Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-18
DEM0CRATSTO !.
LINE Up With
WILSON FORCE
Speculation INDUCED in
With Regar dto Position
of Iowa Congressman in
the 63rd Congress. ~,
IBY f. H. HANSON.1

Washington, D. c., Jan. 1.-THE
Iowa delegation in the sixty-third con-
gress will have wonderful oppor-
tunity to do things and to be In right
with the administration.
There. liz now no question, In view
lof Governor Wilson's address to the
New Jersey electors on Monday, but
what the incoming president will dom
mate every feature of official lie IN
Washington and those who are with
him will prosper and those who are
against him will suffer.
In the natural course of events,
there will be administration and anti
administration forces within the demo
cratic party in the capital and those
who are with the administration ap-
pear right now to have the best
chance of success. &4& "
Although he was strong for Champ
Clark for the presidency before the
Baltimore convention and during the
convention, the friends Of Mr.. Pepper,
who will be the senior member OF the
Iowa delegation, are hoping that he
will avail himself of the earliest op-
portunity to line up with the admin
istration, supporting even against his
old friend and leader, Mr.. Clark, II
necessary. though few fear that Clark
will ever do anything to injure Wilson.
AS Mr.. Connolly and Mr.. Pepper are
great friends and will likely pursue
the same course, the action OF Mr..
Kirkpatrick of the sixth district, who
has thus far held himself aloof from
the other representatives will be close
ly watched.
It is generally presumed that Kirk
patrick will be a Wilson man from the
start and should the two others be a
little slow in lining themselves up with
the Wilson forces, he might soon find
himself the dominant figure Of the
delegation.
Progressives In Control.
Wilson's statement on Monday: II
pick out progressives and only progress
sives" has caused every politician in
the capital to sit up and take notice.
Already his friends have control OF the
senate and they are in commanding
position in the house.
It is taken to mean that all the way
down the line, with every appoint
ment, he will choose progressive, re-
gardless of party, in making his ap-
pointments and he will have a secre-
tary at the white house with an ac-
uuaintance Of such scope that he Will
be able to determine those who are
right in the faith and those who are
not.
It is in view of this pronounce
ment that 1t behooves every democrat
to Immediately align himself with
the Wilson forces, for Wilson Is a man
who works only in team work, though
he is usually the driver of the team.
Archibald Case Had Effect.
Iowa members and senators were OF
the opinion that the verdict in the
Archibald case on Monday will do
much to restore the public confidence
in the present form of our government,
especially in the constitution. Had
Archibald been cleared, or even had
he not been given the extreme penal
ty by the senate, there would have
been an instanteous countrywide de-
mand for quick method of getting
at" the judiciary. It has now been
proven that a Judge can be reached in
less than a years time by the ordin-
arv methods prescribed in the consti-
tuition, and in time as short as the
operation Of a recall system. Not
only that, but 1t has been proven that
the representatives of the people
have been awakened to such an ex-
tent that they now feel themselves
above party alignment on such mat
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