Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-07-10
The Courier.
A. II. HAMILTON.) r,..
r. II. WARDEN, Editors.

K. II. WARDEN, I''ors.
"Susannah, don't yon cry.' is the
advice Of the New York Herald to
Miss Anthony.
"Sound and progressive, > is what the
Leavenworth Times says OF the Iowa
Republican platform "pledging the
party to do what the public welfare
and self-interest alike demand.
General Brinkerhoff, Chairman Of
the Liberal State Central Committee
Of Ohio, is on his feet again and calls
State Convention for July 3Oth. He
hopes to unite his concern as usual
the, Democracy One would think he
had followed that lead long enough to
ratify him.
The st. Louis Times comedies the
fact that the cholera has reached st
Louis. The report OF deaths for last
week is, Cholera Infantum, 30; Chol-
era Morbns, rs; Diarrhe, II; summer
complaint, 40. Doubtless the Times
rightly concludes that the cholera is
Intentionally concealed by the authori-
ties In the above report.
The Germans have and have had
faith in ehis government. During the
dark hours Of the republic they took
hundreds of millions Of our bonds
and they realized well on them. Now.
again, they are investing largely In our
securities. They are in earnest in their
attachment to this country, and they.
prove it by the best test of earnestness
ever manifested, viz subscribing for
our securities. They are the most in
telligent of nations on the face of the
globe, and consequently they know
where and when to invest their surplus
means.
The Hon. George w. McCrary, six
teen months ago introduced bill into
Congress for regulating, by U. s.
Statute, the freights on railways and
to prevent unjust discrimination. The
Dubuque Times overhauls the old files
OF the Chicago Times and Keokuk
Constellation and finds that they each
of them opposed the bill at that time
taking strong ground against it aud
also shows that the Democratic men,
bers of Congress, as a rule, opposed
the bill. These Democratic papers are
now cozzening the Patrons of Husban-
dry with view only to aid their party
movement. We expect next to see
the Constitution, as other Democratic
journals have already done, going
back on the Grange movement when
it finds it can no longer use 1t to pull
Democratic chestnuts from the fire.
Geo. w. Jones, ex-U. s. Democrat
ic Senator from Iowa, is getting cuffed
and kicked most heartily by his FORM
er Democratic friends since he left the
party and declared for the principles
of the Republican party. Rognes new
er yet had companion desert them,
and resolve to be an honest man, but
what they went for him with the bit
terness Of gaul snd wormwood.
Democracy want the era Of forgiv-
ness and forgetfnlness of the past inaug-
urated, and the most fragrant rebels of
the south placed upon an equal footing
with all other citizens not excepting
JEFF. Davis. But if Jones or any other
democrat sees fit to renounce the DEM
ocratic party then forgivness ceases to
be virtue, and democratic journals
pitch upon him like pack of hounds.
The republican party rcjoices to see
any man give in his adhesion to the
grand principles which it has implant-
ed in the government and OF course
will not close the door against any of
them, but It will require long series
of works meet for repentance for the
party to do more than accept them
without comforting upon them any
place Of trust.
The democratic era of good feeling
never goes SO far as to embrace q man
who In the exercise of his judgment
leaves that psrty. They are to be ex-
cepted, while the worst rebels W no are
still democrats must be received with.
out question.
In q paper read before the press as-
sociation at Indianapolis the other day,
Prof. w. A. Bell said: On this live
age, the man who does not read at
least ono newspaper, is dead, and
ought to be buried"
An exchange says in speaking Of the
above, "the Prof. might have added
that the man who does not take and
pay for his country paper ought to die
or move out on the plains where there
is no paper published, no mail and no
neighbors."
We clip the above merely to say that
oftentimes II is found that those who
take no paper, not even their county
paper. are the very ones who more
than all others, set up howl in refer.
ence to the conduct OF affairs. They
are like the men, who having q school
to which they send their children, and
never step inside ofittolearn from per-
sonal inspection what manner Of school