Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-10-11
THERE WILL BE NO BOLT.

Des Moines Register and Leader.
We present this morning q selection
of expressions of opinion gathered at
random from the weekly newspapers or
the state These are the expressions
of the current week. No reader who
is at all acquainted with the political
situation will fail to appreciate, when
he notes the newspapers quoted and
the general tenor Of their comment,
that there is no formidable insurrec-
ton among the republicans of Iowa.
1t would not have been necessary
to select more than the two statements
which follow to indicate the strong
trend of republican comment. Both
the washington Press and the Abel
News were honestly and vige rously
opposed to the denomination Of the
governor In the Press Mr.. Burrell
writes:
"In less than five weeks the election
Of 1906 will be thing of the past.
Let it be said that we, as republicans OF
all factions, We're loyal to the ticket
the whole republican ticket. AS mat
ter of fact, you Press readers remem-
Der that this paper was not in synpa-
thy with the denomination of Govern
or Cummins, but the majority of the
republicans Of Iowa, thought different,
and he was nominated and is the STAN
dard bearer of the republican party in
1906. The Press is no bolter. We are
for him, and from now on the Ppess is
going to do everything in its power for
the election of every man on the re-
publican ticket. Let all factions get
together. Let us be genuine republi-
cans. AS Judge Scott says: We must
not always expect to land our parttc-
ular nominee, but when the party
names It's candidate, stand for him.
Tho I'D ~ It'd roa
party strong and invincible."
In the News Senator Hotchkiss. with
perhaps less emphasis, but yet with a
significant Affirmative, says:
Having been a republican since
1856, and having voted a republican
ticket since 1864 without slipping cog
or scratching a candidate at any state
OF national election, we have aimed to
make it clear that we should stick to
our old habits. even under the trying
circumstances Of the present. We have
made no change of sentiment since
and II no providential causes hinder
our casting a ballot next November,
our present intention is that it will
accord with q record that has been
kept up SO long that it would require
a more severe strain on our constitu-
ton than we are willing to risk to
make this year an exception to the
past forty years"
A movement which does not appeal
to Mr.. Burrell nor to Senator Hotch-
kiss will not in the end appeal to any
OF the rank and file of the following
which Mr.. Burrell and Senator Hotch-
kiss peculiarly represent.
The secret Of republican supremacy
for forty years has been the prevailing
good sense that has dominated repub-
lican action in times Of great stress
1t is easy to fly off the handle and
smash party majority. It is not easy
sometimes to cooperate to common
end with men who have won against
the wishes or defeated the ambitions
Of the minority. But republicans in
the past have resisted the temptation
to fly off, and have with wonderful
good grace that has made the party the
most wonderful organization for the
transaction of business in the history
Of the world, accepted results. It was
never likely that the republicans OF
Iowa We're about to give exhibition to
the country Of loss Of self-control
| 1t is now at the opening of the cam
paign certain that they are not.