Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-01
.CUMMNS TO LIE
IN STATE TODAY
Thousands to Visit Capitol at
DeS MoineS for Public
Tribute to Senator,
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
DIES MONIES, Iowa, July 31.-The
Iowa State capitol, from which the
fame of Albert b. Cummins first
spread as he headed the State gov
eminent years ago, will be the scene
tomorrow of one of the final public
tributes to the man who has been &C
claimed IOwas outstanding contrl-
button to the service of the Nation.
With the body of the dead states
man lying in state at the scene of
his early triumphs in political life,
thousands of his associates and ad-
mtrers will file through the marble
corridors TO pay him their last re-
spects and to record the sorrow that
has gripped the Common wealth.
At 9 o'clock tomorrow morning the
Senator's body will be placed In the
rotunda. where national guardsmen
will hold watch over 1t until pm,
as the line of mourners passes, Then
the body will be escorted Ia the home
of Mrs. Hollis Rawson. the Senator'S
daughter with whom he lived when
he was in Des Moines, for the funeral
services Monday afternoon.
Plan Funeral Ceremonies.
Virtually every man and woman
of political prominence In the State
and hundreds of close friends of the
Senator outside of political circles
were planning tonight 10 participate
in the final ceremonies, either tomor-
row or Monday
From other States, too, will come
the delegations representing the SEN
ate and House of Representatives.
designated today by Vice President
Dawes.
All day today messages of con-
dolence and tribute TO Senator Cum
Minis memory poured in upon his
relatives here. They came from high
officials, including President Coolidge
and Vice President Dawes, from Sen
ators and Representatives who had
worked with Senator Cummins since
he first went to Washington Is years
ago. and from personal friends who
long have admired him for his COM
radeship and kindly character.
Vacancy to BE Quickly Filled.
Meanwhile State political leaders
laid plans to fill the Senate vacancy
without delay in order to comply with
the law. Nominees must be chosen
by political parties within 10 days of
the beginning of the vacancy and
party heads plan to issue calls for
special conventions early next week.
A confusion of the statutes caused
official announcement to he made last
night that the governor might APP
point successor to the Senator, but
today the State Department of
Justice ruled that State conventions,
which were held within the past two
weeks. must be reconvened
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mentioned today as possible candi.
dates for the remainder of the Cum
Minis term, which expires next
March. In addition to filling the va
cancy, the electorate will choose a
longterm Senator in November.
Both Factions in Race.
The attitude of the Republican con-
vention, so close after the senator s
death, and the reversal of political
sentiment that installed Col. Smith W.
Brookhart as the party's nominee. for
the full term over Senator Cummins,
has become the subject of much spec
ulation.
There was evidence in the party's
convention several days ago that Col
Brookfart's popularity in the primary
was due not so much TO a desire to
rebuke Senator Cummins for his
record on legislation desired by Iowa
voters. as TO emphasize the feeling of
the voters aroused by sectional ap-
position to the farm bills
The list of possible nominees in
cludes men who have adhered to both
the Cummins and Brookhart ideas
Former Gov. n. E. Kendall. former
Senator Charles A. Rawson. Scott M
Ladd, former State Supreme Court
justice. and Henry Wallace, publisher
of agricultural magazines, have been
suggested for consideration of the
delegates.
Cummins' fight against the ''barbed
wire trust" and his victory over
some of the best talent in the coun-
try only few years after he
began the practice of law in the early
eighties, was his most notable achieve
ment as a. young man and focused the
public eye upon him.
Studied Case As Worker.
In preparation for the case the
young lawyer laid aside his profes-
sional garb and mein and entered a
wire fencing factory, where he
studied the industry carefully Cum
Minis astounded the corporation
lawyers with his carefully prepared
strategy and his familiarity with the
barbed- wire business, and the decision
in his favor was equally surprising
to the disheartened farmers. A short
time later he was given a seat in the
State Legislature in recognition of
his services to the farmers.
The Senator's knowledge of railroad
problems came to him. to some extent,
in like manner. during his experience
as a railroad express messenger from
Portland, Ind, to Lansing, Mich, now
part of the Michigan Central.
Only a dozen years prior to his rise
to prominence through the barbed
wire case MIR. Cummins had borrowed
$50 from a relative at Waynesburg,
Pa, with which to reach the West
and establish himself. He arrived in
Iowa with Sc. "
A score of legislative innovations
marked his administration as Gov
ernor of Iowa Many of them have
since been adopted by number Of
States.