Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-06-20

nation more urgent than ever
Sioux City Tribune: When in doubt
President Wilson appoints q Princeton
man. This administration Ia going to
demonstrate the practicability OF II
college education.
Clinton Herald: II the club women
in Chicago want to begin a campaign
against the slit skirt, they know where
to start.
Council Bluffs Nonpareil: President
Wilson, Secretary Bryan and other
notables from Washington are to
speak In Iowa for Maurice Connolly.
This is what lawyers call prima facie
evidence that Maurice was in truth the
administration candidate"
Webster City Freeman Tribune: The
republicans of Iowa seem to be willing
to accept the democrats at their word
and make the fight between Cummins
and Connolly on the same issue of in
dorsement and reimbursement OF the
democratic administration.
Kansas City Journal: United States
senator's, 1t Is said, rarely listen to
each others speeches. Senate speeches
are not made for senator's to listen to
but for the people to read in the con-
gr%essional record, which the people do
not read.
Clinton Advertiser: Several thousand
citizens of Michigan have petitioned
congress to recognize DR.. Cook as dis
coverer Of the North Pole. Are the
Michigan folk trying to make their fell
low citizens in other states forget the
Iowa City Republican: If the state
Of Iowa was run as Mr.. Hamilton runs
his banks and wholesale house. a mil
lion dollars a year could be saved and
taxes reduced, without injuring any
part of the service. Yet If Mr.. Ham
ilton were to become governor, how
could he put business into effect in
state affairs? He would have another
set Of hungry official loafers to feed,
Just as Gov. Clarke and the republican
party has to feed them.
Clinton Herald: Senator Savage has
written to Senator CummiRs. congrat-
ulating him, and offering to contribute
my mite" towards his election. Per-
haps Cummins would feel more enthus-
, iastic over the letter If Savage had
promised to use my might" in the
campaign. Offering my mite is al
most like putting a fca in the oint-
/ ment.
Davenport Times: President Wilson
came into the presidency as a result of
an election at which 2,432,117 more
votes were cast against him than were
cast for him.
The democratic administration has
been a minority government from the
day it took Office.
Has 1t done anything since then to
increase its strength?
PROFESSIONALLY 1t has not.
The country Is mor than eve OPP
posed to the policies of the democratic
party and the average voter who has
been hit by democratic policies Is say
ing to himself, Never again."
Wilson was elected and a democratic
congress was elected, not because they
represented the majority opinion Of
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| ocratic voters we're divided.
The democrats will again elect q
house of representatives and some SEN
ators If the voters are divided this fall
as they we're divided in 1912.
There will have to be a c~oncentra-
ton of ballots by the anti-democratic
voters. They will have to make up
their minds to vote for this or that
party's candidates. The anti-democrat-
ic vote cannot be divided between the
republicans and progressives II the
anti-democratic voters are going to
elect anybody this fall.
The leaders of the progressive party
those men who sought Office and
burned their bridges behind them in
1912-are going to continue to call up.
on the men who voted the progressive
ticket In 1912 to stand firm by the
faith. They have everything to win
and nothing to lose by SO advising the
voters. But the most hopeful among
them do not pretend that a sufficient
number Of ~progressives could be elect
ed to congress to check the democrat
ic program before 1916 at the earliest
The man out Of a Job or working
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this fall-not two years hence. To
gain control Of the house, progressives
would have to take over 200 congress
sional seats away from the democrats
and the republicans. 1t is an impossible
task.
On the other hand, the republicans
have no fear that they will be unable
to hold the places they have now
They will have to elect only "a addi
tional congressman this fall to gain
control Of the house.
Which party is most likely to serve
the immediate purposes Of the anti
democratic voters?
There must be a concentration Of
voters in support of the republican
candidates for congress this fall If the
majority sentiment of the country
which is overwhelmingly anti-demo
cratic, is to find practical expression
in the election results of 1914.