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Show cummins Wins toqa. Governor of Iowa Succeeds William B. Allison In Senate. Des Moines, la. Governor A, B. Cummins at noon on Tuesday was elected by the Iowa legislature United States senator to succeed tho lato William 11. Allison. The voto stood: Cummins, 106; Porter (Dem.), 35. Tlit.e Republicans did not vote. Cummins' Cum-mins' ro-clcctlon to the six-year term noxt January Is unquestioned. Lieutenant Governor Garst was inaugurated in-augurated as- governor of. Iowa at a Joint session of tho houso and sennto Tuesday afternoon. When Senator Cummins walked to tho speaker's stand, preceded by his aged father, pandemonium broke loose. Tho cheering continued five minutes. Senator Cummins, In a brief speech, thanked both tho Republican and Democratic members of tho legislature legisla-ture for tho support they had given him during tho seven years of his administration ad-ministration as Iowa's governor. Ho declared that In so far as ho was concerned, con-cerned, bitter factionalism In Iowa Is at an end, |