Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-06-12
Our WASHINGTON Letter.

the sound foundation for the cOnhoen
predictions made that the Democrat
will score a clean sweep in the election
in Move Der. An analysis OF the vot'
will forecast this result. In the frs
place the Democrats polled the 1arges
vote they ever have polled in an lows
primary; the Republican vote decreas
ed. Congressman Connolly, the Sena
torial candidate, and John T. Hamilton
the candidate for Governor will poll the
entire Democratic strength; Senator
Cummins and Gov. Clark will come ia,
from polling the Republican strength.
And the Bull Moose vote will come al
most soliddy from the votes formerly
counted for the Republican candidates.
The contest between Connolly and
Meredith; Hamilton and McGinnis was
waged altogether on the PERSONALITIES
of the candidates. All are lovable
men with strong personal followings;
all are able men who cammand support
by sheer strength Of character and
ability. They all stood on the same
Democratic platform; all are
supporting the same Democratic Pres
ident and administration; all are the
first to join in support of the men who
won, for all have common purpose,
the success of the national and state
Legislative programs to which Democ-
racy is pledged.
The Republican contest, on the other
hand, was based on fundamentals. 1t
was the outgrowth of permanent
party split; not between men, for there
have been few instances in Iowa where
q primary contest between men has
been carried to the polls, but a con-
f1ict between two classes of Republi-
cans on issues that 60 to the party's
very foundations. That is is true of
the contests for the. Senatorsiph
between Cummins and Savage. The
Governorship conflict is as clearly de-
fined and goes far deeper than a differ
ence of opinion as to the personality
of the candidates. The protest against
Gov Clarke, which found expression in
total vote of nearly 100, 600 was a
protest against fundamental policies of
state government for which Clarke
and his administration stood and
against which these thousands Of vot-
ers rebelled. A small part of this vote
which went to Judge Lee can be coun-
ted as from.personal friends in his dis
trictwho|admired him. But larger part
of Lees vote, and practically all of
Rowley's vote can be counted as de-
termined protest against Clarke and
Clarke's acts as governor, and large
part of the vote of Lee and Rowley
will be agains, Clarke in November. |
When it is considered that two years |
ago, when Clarke was at the height of |
his popularity, he was only victor by
less than 1000 votes, it can be seen |
that at this time the odds greatly ia |
vor John T. Hamilton as the next Gov
ernor of Iowa. And with Hamilton |
will 60 the state Democratic ticket.
The Senatorial situation is this. 1t |
will be the first direct election of SEN
ator in Iowa, The Senator will not be
elected by legislature, the members
of which were chosen, not with the
election of a Senator in mind, but for
the position they took on the liquor
question and other purely state issues. |
The protest against Senator Cummins
which gave John F. Lacey total vote
Of SO, 1913 in 1908 did not find expression
in the November election in that year.
because the voters of Iowa did not |
vote for Cummins in November, and |
no attempt was made, or could have
been successfully made, to conduct SO |
separate campaigns in as many counties
of the state against members of a
legislature who would only elect a Sem
ator as one of the incidental features
OF the legislative work they were
elected to perform. This year the
Republican voters who opposed Senator
Cummins because they do not feel he
Observation-Disclosures, these same
Voters whosgave thousands of votes to
State Senator::Savage, man who was
little known lin large sections of the
state, and who-twas given these votes
for the things for which he stood and
not on personal grounds, will have an
opportunity--in November to register
their protest against Senator Cummins
for failing to measure up to their
standards of Republicanism. And
thousands will not vote for Senator
Cum Minis at the polls. To this loss
must be added the thousands of votes
which the progressive Senatorial
candidate will poll, the number of
which can be partly measured by the
big vote polled by Schenk and Bashor
in the Senatorial primary contest.
Efforts will be made to attempt to