Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-04-28

FOR HON. JAMES E. BLYTHE.

for congress, taken from exchange
from different parts of the district.
Mitchell County Press:-Doubtles
every reader of the newspapers VIII
takes an interest i'm political affairs ha
heard of Jim. Blythe. He is one O
the best known politicians i'm the state
He was chairman of the republican
state central committee for a numbe
of years, and he has been given lavish
and unstinted credit and praise for re
deeming the state from democratic rul,
in 1898. He was a tireless worker fo
republican supremacy. Mr.. Blythe il
brimful of energy and enthusiasm. HI,
stands high in the councils of the re
publican party-a young man com
paratively, possessed of vigor an(
strength, and requisite ability to repre-
sent this district in the halls of congress
and his reputation and experience will
public men and affairs would give him
considerable prominence and standing
Mr.. Blythe is good campaigner anC
will make hard and interesting figh
for the nomination.
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West Union nArgO:-Doubtless every
| newspaper reader who takesan Interest
in political affairs has heard of Mr.
Blythe and his splendid service to the
Republican party in redeeming the
state from Democratic control in 1898
while chairman of the Republican State
Central committee. His reputation as
successful organizer, is more than
state wide, and as fighter he has not
an equal in the state. He is tireless
worker for straight-Out republican
principles and republican supremacy,
and a young man full of energy and
ambition who would bring to his work
in congress an ability which would
speedily place him i'm the front rank,
along with those other brilliant young
Hawkeyes, Dolliver and Cousins. The
Argo cheerfully welcomes the candi-
dacy of Hon. James E. Blythe and is
pleased to note the evident disposition
of the district to place him in nomi-
nation, and when nominated The Argo
will most enthusiastically assist in the
work of carrying the district for him.
West Union Gazette:--If Mr.. Blythe's
legion of friends through the state
could infuse the republicans of the dis
trict with something of their enthusi-
asm his nomination would be made by
reclamation, for their is no man in
Iowa with more enthusiastic follow
ing, more loved, admired, and res
pected. But it is somewhat to Mr..
Blythe's detriment that he is better
known over the state than he is in this
corner. His work for the party has
been beyond "the pent up Utica" OF
these ten counties, although within
the past year he has shown his metal
on the huskings in this section and
won many friends and admirers. All
who know him are free to acknowledge
his possession of just the elements for
a successful member of congress, and
those who best know him are lOudest
i'm his praise.
In common with the most of our
readers we will watch with interest the
progress of Mr.. Blythe's campaign,
which will undoubtedly be conducted
with vigOr and ability; and that it will
be as clean, frank and candid as it will
be earnest and honest no one can ques-
ton who has any acquaintance with
him.
New Hampton Courier:-The Herald
is also the Rockford Register, and look
ing down the line it is found that there
is not county in the district but has
many warm friends in it for the splen-
did young man who has shown him
self not only an organizer but fine de-
batter and well qualified to stand in the
Iowa delegation at Washington among
those who are voted the best in the
land.
Hon. James f. Blythe is one of the
men of Iowa who believes firmly in
the principles of the party to which
he belongs and while at any and all
times he would scOrn a mean act even
for present advantage, he is an organ
izer and firm believer in the efficacy
of good political work and if nominated
will be found in the campaign ready
for consultation and work in any part
of the district where he can do good.
His private life is clean and pure and
the only thing that even his enemies
have to say about him is that his
methods of conducting campaign dc
not meet their approval; a statement
not to be wondered at in the least.
We have no fault to find with the
candidacy of James f. Blythe nor
with the disposition of the district to
to place him in nomination and will
most cheerfully assist in the work OF
carrying the district for him when he
is nominated.
The Marble Rock Weekly:-The
announcement of James E. Blythe for
Congress, is merely matter of form,
for it has been we'll understood in this
district since the magnificent campaign
of three years ago, when the state was
so triumphantly wrested from the
democratic clutch, that when the time
should arrive James f. Blythe should
become the standard bearer of the
Republican hosts of the Fourth Con-
gressional District of Iowa. Mr..
Blythe's achievements i'm Iowa politics
are too well known to our readers to
need repetition at this time. His
magnificent campaign when Jackson
was elected Governor, stamped him as
the Napoleon of Iowa Republicans.
Notwithstanding the bitter fight made
against the republican candidate Blythe
snatched victory from defeat and re-
deemed the state to Republicanism by
81, 900 majority. This campaign alone
placed his name among the illustrious
leaders of republicanism in the nation
Mr.. Blythe is distinctively the young
mems candidate. The district has been
renreseuted i'm the national legislatllre