Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 November 1908 — CUMMINS ELECTED SENATOR [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

CUMMINS ELECTED SENATOR

Hfs Ambition Satisfied Fifteen Yean from the Time He First Became a Candidate. Des Moines, la., Nov. 24.—Today, Just fifteen years to a day slu'*®. his first candidacy for the United States senate was anuounced, Governor AP

bert B. Cummins was elected to that position to succeed the late William B. Allison, who defeated Governor Cummins only last June in the Republ'can primaries. Governor Cummins’ fi st candidacy was to succeed James F. Wilson. When the legislature met in extra session today Governor Cummins was opposed for the senatorship by Claude R. Porter, who won the Democratic nomination at the June primary, and he received the full Democratic vote. Governor Cummins resigned the governorship immediately after his election as senator, and Lieutenant Governor Garst was sworn in to serve a seven weeks’ term, when Governorelect Carroll will be sworn in.

ALBERT B. OUMMINS.