Show i I Senator B Be Cummins J i I r f ri i of lov owe 1 State Legislator Governor Three Times United J i States Senator All In Years 1 A Looming Figure In National Politics F lr Senator Stor Aldrich were aak who wh I rave gave V him th tits the moat mat concern In hi his management of oC th the tariff bill he b would probably name nem Albert Cummins the nw new II United States Stet senator from Iowa The man who sands for tor the t hI Iowa 10 idea has h one characteristic that has baa brought him where he Is lahe Iah IM never slows show It when e he be is hit He lie has h had laRd that trait ever since he went Int Into the political gain This Thle might b IH be construed as In lu Indicating There Is II noth nothing ing of that kind In Iu Senator Cummin C u m mina Quite Quit to t the contrary he h I is noted for fot and und Independence Such men mon are re apt RIt to 10 be he b brusque Not Noto so Cummin He III Is IB alwn suave He lie 11 Is la I tactful In spite of Ills his hI Independence And Anil A 1111 his hi wife Is I one ana of the cleverest women of the country This Is I n II III at tron stron combination In poll politics politic hut Iut ut I t n from his hie hi faithful and able a as the fact remains re that Senator Sentor Cummins is I one on of oC the most mot Ing In the tb political game and be Ito would be forceful If h he stood abed alone Iowa Is M u safely NIly and surely a U as Texa Tetas 1 I is certainly Democratic While other stele states td regarded re ardd as ea Republican lican llean lave have wavered and nd taker taken the op up opposite p chute chut quite quit often otten and some sometime sometime mo time unexpectedly unx Iowa ha has hilI been b the thi I h western tern citadel of or the Republican R party It did once break the rule be bee saute e Ui It y f up uI with an ea n untried is Ie iss s Then Than Cummins a aing ing m Ilia Plea a to tea th the state eee OB oa who had b lIt ben n H R au civil engineer rail railroad road read d In I Pennsylvania nn and aall a lawyer lafer afterward In Chicago drifting fr frem tn U laUer Juar l Ur place piau to Iowa 1010 u told wid ld his bl party that prohibition in Iowa would net let work The TM state tate went I II lust a Cummins Bald It would It H was wasa w wa a pew v In lo loa Iowa a Cummin IUd did not have enough oh u in his III party part Ut tu be nominated for an nuke ao eo aoh h he bot announced himself as a tin an eat ent candidate for fur the l gli and h he be wa we W elected The TUt T fI tint brat tI be did was to prepare snot om c m sort on of r that would wout rid the thu slat of nf UK Its prohibition rohl leas In An have much shuttling l ih 1111 in to luau In theM days day but en tk ek ta Its his hi con oon contention The Th to the he Re ne Republican publican a a Mt ro U the for It huts umi It U la I the general opinion opinion ion 1011 that he li t i ed It The Tho Fight Per Fr Gears Gar Toga T fla a There war a 8 man luau In Io lo a some years Y 18 BIO ago who hud buil bi hlen n th thu pillar of the U Re ne publican patty I I In all of ot It Ii LI from rom a I i i meeting to a na as e His KI mate Bum was a John lowy 0 U Scar ur He lie was w th the trend grand nd ul old l lm m lien n nM of iii bin 1018 party In lows Iowa He Re H acc governor unlit until bo ho lot ot tired Lind tin of oC the theand Job jul and ald then ih they y sent him hi to the M tJ nil d l States tt t and h It remained ih lb i s until he h U II rt reckoning n me a the UIa life agent reckon II 11 old mans man n Urn tint wa was w nearly early ui up ani Ui the itu and nd race nee for or th tin the t i KM gait Ion Iona before bufore UM tIN Old man a quit Tit ibe le aleAh of ot th tb the UW Mat were In tl th o nt l When Wha th the la ta tail term but bul on oil one wa was w rl in tit the lie K at Do Dais U Wola where w th the the l had bad m mt t to 10 elect Iaal s a a successor or r V rel 4 el elseI ct 1 the I lit II old man manIt manIt manIt It wa was a splendid fight hI Each man had all 11 the Ile to be b could in m mend nil The Ih old man mac lied hd the th ii n nt of the west t at his bis hi back tack I t ui ut h II I Ir never r 1 ft u II minute day dy 01 ii toll tolle t nl 1101 e tl Ii tiP WU sae H In lu ii vests WIlli w H II I b M xi MC I 1 C In II use fl lil J I 1 irl t I 1 i Hum II when alien K II on II Inc hn t I HIM ua II sn 11 u il xi that th the s were lite r n g gin in to knife n uth li Ii 1 the Ilir Ih dark th the Cummin f did u a thing thine Uh t f I f They lived In Do bee MoInes Mrs Cum Cummins j nun mins gave M a R dinner to 10 th the It wn was at her hr homo Monte The Invitations were w r Peeled