Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-02-19
THE OTTUMWA COURIER: TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 10. 1906.

therefore it can be said that Des
Moines has three candidates in the
field-Cummins Foster and Col.
Aoung-and three more available
Conger Berryhill and Hull, tho the
latter has notified his friends that he
cannot accept a nomination for gov
ernor until he has completed the work
he has in hand in the house."-Bur-
lington Hawkeye.
1t is not improbable that the many
friends of Major Samuel Mahon, of OF
tumwa, will insist upon his entering
the field for the republican nomination
for governor. -Four years ago Mr.. Ma
hon was prominently mentioned in the
same connection and strongly urged to
become candidate, but refused to
permit his name to be used. 1t is not
known that his consent can be obtain
ed now, as the gentleman is in the
east, but an effort is to be made to
that end and those who are about to
engage in it are hopeful OF success.
There is no question as to Major Ma
hons merits or his strength as can
didate. He is both qualified and wor-
lily anu WOulu MAKE du dululrdDl0
governor.-Keokuk Gate City.
While several other state legislat-
ures are discussing the propriety of
introducing summary means of pun
ishment such as the pillory and the
whipping post. Delaware, which has
long borne the ignominy of being the
only state in the union possessing
these institutions, is trying to get rid
OF them. 1t has already concluded to
abolish the pillory, but will retain for
the present the whipping post for bru-
tai crimes, such as wife-beating, etc.
II the last is ever justifiable, it is for
the offense of wife-beating.- Burling-
ton Hawkeye.
The demand of the party and of the
times is for unity among Iowa repub-
lcans this year. Whose threatens ven
geance for imaginary wrongs or stirs
up fractional strife for any cause will
not be held guiltless when the day of
reckoning comes. The Gate City is
in favor if peace-if it has to fight for
it.-Keokuk Gate City.
lHSIS 10 always d StIIdlu dlliOuuG
of curiosity as to what an editor
would have to say for himself thru the
columns of his paper concerning him
self when a candidate for
office. Now that Editor Per
kins of the Sioux City Journal
has said that he wants to be governor
of the state of Iowa, the following con-
corning himself and his paper is
printed as a matter of news:
The editorial comment of the Des
Moines Register, the Burlington
Hawkeye, the Cedar Rapids Republic
an and the Dubuque Telegraph, upon
the announcement of the candidacy of
Mr.. Perkins for the republican nomi-
nation for the governorship of this
state, is reproduced elsewhere in this
newspaper The three first named are
among the most representative repub-
lican newspapers in the state; the last
named is conspicuous for it's leader
ship among the democratic newspa.
pers of the state. There are those
who will say that these articles con-
tain eXtrayagances of expression;
that the candidate is deserving of less.
In this view the editor of this news
paper is disposed to sympathize, but
it will not be expected of him that he
will set forth his reasons. Being a
candidate, he is glad to have his cam
didacy commended, and with the fav-
or of the representative newspapers
of the state he is encouraged to be-
lieve that he may find favor with the
representative men of the state. Many
of the readers of this newspaper will
be pleased to meet with this symposI-
UNI, and there are those who will turn
up their nose at it. 1t is impossible to
please everybody in one issue of any
newspaper, with whatever care and
impartiality it may be put together.
The people here and hereabouts, where
the newspaper circulates more than
other newspapers, in so far as they
take the least interest in politics or a
Sioux City candidacy for the COVER
norship, are entitled to know thru this
organ of public opinion and dissemin-
ator of current news what the talk is
concerning Perkins for governor. 1t
is safe to say that there will be some
good reading matter available for
those who do not think Perkins ought
to be nominated, and tho they may
doubt whether this newspaper can be
| depended upon to give them the best
OF it, the promise is made that atten.
ton will not be wholly diverted from
that quarter. If this newspaper can
manage to hold its own in telling the
news and in rejecting fairly well up
on the best opinion, the hope may be
entertained that it's readers may be
as prepared as other people to dis
charge their obligations to society.