Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-08-09

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that will cast aside all other consider.
alton except the welfare of his country
must be of such character that it will
not allow him to say first party and
country next. The people have arisen
and proclaimed their opposition to the
conditions that now exist.
| The man who places party above
country is not safe man to entrust
with the affairs of either state or ma.
ton. do not mean by this that a
man should not have certain amount
Eof party fealty, but I do mean that he
should not hesitate to battle for the
right regardless Of the consequences
to any political party. and when Gov.
ernor Cummins in his pre-convention
campaign said that George D. Perkins
was an honest man and a good republi.
can. but was in bad company, was the
candidate of the railroads and there.
by intended to convey the idea that If
nominated and elected governor of
Iowa, he would be controlled by those
influences. and then said that if he,
Perkins, was the choice of the republi
can convention, he would have no
warmer supporter IN the state of Iowa
/ eiiol AiCy tIC ooNCiHoIs lIC GISIS uSSldl
ed In substance that his first allegi.
ance was to the republican party, and
If he, Governor Cummins, could not be
elected governor that he was willing to
help to continue the conditions that
now prevail in this state of which he
SO bitterly complains This spirit up
on his part should be considered by
the voters of the state before giving
him third term as governor, because
it will be a question of the defeat OF
the reforms so much needed and desir
ed by the people or the defeat of the
republican party. to save the party al
the expense of the people. II may be
we'll for us to here observe that in this
warfare that is now upon ALL the gov
ernor occupies the position of one who
has come out from behind the fortffi
cations that are being stormed by the
people, but will not join the fighting
columns, but stands off to one side
and alternately turns his guns upon
the fort of corporate influence and up
on the army that is and has been for
years fighting the battle of the people
He never can conquer the enemy, MOI
can he dismay the mighty army OF
people that is rapidly marching to vic
tory.
Needs New Deal.
We have heard good deal from
both factions of the republican part.
about fair deal during the last ST,
months, whatever they may mean BY
this. What the state Of Iowa needs
most at this time is new deal. Ca,
1t be said by any thinking and intelli
gent man that If one-+hird of the accu
sations made by either half of the re
publican party against the other hal,
are true that they have not become 81
corrupt in their manipulations of polit
ical affairs that they are unfit to be
longer entrusted with the important
duties of providing for the future des
tiny of this great commonwealth? Are
these accusations not an abundance o
evidence to convince the citizen wilt
is honestly in search of the means Il
establish in the capitol public servants
and not political masters, that now il
the time to act, and forever place tnei
disapproval upon the disgusting scene.
enacted by both the so-called progress
sives and standpatters? Let then
know that the decent people Of lowe
will not entrust It's affairs in the hand.
of any party, or either faction thereof
that will resort to as disgraceful meth
DDS as we have been subjected to dur
ing the pre-convention campaign of the
warning factions of the republican par
ty. With the facts as to the extremes
to which they have gone and the
measures they have employed woult
1T not be the part of wisdom for us t.
have a change in the management q
the affairs of our state government IL
order that thorough house cleanins
could be made and an accounting had
For if the divided party can become 81
corrupt and unfair in its treatment o.
one another and will not scruple in its
dealings with the suffrage of its owl
members, what may we expect in its
general dealings with the public
When a political party has become 81
entrenched in power with the majorit,
SO overwhelming as to engender spir
it Of defiance such as has grown up ii
this state, it is in the interests Of goot
government that the books be ex
amined by disinterested persons. Witt
an ever increasing taxation and tina
| Will all llCEedSeu VdludIlCn, Will no
the taxpayer when he goes into hi.
booth on election day, remember tina
if he wants to strike blow at extrav
agance, corporate power, unfair cleo
ton and machine politics of the mos
pronounced type, and show disapprova
of the unjust and disgraceful method.
used by the republican party of Iowa
in the selection of candidates and cleo
ton thereof, then he must vote thu
democratic ticket. say in the election
thereof because of that fact that b,
machine politicsi men have been com
PEELED to vote as their masters die
tate. We have known for years tina
the corporations which go to make I'll
the backbone Of the republican part!
have by persuasion, when they could
and by compulsion when necessary
compelled their employees to vote the
republican ticket. This same party i,
enacting a law providing for new
ballot for the voters of this state, ever,
provision of which was written in thu
interests of the dominate party. ant
ever since the adontiOn of tho hucfra