In her name eon oan i diat was ens there Utere It was about the well t affair from a social outlook that thai ever happened In iii the th slat capi capt capital tal tel When the caucus m got down to toI I work In the legislature It renamed the theold theold theold old man but Albert Cummins I had kad come within three th vote votH of getting j the toga toK That Tut wa was w in ISiO 1810 Right lUgtu j f then thet and there then tb announced I himself as u R candidate for tor governor subject to the stet state convention In 1 ItOl OI Tl The mme crowd that tint had ha 1 gathered I for forthe forthe the toga wa was In th the rae race It was w against the th geld ti tit Id He lie 11 i fd ad d tits the stet state He lie won In the tb conven convention convention tion lion of 1600 delegates by R a majority of nf He Ha II served hi his first term unit mirt wa was w and ami r l He lie II had hd not accomplished what be wanted Ho He had announced that I lie must smash mah the state slat tat machine II 11 Ue was w for reform Just Jut at t n R tin time when reform ws was hitting It up hiS higa In la n It number of places It ant got under great headway In Iowa Cummins Cummin waa In Inthe InI Inthe the he I l lead ad Slid and nd a as a candidate tor for th the third time with tb the cry of or reform he lie swept wept th Ute the state Ule t with an old tint time U ma i I i iI I I II I I II Ii II ws I i I r t tI r i I f I 4 I I 1 iI If I II 1 I e I II II II Ia I a I tit i I 1 I II IA I t r t A I t v vUI UI r a rv e eA A b tJ COMMINS CUMMINS UNITED U STAn STATtS SENATOR FROM IOWA j iI I Joiny sly that made plea in 1 I of or II th party 11 Y H lie He bad In lu u hu hn l last 10 i b In Invaded waded dd th the b horns y of f on use of hi hl hili nIs and nd It II In broad day daylight light Cummins edl n I the 1 1 cut kuk d f r Ihu thu 10 Mil et t u I Ulli ui Ui in u II II It v ale II hail had 1 ko co l luck HIM j ibi ip t i th Ih lie tat la I th the II M end and M sic bo had bed ba beep a ut than nn r dIed In 1908 1903 Cum mine was wall elected to servo no out the un expired term of 01 Allison He lie was Wile re reelected reelected reelected elected to th the full term In January last I th the term tans expiring In lOli All this lies IMS 11 been done In year yeans for Cummins did not go 10 to Iowa I until ISIS 1888 This Is I a great t record in a tate state Ilk like Iowa a state tato In which old ok men man are re kept on guard Iud When th iii tariff grim began beKan rising again in tn 11 Year or more snore ago Cummins stood up I and said paid things thing which started what became known as a the Iowa Idea hI The Idea Idan meant a n reduction of tariff on mono monopolized pol I ted products lie He got J It the th original letters Uttern patent on this plan La I arid and others l Cum mInI mine Is III the man who salt soul It drat and andI I It rather appealed to the wont went Cum ruins mine was wu for Hiving giving protection to toA American A Interests without granting a shelter to He lIe had nn i sympathy thy with the war on corporations I II wl wise I political move but on un the theother theother other hand It he had bad no 0 sympathy with th the corporations war on the consumer er or r Hue Flue sailing between Scylla and II Ci II He brae wa all tw Independent In but In Ina i j i a way war WR that Sited the time Iowa Is I l j jI I fold old and when Cummins first t I In a frock freak coat ot and trousers i than wr were w creased creamed CI t just right sonic sorno of i ith th tINt the old school undertook to mike make capi capital I Ital tal UI out eat of him It did no good Some Rome Somehow I bow how the tin Iowa Ioa farmer fanner and an 1 others other a well wet rather liked th the way y Cummins Cum min got pt I up u When Ien he h met Aldrich In Inthe tit the lente Anat and measured lances lance with tile the tb Rhode Island knight looking as a If I h he could chide th the thunder If It at him I U It 1 roared Iowa lows some of who leader leaden hd h d been n waiting for the time tame tm to come com when they would attend the burning of or Cummins Cummin at t th the political stake kl ru tree roM I up and shouted bout Bully for fur Cummins Senator Cummins Cummin represent re i t m n I I uh t 1 Its I uI the I wets 1101 UI the saI huh bill u tut it vied 4 do down h cc tur III II It II I le earlY aly to tot B BI I t i 1 ld Id I sail t II I I I I I U I I to I 1 a Ib II put lean iI I ail I le III II tIe I mix Ix iI 1 It tit 1111 I q ti II 4 II i c nn 1 I u I ln I pI I h tuII 5 J 1 1111 hl Ii largely aa as Iowa 10 Maa but bul It I has ha friends friend I Ielse elsewhere else I |