Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-06-15

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stand by their choice than for those
who would change with the NOV cement
OF the weather signals.
Sioux City Journal. Although
straight factionalism in Iowa and South
Dakota has been the rule in the re-
publican party for good many years,
in neither state has anything per-
manently worth while been gained by
1t, Even while the factional leaders
were doing their mightiest to make
one faction a monopoly affair, the
voters persisted in dividing their
favors upon the merit of consideration
as it was understood by them. Pos
sibly the tendency of the faction to
divide into sub-factions in time Of tenn
porary supremacy has had good deal
to do with the discouragement OF
monopoly. At any rate in both states
the republican party, as result of
the recent primaries, will enter the
next campaign with the factional line
harder to find than in recent years.
The way we look at 1t is that any
republican candidate except Roosevelt
can be elected this year. If Taft is
nominated he will be elected in
November. So will Cummins or even
LaFollette. But Roosevelt will never
pull the country after 1t sobers off
through the maelstrom Of third term
Mexicanization. This country will &C
cept no Diaz. The differences among
republicans are not serious; the only
menace to the republic lies in one
manism and the paving of the ways
toward virtual relationships. This
country needs to. be saved from the
foolish notion that there is only one
man who is big enough for president
We have hundred men who are big
enough for that office.
Des Moines Capital: Every one ex'
poets Taft delegates to fulfill their
obligations as per the instructions
given at Cedar Rapids. An over.
whelming majority Of Iowa republi'
cans do desire, however, that the mo-
ment It is seen that Taft cannot be
nominated that Iowa shall present the
name of Senator Albert B. Cummins
with unity and enthusiasm which
will command the respect and con.
sfderation of the entire convention
without delay.
Dubuque Telegraph Herald-In the
observation of this newspaper no man
comparable with Theodore Roosevelt
as a politician has come upon the poll.
tical horizon. He reads with unerring
accuracy, as Senator LaFollette has
said, the superficial thought of the
mass Of the people. His aggressive
spirit finds favor with red-blooded men
and disposes them to rally behind his
leadership. His infinite tact, his re.
markable resourcefulness, his ruth.
lessness and, when expediency de.
mands, his contempt for fine distinc-
tons of honor, all alike make him a
foe the temper Of whose steel must al,
ways be feared
Shenandoah Sentinel ost-Dfd ii
ever strike you that we show failure
in conservation of resources in pub
lie utilities in the use of our school
houses, both in town and country, but
more particularly in the towns? The
people are taxed vast sums for schoo
buildings and then we use them but
q fraction Of the time. They are put
to use six hours of the twenty-four for
nine months in the year and the rest
of the time stand idle, locked against
the public who pay for them. Is there
any good reason for this? Or is 1t
just survival of an ancient custom
that no one questions because 1t Is old !
Sioux City Tribune-The stock com
plant business men are wont to make
against business women, that women
take no personal interest in their work
further than to serve their time and
draw their money, got severe jolt
yesterday by events of the Sioux City
Auto Top Co.'s fire. One girl was
carried out fainting because she re
turned to the burning building to save
some papers and another received
severe burns by staying to shut of
the power.
Cedar Rapids Gazette-To say thai
LATE Young created sensation by
Topping to Cummins is putting II
mildly. Not all Lafe's political friends
are supporting him in his new posi-
ton. But they are not all as Logical
as is the Des Moines editor.
Waterloo es-Tribune-They now
have an automobilists' court in Chi
cago where speeders are fined. We
have a great deal Of automobile court
ing out here.
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