Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-06-11
IOWA PRESS COMMENT

Davenport Times: once IN a Whlle
it Is said that Ohio is the mother OF
presidents, but that honor is securely
awarded to Virginia. 1t is not likely
that any state will be able to wrest
that honor from Virginia for many
wears to come The 124 years OF the
country's history from the time OF
Washington's inauguration until
March next have been divided
among the states as follows: Louis
lana, / year; Indiana, 4 years; Penn
sylvania, years; New Hampshire, 4
years; Massachusetts, 8 years; ILL
nois. IL years; Ohio, 13 years; Ten
nessee, 16 years; New York, 26 years;
and Virginia, SO years. There would
be a slight variation from the above
figures If months were counted, but
the change would be unimportant.
Des Moines Register and Leader:
Nobody could have foreseen at the
time of the announcement of the Hold.
en- candidacy for governor the remark
able alignment of forces that have &c.
cured the nomination for Lieutenant
Governor Clarke. Newspapers that
have not cooperated for years, and
political leaders who have hardly been
on speaking terms, came together as
though moved by common impulse.
Certainly not In our time has any can
didate in Iowa had such political sup
port.
Marshalltown Times-Republican
The Des Moines Capital and Lafayette
Young are out openly for the nomina-
ton of Senator Albert B. Cummins at
Chicago. Lafe fought it out to the
, last ditch. He fell there and was
mussed and trampled upon In the final
melee; but he arises all rumpled up to
acknowledge that Iowa Is progressive.
In a minor way 1t reminds one Of
Saul riding hotfoot to persecution OF
those who announced new and bet
ter era for all men, squirting post haste
until he ran into something. He rose
Paul. It Is of record that his CONVEX
sion struck in and stuck. Let us hope
that this remarkable modern parallel
will do likewise For Paul, though a
tent-maker In his new environment,
was a very useful man when he found
himself.
An honest confession is good for the
soul. Will Uncle George Perkins
please rise?
Cedar Rapids Republican,: We are
afraid the Des Moines Capital has
stopped over" following the prim-
aries. All Of sudden 1t is convinced
F.! that there Is nothing but the progress
sive cause left, since Mr.. Young did
not win I'M the senatorial race. The
Capital says in the joy or at least de-
lirium Of despair, that Iowa now has
two progressive senators and that 1t
is all up and the CAPITAL says it wants
to ride in the band wagon-or that is
what it's new announcements amount
| to.
Mr.. Young might as well have wait
| ed q little while. We are afraid that
some will think that his conversion
| is too sudden and it is such sudden
conversions that throw friends into
panic and enemies into consterna-
ton. Thereby friends are apt to be.
come lukewarm and opponents only
suspicious The thing TO be aimed at
! for newspaper is not to be sudden
! " convinced of this or that, or to fear
| this or that by starts and pulls, but to
| try to be as nearly right as possible
all the time and consistent in that
right and also persistent in its pur-
suit.
Clinton Herald: Candidates for county
offices this year have been setting up
| the cry that because of the increased
cost to the candidates under the pri-
mary law they are entitled to three
and even four terms, and that the rule
| of two terms and out, observed in
many counties In the state, no