The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-10-29
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Especial Correspondence

iowa ONSl pOully llllO lllc uCuOCIdll
column were materially strengthen
ed by reports brought to Washington
in the last few days by Edwin Il.
I Meredith, Jerry B. Sullivan and
prominent republicans here attend
Ing conventions. Meredith and Sui
livan confidently predicted demo-
cratic victory in next weeks cleo
tions. The republicans said the re-
suit would be CLOSE" which was
taken as the most certain indication
that they had given up all hope of
electing Cummins or Clarke. 1t was
the first time Washington had ever
heard republicans admit before elec7;
ton that result in Iowa would b9
CLOSE
Mr.. Meredith was in Washington to
attend conferences of directors of the
twelve federal reserve banks with
Secretary OF the Treasury McAdoo
and the federal reserve board at
which plans for launching the ma
tons new banking and currency sys-
TEN were completed. He is one of
the three directors named by the
government for the Chicago bank
Every democrat in Iowa is for the
ticket Mr.. Meredith said. "There is
the utmost party harmony In the
last few weeks Mr.. Meredith has sent
out 5000 letters to the two to five
party workers in each township who
worked for his candidacy in the pri-
mary In the letters he asked the
men who support a him to give as
loyal support to Congressman Con-
molly and the ticket. The replies to
these Letters, Mr.. Meredith said, We're
very optimistic" and ALI of them
spoke most hopefully of success"
The Meredith men in June are Con-
molly men in November.
THE primary campaign encourag-
ed the democrats in Iowa to look for
success this fall" Mr.. Meredith said,
and really helped our prospects in
the election. On the other hano he
saw striking weakness in the Cum
Minis candidacy.
aside from all the conditions that
encourage democrats this year, the
wonderful strength of the admins
tration in Iowa. etc., no man can vote
for Cummins in this election who has
voted for him before and be consis-
tent" Mr.. Meredith said. .Cummins
has voted in the senate directly oppo-
site to what he has in the past pro-
fessed to stand for in reference to
the tariff, currency reform and the
ship subsidy"
Il look for the election of Mr..
Connolly and our entire state ticket.
1t is up to the democrats If they
get out the vote there is no question
of the results. And the democrats of
Iowa are in the mood to get out and
vote. They are interested this year"
"The voters of Iowa regardless of
party are for Wilson. They believe
in him. They approve of the legis-
lation he has directed. They realize
that they are inconsistent themselves
to approve such legislation and then
return Mr.. Cummins to the senate.
They realize he has done all he can
to oppose the president in this legis- |
lation and they are going to send Mr.. T
Connolly down here to represent
Iowa, to work with and support the
president, instead of sending Mr.. |
Cummins to still further oppose the
president I
Jerry B. Sullivan, who as chair
man of the board of appraisers of the
port of New York, yields great pow
er in the administration of the tariff
law, has been in Washington to give
President Wilson and Secretary Nc
Adoo cheering news of the business
revival on the way. He reported that
in the custom department there has
been wonderful increase of exports
within the last few weeks, especially
in food stuffs. In the last few days,
he said, there had been four and a
half million bushels of wheat export
ed from the port of Galveston alone.
Everything points to a continuance
of this increase and to revival of
business in every respect, he declar-
ed, and everywhere he found enthusi-
asm for the Wilson policies.
II consider Mr.. Sullivan said,
that a vote to sustain President Will
son will be given this fall in every
state in which the policies OF Wilson
are presented to the people as those
best suited for the progress of the
country i
Mr.. Sullivan said that all he knew
OF the Iowa situation was what he
had seen in the papers and the infor-
nation in personal letters from
home. Il have talked with lawyers
from Iowa attending the Bar Associ-
alton meeting here and there is none
Of them but will admit the race for
the senatorship will be 'close'," he
said Inasmuch as the admission
came from republicans he thought
it significant of democracy's bright
prospects.
Every vote cast for Congressman
Connolly is vote to sustain the
policies now controlling the destinies
Of the country Mr.. Sullivan contin-
ued. ''and if the democrats are
awake to the situation they will see
that Mr.. Wilson gets the same assis- .
lance from Iowa that he will get
from Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri !
and New York. from which the demo-
cratic senators will undoubtedly be
elected this year.
1.-THE legislation of the present cor
gress has been that for which the
party has stood since 1896. The
progressive republicans broke away
from the party in 1912 because it
was reactionary. and Theodore
Roosevelt in recent letter stating