Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-06-05

til the time for serving his sentence
before submitting resignation. How
ever kindly one may be disposed to-
ward Senator Burton, few will ques-
ton that the senate has taken the pro-
per action. 1t has been intimated that
Burton's only reason for holding on to
the last minute was to draw his sal
airy. So he should not be Judged too
harshly. Maybe he needed the mon
ey".
LAFoLLETTE TOO BUSY.
And now 1t is said that after all
Senator LaFollette will not come to
Iowa to assist Governor A. B. Cum
Minis in his pre-convention campaign,
simply because he is too busy and
although expressing himself as in
sympathy with the Cummins move
ment he cannot take the stump in
Iowa at present. Because of the prin-
ciples involved the Iowa campaign is
being watched with intense interest
all over the United States. The PEG.
pie are anxious to know whether the
sentiment of Iowa republicans is for
radical and immediate tariff revision
as advocated by Governor Cummins,
or the conservative policy represented
by Mr. Perkins and which has brought
such wonderful successes to the re-
publican party and resulted in growth
and prosperity for the nation unprece.
dented in the history of the world. 1t
is not probable that the republicans of
the state will greatly mourn the in
ability of the former governor Of Wis.
consin to come to Iowa, although his
remarks would be of more than ordi.
nary interest because of his recent
close associations with the democrats
in the senate and the suggestion by a
democratic paper that he be made the
democratic candidate for president.
The Chicago Inter-Ocean in an editor.
ial has the following to say of the sit
uation:
"The news that Senator LaFollette
will not be able to go to Iowa and help
Governor Cummins in his fight for a
denomination will be received every
where with regret.
"The Wisconsin senator is in entire
sympathy with Governor Cummins, we
ton Is such that he cannot possibly
spare time for Governor Cummins
campaign. Few statesmen in Wash
ington have ever accumulated larger
amount of important business than
Senator LaFollette in the same space
of time. He is busy morning, noon
and night. People who see him
speeding down or UP the avenue say,
There goes a. very busy man. Peo-
pie who look down upon him from the
senate gallery say, That is La Toilette
over there; see how busy he is Even
when he is at his meals, other diners
are constrained to remark, Notice
how busy LaFollette is; the wonder
is that he can keep up the pace
con the other hand, Governor Cum.
minis is also exceedingly busy all the
time. If he is not doing one thing, he
is doing another. If he is apparently
doing nothing, he is thinking up an
other Iowa idea. And every new Iowa
idea he thinks up only adds to his
business. Conveying descriptions of
his latest Iowa ideas to Senator La
Toilette calls for no small part of his
activity
The regrettable thing about all this
is that Senator La Toilette should be
so busy that he cannot find time to
help Governor Cummins, with whom
he is in deep sympathy. That Is one
of the drawbacks Of very busy life.
A man has a friend, in or out of pol!-
tics, who sympathizes with him deep
ly. He gets into some sort of trouble,
political or other, and he hopes that
his friend will help him His friend
is at that moment too busy If he
were not too busy nothing, of course,
would give him more pleasure. But he
really can do nothing Just now, be-
cause he is so very busy that he finds
it impossible to spare the time.
'It would be impossible to blame
Governor Cummins if he should cease
to extend his friendship to friends
who have no time in which to extend
their friendship to him. He has start
ed whole train Of Iowa ideas which
but just busy enough, are striving to
derail A few words from a man who
himself had started train Of ideas
and pushed it along safely, with the
assistance of his friends who were not
too busy to help him, would be Of the
greatest assistance to him. But just
when he needs the help-at the crucial
moment in his career-a moment
which is to determine whether or not
he shall continue to be busy-his
friend sends in word that he would
like to ever SO much, but cannot spare
the time.
''It is almost enough to tempt Gov.
ernor Cummins to be less busy. 1t Is
almost enough to convince him that
the best thing he can do is to look up
some friends who are less busy. II
he would discard a few of the Iowa
ideas that have made him so
busy and get down to ideas
that have a tendency to stir up
business, he might have less sympa-
thy from Senator LaFollette, but ne
would probably have great deal
more from those people in Iowa who
do not seek a new thrill every minuts
in public affairs"
1870
TO CARRY MISSOURI.
Missouri republicans are hopeful of
carving the state this wear and feel