Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-22
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.


Voting Machines Again.-One result
OF the election was to add fresh demon
strations in showing the ability and eff
ficiency of the voting machines in
those, cities in which machines have
been adopted. Buffalo, Rochester, Sy-
racuse, Rome, Utica and a number OF
other leading cities of New York, are
fully equipped with machines, and ties.
timonials as to their desirability and
success are once more appearing in
print.
The general advantages Of the bal,
lot machine over the old system, brief
ly stated, may be said as follows:
1. 1t eliminates every possibility of
corrupting the franchise, except hiring
men to stay away from the polls.
2. 1t eliminates the possibility of
fraud in the count, and does away with
all scheming to buy up election Off
GERS.
+ 8. 1t is so much easier and simpler
for the voter, that it gives him much
greater freedom in exercising his judg.
ment as to individual candidates.
4. The result is known Immediately
on the close of the polls, instead Of
waiting for long count.
5. The machine does not spoil any
ballots or make any mistakes in the
count.
6. 1t is so much less expensive that
the machines will pay for themselves
in three or four elections.-Des Moines
Carital.
A Butter Trust.-It is now reported
that scheme is on foot for putting
butter in trust. 1t is so much easier
than it is to put trust in butter, but
still not easy enough to make it seem
practical. So long as any man can
own COW and buy churn he can
set up competition, and the men who
own creameries would have hard work
to control all of them for the farmers
in any community can by clubbing to.
gether and making an investment of
$4,000 have creamery of their own.
The only possible way for butter
trust to operate would be to secure the
cooperation of all the makers of ma.
chinery used for this purpose and even
then there would be difficulty in main
tanning prices. The scheme is being
discussed, however, and some think it
may pooolDly ut CdIIlGu OUT. Inc
scene is laid in Wisconsin but Illinois
capitalists are said to be backing it,.
1t seems a good deal like a speculation
dream.-Council Bluffs Nonpareil.
Dom Paul's Idle Mission.-Preside
Kruger is due in Europe the latetr part
OF the present week. His ayowed pur.
pose is to bring European diplomacy
to bear to save the South African re.
publics. President Kruger is Just thir.
teer months too late in his effort to
gain some concessions from Great Bri.
tain thru diplomatic channels. During
the autumn of 1899 the South African
statesman had his choice between din.
lomacy and fighting. He chose the lat.
ter 1t has failed to accomplish the OBJ.
Ject at which he aimed. Now Dom
Paul thinks he may pick up the weap.
on he rejected more than a year ago.
1t will be a hopeless effort.-Sioux On
ty Journal.
Already the census man has found
over $4,000 manufacturing establish.
me nts, as against 322,63S, in 1890.
lsr.'t it simply terrible how rapidly the
IT rsts are crushing out individual en-.
tel Irises ?"-What Cheer Patriot.
An Unguarded confession-Gov.
Boies makes an honest, or unguarded
confession when he says the demo
cratic party has been brought very
near to deaths door s'by following
strange gods" 1t is impossible to sor-
get, tho it may be unkind to dwell uD-
on 1t, that Gov. Boies has had frequent
appearances of one of the GODS
Sioux City Tribune.
The Next LeeisIature-The meet
Ing of the Iowa general assembly a
year hence in special session will he
a busy meeting, tho it may be hoped
1t will be brief. Aside from appropria-
lions to provide for the odd year. The
legislature will elect Senator DoIJi-
ver's successor, which will be easy.
and enact law for the election of
delegates to the constitutional con.
vention. 1t is not too early to express
the hope that the law for the electinn
of delegates may be drawn with rea-
sonable care.-Sioux City Journal.
Grant Tactics--So far as the insur-
gents are concerned, there is but ,me
sensible policy to pursue, provided
they do not at once lay down their
arms and submit to American authnc-
ity, and that is to follow out the tac-
tics pursued by Grant for the over.
throw of the rebellion.
The great commander was one of
the most humane among men. He
hated war. He abhorred bloodshed,
yet no one was ever more merciless in
the pursuit of resisting foe than he.
He believed that q mild policy but