The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-05-21
WASHINGTON LETTER,

bugaboo has been raised by the re-
publican speakers and press. Elect
a democrat for president, these
mournful speakers and sad-eyed
writer's would say, and there will be
another giant army of the unemploy-
ed sweeping on to Washington. a
certain amount of soup house hys-
tercs usually accompanied these
gloomy prophecies.
Well, Coxey's "army" is again
nearing Washington, but it is not
Serving to fulfill the hopes Of those
Iowa prophets of woe. At this writ
ing the army eight strong, is
limping out Of HagerstoWn, Md.
There were fourteen privates with
Gen. CoXey when they got to Hagers
town, but six of them got tired of
walking and were given jobs on
farms to help until the soil which
has been nourished by democratic
rains and democratic sunshine and
which promises a bumper democratic
crop. The eight privates remaining
may stick to the end. They may be
able to spurn all jobs, the offer of
which along the march has so sadly
depleted their numbers. But the
noble half dozen cannot hope to salts
fly the longings of the souls who have
been praying for a real CoXey's army
since President Wilson was swept
into office. The old stock editorials
which have been set into type to be
trotted out every four years will have
to be thrown away. The standpat
orators will have to learn new
speech. Coxey could not find enough
men out of jobs to recruit his army.
! Word reaching Washington from
friends of Senator Cummins indicate
that they are greatly worried over
the political outlook. The signs of
the growing democratic confidence
prove disquieting. The opposition
within his own party which has
found expression in the candidacy of
Senator Savage produces trouble
some situation which his supporters
see plainly will become aggravated
as the campaign for the primary and
the election goes on. Senator Cunt
Minis friends do not fear the pri-
mary result. They believe the sena-
tor will beat Savage, but they know
the Savage candidacy has given the
anti-Cummins forces an opportunity
to put up organized resistance, to SOL
idify their following, and to draw a
dividing line within the party where
the two wings will separate and
which it will be hard to erase after
l..e primary is over.
Senator Savage is doing his part
to make the issue plain. In his pub
lie declaration OF principles he takes
this fling at Senator Cummins:
1T is believed by many that the
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for a return to the time tried pro-
tective tariff program, and are ready
to support man with definite con-
structive tariff policy, as opposed to
one who denounced the Dingley bill
and voted against it's repeal, and who
voted against the Payne-Aldrich tar
and who demanded Canadian reci-
procity, but voted against its enact
mcnt."
the senatorship are becoming more
heated daily. The Monticello Ex-
press (republican) says that there
will never vote for Mr. Cummins in
any primary or convention" 1t adds
that they cannot believe that he is
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sition than he was when he original
ly advocated the free entry of Can
adam agricultural products into the
United States; or when he promised
to stand without lettering on the
republican platform, and straightway
acted in reputation Of part of 1t
to gain the favor and help of demo-
cratic votes; or when he boastfully
insulted the republican president of
the United States in the state conven-
ton two years ago and supported
bull moose candidate.
The situation over the governor
ship is as bad. The Perry Chief in
it's columns said that "The newspa-
pers of June 2 will contain the item,
Judge Lee also ran" The Web
ster City Freeman-Tribune, also re-
publican, adds that in such event,
the item, they will contain on the
morning of November 4, is that the
O00.' The Marshalltown Times-Re-
governor appears to be about 49,,
democratic candidates majority for
publican asks the Freeman-Tribune
to make its meaning clearer, holding
that some are likely to assume that
the Freeman-Tribune is threatening
a bolt in the republican party against
the primary nominee and some may
go further and understand that the
Freeman-Tribune proposes to lead the
bolt" Mr.. Rowley also continues to
be heard from. In recent issue of
his paper, the Keosauqua Republic
can, Rowley says Judge Lee attempt
ed to jump into the bandwagon at
the eleventh hour. He has been
watching the battle over taxation by
that negative quantity, Mr.. Rowley,
and when," Rowley says, che sees
Gov. Clarke hanging to the ropes, ap-
parently beaten man, this heroic
legislative lobbyist, coached by the
Ames College interests, which seek
to dominate the politics of the state,
jumps into the ring from behind the
hedge of the college campus and
/. shouts his desire to finish the COVER
ln0r whom he and his highwaymen as
slsociates conceived % already down
land out. e @ q sss
~ nice spirit 81 Anity ana hroal
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