Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-07-12

The Winterset Madisonian says that
If the personal ambition of the fac
tional leaders were eliminated from the
present contest, getting together would
not be difficult matter.
The Marion Register, Captain Rath-
buns paper, says: ''If one hundredth
part of what the Cummins and the
Perkins men have said about the way
the campaign has been conducted by
the factioni;ts is true there ought to
be some prettv thorough Investigations
made either before or in the conven-
ton. as to the right Of a good many
delegations to seats in the conven-
ton
I'VE are in favor of majority rule.
but at the same time we are in favor
Of majority republican rule says the
Atlantic Telegraph.
Whatever may be said about the
present gubernatorial campaign, no
one can say that it has been monoton-
Gus in detail,'' remarks the Fonda
Time. From the chautauqua lecture
season of last year up to the hour Of
dropping out Of dailies the list Of dele
gates chosen the campaign has been
remarkable for its lightning changes"
The Mason City Globe Gazette says
that Mr.. Perkins will finish this cam
paign without loss Of either his voice.
dignity or self respect"
The Anamosa Eurkea observes that
proposition involving the unity and
not seem to be Of the slightest interest
to the Cunmins men
About the only thing which Count
Boni de Castellane seems to be able to
do successfully is to spend his wife's
money" says the Des Moines Capital.
The Denison Reviews says: TN this
instance it would seem to us that both
Mr.. Cummins and Mr. Perkins should
see that the great republican party has
paramount rights and interests in the
contest. Not only the national success
Of the party may be jeopardized but
the interests of hundreds of good,
faithful hardworking republicans as
we'll. The matter has already gone so
far that 1t will enter into every county
election in the state and many good
republicans will be punished yicari-
ously on its account The rights of
the rank and file Of the party must be
respected and the generals should be
content to make peace with honor. For
our part we believe In giving serious
attention to any plan that will avoid
any further breach in the republican
party of Iowa.
| mo greater curse can be left a
young man than money, especially II
| it properly" declares the Manson Jour-
nal. Money is a good servant, but a
| poor MASTER
Notwithstanding the apparent adj
vantage that accrues to the candidate
who makes a trip abroad. thus far
Governor Cummins has not availed
himself of that advantage" comments
the Council Bluffs Nonpareil.
1--WE will. have more faith in Walter
Wellman's proposed trip to the north
pole after he has actually started. We
do not believe that he will make even
start for the pole this year." says
the Cedar Rapids Republican.
ut might be wise thing to let the
delegates run the next republican state
] convention says the Parkersburg
I Eclipse.
at will be three months before Har-
nv Thaw can be tried In the mean
time patience of the public will be
tried" says the Clinton Herald.
Consul AL Swain, formerly of Iowa
was busy man at the time of the
terrible wreck at Salisbury. England
Mr.. Swain has a faculty Of being the
right man when needed and retains
this faculty abroad as well as al
| home" says the Muscatine Journal.
ut Is clear that neither Cummins
1 nor Perkins can win without the
charge and faint of fraud smelling tc
high heaven through all the cam
| paign," says the New Sharon Star
not afford and ought not to be toler-
ated. Both should be dropped from
further consideration and a new man
selected by the convention"
The Cedar Rapids Republican would
like to know what qualities Governor
Cummins to judge as to which contests
are genuine and which spurious. III
there are some genuine, why may there
not be more than he adnits?" suggests
the Republican HE is a party in in
terest and therefore may be prejudic-
| ed"
Even Col. Bryan hastens to dis
claim any notion Of being the only
man." significantly says the Sioux
City Journal.
TON Taggart's assertions on one
side and two freight cars Of evidence
on the other is the present status OF
the case at French Lick Springs" says
the Sioux City Journal.
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| There is no use to expect that re-
publicans will sit down supinely and
submit to being controlled by demo
Gratis voting at our primaries, for they
won't do it, says the Britt Tribune.
1.-The mistake of the Cummins forces
was in making war on the federal
crowd" says the Harlan Republican
1.-The people of Iowa have every conf
dence in their part of the fedora
crowd, and In a considerable part OF
the crowd from other states"
The Cedar Rapids Republican ad-
vises republicans to keep cool; one
plan for securing justice has failed