The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-10-11

HoLsTEEN IS FOR KoPP
Nearest Competitor to Candidate for
Congress in Primary Sends Let
ter of Endorsement of Mt.
Pleasant Man

BURLINGTON, Ia, Oct. 11.-En-
tering the last lap Of the 1920 po-
litical campaign, the republicans OF
Iowa are expecting to roll up an old
time republican majority and sweep
the state in old-fashioned style.
All presidential electors. United
States senator, all congressional
nominees, all state offices and prac-
hcally all county officers, is the re-
publican program. None are on the
doubtful list.
The visit of Senator Harding to
Iowa, his strong endorsement OF the
republican ticket and Senator Cum
minis in particular, and the visit OF
Theodore Roosevelt to the first Iowa
district in behalf of w. F. kopp, the
nominee for congress, did
much to crystalline republican senti-
ment and unity republicans in a de-
termination to carry the entire ticket.
G.. A. Rawson, state chairman, and
Mrs. Frank Dodson, chairman of the
women's division, who were in, Bur
lington recently In conference with
representative party workers from
over the district, have practically
completed their tour of the state and
found sentiment SO strong that they
are freely predicting large majorities
everywhere in Iowa.
;kIoIsteen Out For kopp.
Major Fred S. Holsteen, who was
w. f. Kopp's nearest competitor in
the primaries for the congressional
nomination, is the latest republican
to come out with an endorsement for
the Mt. Pleasant man.
Major Holsteen, recognizing the Inn
portance of defeating Cox and his
Wilson league and in backing up the
new republican president with a re-
publican senate and house of repre-
sentatives, had planned to take an
active part in the final weeks Of the
campaign. Finding, however, that he
win be out of the district for part
of the time, he has written the Hawk
Eye expressing his views and giving
a warm endorsement to his late oppo-
nent in the primaries, urging his fell
low republicans, as duty, to support
Mr.. Kopp, the republican nominee, at
the election.
Blow to Opposition.
The Holsteen letter is blow to
the democratic organization in the
first district, which, according to re-
ports, has been working assiduously
to make capital out Of the close pr1-
mary contest. Not making use OF
the primary election laws themselves,
the democrats have tried to keep
alive the rivalry between republican
candidates and their supporters that
was engendered during the spring
campaign. OF late it has been fire.
quently suggested by the democrats
that Holsteen and his friends would
bolt the republican party and at
tempt to send democrat to con-
gress. While Major Holsteen's long
record as staunch republican would
preclude all thought of this in the
minds of those who know him, he
deemed it expedient, in view OF the
fact that his absence will make it
impossible for him to take a great
part in the speaking campaign, to
issue this letter, setting forth his
views and hopes.
HoIsteen's Letter.
Major Holsteen's letter follows:
To the Burlington Hawk-Eye and
Republicans of the First Con-
gressional District of Iowa:
We are in the midst Of a great
national campaign to determine
what governmental policies shall
govern the people of the United
States in their domestic and for
eign relations during the next
four years. I had hoped that
might have an opportunity to
give personal expression to a few
of my views in a speaking cam
paign, but some professional and
business engagements will take
me from Burlington the larger
part Of the time between now and
the election in November, 80 that
I take this method Of saying a
few things that I have had in
mind which to me seem Of ut
most Importance.
First: Do we want league Of
nations covenant, binding our
people to undertake. respect and
preserve against external aggres-
sion the territorial integrity and
existing political independence
OF all Cne HdllOHS IHdl I1dy J1lH
such league from time to time.
as favored by Governor Cox? Or
should we he satisfied with
glance covenant which assumes
no obligations to preserve the
territorial or political independ
ence Of any other country by the
employment of its military or
naval forces, unless our congress
shall in the exercise Of full lib
erty of action, by joint resolu-
ton so determine?
II we adopt the plan of Gov
ernor Cox it would mean that
the United States would face the
perils Of foreign controversy and
bloodshed throughout the world:
that the United States would be
exposed to the dangers of every
war between nations anywhere
in the world; that American sol
diers and sailors would be called
on to fight and die in every quar-