Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-22
Want Him to Defeat Wade in
the Second.
POLITICIANS EARLY LAYING PLANS
Casting about for a Man to Again
Make the Iowa Congressional DEL
egation Soldly Republican-Think
Dawson Qualified to be Statesman.
Thy H. J. MAHIN. |

can nominee for congress In the sec
ond Iowa district,whic enanated re-
Gently from Des Moines, has reached
Washington, and is received with gen.
eral favor In fact the matter has
been discussed quietly for some time
among the Iowa colony in Washing
ton with whom there is none more
popular than Mr. Dawson. In fact,
among the officials of the capital there
are none who have larger following
of warm friends or who are credited
with higher abilities or more level
head than Mr.. Dawson. 1t is gener-
ally conceded that Mr.. Dawson could
carry the second district for the re-
publicans without trouble, and would by
virtue Of his long experience, make an
unequaled congressman. A local pa
per in commenting upon this matter
makes some illusions of interest to
iowans as follows: Iowa is deeply
aggrieved and Inundated that there
is to be break in her solid congress
sional delegation which has been main
tanned ever since the days of Walter
l. Hayes. Already the cry has been
raised that the second district must
be redeemed. The task is a difficult
one as under normal conditions the
district is democratic by at least a
small majority, and beside that the
democrats have just elected the
strongest man in their ranks-Judge
Wade. Hence the campaign has al
ready been started and the politicians
have been looking over the field for
an available candidate to match Judge
Wade. Former Representative Curtis
will not undertake the task and neither
will eX-Representative Lane, while Mr..
Rumple will be prevented on account
of i'll health. But an available man
has been discovered in the person of
Albert f. Dawson, as we'll known In
Washington as in Iowa, from the fact
that he has long been associated with
Senator Allison as clerk to the COM
mittee on appropriations. Mr.. Daw'
son is regarded as in every way quail
fed to become a statesman because oil
his long association with the Iowa sen
ator and his knowledge OF public af
fairs. Besides he has done service fol
the party in his state and known its
qualifications. If Mr.. Dawson can re
deem the second district he will be
hailed with joy by the Iowa republi
cans whose aim is to have the state
represented in congress by solid del
egation OF that party. Mr.. Dawson dis
cusses the matter jokingly with his
friends, but personally has nothing tt
say further than to remark that it is
pretty early in the campaign for sucf
talk.
President Roosevelt himself is go
ing to see that plenty of money is al
lowed in the coming appropriation TO
a new building for the agricultural de
partment. This action is only anothe
evidence of the fact that no officer il
the cabinet is held in higher esteem
than Secretary Wilson of Iowa. TIL
agricultural department is probabl.
more lily housed than any at the capi
tel and a bill recently passed botl
house and senate for new structure
II the Presidents wishes are follow
ed it will be one OF the finest in tn
city. and Secretary Wilson will hav
supberb quarters for carrying on hi
all important work.
The bill as is passed the senate cal
ried an appropriation for $2,500,00(
but when the house committee on pull
lie buildings and grounds to which
had been referred, reported the hi
back, The amount had been reduced b
million dollars. Secretary Wilso
considered this inadequate to erect
building such as the department neet
ed and was entitled to have, but
was disposed to accept what he coul
get rather than nothing at ALL Recon
ly, however. the matter was called
the attention of the President and M
Roosevelt became interested at ono
and promised to use whatever inf,
ence he had with congress to procuI
a larger appropriation. He Indirect
communicated with Mr.. Mercer, chat
man Of the house committee of publ
buildings, pointing out that agricultul
is the greatest OF all American indu
tries. He also complimented Mr. WI
son very highly and remarked that tt
department in Washington is doing
great work and should be commodiou
ly and comfortably housed. Whe
asked regarding the probabilities
the matter Mr.. Mercer said that it w;
the intention of his committee to de
literally with the department and TIL
when the bill was finally enacted as
law he thought Secretary Wise
would have no cause to complain
is understood that the committee pr
poses to have the appropriation
creased.
For the most part President Roos
welt is commended for his opposite
to the election to the senate of SmoC
the Mormon apostle of Utah. Sor
of the Utah politicians, however, a
declaring that is in direct Violate
OF an alleged contract made betwe
the Mormons and Senator Ham
chairman of the republican committt
by which the Mormons were to le
their influence to the republican PAL
and the latter in turn were not to n
lest the mormon church. 1t is So
that the Mormons were originally mo
ly democrats, but that in the campai
of 1902 the high officials of the chur