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= Respectfully,
CIGAR MAKERS UNION No 2aA
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-17
THIRD PARTIES.

Third parties in this country are not
a success. In Cuyahoga county, Ohio,
the county in which Cleveland is sit
uated, Samuel L. Jones, nondescript
candidate for governor, received last
fall more than $4,000 votes. He had a
plurality of $4,000 over the republican,
and $4,000 over the democratic candi-
dates. The Jones movement was called
non-partisan and it's promoters assumed
that the lack OF party name was an
assurance of civic virtue. 1t was large
ly claimed that the Jones aggregation,
having secured more than half the vote
of Cleveland last year, would dominate
the political field at this springs Imu-
nicipal election. Thirty thousand
votes We're predicted for the Jones
ticket It actually received 1882 votes,
slump of over 10 per cent. The re-
publicans carried the city by an inn
mense. majority. Last falls slight fac-
tional disturbances in the regular par
ties had passed away, and the third
party was swept from sight.
AS matters are constituted in this
country elections are won either by
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-17
CLEANING UP.

With the coming Of spring comes the
cleaning up fever. People don new
clothes, OF freshen up the old ones;
the house wife dusts, and sweeps and
scours until her house is spick and
span; the householder repairs his
fences, sheds, and roofs, and orders
his son to come straight home from
school to clean the yard, and rake up
the rubbish. All this is eternally fit
and proper, and bespeaks a thrifty,
healthy class of people. If there is any
fault to be found it is in the fact that
the cleaning process does not go far
enough. The city itself should not be
forgotten. Tt needs cleaning and
Frightening up as well as the house
and yards. The streets need caring
for and the alleys are full of rubbish
that is not only unsightly but unheal-
thy. Don't wait for the street com
missioner to fix your street or the
health officer to warn you that your
alley must be cleaned you can do it
yourself in very little time and the ex-
ercise will be worth more as tonic to
your system than all the spring med
icines in the world. If there are ugly
stones in the street in front of your
house, or broken branches have blown
from the trees during the winter and
are clogging the gutter, you can re-
move them in ten minutes, and inn
prove things around your Splace" won
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-17
THE NAVAL POLICY BOARD.

The first meeting of the naval policy
board is scheduled to be held today.
Thereafter the board will probably
meet once week until it has reduced
its work to routine form. The work of
the board will be without precedent.
1t is true that heretofore what are
known as the intelligence bureaus of
the war and navy departments have
endeavored to compile and have in
shape for use in case of hostilities, in
formation respecting the resources, in
a warlike way, of other nations. But
this work was an incident to the rout-
inc duties of the intelligence officers,
and owing to the lack of systematic
directions, has never been of more than
ephemeral value. The policy board is
to undertake this work on larger lines,
and probably will be guided by Euro
pean methods. 1t will be its business
to provide in advance and have ready
for instant use, completely worked out
plans of naval campaigns, offensive and
defensive, applicable to any maritime
power with which the United States
may by any possibility come into hos
tile conflict in the future. The prepar-
alton of these plans involves an enor-
nous amount of work, theoretical and
practical, but there is little question
as to the benefits to be derived from
the work
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-17
In regard to the anti-saloon proyi

In regard to the anti-saloon proyis-
ion OF The Porto Rican governmental
bill, the st. Paul Pioneer Press sensi-
bly, remarks: Those who object to the
provision, in the bill for the establish
ment OF a territorial government in
Hawaii, which prohibits the sale of IL
quor in saloons, would doubtless favor
\ the repeal of the laws which forbid
the sale of liquor in the Indian terri
tory and on Indian reservations. But
all OF these enactments are necessary
IL we have other plans for the inferior
races committed to our charge than to
hasten their extinction as rapidly as
possible by giving them unlimited OPP
portunities for intemperance. Those
races have not the white mans ability
TO curb his appetite or to resist for a
few years the effects of alcohol. So The
question of legal restraint takes on a
different color where they are con-
cerned. 1T is to be noted, however,
that the Hawaiian measure does not
mean absolute prohibition. 1T simply
retains the present island restrictions
against the establishment of saloons,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-17
CAPT. CARR ANNOUNCED.

The Montezuma Republican of April
II, states that it is authorized to an
nounce that Capt. j. w. Carr, of that
city, will be a candidate before the
sixth district republican convention
for the nomination of representative in
congress. The republican says:
His candidacy is in good faith and
he does not enter the field to reward
or punish anyone, but his case will be
presented purely on his merits as a
man and as Il republican.
"Poweshiek county has strong claims
for recognition in this district. While
other counties have wavered in their
support of republican candidates and
republican measures, this county has
stood steadfastly for the principles OF
the party to which this country owes
so much, and since 1858 has been loyal
ly republican. For years it has fur
nished the principal part of the ma
jorities given and it has not been IA
vored with a candidate since the late
j. B. Grinnell was the representative
when this was the fourth district. The
republicans of this county feel that
they have right to ask that one of
their honored citizens be given the
nomination in view of their loyalty
and devotion to republican principles"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-17
The Lacey BIRD Law.

