Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-21

fails to avail himself of its privileges,
recognizing the fact that his wife
knows more about the house than he,
and is better able to administer its af-
fairs. 1t might be argued that this is
warrant for granting the wife hertown
| wages. However, 1t is not, for if or
der is to prevail, there must be a
head Of the house and the precedent
of centuries makes the husband the
head Until he grossly abuses the
privileges it should rest in him. Law
can hardly regulate the manner of ex-
penditure of household funds. The
temperament of the husband and wife
must alone settle this. On board
grounds, the person who does the
work should get the money, but the
wife comedies her husband as her lord
when she becomes his wife, and the
mutual contract entered into by them
makes him trustee of the funds. II
we We're to reverse this order, it would
be necessary to change the laws of
atrimony.-Dubuque Telegraph.
Cummins or Anti-cummtns.-
cording to A. B. Cummins' edict as
issued by him at the Polk county re-
publican convention every republican
in the state of Iowa is now either a
Cummins or anti-Cummins republican.
1t may fatter Mr.. Cummins' vanity to
think he has reached a position in
| the republican party when he can
safely declare himself the Lord Pre-
mier or Prime Minister, but thous-
ands upon thousands of republicans
of the state will deny that he has
reached any such height: or that his
works have been such in the party
that 1T gives him any claim whatever
to assume to himself the title to
which he lays claim.
The republican party in Iowa dur
ing it's lifetime has been loyal to it.
self and has not hesitated to set any
man aside who has not been faithful
to the party principles or to his trusts
1t will not at this late day stand still
while any man Is placing his collar
upon it. Mr.. Cummins, nor any other
man in Iowa, will be able to stand
upon a street corner and check off
republicans by the collar they wear.
We are willing to admit that covering
the past seven years during which he
has three times been a candidate for
United States senator he has builded
around him a strong faction. His
position as the Iowa attorney for the
Chicago Great Western has given him
powerful lever to draw to his sup
port such men as Carroll Wright, Iowa
attorney for the Chicago, Rock Island
and Pacific; Judge Cook, Iowa attor-
ney for the Chicago, Milwaukee and
st. Paul, and George Sewers, Iowa
attorney for Iowa Central These
three with himself manage the Iowa
political interests of railroads which
ramify two-thirds if not five-sixths of
the state. 1t is a powerful triumvirate,
aided as 1T Is by a vast army Of what
is termed local attorneys" All this
vast influence is managed and han
died from parlor G, Kirkwood house,
Des Moines.
Ae we have said Mr.. Cummins has,
during his long continued series as
candidate for a certain office, been able
to build up a strong machine, but we
deny that it has reached the "brass
collar" stage. Strong men like
Grimes, Harlan, Wright, Allison and
others have stood at the head of the
republican party in Iowa, but it is
not written in history that any of them
stood up in his own county convention
and proclaimed to the republicans of
Iowa that hereafter they should be
"collared" and known as "Cummins or
anti Cummins."
Already many republicans are get
ting tired every time they are met be-
ing hailed with, well, you are Cum
Minis man; or, you are an anti-Cum-
minis man."
Most republicans are republicans
from principle and expect their state
convention to nominate men of ability,
OF character, and men whose greatest
pride will be to faithfully represent
their party and carry into execution
the principles of the party.
There will always be contests for
the nomination required by the party
as very naturally all are not likely to
agree upon one man but let us hope
the time will not come when we will
all be iabeled.-Vinton Eagle.
Criminal Combinations. The SUI.
preme court of Wisconsin has Just sus.
tanned the old common law doctrine
that combinations and conspiracies in
restraint of trade are indictable. The
case grows out Of the somewhat cele-
brated dispute between the Milwau-
kee Journal and the News and Seuti-
mel OF that city. It Is claimed that the
managers Of the last two named news
papers formed conspiracy to ruin
the business of the Journal by a sys.
tenn of boycott against advertisers
who patronized that paper. They were
arrested on charge OF combining to
wilfully and maliciously injure the
business Of the Journal. The lower
court held that no offense had been
committed under the law, and that it
was legitimate for men to combine
for business purposes, although by
SO doing the business of others might
be injured, and that they might SO
combine with the intent of maliciously
injuring another's business if the CIR
cumstances warranted the conclusion
that the combination might also con-
duce to the business benefit of the
conspirators. The supreme court
says this doctrine is not sound, and
remanded the defendants to the GUS
tody OF the sheriff, directing that they
stand for trial.
At the common law conspiracy Is
an agreement between two or more