Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-02-25
Primary Talk Is Revived.

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Talk Of a primary increases among
politicians here in proportion as like
lihood of break in the deadlock con-
! tinues to grow smaller and smaller.
Now that the spring vacation Is at
hand there will be nothing doing" un-
til after that break in the legislative
session is over, but when the members
assemble again the standpatters will at
tempt to secure favorable action on
the bill by Senator Allen Of Jefferson,
which was introduced early in the ses-
sion and has been lying dormant and
almost forgotten since that time.
| The Allen bill provides that when-
ever the legislature continues for
sixty days in deadlock on senator
ship the governor may call special
primary election and the assembly
shall cease to vote until after the pe6
pie express their choice.
The standpatters will favor this
measure to man, and the attitude of
some of the progressive newspapers
and even some of the progressive lead
ers in the legislature indicates that the
| bill will receive bigger support, at
least, than did Senator Young's candf
dacy for reelection. There Is no ques-
tton but that 1t will come up for &C
tion OF some kind after the vacation.
In the meantime those constituents
who want to have voice In the cleo
ton OF q successor to the late Senator
Dolllver will get extremely busy in
lterviewing their Legislators while the
latter are at home.
The Governors Veto.
The governors veto Of the Oregon
plan bill has caused a great deal OF
talk among politicians and observers
Of things political. The standpatters
are happy, but the progressives and the
democrats are wearing long faces and
have even gotten to the point where
they are feeling sorry for Governor
Carroll because he has made what
they call fool political move. The
standpatters, however, cannot see any.
thing but corking good judgment In his
action, and their comment is to the ef-
! feet that his stand upon the unconstitu-
tionality of the measure will be taken
as model by other states. Those who
| take this view declare that the states
are taking too many liberties with the
United States constitution anyway,
that they are constantly finding ways
| to break 1t by evading some OF its
mandates. They believe that Governor
Carroll's warning will be accepted IN
other states where the Oregon plan Is
now "in the offing."
| Governor Carroll's name, by the way,
has been mentioned a great deal in con-
nection with the senatorial race, and
it has been hinted that he will be the
successor Of Judge Deemer as the man
around whom the standpatters will
rally. This Is denied by the chief
executives closest friends, who main.
/ tain that he has had just about all the
politics he wants for year or two.
They declare that he will in all proba.
bility be candidate in the primary
Of 1912, but they are equally pro.
nounced in the statement that he will
have nothing to do with the present
race as candidate.
Kenyon Men Real standpatters.
Meanwhile Judge Kenyon's support.
ers are standing as firm as the old peb.
BILE Of Gibralter, and II anyone has
seen even the flicker of an eyelid
among any of those who started with
Kenyon on the first ballot. that flicker
has not been reported to the jealous
partisans OF the other candidates. II
there are any men who deserve the
name "standpatter." Judging on the evi-
dence furnished by this senatorial
fight up to date, IL belongs to those
senators and representatives, who
regularly, every legislative day at noon,
reply civilian S. Kenyon" when their
names are called In the joint sessio-