Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-16
Campaign for the Guberna-
torial Nomination In
Full Swing.
Friends Of the Allamakee Senator
Booming Him as the Right Man
for the Place.
Adherents Of the varions Candidates Seek.
ing Control of the Cedar Rap
4
ids Convention.

i The campaign for the Republican
nomination for governor of Iowa is
in full swing and the friends of the
various candidates are working like
beavers to obtain the control of the
convention to be held at Cedar Rapids
on Aug. z.
Many things contribute to the un-
usual interest manifested in what is
commonly called IAN off year cam.
paign.' The tremendous majority of
nearly 100000 which the state gave
for Mckinley last November. put Iowa
well to the front among the leaders
of the party and the selection of the
speaker Of the house from this state
and the continuance of Republican
delegation in congress, all these have
been elements in the political strength
which this state has acquired. The
results have made Iowa factor to
be reckoned with In national politics
and given it prominence second to no
other state in the union. Iowa today
is in the center Of the stage and the
attention of the people of the United
States is attracted to it.
Three reasons, together with the
growth and prosperity of the state and
it's institutions, makes the selection
of a candidate for governor a question
of great Importance. 1t has become
almost imperative that the man who
is chosen should not only be able,
honest, Of calm Judgment good exc.
cutive ability and judicial trend Of
mind, but one who has had that ex.
perience in state affairs which will
give him clear and ready appreciation
of the needs Of the people, the neces-
sites Of the various institutions and
the requirements Of the different
branches Of public service Of the state.
Senator James III. Trewin, Of ALA.
makee county, seems largely possessed
of these elements SO necessary to the
successful administration of the office
of governor Of Iowa in this important
stage in its growth.
Ills long, active and successful sery.
ice in the legislature makes Senate,
Trewin especially available at this
time. His legislative service has been
successful because OF the important
| things he has accomplished. In 1893
he redeemed Allamakee county after
1T had for 16 years been represented
in the lower house of the legislature
by Democrat. Two years later, he
was sent to the senate from the Fay.
ette-Allamakee district and is still q
member Of that body. having been re.
elected by an increased majority.
| The limits Of this article are too brief
to recount all he has done in the in.
terests Of the people during his mem.
bership in the legislature, but his rec.
ord proves that his efforts were al
| ways put forth in behalf of the peo.
pie. From the first he took a prom.
tnent part in legislative work. He was
the father of the revised and annotated
Code of Iowa. which every one con
| cedes is one of the best works of the
sort ever produced. The bill for the
codification of the laws was originated
by him when member of the 25tf
general assembly. After the codifica
ton. in which work he took prom
inent part, was completed, he support
ed and secured the adoption of the
plan of state publication of the code
although strongly opposed by individ
ual publishers, who saw in 1t valua
BILE mine to- be worked IL they could
secure its publication. By state publ
cation. as proposed and advocated by
Senator Trewin, the code now costs
purchasers SIS instead of $3.50, as II
would have cost had it been published
by private individuals.
| Among other matters in which Sen
ator Trewin has been actively inter
ested. one of the most important in it,
effects on the interests Of the people
is the school laws. He was directly in
strumental in framing and securing
the passage of many Of these laws anG
the changes which have proven SO ben
eficial to the people, were largely the
result Of his careful investigation into
/ the needs of our public schools.
He was chairman of the senate com
mittee on schools in the 26th and 27tt
general assemblies. and Of the com
mittee Of cities and towns in the 2Stt
and is also chairman Of the committee
to revise the laws in relation to cities
and towns. While serving in the
house he was at the head Of the com
mittee in that body on cities ant
towns.
Senator Trewin's work has alst
borne good fruit along the lines Of
saving money for the people in tn,
curtailment Of expenses in the admin
istration of state affairs. When thu
code was being revised, he, with Sen
ator Carpenter. was appointed a spe
cial committee to report to the senat,
the reductions which should be mad,
in the expenses Of carrying on the varl
GUS state departments. and as the di
rect result Of their work, the 26th gen
eral assembly Topped off about $4,000
annually in the unnecessary expense o
these departments. There was also I
net saving made to the state by tn,
reduction Of salaries and expenses O
county officers, Of printing and binding
and of the various state institutions
amounting to about $165,000 per an
mum. Senator Trewin was one of tn