Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-06-03
Williams
,poIITICS AND HORSES

who are you going to vote for? will
venture the guess that there IS not
man who reads these lines that mas de-
cided lust who he will vote for IN the
coning primary. that Is l mean '"no
ali" he will vote for for the various OF
fices from governor down.
This Is one Of the weak points OF tne
primary system of nomination. A 10.
~ the fellows who offer themselves a.
candidates are often unknown to a ma
1ority Of the voters, SO the average BUSY
man votes at random on many OF tne
candidates not knowing whether ne mas
solected the best or the one least ntteo
for the office. .
There should be some plan devised
for comparing the relative worth OF the
different candidates and advising the
public. SO they might vote intelligentiy'
It Is true you see the photos IN tne
but. Unfortunately
the name signed to the article is gener-
ally the name of the party recommend
cd. and, Of course, there is a. faint sus-
picion he might be pre1udiced.
The Investigation and judgment OF
disinterested committee should be,
some how, laid before the voters, but
lacking such an arrangement, l Know,
ct present, Of no better plan than ex-
changing views among ourselves.
Personally, have decided on the can
didates will support only part way
through the piece >,
IN the first place know one cand1.
date certainly will not support, ana
his name is Cosson, that self constitut-
ca hixh priest Of reform at Des Mo1nes;
who took Ottumwa under his special
charge last fall. and decided that here
was q great field for his mission work.
For weeks he maintained In our city, AT
An expense Of five or six dollars per
day each, (paid by the taxpayers)
bunch Of so-called detectives, whose
business it was to ferret out the VICE.
ed men Of OttumWa, and they founo
them too, caught them redhanded In the
act-arrested lot Of formerly respect
able business men with candy punch
boards on their persons. Think OF such
1 crimel And next morning Des
Moines paper announced that Cosson
had arrested these twenty odd business
men on charge of bootlegging Quite
an ad for Ottumwa and Wapello coun-
ty. And speaking of bootlegging, If MI
Cosson has one Of his secret men ne
can spare day or SO, and Will seno
him 10 me, will tell him exactly where
he can locate bootlegging joint that
IL doing mighty good business, and
It will be in the city Of Des Moines not
over three miles from Mr.. Cosson's Of
nee.
And by the way that was high class
bunch Of detectives he had here. Some
OF the methods they resorted to In car
rying out his plans were too tough to
appear In print. Why, I am informed,
thought l do not vouch for it's truth,
that Rodabaugh refused to let his man
hounds join them In their de-
: ns,<@,va rryorL FOR faar If cnnt9 minatfnR
the dogs.
That's tough.
NJ No sir, am not going to help make
Mr.. Cosson the next governor of Iowa,
for the next thing we know he and his
local assistants here will be arresting
1mall boys for playing keeps and the
girls for matching pins.
NY notion Is Ottumwa is a pretty
rood town itself and does not need the
fostering care Of Des Moines, and that
the voters Of Wapello county are amply
sbie to select the local officers they want
without the aid Of the Cosson bunch.
And am going to vote for r. r.
Namsell for county attorney, because
like his platform. He talks like man
big enough to fill the chair without
fAfflinx about in it. He talks common,
hard, business sense, when he says ne
does not believe in bringing in lot OF
aenseless. indiscriminate indictments
that only add to the tax payers burdens
and accomplish no good for the COM
munity. He believes in one county Of
deer advising and cooperating with the
others and avoiding local friction and
expense, instead Of jumping at the beck
and call Of some bunch of overzealous
fanatics who condemn all who do not
agree with them or their ideas.
II. believe that Ramsell is a big enough
man to I'LL the job and run it without
dictation, so am going to vote for him.
Yes, and TIL bet that he will be elect
ca. only am afraid If made such a
proposition, Cosson and his detectives
would be after me for gambling. So
WIN simply say if you think Ramsell
will not be our next county attorney,
See me.
And for sheriff I am going to support
Samuel Cincinna tus Cremer, otherwise
known as Nat and I am going to do
1t not because he especially wants the
lob. but because I think he was the
victim of conspiracy urged on by
a0me local would be refor1ners." Nat
told me, when he was elected, it was
going to be his ambition to make one
Of the very best sheriffs Wapello coun-
ty eyer had, and I am positive he was
trying to do so. He will have almost the
solid support of the business men of
Ottumwa, and, If nominated, will be
elected by much larger majority than
he was before.
{ This Is not because the people are so
anxious he should have the office but
because they feel he has done a great
injustice and that by re-electing him
the people of the city will say in effect
to Mr.. Cosson that Ottumwa and Wa
pello county can run their own affairs
without the assistance Of Des Moines.
q Yes, I am Mats brother in law, but
he can't help that. But I am going to
support him because I know that he Is
an honest man, man Of strictly good
habits, and did not deserve the treat
ment he got.
For member Of the board one Of the
most capable men ever offered In Wa
pello county is N. o. Johnson of Agency
tewnship. This Is the position among
county offices offering the very greatest
opportunity for rake off, and N. O..
johnson is simply unapproachable on
that score, and he Is a man Of broad
mind and extremely thorough in every
thing he does. He will make one Of the
best members Of the board Wapello
county ever had. N. o. Johnson. He
came to this country comparatively
few years ago a penniless boy. He Is
now one Of Wapello county's largest