Omaha daily bee., 1897-06-23
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Cedar Rapids Republican: The destruction
OF the library of the State university is a
caismlty that cannot be measured by any
dollar and cents standard. To have left 60
variable collection of books and records
many of which could never be replaced in
a building that was not fireproof was a piece
OF negligence on the part of the state that
can scarcely be contemplated with patience.
Sioux City journal: c. w. Mosher. the
wrecker of the Capital National bank of Lin
coin, told on the stand the other day how
he lost the money which he stole from the
bank. He declared that he lost $500 900
gambling in stocks and grain. He has served
his time in the penitentary and the de-
positors in the bank will have to be salts
fed with knowledge of where their money
went to.
Sioux City Times: In one of the demo-
cratic county conventions held last week al
fusion was made to the anti-free silver demo-
Gratis and to the question what attitude
to take toward them Amidst great applause.
and with corresponding action by the con
Vention, one of the speakers, who is a leader
of the Bryanized Iowa democracy said.
Now we have no petition to make to the
gold democrats. If they want to come back
IN sackcloth and ashes and beat their breasts
they may come. but we don't propose they
shall rule, and we are not in the olive branch
business" g
Davenport Republican: Taken altogether
deal of a hodge-podge There are no state
issues. The republican party has settled the
liquor question, and reduced expenses and
revised the code and put everything in pretty
good shape to run for some time to come
provided the same good management is CON
tlnued. The republican party is not at
loss at all for general issues. Sufficient rev.
enue, reasonably protective tariff and
sound finance are sufficient to carry any party
anywhere in any corner of this republic.
But the democratic party is not prepared, as
a unit, to oppose any one of these principles.
Davenport Democrat: Out in Pottawatta-
ME county last Friday a combination of
populsts silver republicans and those who
had formerly accepted pure and undefiled
democracy held a convention to select dele
gates to the state gathering that is to be held
in Des Mones this week And this Is the
expression left on record: "Be it resolved
by the democracy of Pottawattamie county,
in convention assembled, that we reafiirm
and adopt the platform adopted in Chicago
in 1896 in every line and letter and declare
1t to be the constitution of true democracy.
Resolved. That We, as democrats, denounce
Gr2yer Cleveland as an apcState and his
theories as hereses." And much more of
this rot and rubbish was put into the record
by these misguided deFerters from the princi-
plies which have made democracy honored
and respected Mr.. Cleveland was three
times a candidate for president and twice
hS hsy ha ssGsa sosn Of MS Of ne
United States and he carried out both in let
ter and in spirit the policy of the party to
which he was rESpY asible for his nomna-
ion, For doingo hiSy duty he Is called an
"apostate" by these unknowns in the western
part of Iowa.
Iowa City Republican, Annually the
United States gopernment pays to the rail
roads thousands of dollars for the running OF
fast mail trains The purpose OF this ex
Dendture il, OF course, to expedite the pass
age of the imporfsa atS mails. But so far as
the state Of Iowa Is concerned this eXpendi-
ture is now OF no advantage. The explana-
ticn Is as follows: The fast mail trains now
reach Chicago Sb0ut IL O'Clock p. m. and
il they were allowed To leave there without
delay they would reach Iowa City about
O'Clock a. M, and by II m. the mail would
have reached all the important points in
Iowa But the mails are not suffered 10 leave
Chicago without delay. They are held there
from IL o'clock p. IN. until between and
o'clock a. m, thus making a delay of four
hours. As a result, the business men of
Des MOines do not receive their eastern mail
until noon, while those in Council Bluffs and
Sioux City never secure theirs until almost
nlghtfall All these injustices are inflicted
upon people merely that the great daily
papers of Chicago may enjoy to an over
whelming extent the benefit of the early
mails This may be a great advantage 10
these publications. but II Is selfish per-
version OF the bSnefts of the fast mails de-
signed by the government, and II Is further
a rank injustice to the citizens OF Iowa. The
newspapers OF the state and the commercial
organizations are now agitating this evil
and II is TO be hoped that their efforts viii
effect its reformatioo-