The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-06-18
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Especial Correspondence

former morgan partner, anu Clllel
financial hacker of Roosevelt's cam
paigns, ousted. Col. Roosevelt is
supporting Perkins, as the Colonel,
no doubt, realizes the value of a we'll
stocked commissary. The inside
story of the attack on Perkins is that
Perkins is slated to be the star
witness in an inquiry the Interstate
commerce commission is preparing to
make into the unloading of the Gin
cinnati, Hamilton and Dayton with
it's Pere Marquette holdings, onto the
Baltimore and Ohio. Perkins repre-
scented Morgan in buying up that
road at time when Morgan had to
buy to keep the road out of the
hands of rival interests which need
ed it as connecting link to the sea-
board. Then he thought it would be
policy to unload the roed on the Bal
timore and Ohio and Perkins en-
gincercd the deal. The deal has cost
the B. & o. about $50,OO0,OO0 and
the interstate commerce commission
scents a financial scandal in the case.
Mr.. Pinchot wants to get Mr.. Per-
kins out of the moose party before
the storm breaks, but Mr.. Perkins,
as the heaviest investor in bull
moose campaign funds refuses to get
out. This will be one of the first
endorsements Col Roosevelt will
have to face on his return.
Democratic prospects in both 4 ma
tional and state sense have brighten
ed up perceptibly within the last few
weeks. The general opinion OF po-
litcal observers in Washington is
that the administration has passed
through the season of slump that
comes to every new administration,
and that it's fortunes will be constant
ly on the upgrade hereafter. The
presidents success on the tolls ques-
ton, the certainty Of the enactment
of legislation that will put teeth in
the antitrust law the completion
of preliminaries necessary to put
the currency law in operation, the
fact that customs revenues under the
new tariff law have more than come
up to estimates, all these have been
factors in restoring confidence in the
ability of the democrats to carry out
their legislative program.
Another factor is the revival OF
business in the iron trade, with a
consequent stimulation of mining and
other associated industries and a
quickening of activity in the textile
trade. Added to this is the bumper
crop, the result of which already has
been seen in the call of Kansas, Mis-
souri, and Oklahoma for $4,000 har-
vest hands Secretary of Labor Will
son is preparing to arrange with the
railroads for special excursions to the
wheat belt from eastern cities where
labor might be obtained. 81 feel safe
in predicting,' Secretary Wilson said
in discussing the improved business
outlook, that within month 1T will
no longer be a question of jobs but
a question Of how to get men enough
to fill them
Washington reflects the confident
view of the political outlook in Iowa
that is expressed by state leaders.
Chairman Doremus of the democratic
congressional committee, and Chair
man McCombs of the democratic ma
tional committee, have set the ball
in motion for an onslaught by nation
al leaders when the Iowa campaign
opens. Efforts have been inaugural
ed by the two chairmen to bring
President Wilson into Iowa to make
several speeches for Congressman
Connolly and some of the congress
sional candidates. Secretary Bryan,
it is assured will enter the state to
fight for Connolly. President Will
son assured Congressman Connolly
at an interview the other day that if
he made any public speaking tours
this fall he would be included. He
was especially anxious that Cummins
should be defeated. Senator Cum
minis has made target of the ad-
and the administration
now wishes to make target OF Mr..
Cummins. Some of the heaviest sena-
torial artillery will also be sent out
to aid the Iowa campaign.
The view of the state democratic
leaders was expressed by State Chair
man Reed. Mr.. Reed in an inter-
view after the primary election ex-
pressed the greatest confidence that
the party would unite for a strong
campaign II think there is no
doubt" he said, that Mr.. Hamilton
will be elected governor and it is my
opinion that we will be able to elect
Mr.. Connolly. I think Mr.. Hamilton
will carry the state ticket with him.
Mr.. Reed expressed confidence that
the democrats will not only retain
the three seats they hold in the house
but he believed they would be in
creased in number. Mcdonald will
win in the second, he says, and Muir
tagh in the third. Murtagh will run
strong in Dubuque and unusually
strong in Black Hawk, the two larg-
est counties. He expressed the be-
lief that all good democrats in the
sixth will get behind Hamilton and
elect him especially since he showed
such strength in the primary. The
tenth was another district in which
Mr.. Reed believed democratic chances
were excellent, due to the unusual
strength Of Judge Quarton, the bull
moose, who will poll a large vote in
a district normally republican.
No higher compliment has been
paid John T. Hamilton, democratic
candidate for governor, than that
given by Hon. Cownie, veteran Iowa
republican, who served with Mr..
Hamilton on the state board of con-
troll. 1.-THE democrats of Iowa have
put up a mighty fine man in their
for governor" Mr.. Cownie