Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-04-08
llI) Democrat.
CONGRESSMAN I CONNOLLY EN-;
TIERS SENATORIAL RACE.

After months Of deliberatiOn Con-
8gress man Connolly has finally con-
cluded to. enter the senatorial race,
and strive to win the seat in the
United States senate now held by
Senator Cummins !, 81 \. MI: 81: II
In announc ling his candidacy Mr.:
Connolly mad the following state
ment tosthe democracy Of Iowa:
TO begin with I have never had a
consuming ambitio to run for the
senate, otherwise i should have an
ssnounced NY cand idacy long ago. Dur
\ ing the life 81 my dear friend, the
late lamented Cong gresham Pepper
turned a deaf ear to S ggestions that
!. I enter the senatorial race and Just
as she was about to speak to the
demOcracyEofs the state he loved SO
well and prefer his services as "a
stand lard bearer, his Maker allied hin
ito a land that knows not politics and
by his passing our party is bereft OF.
$one OF it's finest and most attractive
leaders and one who bys his expert
Fence in the lower house and identlfl--:
cation with the work Of this splen-
did administration and his record Of
successful campaigns, was especially
available for senatorial honors.
Again, in the matter Of Mr.. Whites;
E'candi dacy I D had resisted the utmost:
pressure from men hi h in the party
councils OF Iowa and the nation who
felt that as the issue in the coming
election was to be the Nv lson s n ad Y
minis tration that the: Ss cause # could
best be champ ned by one who had "a
been q part OF said administration
and had shared In the shaping and
support Of its pol icies. :5.l !#5
NeYerthe less i !; cont nde ed that par.
Szty glcc cess would be more secure with
out a primary contes t. ;Ny decision
to run again Sfor%sthe house has been
withheld some Gays at the request of
close friends Of MI. White who desir-
ed IAN rtunity to corresp ond and ll'l
confer with him. u 4 ,.3s3.:
ii & lis with reluctance that 7 turn
after the contest in the old Third dis
%&trict swh ich went democratic for the
first time in 1912 J, but the proper
democratic candidate and the GER
tainty of q progressive candidate and
IA three cred contest for the re-
retain the. Monkey Wrench IS in the
With this necessarily heavy state
#ment. my friends and u will turn to
the task before US not lightly, not
s5boastfully but with the earnest pur-
pose to give our last full measure Of
], honorable effort to bring about dem
Socratic tory, in Iowa all along the
line. Ss
The lineup will be Connolly the
democratic cand idate, Y Cummins. the
republican candidate, and Bashor, the
progressive cand idate. All three are
good campaign speakers and it is
safe to predict a record breaking
campaign in. Iowa this year.
The elec tion in Iowa this year will
be the first election since the adop-
4 tion Of the anne ndment providing for
the election Of United States senat-
ors ~ q direct vote Of the electors.
That in itself will n AXE the coming
senatorial election notable. u,
While Mr. Connolly is " not as wen
known in all parts of the state as
\ Mr.. Cummin before the campaign
closes the people Of Iowa viii know
that he more nearly. represents their
desires and aspirations than either Of
his opponents jsE s
\ MI Connolly is q man who will.
place patriotism above party adyan-,
3tage, duty above I temptation and
loyalty ito mankind above all else.
He would not vote for the repudia-
z;tion q his country's honor for the
purpose Of embarrassing the presi-
dent Of the United States as Senator
Cummins lis now doing. Mr.. Connol-'
Nv lis q man who will grow in Z the
estimation of the people as the cam
paign progresses 'sE ls35 Nj h \.