The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-01-29


appointments. Conferences were held
with Chairman Reed, Congressman
Connolly and Kirkpatrick with John
Shelton Williams. acting secretary OF
the treasury, in closing up the ap'
pointment of income tax collectors;
with Postmaster General Burleson
and First Assistant Roper in decid-
ing a number of postoffice contests,
and with Deputy Comptroller of the
Currency Kane in the appointment OF
a bank examiner for Iowa. Mr.. Reed
also paid his respects to Assistant
Attorney General Graham, who is in
charge of appointments for the De-
partment of Justice, and who re-
marked that he believed the Iowa
chairman was the only candidate for
bffice on the Department of Justice
staff whom he had not met before.
Mr.. Graham said the department Of
ficials liked to see the men they had
recommended, but he appreciated the
fact that the delicacy of Mr.. Reeds
position as one of those making the
recommendations prevented him
from appearing in his own behalf,
and he praised the IoWan's actions in
remaining away from the department
until the recommendations were
made.
Chairman Reed plans to 60 into
his return to Iowa and open head
quarters for the state committee to
cooperate with the second district
committee in the congressional cam
paign and to aid in arranging the
meetings at which the senators and
congressman will speak. When the
second district campaign is closed
! the work of organizing the state for
the campaigns next fall on the sena-
torial and state ticket will be begun
Iowa will follow up it's good work
in carrying the state for Wilson by
electing a United State Senator to
succeed Senator Cummins, and an en-
tire democratic state ticket" Chair
man Reed declared before leaving
W ashington. The people Of Iowa
are aroused over the extravaganza of
the present republican administra-
ton and legislature which has sad
died the taxpayers of the state with
of Iowa can be expected to rebuke
Gov. Clarke and the officers of his ad-
ministration at the polls and they can
be counted upon to elect a democrat
ic legislature.
II have been in all parts of Iowa
in the last few months and ! have
found President Wilson is gaining
strength every day, not only among
democrats, but among republicans
He took hold of tariff problem
which President Roosevelt had dodg-
ed for seven years, and which Presi-
dent Taft tried to solve with disas-
trous results, and with the aid of a
democratic administration he wrote
into law the first tariff bill in two de-
cades that met the demands of the
people for downward revision.
Through his initiative a half-century
old banking and currency system,
outgrown twenty-five years ago, was
tons.
His trust message, which l had
the good fortune to hear him read
to congress last week, is accepted by
employer and employe, by manufac-
turer, business man and farmer as
paving the way for the first construc-
tive step to settle the trust question
since the trust agitation began.
The people of Iowa will elect a
United States Senator and members
of congress from Iowa next fall who
will hold up the presidents hands
and aid him in carrying out the flu
ture steps in his legislative program.
This is a democratic year and the
democrats of Iowa were never better
organized or approached a campaign
with greater confidence"
J. K. DOugherty.