Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-01-27
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.


years ago Iowa selected a delegation
to attend the national convent s a
ST. Louis and support Allison * Aha
PRESIDENTIAL nomination. Dollivel az
temporary chairman OF that CON- ".
ton, which was held in a han Is J.
MONIES on the east side. Amone ,ha
men who addressed the convantio, a.,
the afternoon were Col. b. p Hanaa -
son and Gov. Drake. Dolliyer. AIlisn,
Drake and Henderson have A ths
meantime crossed the great d,v,da
Cummins, who may now be s.,nnnrtaI
for the presidential nomination. Nv -,
Iowa delegation. was in the canc,,s -
the Iowa delegates at st. Lopis cI,nser
national committeeman for tha 49,
What will the next sixteen yaar u
bring forth in the way Of political he.
tory? ~.
Dee Moines Register and Lender
In spite of feeling more or less IN.
defined that Wilson Will be the dem.
ocratic nominee. the political gigns al,
point to Champ Clark.
~ The open support of Hearst ana
private assurances that Bryan win
approve, have sent the Clark stock
up, and II everything goes well Il
Missouri. his friends believe nothing
can stop him.
So confident is the speaker with
regard to his home state that ha has
entered into an agreement with M
Folk by which the winner ia the
convention to be held Feb. 20. Il Ia
take all. and his opponent is to
Sioux City Journal
years ago Kate Shelley, then q girl IA
her teens, set the imagination OF the
country afire by acting the part OF a
full grown man when fate placed upon
her frail shoulders the sole responsi.
bility for a train load of human lives
Confronted by the emergency, Kate
Shelley met 1t with the courage and
resourcefulness Of a heroine 1t was at
a time before women had entered SO
generally into the activities of men.
and the world wondered while 1t ad.
mired. The name Of the Iowa Heroine
was blazoned wherever the English
language was printed, and for long
time Iowa was famous as the home OF
Kate Shelley. The girls fame was
dimmed as she grew into useful WON
anhood, but her name has figured In
every list Of American heroines and
Iowa has always been proud Of her
continued residence within it's bor-
ders. Now that Kate Shelley is dead
the story Of her heroism will be told
over and over again, and the world
will be the better for the telling. Pos.
sibly the most wholesome feature OF
the story Is the recital Of the many
evidences Of public and private appre.
citation which came to this real life
heroine during her lifetime.
Cedar Falls Record-George C,
Scott of Sioux City has announced his
candidacy for congress, contestlng the
seat of r. Fl. Hubbard of Sioux City.
the present incumbent. This announce.
ment comes as a surprise to many,
and those who happen to know. OF the
condition of congressional politics In
the big eleventh, who know the per-
sonality of Mr.. Scott. realize that Mr..
Hubbard will have the time Of his life
In being reelected. Mr.. Scott is an at
torney, of course, and is one OF the
cleanest cut men in the district. He
has a wide acquaintance. For long
time he has been looked upon as a
congressional possibility and it is only
fair to state that the eleventh district
has few men who could better repre-
sent it.