Democrats Turn on Cummins in Iowa Campaign
The piece surveys Iowa Democratic voters and party leaders weighing Albert Cummins’s unpopular campaign. It cites speeches, editorials, and local papers in Des Moines, Sioux City, and other towns, noting Republicans and independents aligning with or against Cummins, and contrasting it with Porter and Bryan era loyalties. It portrays a tense, factional race shaping up through August 1908.
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Cummins
Tasu
Moines
United States
Cumois
Amit Cminnitis
Ester
Allah
Mosonrey
Albert B. Cumming
Dale
Joshua
Gilgal
Bryan
Cumming
Iowa
Albert 2
Cums
Ruesia
Republican Party
Rome
Thin Falay
Lan
Tlusi
Des Moines
Claude Porter
Calls Cumming Bluff in Governor Race Echoes Douglas Debate
The piece compares candidate Cummins to Richard the Lion Hearted and Navarre prince, noting Porter’s counter moves in politics. It recalls the Lincoln Douglas debates and warns that Cummins will not get monuments unless he builds them himself, while Claude Porter faces strong opposition from Iowa’s governor.
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Cumming
Claude R. Porter
Richard
Navarre
Bill Cummins
Porter
Rick
Lincoln
Stephen A. Douglas
Douglas
Chicago
Cummins
Iowa
Claude Porter
Mms Dias Betu
Porter and Cummins Dominate Iowa Campaign Debate
The column rails at Porter and Cummins amid a torrent of partisan jabs. It argues Cummins is the central issue, praises opposition defenders and ridicules both the straight-ticket ballot and Prohibition stands, while calling out Democratic shifts and Republican infighting as the true campaign stage. The piece cites papers and figures, mocking the Iowa race and its public figures.
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Jack Dalton
Manson Democrat
Mit
Jack
Central City News- Letter
Central City
Linn County
Dames of
Porter
Denison
Cumillins
Garst
News-Letter
al Brown
Jacey Campaign Says Removing Circle From Ballot Is Mistake
Major Jacey, candidate for congress in the Sixth district, argues the circle should not be removed from ballots. The paper disagrees, stating it will not join the protest at this stage. The reference to the Talrost King and Republicans of duwa hints at partisan framing.
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George B. Whittemore
Sioux City
Charley Dickson
Congress
Big
Old Mother Hubbard
Hubbard Salys
Cummins
George Perkins
Iowa City Republican
IL Pays
Garst
State House
Lie Dohn Wriars
Charla Philipses
Q. Wailer Barr
Keolote
Lee County
Kennedy
Umftair
Yau
Major Lacey
Joe Foraker
Alice Longworth
Ohio
Jacey
Canainate
Duwa
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Nebraska
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Theo
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Lewis H. Smiudh
Kossuth County State Bank
Algona, Iowa
W. H. Ingham
J. G. Smith
Aarvey Tngham
T. Chrisohilles
Lewis H. ‘Smith
J. W. Wadsworth
Barnet Devine
Doppatts
Foreign and Dementia Exchange
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