The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-29
How He Has Been Baeing His Cam
paian on Pooling the People and
Barboozlina Organized
.. .m Labor. ..
EXPOSURE IN FAIRFIELD
The Ledger Of That County Seat Pre-
sents Some History Of kopp
| as Poll
tician. #

Ledger publishes the following under
the head, The Vaccinations of a
Politician:
That W. F. Kopp. of Mt Pleasant.
and Smith Brookhart, Of WASHINGTON,
are working hand in hand to secure
nominations for member OF congress
from this district and United States
senator from Iowa, respectively, no
longer remains an uncertainty. In
fact, Mr.. Brookhart informed a well
known Washington MAJ Saturday
afternoon that labor unions of the
first district would endorse Kopp
for congress, and this action was
taken Saturday night
THE Burlington Hawk-Eye Sunday
announced that labor had endorsed
kopp for congress. The first thought
was the absolute incongruity and in.
consistency in this action; then there
included the question whether the
leaders had sold out
"A little investigation shows that
the meeting OF the committee was
called for Fort Madison on Saturday
evening; that when the Keokuk mem
bers reached Fort Madison they
found that the place of meeting had
been changed to Burlington without
notifying them and they returned to
keokuk without having attended the
meeting of the sitting committee, of
which they were and always have
been members.
The whole situation must certain.
ly cause the men of the labor organi.
cations, the members of all of the
locals, to investigate for themselves
the manner in which and the reason
why a railroad attorney was endorsed
for congress, not to speak of kopp' s
well known record In politics. Kopr
has been railroad attorney ever
since he began practicing law and
has never had anything TO do with
labor in any way. It is a hundred to
one shot that he is not really &C
quainted with a dozen wage earners
in his own home town, unless he has
got acquainted with them to accom-
plish his own selfish end. I.4asg.
"Kopp's recent, and by no means
the first. political trick in securing
by some means the endorsement Of
organized labor in Burlington Satur
day night, at meeting called fol
Fort Madison, changes things consid
erably.
There have never been any charg
es made against Holsteen, his ability
or his honor. Holsteen. kopp and
Thompson are men of about the same
age. Hosteen left wife and four
children TO go into the world wal
when the country needed him, while
neither kopp nor Thompson has a
child. and vet both stayed at home
making money while Holsteen was
sacrificing for the sake Of his coun
try.
The voters Of almost every com
munity and certainly of every county
of the district should investigate the
type of man organized labor has en-
dorsed in Kopp. No doubt kopi
hoodwinked, to be charitable, a few
Of the members of the first district
sitting committee which organized
labor appointed to look after its in
terests.
Gle has been standing candidate
for congress ever since he came ou'
Of law school. He has had more hon
ors conferred upon him than any
other man in the district; he has
been county attorney representative
postmaster for many years, and ther
representative again.
His whole platform has been that
he comes from Henry county and
that it as an inland county had mo-
had its share of political honors
The fact is that Henry county has
received as many honors as any coun
ty in the state. II kopp really thinks
that location should decide VINO
should be congressman, he shoulc
have entered the race, but lei
Mr. Molsberry run, as Louisa county
is the one county in the distric
which has had the least OF the pc
Iitical honors being passed around
But Kopp has always gone out after
The votes of the people of the interloa
COMMITTEES with the same yarn.
Glow honest he is is shown by s
few recollections. Fourteen years agt
Albert Carpenter, Of Columbus juno
ton and Ernest McCoid, OF .keosau
ana. were candidates; in 1910 Smith
Rrookhart. Of Washington, entered
tho race. in 1916 Clifford Thorne, Of
wa shin gton. was a candidate. Loca
tion was unthought Of by kopp al
that time. as be supported none. OF
these men. and in fact always fought
them.
"If the man himself Is as false as
the issue he has been using IN at
tempting to get to congress, organ
lied labor has been humbugged-anc
al the people Of the first district nae
better take notice. as Kopp has never
lima within recollection sup
rorted a man from an interior count,
except W. F. Kopp
cone important fact Is that the
..,.ction Of a congressman viii BE-
made at the primary June !, and not
neyt November. The good citizens
can heat the willy politician only by
voting at the June primary
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