Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-05-17
Gov CARROLL IOWA Miners
HAS / .,.'... ..::;:;s :;':;a ~: :. URNtD
HIS CAMP PA|GN
EXECUTIVE STANDS ON HIS REC
ORD IN SPEECH At MANILA
AND ASKS DENOMINATION;
HITS GARST MANAGERS.

Manila, May 16.-Governor B. F..
urday night with q rousing speech. He
was met at the depot upon his arrival
by a large delegation including two
bands and escorted by large number
of citizens in automobiles. He visited
Defiance and Irwin where he address
ed good crowds. The meeting Saturday
was the most successful ever held in
this part of Iowa. Large delegations
were present from Denison, Vail, Man-
ming and several other towns Cover
nor Carroll was given an enthusiastic
ovation when he arose to speak.
Governor Carroll Assailed.
Assailing the campaign managers of
his opponent, Warren Garst, as clan
Of deposed political grarters, and re-
sented the interference of the two
Iowa senators in his fight for renomi-
nation.
Governor Carroll devoted himself
to state matters exclusively, not touch
ing on any national questions. He
consumed the major portion OF his
speech in setting forth his record to
his hearers and it was while discuss
ing the fruits of his administration
that he made the attack on Mr.. Garst's
managers.
The governor, after referring to his
efforts to bring about economy, declar-
ed that it had been necessary to re-
move one or two officials. He called
attention to conditions in the state
pharmacy department which he de-
clared he found full Of graft and cor
ruption. He was compelled, he said,
to remove the secretary of the board,
Bert Keltz, now one Of the managers
of Mr. Garst's campaign.
denomination Only Way to lndorse.
! Now, are the people going to IN
dorse what have stood for he said,
"and what I have done toward putting
the states affairs on business basis
and demanding economy and honesty
in official positions?
"This can only be done by renoml-
mating me and not by resolutions
Anything else will be heralded as a
victory for Keltz Of the deposed po-
litical grafters, who are in the fore
front of the political campaign OF my
opponent, and who, Of course, Will ex-
pect their reward if they succeed"
The one issue in the campaign, Car
roll declared, is whether a man can be
governor in his own right, or whether
he must be governed and controlled by
the delegation in Washington. Con-
cerning this, Carroll said:
"In Senator Delivers speech in Des
Moines Tuesday night he declared: i
want your permission expressed IN
this primary in June to let me do some
thinking for you on my own account!
.That is exactly the principle | am
contending for here in 1owa-that i,
as your chief executive, may be per-
mitted to think for myself and not be
compelled to wait for expression from
Washington before knowing Wh2t
course shall pursue.
Resents Senator's Visit Home.
"The senator is contending for one
thing for himself at Washington and
doing another thing here in Iowa. IN
other words, he insists that you snall
permit him to think in the line OF the
duties which are enjoined upon him by
his election, but he and his colleague
are willing to leave their places in the
United States senate and travel l,2OO
or 1.5OO miles in order to say to you
that the chief executive Of this state
shall not think for himself, but that ne
shall get his inspiration from the halls
of the United States senate.
Senator Cummins in his Des
Moines speech said: Under ordinary
circumstances it would not be appro-
nriate for senators to enter actively in