Chicago Tribune: Il Congressman
Lacey, of Iowa, succeeds in securing
the passage Of the bill, which is intend
ed for the protection of game, song,
and insectivorous birds, the saving Of
the feathered wild life will be well
nigh assured. The passage of the
measure is advocated by every sports
man and bird protective association in
the country. and it is opposed only by
the market men and the miHiner. J. For
years efforts have been made to get
such a bill passed, but it has always
been hard work to get congressman
enough interested in it to secure its
introduction. The bill practically is
one to make punishable the receiving
of stolen property, tho the people who
oppose it object to having it so-called.
The measure provides for the charging
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-17

4, In 1905, Thomas jefferson, the ,foun-
der of the democratic party, which has
now departed from his teachings said:
II know that the acquisition of Lou
isiana has been disapproved of by
some from a candid apprehension tha1
the enlargement of our territory would
fendalger its union. But who can lim-
il the extent to which the federative
principle may operate effectively?
The larger our association the less
will it be shaken by local passions;
and, in any view, is it not better that
the opposite bank of the Mississippi
should be settled by our own brethren
and children than by strangers Of an
other family? With which shall we be
most likely to live In harmony and
friendly intercourse?"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-17
Reputation Goes with Job.

Centerville Iowegian: 1t is announc.
ed that Mark Hanna will retire and
that Henry G. Payne, of Wisconsin,
will be chosen as chairman Of the re
publican national committee. Now
look out to see Payne's record dug up
and his character thoroly ventilated.
The chairman of the national commit
tee always comes in for villification.
Hanna has been the worst man on
earth for the past four years and
books have been written in his denun-
citation. 1t was the same way with
the man who was chairman before him
and it will be the same way with the
one who comes after him.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-17

tana, just such a thrill of moral ex-
liberation as was experienced when
PoIygamist Roberts was refused seat
in the house. For there can be but
little doubt that the report OF the
committee will be overwhelmingly
adopted. Not all the influences which
unlimited wealth could command
not the keenest of suborned legal tai
ent, not the witchery of social blan-
dishments, not the suggestions of per-
sonal alliances to be made powerful
thru unlimited ''sinews of war;" or OF
opportunities to be opened by golden
key-have sufficed to induce single
senator on the committee to sacrifice
his manhood by vote for the Montana
corruptionist.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-17
A CHANGED MILITARY SITUATION

A CHANGED MILITARY. SITUATION
Two weeks ago the reader of the dis
patches from South Africa was of the
opinion that almost all the Beers had
been cleared out of the Orange Free
State. and that the road to Pretoria
was practically open to the lord of
Khandahar and the troopers of the
queen. The Beers were not SO easily
beaten, however, and the military Sit
uation in the Free State has undergone
marked change.
Several thousand Beers have worked
swiftly thru the extended line Gen.
Roberts formed -on the right at Bloem-
fontein and cost him last week nearly
1000 men. They. struck at two points
unexpectedly and compelled the Brit
5ish to look we'll to their line of sup
ply and to all detached bodies of
troops. The Beers engaged in this
daring movement are getting their
supplies by wagons from the eastern
part of the Free State, which is its
richest farming section. They have
given Lord Roberts a surprise and
thrown him, for the moment at least,
upon the defensive. 1t is probable
chat the Beers can still muster 10000
men and they might venture to attack
Roberts right in force. The long Bri-
fish swing from Kimberley and sudden
acquisition of 100 miles of additional
railroad to guard left some gaps in
the rear that the Beers quickly per-
-ceived and they have started well in
turning them to advantage.
Several thousand fresh British
troops arrived at Cape Town within
the last few days, and they are needed
to strengthen the garrisons along the
railroad. They are raw material com.
pared with the Beers, and so, for that
matter, is the bulk of the British ar
my. Neither of the detachments cap
tured last week fought with the tenac-
ity of veterans. Soldiers of more ex-
perience would not have walked SO
blindly into traps. In both reyerses
The British were on the march with
out knowing that the enemy was near.
The details given have been few and
the circumstances indicate lack of
alertness not found among seasoned
soldiers. When Bloemfontein was frs,
occupied the English. fancied that seri-
GUS war in the Free State was over.
The Beers saw the opportunity TO
strike and the place to deliver the
blow, and Roberts is compelled to
pause and watch the undeniable threat
to his right and rear.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-17

