Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-22
REPUBLICAN, STATE COMMITTEE
RNpoRsEs sENAroR FOR
PREslpENcv.
CONFERENCE 70 De CALLED
UPON SENATOR'S RETURN
Ssaas wide, Gathering Of Republicans
81 state % Formally Launch candi-
dSey, Provided cummins Decides 70
Enter Contest - Personal Friends
Held informal Conference.


iowa and his superior ability as q
leader for the republicans Of the nation
sfor 1915. do hereby heartily indorse
Senator Albert b. Cummins as can
didate for the republican nomination
for president in 1915. and solicit the
support, OF all republican voters Of all
tho states and territories in behalf OF
his candidacy
.5 This declaration, adopted by the
state committee meeting In Des MONIES
last night, OFFICIALLY launched the Cum
minis for president boom and assured
the senior senator the organized sup
mort OF the republican party In Iowa IN
. his. prospective cam paign for the presi-
Dental nomination.
* Ne Statement From cumrnins.
Senator Cummins has not yet ad-
mttted to his closest friends that he
intends to be q candidate. He has
Allowed his name to be considered but
f1as consistently avoided committing
himself on the proposition. When ne
returns to Iowa early In June. how
ever. he will be confronted by the ex-
lbression Of the will Of Iowa republi-
canism as expressed in the petition
signed by all but two republican mem
hers, of the late senate, all but eight re-
pu6licans Of the house, and all the re-
publican administrative officers, and by
the endorsement Of the republican poll
tical organisation. HIS friends believe
that he will not resist 80 overWhelm-
Ing an. Iowa sentiment, but viii! con
sent to the immediate inauguration OF
nationwide campaign in his behalf.
Several Of the zcnator's Des Moines
friends and number from other parts
of the state who had been attracted to
the city by the state committee meet
ing had gathered early in he evening
20 discuss the possibilities of the Cum
minis boom. The group included Con-
xressman C. c. Dowell, Harry Wallace,
Gardner Cowles, Howard Clark, John
Fleming. Commissioner Warren Garst,
Robert Fleming. Commissioners A. L.
Trick, Jesse Miller, Charles Fleming
and Louis G. Kurts Of Des Moines; J.
s. Bellamy. Of Knoxville. Senator
Joseph H. Allen, Of Pocahontas, James
Deavitt, Of Oskaloosa, M. L. Curtis. Of
Knoxville, and Senator John II. OAR
rah, Of Charlton.
Friends Hold Msstins.
The senator's friends held their In
formal meeting In khe offices Of the
Fleming brothers. After discussing
the petition which had been signed
by. the republicans of the leSisla4pre
and the administration. they decidedsto
present It to the committee and, ac-
cordingly, visited that body at the Des
Moines club.
The committee had already been dis
GUESSING the matter Of taking some
action to encourage Senator eCummins
to come out. and immediately after
the visit Of the senator's friends the
members formulated and passed the
positive declaration quoted.
Ardent supporters Of Senator Cum
minis who has participated in the
movement to bring the senator's can
didacy to a head. were more than
pleased at the voluntary action Of the
state committee They decided it to
be the preliminary to the beginning
Of real work to make Senator Cum
Minis the outstanding candidate.
Needing now only the consent of the
senator to 90 ahead. they hope that an
organization in which, as Mr.. Bellamy
expressed It, all Iowa republicans will
stand shoulder to shoulder in solid
phalanx, will be speedily perfected
with which to impress upon surround
inE and distant states that Iowa in
tends. to cl1im the presidency in the
primary and election Of 1916.
COMMITTEES Nay Take lead.
Although definite action to that end
~as not taken last night, 1t is ex-
pected that. when the time comes the
republican state committee will itself
take command Of the Cummins boom
ana win direct thru its already or
KaniIed machinery the. activities OF the
powerful lows lighting force.
Promising features of the outlook
for Senator Cummins were brought out
BY the discussion Of last night. The
south Dakota presidential primary will
come first next year. the Minnesota
primary next, the Iowa primary next,
ana the primaries OF Nebraska, North
Dakota and several other western
states will follow closely. With q
strong Iowa organisation. the Cum
minis men expect TO swing all these
states into line.
Making strong impression in this
way in the early results, Senator Cum
MINIS candidacy, his friends anticipate,