The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-06-03
DENlsoN's GREAT LOSS.

The probable defeat of Hon. j. p
Conner at the primary is a greater
loss for Denison than it is for any
other community or for any indivi.
dual.
Denison has given two men to pub.
lie life. both of whom made honorable
records. Both are now retired te
private life and Deni on n cesa,ily
retires with them from the public
view and becomes once more COM
mon-place Iowa town.
Materially Denison loses a great
deal in the retirement of Judge Con-
ner. Already the postmaster has in
quiry from the Supervising Architect
for information needed in making
preparation for the purpose of the
postoffice site authorized by Congress
Mr.. Woods it can be we'll ina
gined. will have but small zeal i'll Sc
curing an appropriation for Denison.
and even were his zeal the greatest
he will not be in Congress long
enough to attain the influence Judge
Conner possesses in that body.
Judge Conner is man schooled
both to victories and to defeats. He
is too big man to be soured by adj
versity or to be embittered either
towards the party that has honored
him IN the past or towards the COM
munity the vast majority of which
stood by him loyalty.
In fact it will be much easier for
Judge Conner to forgive and forget.
then it will be for the loyal citizens
of Denison. and men who believe in
the Denison way and who have al
ways been ready to help in all that
makes for the city's we'll being. 1t
will be hard for such citizens to rally
to the support of traitors should
they ask such favor.
Judge Conner has had splendid
career as man and stateman. AS
district attorney. as Judge. as Con-
gresham. as leader of the bar of the
county, as a high-minded, straight
forward gentleman. he deserves and
receives to-day the entire respect Of
all the right-minded men who know
him.
His defeat at the primaries was the
direct result of the factionalism of
Iowa politics. Judge Conner was too
big man. too broad man, for blind
and narrow factionalist. He would
not say that if reelected he would be
Progressive" Congressman. He
said he would be a Republican Con-
gresham. He declared that his per-
sonal preference would be for Mr..
Cummlns, but he steadfastly refused
to commit himself to any policy tina,
would read the Allison republican out
of the party. This attitude failed to
please the radical Progressives
who demanded that the congressman
should. like Mr.. Hubbard, belong.
not to the Republican party. but to
the Cummins party. On the other
uouO Vic 10uLCdI SlduuHdlL6IS CUUlC
not concede to their congressman the
right to differ with them even though
his record was proof that he would
sbe fair with all the republicans OF
the district.
Judge Conner was too much of a
republican and not enough of fac.
tionalist. He was too big man to
fit into the scheme of present day pol
,stics in Iowa.
The new primary law. which per.
mitted hundreds of democrats to vote
against him. the bunglesome ballot
of this farcical law. the fragrant anc
unpuniskable violations as to expend.
itures which place the honest candi
date entirely at the mercy of the
INSCRIPTIONS. the long continued SEES
sion Of Congress which kept Judge
Conner in Washington while his op