Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-01-28
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

The Burlington Hawk Eye would
like to know what Governor Cumnins
wants. anyway.
The Iowa City Republican thinks
the state convention thould take
things in it's own hands and stop all
this. fractional contention. ANY man
who has chip on his shoulder should
be left at home" the Republican sug-
gests. III
/, The Council Bluffs Nonpareil OBJ
serves that that widely published in
terview with ]. w. Blythe Seems to
nave been read with quite as much in
terest as the governors recent inau-
gural speech"
The Washington Press says "repub-
licans won't want a softer thing" than
Hearst.
ut isn't the Iowa idea,' so called.
that the republicans of this state are
up against this time" says the Keo-
kuk Gate City. at is democratic free
trade pure and simple under the
guise of reciprocity in competitive pro-
Ducts"
The Waterloo Times Tribune (dem.)
says the governors address was as
close to democratic lines as he could
get without coming out straight for
democratic principles"
The Cedar Rapids Republican as
serts that 1t will not be possible to
make a bogy man out of ]. w. Bly,
the. Mr.. Blythe 1t says, has been be-
fore the people of the state for more
than twenty years; he is man whose
word will be taken without bond any
where, and he has loyal and enthu-
siastic friends everywhere III any
one considers It good politics." the Re-
sonal fight on ]. w. Blythe, seeking
to make him stand for what he does
not stand for, it will be found that
there are more men willing to take off
their coats and fight for him to the
end than for any other man in Iowa,
unless 1t be Senator Allison"
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Gov. Cummins' inaugural address,
asserts the Capital, places him dis
tinctly in accord with the democratic
party and distinctly not in accord
with what We believe to be republican
ISM
The washington Democrat notes
that Charles Walsh has been in Wash
ington promising the Iowa delegation
to Hearst. I'VE do not know what
claim Charley has on the Iowa dele
cation, but he may know what he is
talking about" says the Democrat,
"but in the last two conventions In
Iowa Charley could not even be del
egate from Ottumwa, let alone dictat-
ing what the delegates should do. He
was distinguished spectator and
that was all. He has been working
for the Hearst boom for the last year
and he may have Iowa under his
thumb, but if he has, 1t Is news to a
lot of democrats who always thought
thew had views of their own"
The Iowa City Republican says that
President Roosevelt will be renomin-
ated and a platform adopted in ac-
cordance with his views, no matter
what Governor Cumnins may say OF
what Iowa may do. Therefore 1t asks
what is the use of Iowa republicans
getting into wrangle among them
thernselves?" The Republican Is UNI
able to discern that Governor Cum
Minis challenge means anything less
than contention all along the line.
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RECIPROCITY with all the world,
says the Waterloo Courier, would eff
fectually extinguish the American pro-
tective tariff system which has giver
to the United States much of pros
perity that could not have been ac-
quired under another economic pol
ICY"
The Waterloo Courier says the most
liberal Interpretation of the republican
state platform of last year justifies nc
such exptreme position as that taken
by Governor Cummins in his inaugu-
raj address.
Judge shiras," remarks the Musca-
tine Journal, lis justified in feeling
complimented over the care that is be-
ing observed in the selection OF his
successor"
The Iowa City Republican regrets
that there should be such a wide di.
vergence between Governor Cummins
and President Roosevelt, as in many
ways, it thinks. they are not dissimi-