Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-10-13
WILL VOTE FOR
SEN. CUMM|NS
Farmers Lining Up For Him Strong.
Want the Transportation
Facilities of Country Re
habilitated Quickly as
Possible.
9OO,O 900 VOTES IN
IOWA THIS YEAR
Senator Harding Stands Squarely for
New Transportation Act, the
Cummins-Esch Bill and
Private Ownership of
Railroads

The low plane on which the Demo-
crats pitched their national campaign
under the talkative and petulant
Cox is reflected in the deception at
tempted by Herring and his hackers.
This campaign is on a strictly COM
mercial basis and with the highest
priced publicity man in the state and
half a score of assistants, expensive
ly quartered in Des Moines hotel.
The Des Moines boosters believe they
can give their ticket promotion even
better than that given others of their
many schemes. "A sample of their
methods was shown when they pro-
cured publication in the Herring or
gans Of what he was declared to
have told to admiring tbrongs at
Lake View on Labor Day; yet as a
matter of fact he was not there at
all. Even though they make it rule
to cancel every engagement made for
Herring where any good republican
is also permitted to speak, his pro-
motors go on advertising him as
making great orations at all these
places. He Was featured as an ori-
ginal woman suffrage friend, though
they knew very we'll he solicited
funds to defeat woman suffrage. The
speeches that We're prepared early
made him say that the cost OF the
state government had increased the
past year $14,000,000, and he has
never apologized for this gross fab
rication of a SANDER on the state.
He was advertised as demanding an
accounting of the war funds of Iowa
a year and half after the legislat-
ure had secured such accounting and
printed it for public distribution.
The promotion organization annexed
an ex-preacher who blunderingly
trod on SO many toes sticking out
from under the promotion tent that
he had to be called off. Now good
many who are not in the service OF
the Herring selling agency doubt
whether real dependence can be
placed on one who thus seeks to
break into office by such rank de-
ception and petty fraud. Can the
voters really rely on one upon whose
word no reliance can be placed while
he is a candidate.
Because of the addition of the
women to voting privileges, it will
be necessary to increase the number
of voting precincts in many places, to
accommodate the voters and prevent
loss of votes for lack of time. In
stead of 100000 votes, Iowa viii
probably have nearer 100000 votes
this year.
Senator Harding stands squarely
for the new transportation act, the
Cummins-Esch bill, and for private
ownership of the railroads as
against the impossible and destruct-
i've Plumb plan which opponents OF
the law offer as a substitute. A Re-
publican congress will revise and
make perfect this law and do every
thing needful to assure to the far
mers and other shippers of America
the transportation facilities that
that they must have. A Democratic
senate would be but an obstruction
to the Republican president and Re-
publican house in this difficult work
which has only now been started.
Senator Cummins is recognized as
the greatest student Of the trans
portation question in America and
at the head Of the committee In
charge of this work his services will
be invaluable to the nation.
A Republican Legislature and a
Republican governor will attend tc
the necessary revision of the Code
of Iowa, the most important work
for the S9th General Assembly. II
is important that this revision task
should be guided by one trained In
the law and familiar from long ex-
perience with the Code and its i'm
perfeotions and such a man is Nate
Kendall.
A careful canvass Of the farmers
near one county seat in the Seven
tn District disclosed the names OF
over fifty farmers normally demo
cratic who intend to vote for Sena-
tor Cummins this year as business
proposition. They want the trans
portation facilities Of the country
rehabilitated as quickly as possible