Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-03
How He Bungled in Giving
Out Letter.
FRANK STUART MIFFED
1t is Alleged That Some Ottumwa Newspaper Man,
Ought to Have Known Better, Misled the Demo-
cratic Candidate and His Managers.

Des Moines, Sept. 30.-Frank @.
Stuart, in charge of the democratic
headquarters, is very much miffed
over the exceedingly bad judgment
displayed by T. j. Phillips, candidate
for governor in giving out his letter
of acceptance from Ottumwa instead
of through state headquarters.
1t is not known whether Mr.. Phil
lips was to blame for the
break or whether c. M. Myers, Phil
lips manager, and others, are individ-
ually or jointly responsible.
Suspicion, however, points to some
man in the newspaper fraternity at OF
tumwa.
The most tangible theory found
by Mr.. Stuart and other leading
democrats associated with the head
quarters work is that some represent
alive of the Chicago Chronicle sacri-
feed party interests in order to add
SIS or $40 to his string.
Charge Conspiracy.
The result was that Mr.. Phillips
long letter of acceptance, in which he
defines his position on the question of
taxation and other state issues, made
its appearance through the columns of
the Chicago Chronicle, and presumably
local papers in Ottumwa are in the
conspiracy.
BIunder Felt.
Mr.. Stuart feels deeply the blunder
committed, for the reason that if the
letter had been sent to the state head
quarters it would have been prepared
in duplicate and sent to the democrat,
fc press of the state, with instructions
for release on the same day.
Iowa democratic papers have a
right to be sore over the way the mat
ter was hnadled. The Leader reprint
ed the letter, but most of the other
democratic papers of the state will ig
more it, feeling that they were entitled
to first chance at it, instead of having
to take it second-handed after it had
appeared In the columns of the Chi
cago Chronicle.
Here's the Blame.
Mr.. Stuart is not inclined to the be
lief that Phillips or his associates al
Ottumwa did the bungling work inten
tionally, but that they were misguided
by some newspaper man who should
have known better. An effort will be
made to locate the correspondent oil
the Chronicle in OttumWa, and II 1t is
! found that he is a democrat he will be
called upon to answer for his lack Of
intelligence and utter disregard for the
proprieties of campaign procedure.
Mr.. Stuart will probably use the let
4 ter of acceptance or at least extracts
from it, but the belated arrival of the
same at any newspaper Office will
cause it to be unceremoniously thrown
into the waste basket in spite of its
being partly literature of Importance
had it been properly handled.
Democratic Literature.
The literature sent out by the demo
cratic state central committee is max
ing it's appearance in the democratic
press of the state. The Herriott pro
tests form large part of the argu
ment. An attack is made on Her
riott, the alleged reformer," because
he did not utter his protests at the
start after discovering the true condi
ton of affairs instead of waiting unit
the last year of his last term. The ar
ticle declares that one of the principa
issues to be settled at the polls this
year is 'who is the greatest railroad
attorney in Iowa, Cummins, Hubbard
or Blythe?"