Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-02-05
PROHIBITIONS OF THE PRIMARY.
Attorney General Byers Gives Out Opinion
Concerning Rules Governing Candi.
dates Under New Primary Law.

Concerning kuIes Governing Candi.
dates Under New Primary Law.
In an opinion OH the new Iowa pri-
mary law, given out bv Attorney
General Byers for the government of
candidates for Office, newspapers and
the public at large, he declares that
the principal object of the new law is
the prevention of citizen from making
q commodity of his duty to the public.
Candidates are held to strict account
in seeking support and penalties are
prescribed both for the buyer and sell
ler of influence.
In brief a candidate may pay for the
publication of the announcement of
his candidacy; employ clerks and
stenographers to prepare campaign
material upon his orders and send it
to persons whose names have been fur.
nished by him; employ liveryman
to conduct him to places designated
by himself. but not to take him to
places suggested by the liveryman !;
utilize the clippings of newspapers
favorable to his candidacy by causing
them to be reprinted. at his expense,
by job printer.
He is forbidden to pay newspapers
TO publish matter favorable to his
candidacy; to cause to be specially
circulated copies OF newspapers con-
tanning matter favorable to his can
didacy: to hire an outsider. whether
clerk, stenographer or politician, to
work in his behalf among his tthe
employe's) friends and supporters.
The new law is such radical de-
parture from the methods employed
by candidates in former campaigns
that it behooves every prospective
candidate as well as every voter to
study its every provision carefully.
And even then it will be difficult
matter to comply strictly with the
law.
4A obC0AAoS va uIiO hCW ROoU0A ux4nS
the Silver City Times says: 1.-THE
government seems to have it in for the
newspaper men. Last year they said
we could not trade our advertising
space for railroad transportation and
now the new ruling says we do not
dare trust a subscriber for more than
a dollar at a time. We presume the
next ruling will tell the editors what
kind OF shirts and pants they must
buy for their babies >
Some OF our exchanges that are
stricken with the Cummins disease
are anxiously inquiring what Senator
Allison ever did for temperance.
Well. we know what he didn't do-he
did not bolt his party when it adopted
the issue in its platform and get into
Office by democratic votes on the
strength of it, nor did he vote for the
democratic candidate for governor for
the same reason. or on the same pre-
tex. Hampton Recorder.
No! Nor did he ever ride from Des
Moines to Fort Dodge to make speech
and land in Fort Dodge so intoxicated
that he had to be driven around the
country in an auto for an hour or SO
to sober him of while the crowd
waited for him. No! nor did he ever
hold his political receptions over the
bar at Davenport during campaign.
Ever since there were men and
women and horses there have been
balky horses and mad men. When q
horse gets the habit Of baking he
might just as we'll be taken ont and
shot. No one knows exacrly why he
does it. but it is supposed to be ugly
temper. Some six months ago lad
named William Frazer. living in
Bristol. England. astonished lot Of
people surrounding balky horse by
holding one Of the animals forefeet
up for about ten minutes. Then he
lowered 1t and the horse started of.
The thing 10 being tried all over Eng.
land today, and there has not been a
failure 40 far. The boy says the
idea 'just came to him.. and II it
turns out . perfect cure 1t will be too
bad that he WON'T make any money
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