and
politically, and to tz1tk oe yhaesa
ss1d ii. sstablisll ~ the ~.
= musnt aof my idaey ~
i. McComhe chairman Of the
cratic NstfonalsiC u11ullnitAes ana manr
~ Of Prssfdsnt WILSON'S campailn:
s. Wilson ifleor Lsadsr A. A4tpbsA
Palmer. Majdeify Leader UndstwcoA
representative litchih, and Senators
Kern, James. and others: Mr.. BFyetA
could endorse neither Of US, and No
went an far - he, could to help mo
In his statement that I am his per.
sonal friend, and that he has q high
opinion of my ability and my Demoo-
racy
Il would not have come out for the
Senate If l was not convinced that I
could defeat Senator Cummins. I
was assured of reelection to the House
from the Third District, and would
not forego that for an uncertainty.
would rather that q Democrat stronger
with the people than myself should
be the senatorial candidate In order
that the party should have not only .
CONGRESSMAN from the Third District.
but a Senator from the state.
my friends, however. were all
of one mind, that l could succeed.
And after my opponent entered they
pointed out to me his weaknesses as
a candidate-the things my manag-
ers have brought out in this campaign
and other things which the Republic
ans would surely bring out, and they
convinced me that he not only could
Cd
that l would be the stronger candi-
date against Senator Cummins, and
alone could hope to defeat him.
"The issue in the election this fall
will be Cummins against Wilson.
Who can better meet that issue, bet
ter fight it out than myself, who has
voted with the president on every
proposition, who has had voice in the
adoption Of the very policies which
Senator Cummins did his utmost to
defeat? am not inexperienced on
the stump; know what it Is to CAM
paign. When nominated shall make
my plans to carry the fight into every
township In Iowa i shall lead my
party to victory or break a tug trying.
II am a Democrats Democrat by
and selection. have
stood by the president. ask the
Democrats Of Iowa to vote for me II
they approve my record. and they are
free to vote against me II they dis
approve it. l appeal to them to decide
the issue between me and my oppo-
nent on its merits, and to remember
that one who first made Democratic q
district Republican for thirty years,
has earned the right to try to give
iowa its first Democratic senator In
three generations" ',-