Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-03

Les MNneS papers ASIDE from CUM
minis and Cummins,' said the
Ames Times a week or two ago. BY
this time the editor, If he has been
observant has seen his bones blasted,"i
comments the Des Moines Mail and
Times, quoting the Ames papers re-
marks The great question seems to
permeate and dominate everything
The Davenport Times points out the
absurdity of the Iowa Legislature,
memorializing the Iowa delegation in
congress to vote for railway rate leg
islation. In the senate" it says, 1.-The
bill that Is favored Is the Dolliver bill
and the other senator from this state,
Allison, Is heartily in accord with the
rate regulation. In the house the bill
that has been reported is the Hep
burn bill. The report of the committee
was NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. as we'll as
republicans favoring the measure, I'm
der such circumstances 1t is not likely
that any Iowan in congress will OPP
pose the bills providing for rate regu-
lation. A resolution from the Iowa
legislature would be entirely super
fluous"
The Des Moines Capital calls upon
the four candidates for the governor
ship now in the field to stand up and
state whether or not they have been
approached by corporation attorneys
demanding pledges. IF the railway or
other corporations" says the CAPITAL.
ARE making a determined stand unit
edly to capture and control the politics
of this state, to take our public affairs
out of the hands of the masses, such
contemplated action ought to sound
the alarm throughout the state
-
But who is to get the voters to the
polls?" asks the Rock Rapids Report
er, commenting on the argument Of
the primary election advocates that
the plan would result in a larger par
ticipation of voters in the selection OF
candidates. TN cities there would no
doubt be full response to the call for
a primary election, but how about the
rural precincts?"
The Waverly Independent concludes
that a person who cannot learn to vote
right with the circle on the ballot
would hardly learn how to vote il the
circle We're taken off.
"If the legislature is going to do any
redistricting congressional districts,
let's have this third district shoestring
doubled up on itself somehow" sug-
SeSlS the iowa II ILLS SIlClZen.
AS to the governorship the Indian
ola Herald is of the opinion that the
heretofore There are other men In
Iowa besides Governor Cummins, the
Herald suggests.
The Schaller Herald says 1t Is, not
the circle on the ballot that causes ali
the trouble, but the election judges
who try to follow the letter of the law
and throw out the ticket simply be-
cause it has an extra mark. "The in.
tent Of the voter should be construed
more than the manner in which he
marks the ballot" contends the Her
aid. Let the circle alone, but use good
horse sense in counting the ballots"
I'VE have as yet seen no reason,
says the Cedar Rapids Republican
why the republicans Of Iowa cannot
all get together on a reasonable plat
form, confined to state issues. 1T Is
time the game of factional polite.
within the party was dropped"
The Marion Register says that 6
primary law Is demanded simply ant
solely by the men who think their fl.
ture depends on some new method.
After meeting Late Young and hear.
ing him talk the Cedar Falls Gazetts
concludes that he has the material ir
him for a splendid governor Of a great
state like Iowa, when the proper time
comes.
In addition to cutting off passes the
Pennsylvania railroad has abolished
news agents. Several railways have
put auditors on trains to collect
fares, and conductors are forbidden tc
occupy seats with female passengers
Truly, this Is an era Of REFORM ex-
claims the Sioux City Journal.
The fellows from the country occa-
siohally get taken In in such cities as
New York. says the Cedar Rapids
Gazette, "but none of them ever gel
touched to the extent Col. Mann Of
Town Topics induced the wealthy
New Workers to part with their COIN
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