Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-05

larger circulation than all other OF
atunwa papers combined.
SENATOR WATERMAN FOR CON
GRESS.
Senator III. L. Waterman, of Ottura-
wa, has authorized the announcement
that his name will be presented to the
republican congressional convention Of
the Sixth district of Iowa, as candi-
date for the nomination to congress,
to succeed the Hon. John +. Lacey,
the present incumbent, whose term
of office will expire on March a, 1891.
This announcement is made in COLI
nection with the publication else
where of an unusual and remarkably
strong petition, signed by over 300
4 republicans of Wapello county, re-
( questing Senator Waterman to enter
the contest for the congressional nom
ination. 1t is stated that lack of time
and opportunity only has prevented the
list of signatures embracing many OH
ers to whom the petition has not yet
been presented. The recognized inner
emit strength and practical unanlmity
of this request to Senator Waterman
to- stand as the candidate OF Wapeito
county for the congressional nominal
zion, is of itself an endorsement of
which any man may be proud. Certain-
Fly it evinces a confidence in the ster-
ling worth and ability of Senator Wa
terman that cannot be other than .,.S-
ceedingly gratifying to all concerned.
+ The request briefly summarized is as
follows:
Wapello county is the most popu-
lous county in the district. Its indus
trial and commercial interests are
larger than those OF any other enc
county. Politically Wapello county is
the pivotal county Of the district, and
upon its vote the congressional election
has recently largely depended.
Only twice in twelve years has it fail
can nominee for congress. Wapal]o
! county has never had member of
congress. For many years the repnb-
licans OF this county have loyalty and
effectively supported the honored rep
resentatives from other counties in the
district, and for six successive terms
h the honor of the congressional nomi-
4 nation has been given to Mahaska
county.
The petitioners to Senator Waterman
time has now come for Wapealo coun-
MY to ask for this honor, and to enter
the contest to secure the same by a.
proper lines.
The Courier has heard no expression,
for in fact we believe there has been
none, of dissatisfaction or disapproval
Of the untiring and effective public
spirited services of Congressman Lacey
for the welfare of all the people of the
district, as their representative in con-
gress. His eminent abilities, his legal
attainments, his comprehensive states
manship, and his high and influential
standing as member of congress, are
4 known and recognized. and nowhere
more fully than in Wapello county. No
where has he had in the past,
nor will he have in the future,
il occasion offers itself, more 10y
al republican support than in old
Wapello. It is more than prob
the special conditions at the time pre-
yailing, no other candidate could have
carried the district in several of the
campaigns, that Major Lacey has led
the party to signal victory. There is,
as we are informed, no personal fight
to be made upon Major Lacey. nor on
his record in congress, and whatever
the outcome of the contest for the!
3 nomination, there will be no diminu-
ton of the intense loyalty which the
Wapello county republicans have, in
the past, always evinced toward the
nominee of the convention.
The character of the petition to SEN.
MIR II OF al, Ii rs o1,o
the contest for the congressional nom
1 ination, means that the republicans of
Wapello county will make strong
and complete presentation of their
claims for this high and distinguished
honor. Senator Waterman, will, by
unanimous consent, select his own del
egates to the congressional convention,
and a campaign will be inaugurated
in the other counties in the district,
with the exception of Mahaska, to
make clear straightforward and hon
orable presentation of the claims of
the republicans of Wapello county to
the nomination which they ask at the
hands of the delegates to the congress
q sional convention.
Senator Waterman's high character
as man and a citizen, his unques-
Toned integrity, his force of will and
+ steadfastness of purpose, is conserve
tive watchfulness of the peoples inter-
s ests, will represent personal feature
of the campaign that will be present
ed to the republicans of the district
with the best of feeling and the most
courteous and kindly regard for others
who are interested. Then there will
be the political phase, embracing a
clear statement of Senator Waterman's
long and untiring zeal in behalf OF the
republican party, his loyalty to its
principles and his Jealous support OF
its nominees in every campaign. Ills
vigor of thought along political lines,
his ability as a public speaker and his
effective work as q campaigner, will
he brought prominently forward.
These featnres, together with Sena-
i tor Waterman's honorable and bust
ness like record as a member of the
Iowa senate, record which is mani
fest in some of the wisest provisions
of the new Iowa code, and which gave
4 to him the honorable sobriquet of