Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-07-28

Moines Register and Leader to utilize
the headline, Perkins Should With
draw" says the Sioux City Journal
The Dubuque Times doesfsn6t be-
lieve there is any place for the ini-
tiative and referendum in the new state
of Oklahoma. The initiative and ref
erendum is a nice toy for the retired
farmer, mechanic or merchant who has
nothing but politics to engage his at
tention, but the busy young men of
Oklahoma will not need it," says the
Times.
1.-TWO years hence says the En-
metsburg Reporter, "a mans republi-
canism In Iowa won't be judged by
how loud he shouts for Cummins and
reform but by his adherence to the
republican principles promulgated by
the national republican party. All hail
that day!"
The Clarinda Herald says that there
Is entirely too much talk of boiling to
make the outlook as satisfactory as is
desirable.
The republican party" says the
Waterloo Reporter, Cannot afford to
-
Its candidate was nominated by trick
cry in the convention or by fraud In
the primaries where delegates We're
selected
1T used to be that truth crushed to
earth would rise again. says the Keo-
kuk Gate City. Nowadays it demands
an investigating committee"
The Roone Neurs. oro r,y,,,,,,;,,. A.
clares that a contest of Polk county
is nothing less than barefaced at
tempt to steal
Just as soon as the Iowa governor
ship Is out of the way the yellow Mr..
Brown may be expected to find a new
held for the exercise of his talents in
the Nebraska senatorial contest" says
the Sioux City Journal.
The Davenport Times likens the re-
publican factions to two railroad trains
approaching each other on a single
track, and it forsees that unless the
brakes are applied and the speed re-
duced there will be a collision THE
result will be not a clear track for one
faction, but disastrous wreck" con-
tinues the Times. 1T will be much
better for both trains to slow down and
for the lightest one to take to the
swith. There is no need of
causing a smashup, blocking the road
and letting the competing line get the
business
IF Mr. Roosevelt is the same man
Two years from now and the people
feel the same way toward him as they
do now he will be renominated." is the
opinion of the Cedar Rapids Republi-
can.
"A fox terrier in Sioux City is at
tracing crowds by making a high
dive. 1t was at Sioux City that the
diving elk were trained. 1t is from
Sioux City that Mr.. Perkins-but why
anticlpate?' says the Marshalltown
Times-Republican
The Sioux City Journal says that it
Is all right for political candidate to
fly around in an automobile but he
should be careful not to get into the
habit OF running over plain persons
Inc prejudice of the plain person is
easily aroused, and, once aroused, is
exceedingly difficult to allay.
The Iowa City Republican states
| that 1t is en1phatically in favor of tax
Ing the bull by the horns" and
| - - 80 zig llauuuleHl QeleSaLeS
from Blackhawk, Dallas and other
counties and then running the state
convention as it thinks a republican
state convention should be run
sx o.
To the man who is waiting to get
an office, two years must seem like an
awfully long time" concludes the Ack
ley World.
Without accusation or even suspic-
ion Mr.. Spence may properly be cited
70 the case of Mr.. Kret.chmer as one
OF the charted rocks in the channel of
political and public life. Mr.. spence
is in position of large responsibilitv
and opportunity" suggests the Mar
shalltown Times Republican. "No man
who acts candidly, honestly and in
sincerity need dread the final verdict
of the people"