Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-05-30

country vote.
Grinnell Herald Though Governor
Cummins won out in Polk county by
vote of about two to one, the result
shows that the Cummins machine re-
ceided very severe jolt. To begin
with, Mr.. Perkins received much
larger vote than his sanguine friends
had hoped for. Aside from Cummins
and Garst, hardly man on the Cum
minis slate scored victory, and even
Garst has but few votes to the good. "
"If Gov. Cummins and his more
radical supporters, says the Creston
Advertiser. ''are telling the truth and
are not raising a false issue they
cannot, as honest and decent citizens,
support the republican ticket in case
they are defeated in the convention.
They would stultify themselves by ad-
vocating the election of those whom
they now oppose as railroad tools after
an ante convention fight in which the
issue was the people VS.. the railroads. "
Carroll Herald: Geo. d. Perkins
has been in public life for over a
quarter of century. He has been an
editor since the war, about forty years.
In all these years he has been clean,
loyal to the best interests of the people,
and supporter of every measure that
had in view the independence of people
from corporation control. Not single
word can be uttered in truth against
him. The Blythe DOGGY, with which
his opponents hope to injure him as a
candidate. ought not to fool intelli-
gent people. Mr.. Perkins is too big
and too strong a man to be controlled
by anybody. 1t is false alarm. of
the "stop thief" order, and is not
made in good faith.
The governor is going about the
state swearing at the railroads, and
declaring that he is through with'them
forever. Yet only so recently as last
December he acted as attorney for
the Des Moines Union railway, tax
lodging corporation assessed at only
ne-eighth of its commercial value.
AS the Cedar Rapids Republican says
How the governor of the state can act
as the attorney for one of the cor
porations which it is his duty to as
sess is one of the things that passes
understanding, especially when the
man who occupies that dual role and
performs that dual duty makes a
speciality of parading his anti-railroad
views for the purpose of getting
votes. " Great is reform Manchester
Press.
Cedar Falls Gazette: When we say
that the real issue in Iowa is whether
Dolliver or Cummins will be United
States senator, the Cummins papers
allude to it as "The DOGGY Man. y
When we say that Cummins has always
allied himself with the whiskey
interests of the state the Cummins
papers declare that this is not an issue.
When we say that Cummins cannot
be sincere in his attitude towards the
railroads, as he has always heretofore
been identified with them, the Cum.
Minis papers say that there is always q
time to reform. When we say that he
has acquired the habit of boiling the
republican nominees, the Cummins
papers assert that it is mark of true
independence. When we say that he
favored free silver, the Cummins
papers say that it was long time
ago. When we say that he has ad-
vocated free trade with Canada, the
Cummins papers simply give the rail.
roads another vicious jog. When we
say that he defeated the state marshal
bill, the Cummins papers say nothing
in loud tone of voice. When we say
that he has been governor longer than
any of his predecessors, the Cunmins
papers insult the people of Iowa by de.
claring that he should have it longer,
being the only honest man in the state.
When we say that he places himself
against Roosevelt and our delegation
in congress on the revision of the
tariff. the Cummins papers declare
that he should be praised for instruct
ing such ignorant men. When we say
that he gave up his passes and charges
his fare to the taxpayers of Iowa. the
Cummins papers intimate that the tax
payers should be proud to defray the
electioneering expenses of the only
man who can save Iowa from ruin and
disgrace.