Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-05-24
DUNN MEETS NEED.
Mason City Candidate for Governor,
Capable, Worthy and Available
Strong Article by ]. H. McCon-
logue.
q. H. McConlogue.)

To the Democrats of Iowa:
The primary law, now firmly estab
lished in our governmental policies,
makes it incumbent upon each citizen
to. participate in the selection of candi-
dates for Offices, to be filled at the fall
election. Each democrat in the state
should exercise his right in this partic-
ular. In the selection of candidates
for the various offices, it is becoming
on the part of every Democrat to be
actuated only by noble and manly sem
timents. Hatred, malice or revenge
should be elements entirely outside of
the qualities which 60 to make up a
true Democrat or anyone who claims
allegiance to the party of equality and
fair play.
In selecting, at the primary, ones
candidate for Governor, two elements
must Of necessity enter into the con-
sideration of that selection. One is
the capabilities and worthiness of the
candidate. The other is the availability
of the candidate and the lasting good
his election, should his nomination be
confirmed at the polls, will be to the I
party.
With only the party's welfare at
heart, under present conditions l de-
sire to give to my party friends my
own views with reference to the selec-
ton of the candidate to be voted for
this fall to fill the Office of Chief Exec
utor of the State There are but two
candidates before the primaries for
that nomination. One is that sterling,
upright and consistent Democrat, Hon.
John T. Hamilton of Cedar Rapids,
VINO has been successful as business
man, often honored by his party, and
always found true to her interests.
He has reached nearly three score and
ten years, and can be considered as
having made good in everything he has
undertaken in his long career.
The other is Hon. Edward G. Dunn
of Cerro Gordo County; young in years;
brilliant as an orator; splendidly equip
ped for the advocacy of broad Demo-
cratic principles; the champion of labor;
the friend of the tiller of the soil; and
the incorporating opponent of selfish
y organized interests that see no good
outside of the aggrandizements coming
into its own Golfers. Mr.. Dunn is the
pride of the young men of the state
and nation; the idol of the farmer and
the farming interests. He is one who
grew up amidst the humblest of sur
roundings, but by force of character
and untiring industry has advanced
himself until he is a recognized power
for the best interest of the country,
not only within his own state, but far
beyond its borders. By his own ster-
ling efforts while farmer boy, he ac-
quired fair education in the country
schools and an academic education at
the Nora Springs Seminary. His
studious disposition led him into the
broad field of history, and he has
familiarized himself with the workings
of other peoples in other ages, and this
necessarily involved an analytical study
of various forms of government. He
took up the study of law, and was tor
a time a student at the law depart
ment of the State University Of Iowa.
but failing health, owing t % over
exertion in these particulars, compelled
him to give it up.
Mr.. Dunn s charmingly equipped
with broad, liberal mind He has no [
hatred o r malice against legitimate
business, and is strong advocate of l
the rights of all classes of business
acting within the scope of
their legitimate rights. He is strong
in repelling unlawful business enter
prises acting within the scope of their
legitimate rights. He 8 strong in
unlawful encroachment of one
class of business upon another, and
holds tenaciously to the doctrine that
the producers of LIES necessities,
either on the farm or in the factory,
should be guarded against selfish en-