Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-06-07
THE eovERNoRsHIP OF IOWA.

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ton tomorrow is the nomination of a
Republican candidate for governor
Governor Carroll has been an able
become factor in national politics
but has concentrated his efforts toward
giving his best services to Iowa. Gov.
ernor Carroll has been leader in
the movement to better the Iowa
| roads. He has been firm in his sup
port Of the movement to improve the
Iowa waterways and the conservation
and drainage problems that have come
up within the last few years, and in
| the Improvement of state institutions.
He has given Iowa a business admin
istration and that is what Iowa has
needed and will need in the next two
years. Governor Carroll has been an
honest, efficient and economical exec
utive. ......
The Republican party of Iowa has
always been committed to the policy
of renominating it's state officers with
out opposition where second term is
desired. This has become a long es-
tablished precedent and this year is
the first time that there has been any
deviation from the rule. 1t has been
felt in this connection that when the
expense and time attendant upon the
nomination and election of the gov
ernor and other state officers had
been borne, it was due such officer
that he be given a second nomination
unopposed.
Governor Carroll's opponents do not
attack his official record. It is admit
ted by all Republicans that he has
rendered efficient services to his, state.
The factional fight In national affairs
has been taken up, however, and is
sues having nothing to do with state
affairs have been injected and ad-
vanced in opposition to giving Govern
or Carroll a second term. This is
not in accordance with what any Off
cial has right to expect from his
party.
If this policy should be adopted re-
garding every one Of the state offices
for every election that will be held in
the future in Iowa, it simply means
that the state gives up business af-
fairs and goes into personal political
Any office holder who has
been elected by the majority Of his
party and during his term of office
and efficiently trans
acts the business Of that Office and in
the meantime leads a moral, respect
able and decent life as a citizen, is
entitled to the second term of that Of
fee, If he so desires.
However, this is a free country.
There is no law against Mr.. Garst, or
any other man or all other men trying
to get the nomination for any office. If
the majority Of the voters Of the Re-
publican party want to tear down the
precedent of giving an ef-
ficient officer second term, then 1t is
clearly within their legal right to do
so. There can be no question as to
that.
But the disturbance and the strife
that would inevitably result from an
to nominate ard elect new
men to the offices at every election,
would create such disturbance Of
business conditions and such neglect
Of business that 1t must inevitably re-
suit to the great detriment of the
state OF Iowa.
at which time he connected himself
with the First National Bank, of Of.
tumwa. His first experience with this
bank was as collector, from which
he was advanced to remittance clerk,
and then exchange clerk, and finally
teller.
"This latter position he resigned on
January 6, 1906, to become cashier Of
the Union Trust and Savings Bank,