Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-10

nave Taught anu convinced him OF the
error OF the 16 to 1 doctrine A few
laymen saw this long ago.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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Natural Hilarity.-An exchange
thinks the newspapers should quit max
ing fun of Candidate Phillips. But it
is so natural to laugh when there is
something real funny to laugh at. The
Ottumwa joke is no chestnut.-Clinton
Herald.
It's Up to Phillips.-The managing
editor of the Burlington Hawk-Eye
wrote and published an interview with
Candidate Phillips. Then the city edi-
tor of the Ottumwa Courier published
a card over Phillips signature saying
that he had no such interview with
the Hawk-Eye man. Now the Ottum-
wa editor is out in a card declaring
that he prepared the Phillips card at
his dictation and then submitted it to
Phillips and secured his approval, with
orders to "let 'er CO." What does this
all mean? Where are we at? Is it
to be inferred that both editors faxed,
or did the second one fake the card
calling the first interview a fake? Why
does not Phillips write his own cards ?
Or is he unable to write? Phillips
ought to get after these pesky news
paper fellows with his axe.-Clinton
Herald.
misunderstanding Iowa democrats
are getting sorely embarrassed over
the actions of their gubernatorial can
didate very early in the campaign The
situation promises to be very painful
for them before the November election
rolls around. Mr.. Phillips appears to
be built upon the voluble plan with a
penchant for loquacity which is liable
to assert itself at any hour of the day
or night. He rattles away in the pres
ence of newspaper reporters and then
when his thoughtless deliverances ap-
pear in print, so ridiculous do they
seem even to himself that the only
thing left for him is either to deny the
same in toto or declare that wrong
construction has been placed upon
what he undertook to say. 1t is quite
likely that Mr.. Phillips will soon re-
| ceive a quiet but emphatic tip from
democratic headquarters to try and
give his vocal organs an extended and
much needed rest-Des Moines Cap
ital.
And There You Are.-The Monte
yuma Democrat, paper that has been
steadfastly democratic these years,
will not accept the seat that is offered
it on the Des Moines platform. 1t
| claims to be democratic paper. The
Des Moines platform, it says, is moth
ing more nor less than pure populism,
and it wants nothing Of that style or
| stripe. The Montezuma Democrat is
with the other Democratic papers that
will stand firm On the foundation of
unsullfed democracy till the party gets
tired of wandering and comes back to
them.-Davenpoft Democrat.
Mr.. Phillips TroubIes.-Mr. Phillips
has been in trouble before. He was
president of the Ottumwa baseball
club for two years.-Sioux City Jour.
nal.
MIR. Phillips conclusion.-The OF
tumwa Courier is disposed to crawl
out from under the imputation that it
belongs to the class of fake" newspa.
pers 1t is due to the Courier that
space be given to the following:
T. J. Phillips, over his own sigma.
ture in the Burlington Hawk-Eye today
admits telling me the recent Hawk.
Eye interview was fake, but claims
he did not authorize me to use his
name over an article published Tues
day, August 81. l positively say that
l wrote the article in question in Mr..
Phillips presence. and after showing
| 1t to him. read it to him, signature
and all, and told him that would like
to publish it that day. He said all
right, and the statement was publish.
ed exactly as o. KID by Mr.. Phillips.
w. l.. Lane,
City Editor of the Courier.
Mr.. Phillips has evidently concluded
that the only way to get his foot out is
to swallow it.--Sioux City Journal.
TWeededum VS.. TWeedIedee.-If a
man sufficiently interested to take the
trouble We're to take lighted lantern
democratic platform which demands
equitable taxation of corporate inter.
ests, there is every likelihood that he
would get hold of the republican plank
on that question as soon as he would
the democratic:
In order to facilitate the search we
publish the two in parallel columns,
thus:
TWeedIedum. TweedIedee.
The democraticl The republican
party believes thatlparty will seel,
the burdens of taxa faithfully to guard
ton should belthe interests of
borne equally by allIthe people, to de.
taxable property.velop the resources
We pledge our mem.Iof this country for
bers of the generalIthe common wei.
assembly to formu.I fare, to levy the
late and urge Unnecessary taxation
adoption of suchIwithout bias or ia.
law as will competitor, and to secure
the burdens of taxa lthat just recoGni.
ton to rest on cor. Ition of the rights
porate and individu- of every individu.
al property alike,la under which all
! without favor or eX-lfind security and