Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-02
POLITICS IN A CITY.

l's5"'The worst evils tina. affect our To-
tcal -governm emf arise from and arc
Ithe, Inevitable result ot the mixing mp
LOT the city affairs with the party poll
tics Of the nation and the state. The
lines upon which national parties d.
wide have no necessary connection
with the business Of the city. Such
}connections open tie way to countless
lsche.nes of public plurde:. and civic
Scorruption.r
Tho above is g part of an address
I made before southern audience by
President Roosevelt few days. ago.
It IS fiji! OF good common sense and
Should be read by every voter, viii, a
thought Of personal application. The
President takes the st md tiat politics
is national and that quest i'Hns Of local
i rapport cannot be- treated as con those
Of natiora, Interest. Secretary Taft
takes the sc,eae stand and recently,
1 speaking in Ohic. tllia eta|w@rt rcpuh-
n lcan Ton atioas izs~es declared that
II II he could vote this wear in Cincjn-
7 natl. his horne city, he would vote the.
regular republican city ticket and the
democratic county -.cllet.
Good government. honesty and the
rGuare DEAL are the Qualities that are
/ wanted in candidates. for municipal Of
fees. If republican chances find
these qualities in man on the ticket
labeled Democratic" to greater de-
gree than they exis. in the correspond
ing candidate on the republican ticket,
Il he should feel free to scratch the lat
4 ter Unless he is assured that party
! considerations will not affect the adj
u ruinistration of the crice. unless Re
3 knows. that ring I'll will not predomi-
nate, he is pretty certain r faflow his
I marty and vote for the "e-7,-'Hl'''n. is
Is one Of the instances wherc politics
In city is bad.
In Philadelphia rest exciting
campaign is being waead. Tho city is
more one.sided politically than any
/, ether large city in the country. Out
CT 100000 voters. only 10000 are dem
ocrats. There has ,een an upheaval
\ however, against the local republican
organization and tt . situation is such
that republican speakers from outside
refuse to take part in the local cam
raign.
New York City an Overwhelmingly
democratic city,, has a. similar cam
paign ON hand. William Randolph
Hearst, who only year ago was q
{ 4
party for the pres ,dency. has bolt
ed the regular candidate Of his. party
and heads an, independent ticket as
candidate for mayor. Then William
Princes Jerome, who has been district
y ,orney for the count Of New Yorl
4 + four years, is an Independent can
Il fdate for reelection, running against
The nominees of the republican. dem
CT ill nr1i 1S
A. 1t would be said that such candidate
would have no show for success. but
Jerome is a-lively actor in tie con
tnst. Joseph Choate. late United
J States minister to ENGLAND has come
cut for him, thus boiling the repnbli
rnn candidate z,Altogethe- Il * New
York fight presents most interesting
situation.
If party stands, f st, LIST and al
the time, for good. common sense
business administration of municipal
affairs. then the regular pon.oal line!
are. of use if the good government par
t. chances to be the majority party
This applies in most of the smalle
cities but with added size the DANCE
POSSIBLE from the drawing of stric
rarity lines is increased and Presiden
Roosevelt's -yarnlng is seen to be a de
cidedly wise one.
HOSTS NEW INSURANCE PLAN
Insurance Commissioner Host o
Wisconsin WHO has taken a great in
tcrest in the developments of the life
insurance Investigations, has set fort
his views in mis- annual report, recent
ly filed at Madison in which he rec
emmends the enactment Of state law
providing that insurance .companie