Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-03-30

dents political fortunes are now com
mitted to the political machines IN !ne
various states which are led and con
trolled by men like Mr.. Tawney II
Minnesota, Mr.. Keeling in Indiana, Mr.
Penrose in Pennsylvania, Mr.. Balling
er in Washington, Messfe. Darnes ane
Koenig in New York. Mr.. Galhnger II
in New Hampshire Messrs. Guggen
helm and Evans In Colorado, Mr.
Aldrich in Rhode Island, Mr.. COCK II
Ohio, and Mr.. Lorimer in llllrois
These are the men who, when MS
Theory is translated into actual prac
tice, actually appear as that repre-
sentative part of the people when Is
to govern all the rest Of the people,.
Colonel Roosevelt then turned &c
the primary in New York Tuesday.
| Before I left yesterday two or three
men had come around to me protesting
that they were not given an opportun'
Iity to vote when they went to the
polls; that they COULD not tlnd any
Roosevelt tickets; that there were no
Roosevelt watchers; that they were
maltreated and that no protectloh was
given to them when they appealed 10
the police and had to call up the com
missioner over the telephone and ask
him to issue orders that the ponce
should protect the voters In their right
to poll.
Use Of Election Machinery.
| an short, the election machlner!
was used as unscrupulously as IN the m,
l
| delegates were left off the ballots, bal
lots were misprinted and folded IN
| such a way as to feaze voters and In
numerous instances were not delivered
| to polling places until four or five
hours before the polls had, opened, and
| in some instances not before twenty
minutes or quarter of an hour De-
| fore closing. Our election inspectors
were removed whenever 1t was thOugnt
| thew were not with the machine.
such a primary contest is not mere
| " a farce, but a criminal farce. The
results in such a primary are IN no
shape or way representative OF the
republican party, and have no blnd-
| ing force whatever on the republican
party.
done in Indiana and in Colorado.
Against all the money, all the pat
ronage, we carried the Indiana state
convention handsomely. and then by
| fraudulent action, which can only be
called brutal in it's utter defiance Of
decency, nearly 200 delegates were
thrown out, and the will Of the people
reversed. The men honestly elected of
course declined to abide by the result,
and held a separate convention. They
would have been derelict in their duty
ha Il thew not done so.
THE same thing was done in Colo
RADIO. In spite of every species of at
tempt trickery and foul play. we
carried a majority of the delegates,
but were beaten by the most outrage
Gus methods.
ly carried three districts and yet in
each district boiling convention has
been organized, convention which
cannot pretend to represent a tenth OF
the voters Of the republican party, but
which is to be sent to the Chicago ma
tional convention In the hope that the
same tactics will be tried there that
We're successfully tried in New York
and Denver and in Indianapolis.
Win BY Foul Means.
In all these places our opponents
have shown that they wished to win
by any means, no matter how foul,
and that they will not abide by the de-
cision of the people. We ask nothing
other than the people themselves be
permitted to say what they want.
Nov, men Of Illinois, it is for you
to see that your legislature really rep
resents you and gives you a genuine
direct primary, where you can express
your preference for president, and make
the legislatures understand that to kill
the bill by lodging the vote is even
meaner than voting against it.
Quotes President Taft.
In his speech at Concord, President
Taft said: 1T is said I distrust the
people because said that under i'm
pulsive action they may do wrong.
do I think so. Don't you?'
This was said in commenting on my
proposal concerning giving the people
the right to Judge for themselves what
their Interpretation of the constitution
dents words, of course. have a far
wider application. When he, with
whatever good intentions, keeps dwell
ing upon his distrust Of popular action,
his disbelief in action by the people
themselves, it is natural that his lieu
tenants should feel that they have a
free hand in trying to thwart the
wishes Of the people
Colonel Roosevelt turned aside from
his prepared speech from time to time.
In one of these sallies he discussed the
statements of his opponents that he
hopes to be dictator.
No Wish to Be fling.
There isn't much danger TO the peo-
ple," he said. from man who can do
nothing unless he can persuade them
that what he wants is right. am go
ing to make one remark l have often
been tempted to make, but never have
before Occasionally my gloomy foes
have said that I wanted to be king. I
wanted to answer that they did not
know kings and 1 did. | like the kings
have met, but l don't want to be one,
because the function Of those kings,
expressed in the terms of democracy.
would be the position of vice president
for life with the leadership Of the four
hundred thrown in. I think there are
other jobs that full-sized man would
prefer
REGISTER FARM.
Henry Osterfoss Named His 301 Acres
In HiuhIand TownSI1in