Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-23
T. j. PHILLIPS AND j. n. ROGERS,
EXPRESS OPINIONS ON THE
PRIMARIES.
"A Great Victory vndicates All
Claims Says Rogers MANY
Strange Faces in the Primaries"
Says Phillips.

it, of course. But the kind of methods
they used is not going to win in the
long rum" said T. j. Phillips this morn
ing when asked his opinion of the pri-
maries held by the democrats of the
city last evening.
st was an object lesson to see the
kind OF men of which the Hearst forces
are composed when compared with
those who are opposing them. | I'M
derstand that in the third and fourth
wards they ran in a lot of fellows that
are practically strangers in the town.
saw several faces in the second ward
primary which l attended that l new
er saw before. Maybe they were all
right. don't know. l understand
one fellow that took part in the third
ward primary was in the police court
this morning and was given three days
on a charge of vagrancy.
cts considerable prestige to have
an Ottumwan on the national commit
tee, of course, and that accounts for
the hold that Walsh has on his home
town. Take Walsh out of it and
Hearst would not have handful.
No Fight in Convention.
mo, do not think there will be any
fight in the county convention. What's
the use. They packed the primaries
and got the delegates and it would not
do any good to disturb them. 1t would
only make a little fun for the time be-
ing. 1t will be warm delegation and
one to be proud of that will go TO Des
Moines to the state convention.
81 tell you that the democratic party
| ic ~ IN Is la,
until you get the populistic rabble and
rubbish out of it that has been there
/ in the last eight years. When its con-
| troll gets back into the hands of sound,
capable and reliable men that stand
for something more than disciples and
apostles OF discord and discomfort, then
it can expect to accomplish something.
The view with alarm artists are out
of date and sane people don't place any
credence in them any more.
Il am very we'll pleased" concluded
Mr.. Phillips, 1T don't matter much
anyway. Hearst hasn't a ghost of a
show to get the nomination. So let
them have all the fun they can out OF
the attempt to get it,
Mr.. Rogers Talks.
If the other fellows did any pack
!; ing, We must have packed just a little
, harder" said J. H. Rogers, who has
command of the Hearst forces and
headquarters in this county, in speak
ing this afternoon concerning the vic
tory won by the Hearst men last even.
ing in the democratic primaries held
throughout the city. IF anybody says
, we packed the primaries last night
,f~,i, fr,
J in this contest they do not tell the
truth.
1--WE are sorry the other fellows are
! so sore about this matter but the rank
/ and file of the democratic party was
J out last evening and ratified the things
for which we have been contendine
throughout the campaign. We consid
,, er that a contemplate attack which
,, was made with the intention OF defeat
/ ing Mr.. Walsh in his own ward. But i
, was not successful Why we hat
enough men on the outside of thu
room where the primary was held tt
have held an other convention il i
had been necessary to have done 81
\ to put our plans through.
0 "If there is anything wrong in gel
0 ting out among the. boys and gettin
5 them interested in the primaries an
; getting them to attend and take par
y then We plead guilty. I do not antic
q pate that there will be any fight at a
o in the county convention tomorrow.
5 believe that we have enough delegate
0 instructed to carry our plans throug
without any hitch at all.
y None of those who have been NAL
y ing so cOntomntihle a fight IN M
o Walsh and against Hearst We're abb
0 to get seats in the convention SO the
are practically harmless. Yes, indeed
y it was a great victory and we hav
. thoroughly vindicated all claims W
. have ever made about the sentim ent c
0 the democrats in the city"