Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-11-11
CALLING A HALT.

alienated some of his followers by
championing socialism. The Wlchlta
Eagle. CONGRESSMAN Murdocks paper
which has been + one of the Kansas
governors chief supporters. serves no.
tice on Stubs that there are whole
lot OF good citizens who are going 10
follow the governor If there must be a
forking of the ways between govern
ment for property and government TOT
men. - The Kansas City Journal calls
attention to the Wichita papers utter
ance as an evidence that people are
beginning to set back and take look
at some Of the rampant leaders OF
radicalism.'' The Journal says tnat
most OF the governors are counselnng
Z return to rationalism, and quotes a
few expressions of different state. ex-
ecutives as evidence as follows:
Governor Colquitt of Texas, one OF
the radical reform executives, in MS
last message to the Texas legislature,
said: after many years or siren
uous legislative program, we can
we'll AFFORD to take rest from addl-
tional new and untried laws and leg
islative theories Of government In
reference with the detailed activities
of the citizen in his business affairs.
Needless legislation and unnecessary
political strife retards the progress or
the citizen himself and keeps back
the development of the state
Governor O'Neal of Alabama, an
other S"reformer' said this to the
legislature of his state that had been
elected on asmanifesto declaring that
its 'ssettled policy was the protec'
ton OF investors Of capital: Your
election" declared Governor O'Nei,
was. itself a protest against unWise,
extreme and radical legislation, and
an emphatic demand for the restora-
tlon of that spirit of conservatism
which. while wisely progressive, re-
fuses to embark the state upon novel,
untried, and half-considered legis.
lative experiments and dangerous In
novationss = a clear, positive
and advantageous mandate by the
people for the restoration Of that
spirit of moderation and conserv-
atism under whose inspiring influence
Alabama will = confidently and ytri-
umphantly advance to the great fu'
ture that awaits her." re.
Governor Lee Cruce, in recent
letter to the public, said: IF there
is to be any real progress in Okla
bona, we must lay aside our politics,
our personal interests and our pOl1t-
zeal preferment, and look only to the
interests of the masses of the people.
- The time has come when the
real friends of Oklahoma must assert
themselves and say to the politician,
to the .agitator, to. the self1nterested
man, You have had your day in
court; stand aside and let progress
pass Investments in this
state will be as sacredly observed and
safeguarded as anywhere on the face
of the earth"
Governor Beryl F.. Carroll of Iowa,
In his last annual message, discussed
the fact that Iowa had lost in popu-
lation. He said: , II shall not say
that there is no merit in the sug-
gestion that our political strife has
an unwholesome effect upon the
state. While these things may not
have driven people away from us,
do not apprehend that they have in
any way encouraged people to locate
here. No business man ever seeks a
battle ground, either bloody or blood
less, upon which to make an invest
ment at least not until the battle is
ended, and certain 1t is that capital
is not going to flow readily into a
state where uncertainties exist as to
the conditions under which it may be
invested and handled. Con.
slant agitation means constant de-
preston of business conditions.