Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-01
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
; IOWA PRESS COMMENT
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

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There are thousands of colored peo-
pie still living in the United States
who were held in slavery and who
were bought and sold as chattels. To-
such it will be specially interesting to
know that convention of the negro
bankers in the United States is to be
held in Buffalo in September To be
sure, their number is not large, but
there are enough of them to call and
hold q convention which is of itself
sufficient to indicate the great progress
which the negro race is making under
freedom.
One Only for Him.-When you have
named The Iowa State Register, Des
Moines Capital, Sioux City Journal,
Burlington Hawkeye, Cedar Rapids
Republican, Council Bluffs Nonpareil,
Keokuk Gate City, Ottumwa Courier,
Muscatine Journal and Dubuque Times
you have named the ten leading repub-
lican papers of Iowa. 1t is little sin
gular, isn't it, that only one of them
is for Mr.. Cummins for governor?
Mighty few of the old standbys are for
him.-Audubon Republican.
Democratic Harmony A Des
Moines dreamer has conceived the idea.
that the democratic state convention
will nominate John F. Duncombe, of
Fort Dodge, for governor and Cato
sens, of Vinton, for lieutenant cover.
nor. Fancy Cato Sells, who was loyal
to the democratic platforms and can.
didate in 1896 and 1900, playing sec,
ond fiddle to railway attorney who
was not in evidence in the contest of
either year. And fancy a democratic
convention nominating representa-,
tive of privilege and ignoring men
who believe in and have uniformly
and earnestly fought for the principle
Of quality.-Dubuque Telegraph
(democratic.)
Somewhat Ludicrous.-It is a we'll
known fact, attested by the Polk coun-
ty primaries, that a respectable minor.
ity in Polk county is not in favor of
MI Cummins' nomination. 1t may be
expected that some of these will go to
Cedar Rapids, to which city they can
doubtless afford to pay their way and
it is not likely that the Cummins' push
will amount either in size or import
ance to the consequence pointed out
in the strong talk prospectus. If Cum.
minis can get to go to Cedar Rapids
from Des Moines nearly so per cent of
those who voted for him at the prima-
ries it will be remarkable showing
of the potency of the railroad pass in
pouulcs, and those who have been look
ing on the alleged use of free trans
portation hitherto as something of a
joke will be forced to realize that af.
ter all something will have to be done
to efface. petty bribery of this charac-
ter. The size of Des Moines citizen
ship will also be guaged somewhat by
the size of the crowd which free
ride and the promise of something to
eat-and drink will attract to Cedar
Rapids.
This business. after all, is to be
looked upon as somewhat ludicrous.
The purpose of the proposed invasion
is to overawe and bluff the delegates
from the country to the repuL.lcan
state convention, and to have them
believe, by the number of passed up
neelerS and sWaShbucklerS fed at the
trenchers in a tent and irrigated with
beer from a tank, that the state OF
Iowa is burning up for Cummins. II
is broad and high idea to entertain
of the republican delegates to the state
convention that they can be Influenced
by that sort of crowd. But the idea
and the ideal is not without many pre-
cedents in the reform" propaganda
which will thus be drawn to a close
Creston Gazette.
No Flies on LATE Youna.-While we
may question the wisdom Of Hon. LATE
Young in his determined effort to pu1
A. B. Cumnins in the gubernatoria
chair, we do not for one moment ques
ton his honor or integrity in doing
business for the state. He may have
been paid big price for work, but the
state made the schedule to figure OF
and should pay it's own price and this
folderol about overcharging the state
S4,7O0 when state binder will hardly
hold notes. We like LATE Young, he is
an able man and if he could be spared
from the Capital, which is the best al
round newspaper il the west, We