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Newspaper
Anita Tribune
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1908
Page
2
A disparate tirade cites Allison and Cummins in Iowa politics with callouts to gubernatorial candidates John J. Hamilton and Wm. B. Allison. It discusses Prohibitionists, party loyalties, and the new primary law requiring declared affiliations at the polls, urging Republican turnout to support Allison and criticizing bootlegging and factional infighting.
Tribune prints notices from multiple Cass county residents declaring candidacy for various local offices including Representative, County Attorney, County Recorder, Treasurer, Clerk of the District Court, and Supervisor. Each entry specifies running in the June primary and subject to Republican voters' decision.
A Cass county Republican letter appeals to voters to elect a local representative who will uphold the U S and Iowa constitutions. The writer, Joan W. Secure of Atlantic, Iowa, pledges to support the party slate and back the Republicans’ preferred U S Senator choice after the June 1908 primary.
William Cummins, eighty years old and frail, travels to Washington as the session opens amid financial panic. Banks withhold money and prices fall, yet he drives government action while working long hours, reassured by signs of stabilization as hogs, corn, and cattle show modest gains. A. B. Cummins, sixty one, vigorous reformer for a decade, claims the state’s wealth nears 81 million, expanding taxes to fund construction of grand projects while railing against hot air and asserting political progress.
The Cain Gazette reports that Governor Cummins could dictate party policy but many Republicans across the state will not back him for U S Senator. It notes Cushions influence earlier, disputes with reformers, and the enduring role of J W Blythe in Town Republican politics amid candidacy shifts by Bert Goodspeed and Pine as Dusty Meredith recovery.
Harry Iarvert of the Baxter New Era labels stand-pat newspaper support for Senator Allison as boiler iron editorials. He says such editorials are effective and lasting, reflecting the stand-patters’ aim.
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