It has been definitely determined
that the democratic convention will
be held in Kansas City, in spite of the
burning of the convention hall. The
expressions of dissatisfaction with the
Missouri town, growing out of the al
legations of excessive hotel rates and
other Indications of an intention on
the part of the residents to squeeze
the visitors on July 4, led to sugges-
lions in some quarters that the demo-
cratic leaders might take advantage
of the fire as an excuse for changing
the location of the convention. Moth
ing Of the kind will be done. The
democratic leaders are satisfied with
Kansas City. and the convention will
: be held there.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-17

The ST. Louis Globe-Democrat OBJ:
serves that some democrats want
tSchley on the second end of the dem
ocratic ticket. That is, they desire
somebody on the ticket who was iden-
tified in some way with the war. Bry.
an, the sole political colonel of the
Spanish war, is also the one man hold
ing a commission at that time whose
personality is never, in the popular
mind, connected in the slightest degree
with that conflict. Nobody thinks OF
4 him except as the chief of the repudia-
Tors. He stands for nothing else except
fag-furling, which is equally hateful
TO the American people.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-17
CHANGE IN -FOUR YEARS,

The editor of the Cedar Rapids Re
publican has been Investigating prices
as thew were four years ago under
tariff reform and comparing them.
with prices that obtain now. The
changed condition is simply marvel
Gus.
Turning to the market reports we
find that wheat was selling at &C cents
at $S.S7, short ribs at $4.72E. Hogs
were quoted at $685., trade in cattle
was slow and prices. way down. Wall
street reported that business was
apathetic. American securities were
at a discount in London. Illinois
Central was selling at 95, Northwest
ern at 1903, Rock Island at 10, ST. Paul
at 76, New York Central at SO, Burling-
ton at 1915. Depression was the rule
everywhere. There were no strikes,
because every other man was hunting
a job. Factories We're idle or running
on half time. Wages had been reduced.
To get work at any price was the
uppermost question in the minds of
more than half the wage earners in
America.
+ How altogether different is the rec
ord as it appears today. II. G..
Dun & Co., report the most satisfac-
tory trade conditions imaginable. In
creased bank clearings in all the lead
ing cities of the United States and
Canada. A spirit of hopefulness per-
vaded the entire article. The failures
reported number about one half those
reported in 1896. The single unfavor-
able Indication noted was the pre-
sence Of strikes. resulting from the ex-
traordinary demand for labor. Pass
ing to the market reports we find
wheat selling at 66, corn at SO, oats at
231s, pork at 11.s0, and short ribs
at $6.35. Hogs are quoted at $4.S5
@5.25, beeves. $4.00M5.S0. Illinois Cen
trail was selling at ia, Northwestern
at 1852. Rock Island at Ill, ST. Paul at
122, Chicago, Burlington g. Quincy at
127, and the United States refunding ?
per cent bonds were quoted at a prem
ium of Az.
So much for the record of the coua-
try as whole. Individuals will find
profit by going into some such com
parison relativefsto their individual
situation. Nine out of ten men will
find that they are getting better wages;
thai their employment is more steady;
that their savings bank deposits have
increased and that an entirely different
spirit &broods over their households
than presided over it four years ago.
These conditions did not come about
by chance. They are the result Of
wise policies; they have come about
because scientific principles have been
applied to monetary fiscal affairs, The
only way in which they can be main
tanned, is by giving adherence to. that
party which stands for these policies
and principles. The one danger that
menaces this country today is the
tendency to forget in times of pros
perity, the adversely of former years,
and how it came about.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-17

~ The Hon. William Joel Stone, Mis-
counts greatest democratic thinker,
has plan for dealing with the rail
roads which would practically drive
them out Of existence. The American
railway employees will hardly fall over
each other to congratulate Mr.. Stone
on his brilliant idea.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-17

derfully. Perhaps your neighbor,
when he sees your industry, will be
come ashamed of himself and fix up"
a little too. Making Ottumwa the fin-
est city in Iowa will be an easy task
if we all lend a, hand, and cultivate a
little pride in the matter. Incidental
ly it may be remarked that the Ladies'
City Improvement society is doing no.
BILE work coward cleaning and BEAU
tifying the city. Its members have
not been discouraged by the great odds
against them in the past and they de-
serve encouragement now. Every citi-
zen of Ottumwa can help them by
keeping watchful eye ON the dirt in
his own neighborhood.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-17
Of the powers of the department Of ae

of the powers of the department of ag-
riculture so as to prohibit thru the
interstate commerce laws the transpor-
tation from state to state of birds kill
ed in violation OF local laws. In a
nutshell it means that if it is against
the law to kill gulls and terms in Illi-
nois, the person receiving such lille
gally killed birds in another state may
be punished. The law forbids the traf-
fic in contraband goods, which is now
SO remunerative to lawbreakers that it
is carried on extensively. The passage
and enforcement Of this federal meas
ure will do more to save the birds
than any ten laws now on the statute
books,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-17
A Tact,cal alunder. Blu, :

