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Show CUMMINS WINS TOGA. Governor of Iowa Succeeds Willian D. Allison In Senate. Ues Moines, In. (lovernor A. It. Cummins nt noon on Tuesday was elected by the Iowa legislature United States senator to succeed tho lata William 11. Allison. Tho vote stood: Cummins, 100; Porter (I)em.), 35. Three Republicans did not vote. Cummins' Cum-mins' re election to thu slx-yenr term next January Is unquestioned. Lieutenant (lovernor Onrst was Inaugurated In-augurated as governor or iown at a Joint session or tho house and senate Tuesday afternoon. When Senntor Cummins walked to tho speaker's stund, preceded by his aged lather, pandemonium lnoke loose. The cheering continued five minutes, Senator Cummins, In a brier speech, thanked both tho Republican nnd Democratic members of tho legislature legisla-ture for the support they bad given him during the seven years of his ml-tulnlstrnthm ml-tulnlstrnthm as Iowa's governor. Ho declnred that In so far ns ho was concerned, con-cerned, bitter factionalism In Iowa Is at an end. |