The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-05-10

after getting caught in the act Of try
ing to be or four sides of the road
question:" said w. l.. Harding yester
day in commenting on Mr.. Cosson's
Waterloo speech.
He started out favoring paved
roads. That was when he had just
heard from the cement trust and au
tomobile combine. but later on when
the boys who carry the dinner pals
and work in the fields till o'clock
reported, he was ready for any kind
of a plan even local option. He says
that he favors letting the people eX
press their wishes on the road ques.
tiCn in a referendum vote.
Gas ! understand Il referendum, ii
simply allows the people to review u
disapprove what some legislative BODY
or commission has already done. Th =
is characteristic of the attorney gem
cral in that he wants two machine $
to do the work that one can do us
well and at less expense"
The lieutenant governor declared
that he was interested to note that
the attorney general had stated that
he believes 4 public Office to be a pub
lie trust.
Some of the people are wondering
II he means by that to get one Office
and put it in trust with his assistants
while he goes out in search Of another
office. or course. that might be per-
missible If all Of his assistants did
not start out to run after other Offices
for themselves.
I'm the last eleven years due to THIS
policy Of trust the expenses OF the
attorney generals office have increas-
ed from $1,000 for the biennial per-
iod during the time Mullen was at
torney general to $4,000 under Cos
son, an increase of over 300 per cent.
During the last four years under
this policy of the public office being
a public trust in which four assistant
lawyers have been employed the chief
has found time to devote to speech
and to campaigning so that
in one period of twenIysix days he
made thirty speeches in the interest
Of his own candidacy"
Lieut.. Governor Harding, who is a
for governor, in an inter
view at Des Moines, on May I'd, crit
icised Attorney General COssOn, who is
also candidate for governor. He
called attention to the fact that the
attorney general and his assistants
were all running for Office.
He stated that "the expenses Of
the attorney generals office had in
creased from $4,000 for the biennial
period during the time Mullen was
attorney general to $4,000 under
CossOn"
because COssOn is now holding Office
and seeking another. The same is
true Of Harding. He was in the leg
stature a number of terms, has been
two terms, and is
now running for another Office.
Allen has been in the state senate
Twelve years. 1t thus can be seen that
three of the candidates for governor
are now and have been fer many
years Office holders. Mr.. kuehnle, Oh
the contrary, has never held u public
office. He did serve for time on the'
Board of Regents of the State univer-
sity, and is now, and has been for
many years, member OF the Denison
School Board and DenisOn public IL
brary, but these are not pay Offices,
but simply opportunities for service.
Mr. kuehnle is being favorably re-
ceived by the business element of the
state, which includes the. farmers,
who are certainly entitled to be
:lassed as business men, because they
feel it is time to have Il business man
Tor great business Office like theI
governorship. -
Iowa needs thoroughly competent,
able and successful business man for
governor Mr.. Kuehnle is a self-made
man. He was born in Iowa, and is a
graduate OF the State University OF
Iowa He came to Denison thirty
four years ago as a law clerk, and
worked for $1,000 per month. He
has achieved unusual success in his
profession and business He has
been identified with local, civic, edu
rational and public affairs for many
years. He has been active as Il party
worker, but has never had any official
Here is an opportunity
for the voters of Iowa to elect sue
cessfnl business man to great bust
ness Office, SO that our public affairs
may be administered on business ba.
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