The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-03-03
EXIT DENISON.

EXll DENlSUN.
With the Fourth of March Denisor
ssases its personal representation ir
che national government. The town
which but few years ago boosted q
Emember of the cabinet and q congress
sman. is no longer on the politica
sm.p. This is greater loss to Deni
sson than our people will at first real.
zaze. AS it is realized, more and more
sehe people will show increased resent.
snent towards those of our own people
who have shown an eagerness t.
clear down.
When Mr.. Shaw was first candi-
sdate for Governor, there were those
who had to be dragooned into his
sservice, because they feared any
honor coming to him would interfere
with their own ambitions. and the
same was the case when Judge Con-
ner was frat candidate for Congress.
The appointment of Mr.. Shaw to a
csha,,et position took him from the
1resim of local influence, but there is
tno question but that the same spirit
OF envy and selishness, carried into
Hehe state. prevented him from being
~ formidable candidate for the Presi-
dental nomination.
DIT is fact that. but for factional
strife in Iowa. Thursdays inaugural
might we'll have been of Denison
4daan. -sudge Conner has had the same
petty jjealousies to contend with but
we are pleased to know that these
onduences caanot fatter themselves
aehat they were effective in closing
his congressional career. The truth
as that the very qualities which made
Judge Conner splendid citizen and
"a admirable Judge, made him poor
politician. In the first place there is
eeeo little of the demagogue about
him. he fails to buster and blow and
play TO the grand stand. His word
Is good. He always makes it good.
Gherefere he is careful as to what he
ssxys- Words have value with him.
lFremises given verbally are as bind
ing with him as is his name signed to
/ promissory note. As Judge he
was accustomed to weigh his words.
he wss accustomed to say just what
he meant exactly what he said,
and 40 more.
The fever of factional strife in
iowa would stand for no such quiet
enanliness. The factionalists wanted
q nnan to say where he stood and they
wanted him to repeat it every day
In the week. They wanted him to
0se q m%aphone to protest his homes.
". They wanted him to sell his soul
TOE \ mess of pottage by binding
himself to know but one breed of re-
psslscans in future. just as Mr.. Hub
6sxa did. These things Judge Con-
1er refused to do. and we are conf
Ndeat that he has no regrets.
Judge Conner made a digni6ed an
nn1ncement Of his position, he meant
what he said, which was very much
0sce than did some of his supposed
.<sppotters. Be this as it may there
-eaa be no possible object in dwelling
Mpsx that which cannot now be
changed.
Judge Conner has been in Congress
danag the most trying and eventfu
&SmeE since the war of the rebellion
fduEe has been tremendous reviva
ut TIE public conscience along man,
sIneE. There has been an awakening
sNtleh shall result in good for years tt
0ssme. Personally no amount of per
sMige or denunciation can swerve us
erSm our loyalty to Roosevelt. W,
AsNeye in him. in spite of every mis-
take he has made, in spite of his i'm
~etnosity. in spite of his egotism, il
azMte of his roughness of manner an
sd speech. We believe in Roosevelt
sand Mr.. Taft will come up to GU
szsgaest hope and expectation if h
satsaIns the clean cut. aggressive an
effective honesty that has characte,