Fairfield Ledger: There is no ques-
Dion that the passage of the currency
bill at the present session of congress
was tactical blunder, for it frees the
country from all immediate danger
from the heresies of the free silyerites
in case of Bryan's election this fall
and leaves the gold democrats free to
return to their old party. But the re-
publican party is in the habit of re-
deeming its pledges at the earliest
possible moment and trusting to the
country to sustain it.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-17

We doubt seriously the wisdom OF
Senator Spooner's effort to show SEN
ator Tillman the error of his way. The
gentleman from Wisconsin should bear
in mind the Spanish proverb which de-
sclares it to be "a waste of lather to
shave an ass
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-17

life are now being imported free into
Porto Rico under executive order.
which order was made because of the
cyclone, shall continue to go in free.
I hope and think the house will agree
to this senate amendment, and trust
that it may be done at an early date,
because, as soon as the bill is put into
operation it, in my judgment, will at
once demonstrate it's propriety. The
question as to whether the constitu-
ton of the United States with Ameri-
can citizenship and the right to rep
resentation in congress and all those
privileges which we prize as Ameri-
cans, shall go, and do go under the
constitution, at once to these Spanish
possessions is a very great question,
and not one to be disposed of in an
hours debate by any one, no matter
how honest and capable he may be.
We have ten million Filipinos to Leg
islate for. We are legislating today
for the Navajoes, Apaches and Black
feet. and these aboriginal Americans
are as fully prepared for self-govern-
ment as considerable portion of the
inhabitants of the Philippine Islands
| regret to see SO many great news
papers are treating the question as an
emotional one. It is an intensely prac-
teal question that we are called upon
to meet, and one that requires the
most careful consideration. I have in
dividually given it more careful exam
ination than any question that has
arisen since I have been. in congress,
and the great mass of republicans in
both the senate and the house have
come to substantially the same con-
clusion. 1t may be that we are all
wrong, but do not believe it. I feel
feel quite sure that the level headed
people of Iowa will give the whole sub
ject a careful examination, and when
they have done that do not believe
there will be any great difference. be
tween them. OF course, the democrats,
who are seeking for something to crit
icise, complain about the bill and
would have been against us whatever
we had done. The extension OF the
constitution would have been denounc-
ed by them as an outrage. They voted
one day that we had no right to col
lect any revenue from the island, and
Immediately after this they voted
against returning to the insular gov.
eminent in Porto Rico the money that
had been thus collected. so you see
there is no use trying to agree with
them. In fact it is considerable evil
dence that the republicans are right.
want to thank you for your courte-
Gus letter and know you will give
the matter careful examination. ]
take the liberty also of sendin., you
some additional speeches on the sub
ject. Yours truly,
Jnhp n Tooaxy !
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-17

The new republican goyernor-elect
sof Rhode Island began life as a
4 mill boy and today is the head OF one
of the largest manu facturing estab-
lishments in that state. We seldom
find self-made man who started in as
a boy orator.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-17
THE CLARK VOTE.

There comes to every true American,
who reads of the action of the senate
committee on elections and privileges
in deciding, by unanimous vote, to
recommend the adoption of a resolu-
ton declaring William A. Clark not
entitled to seat as senator from Mon
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-17

The, democratic statesmen who are
now inclined TO go so far away from
home TO bestow their sympathy are
the same gentlemen who, during the
I last democratic administration, were
too selfish to give themselves any con-
Germ over the empty dinnerspails of
the American laborer.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-17
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.
Price OF Iowa Land.

North English Record: A farm east
of Iowa City sold recently for s1o5 per
acre. Iowa. land is still advancing in
price. The 500 mark in Iowa and
Keokuk county is not many years in
the future In the years to come il
will require scientific farming to make
such high priced land pay but we have
perfect faith in such an accomplish
ment. an .s
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-17

81 Governor Shaw thinks that the dem
ocratic party in it's desperate search
for an issue will clutch at last at the
Porto Rican question. This will make
"a mighty poor issue. but it is probably
sthe only ghost of one that hovers over
the graveyard of democracy. s.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-17

Hon. g. S. Gilbertson, of Forest
City. is being strongly pushed by his
friendly for state treasurer. Mr.. Gil
aoertsbn is capable man, a sterling
republican, and will make a good can
vaSs for the nomination.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-17

Judge Steck didn't want the demo-
5cratic nomination for congress from
this district. Very few democrats are
anxious to put themselves in the path
8pf next November's anti-Bryan cyclone.