The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-06-16

been in harmony with the republicans
of the state through a long course. of
political activity. The delegation
ought to look to the states from which
support would probably come because
of the unity of opinion between the
delegates from other states and those
Of our candidate.
Cummins Might Embarrass Them.
81 am afraid that if Mr.. Cummins'
name should be presented our repre-
sentatives in the convention might be
embarrassed because OF the difficulties
they might meet in assuring the repub-
lican delegates that Senator Cummins
had for long time been in harmony
with republicans and republican prin-
ciples. Nearly everyone believes that
a protective tariff system will be
earnestly urged by the next republic
can national convention. That con-
vention will want a candidate that has,
through his political life, been an
earnest advocate OF the doctrines in
volved in protection.
1T is scarcely probable that repub-
Leans from New England, New York,
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Michigan
and other great manufacturing states
will be willing to accept any candi-
date with enthusiasm who has not by
his votes, if in congress. and by his
teachings been a protectionist. | think
a truthful delegate from Iowa, and all
of the delegates will be truthful men,
would be embarrassed in assuring their
colleagues Mr. Cummins was that or
f,,rt l,n,.
embarrassed by explaining some OF
Mr.. Cummins' utterances on this very
important subject.
"A prominent magazine as late as
May, 1911, reports MIR. Cummins as
saying: 4 am in favor of absolute free
trade with Canada in all things. In
this l would make no exception He
is represented as saying in Boston,
when he and democratic free trader
on one side We're discussing the tariff
with two republican representatives
The Iowa hen and the Iowa COW need
no protection from the tariff He is
reported to have said, in substance,
that the Iowa farmers have never re-
ceived any direct benefit from tariff
legislation protecting their cattle.
their hogs and their grain. 1t is be-
lieved that on another occasion h.
said that if all the graft and all the
wrong perpetrated by the insurance
companies since insurance was known
should be multiplied many times it
would not equal the graft and wrong
caused by one of our recent tariff bills
in a single year.
Would Expect Certain Support.
"Utterances Of that character might
create in the minds of delegates from
these tariff states questions as to the
sincerity OF a gentleman who recently,
in the presence of all Of the eXigen-
cies besetting candidate, exclaimed,
Il am Drotectionist. am Pennsyl-
vania protectionist. l am q Green
county, Pennsylvania, ,protectionist.'
They might regard this latter utter
ance as having some relation to bud
ding hopes.
81 would not expect, ii l was a sup
porter of Mr.. Cummins, very active
aid from any of those states.
"Those Of our delegation who have
read Senator LaFollette'ss autobiogra-
ply. particularly the chapter in which
he explained why he was a candidate
for president in 1911, probably would
not be very sanSuine of securing the
support of Mr.. Cummins from the thir-
teen insurgent senators who partici-
pated in the somewhat noted confer
ence in Washington in the fall of 1911
to determine on a candidate they
would recommend to the prOgressives
OF the country.
"At that conference it was deter
mined Mr.. LaFollettee was the logical
candidate. Mr.. LaFollette represents
that Mr. Cummins was most active in
securing the consent of Mr.. LaFollette
Minis promised him then and on other
occasions his active support. Senator
Cummins secuted the idea of being a
candidate himself and later aided in
securing the presence OF q large num-
Der of progressives at conference
in Chicago.
Senator LaTollettc further repre-
sents that Senator Cummins sent his
personal and political friends to the
Chicago conference, where LaFOllettc
was unanimously named. One OF the
Senator's friends in Des Moines was
intrusted with the organization of the
LaFOllette forces in Iowa and secured
suite of rooms in the Observatory
building as headquarters. The cam
pagn for LaFOllette by these friends
OF Senator Cummins was actively be-
gun. But in the following January Mr..
Cummins announced his own candi-
dacy. Although Senator Cummins had
ten votes in the Iowa delegation to
the national convention in 1912. they
did not cast their votes for Mr.. La
Toilette, but for Mr. Cummins. think
our delegation would have difficulty in
so explaining this later position Of
Mr.. Cummins, SO as to secure the sup
port of the thirteen senators who in.
augurated the LaFollette movement
Southern States and Cummins.
"Mr Cummins, year or two since,
in somewhat noisy manner, announc-
ed that his cooperation with the re-
publicais of the United States who
supported Mr.. Taft's candidacy would
be dependent on the reduction of the
number of delegates from states in
which there was large negro popula.
ton. He was very insistent on such
reduction. The national committee
and the republican party in the states,
in the interest of harmony, have acqui.
esced in that procedure. The repub.
licans in the states affected lost sew
enty-fve delegates. Will Mr.. Cum
Minis friends hope to secure aid in
the convention from that quarter?
"Mr. Cummins' nomination for the
presidency. it is feared by many per-