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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-07-18

in prohibition now as they did in 1883,
when the prohibition law was passed,
which the mulct law has since amend
ed for the purpose of exception. The
prohibition class, it must be admitted,
whether its views and methods are
practical or otherwise, is an earnest
and conscientious element. We doubt
not that prohibition is the strongest
principle that this element entertains
with reference to the politics of the
state. This element Mr.. Cummins
has repeatedly affronted, and he has
opposed it with greater persistency
than any other public man in the state,
republican or democrat. This paper is
not responsible that prohibition is
dominant in the interest of so many
good minds and consciences
throughout Iowa, but the truth must
be looked squarely in the face and the
important reasons for the earnestness
of this opposition pointed out Had
Mr.. Cummins conducted himself
through the trials of republican party
as did the. great majority of republic,
an leaders and politicians, no matter
what may have been his personal
opinion on this subject, his nomina-
ton for governor would not have been
a menace to the welfare of the party.
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Hon. David Brant, editor of the Clin-
ton Herald, is a candidate for repub.
lican nomination for lieutenant gov
ernor. AS such he has watched the
Iowa pre-convention campaign closer
probably than any other editor in the
state and what he says upon this sub.
ject is entitled to very careful consid-
Grafton. Elsewhere in this issue we
re-publish from the Clinton Herald, a
somewhat remarkable editorial going
to show the weakness of Mr.. Cummins
as candidate, as revealed to Mr.
Brant in his talk with the farmers OF
Jones county. The Herald presents
this feature Of the situation It says:
Because it believes that something
ought to be done to clear the situa
ton" MI. Brant then adds that he
believes '.It is within the power of Mr.
Cummin's republican supporters tc
clear the atmosphere, and by August
", have conditions such as to insure
him hearty and united support While
expressing this opinion, Mr.. Brant fails
to say how he believes it can be
brought about. The editorial is re
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-07-18

EYES ARE BEGINNING TO
OPEN TO CERTAIN PLAIN FACTS.
HON. DAVID BRANT IN CLINTON HERALD.

The Marshalltown Times-Republic-
an insists that the deep feeling against
Cummins is due to the 'damnable op-
position" of the railway lawyers and
their crowd. That will hardly meet
tbs case. Jones county is not a rail-
ma, county. Its delegation is headed
Ex-senator Ellison, who was decided
Independent member of the senate
"a has as clean a record as airy man
iii Iowa. Yet Jones county is bitterly
against Cummins. The writer made
the address at a largely attended cele-
bration at Wyoming on the Fourth.
and as the republican caucusas were to
be held the next day, there was consid-
cradle talk about politics. The farm
ers discussed the situation in groups,
and in all our experience we never
witnessed such deep opposition to any
candidate as was expressed against
Cummins. They objected to him on
several grounds. They called atten-
tion that he has not defined himself
upon the railway tax question. They
assert he has the support of several of
the railways of the state. They call
attention that he supported Boies and
many of them had samples of the
three Polk county tickets of the year
when Cummins was elected to the leg
islature, showing that his name ap-
peared upon the regular democratic
ticket and also upon a republican tick
ct, of an evidently spurious design.
Then there was the further objection
that Cummins is against prohibition,
something that Jones county farmers
believe in. The statement was freely
made that there were precincts in
Jones county where Cummins could
not poll 60 per cent of the republican
vote.
1t was very easy matter to call at
tention that the Jones county republi-
cans are supporting a candidate who
himself is backed by railway lawyer.
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]. Sterling Morton has brought an
old question UP to date by inquiring:
.'Shall We again press down the crown
of nomination upon the brow of Blab
and once more cruelty success upon
the cross of silver?" The Ohio demo
cratic state convention has answered
that question with emphasis by throw
ing populism over the fence, and refus-
ing to recognize that there is a party
by the name of Bryan living today in
the United States.
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and who is an anti-prohibitionist, but
that does not meet the situation. The
opposition exists among men whose
votes count, and whether consistent
or otherwise, whether based upon er-
rors or upon prejudice, when man
thinks he thinks, and there you are.
The weakness of such charge is
that it condemns the very men who
port. at least when the convention adj
journs. 1t will be sorry condition
to have the republican convention adj
iourn, with the brand of infamy upon
the brow of nearly half the conven-
ton, and that brand placed there by
the Cummins supporters. or at least
by those most heard from.
To show that the people of Jones
county are not prejudiced against
Cummins because Of railwayinfluences
it is only necessary to call attention
to the fact that the farmers who ex
pressed opposition to Cummins. gener
ally expressed kindly feeling towards
John Herriott, and the Herald has nc
hesitancy in saying that the Jones
delegation would be more than glad tc
support him.
The Herald believes that the situa
ton should be met by some other ar
gument than the charge that all feel
ing against Cummins is due to railway
opposition. The people know that such
is not the case. Large numbers OF
delegates already elected and who
are against Cummins, have con
seriousness within themselves that
they are not acting because of railway
or other outside influences, and hence
the weakness of the charges made
against them.
The Herald has no sympathy with
the assaults made upon Cummins by
some of his opponents. But that war
fare originated within his own dis
trict, in Dallas. Madison Marion ant
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ed that plaques in the form of epidem-
ic diseases were once regarded as Wis
itations from the Lord for the sins IF
the people. In later years it is known
that these ''visitations" were due to
unsanitary conditions, and scientific
methods have had the effect of largely
Graduating them. Because science
has not progressed sufficiently to pro-
duce rain when it is needed is not a
good reason for believing that every
drouth is punishment from the Lord.
grows any better than it is at present,
whether the people pray for rain or
not
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for the consideration of republicans at
this time. The article is as follows:

Mr.. Cummins is fortunate in having
a very limited public record SO that
his friends can claim almost anything
for him without danger of having it
disproved by any public act of his.
But in this matter he made record
while a member of the legislature
which cannot be questioned and which
unmistakable proves him to be the en-.
envy of organized labor and the friend
and champion of the trusts.
Mr.. Cummins, it will be remember
| ed, was elected on the democratic tick
ct to the legislature in 1887, serving il.
the famous session of 1888, when nu-
merous anti-railroad and antitrust
laws were passed. Mr.. Cummins
was consistent, able and persistent
opponent of this legislation. Senate
File 35, "a Bill for an Act for the Pun.
Iishment of Pools, Trusts and Conspi
racies and as to Evidence in Such
cases." passed the senate and was talk.
en- up in the house on April 9, 1888, the
day before the final adjournment. Mr.
Cummins offered numerous amend
ments to the bill. The first one struck
out all reference to transportation cor
porations. This was lost by vote OF
20 to 4S.
Another amendment proposed tc
strike out the words regulate or fix
in three places in the bill, referring tc
the combinations, pools or trust on
prices, and to substitute simply the
word increase" so that any trust OF
combination might exist if it did not
increase the present price. This was
lost by a vote of 10 to 81. Mr.. Cum
minis voted for it. This amendment
also proposed to strike out the word
ak" and substitute the word Gin
crease as applying to rates of insur
ances or the price for telegraph or tel
ephone service.
| Another amendment was offered tc
this bill which proposed to insert the
words cor for any services of any
character" in the list Of acts and com
modities upon the price of which any
combination Or agreement was to be
prohibited with heavy penalties. This
was aimed directly at the labor un
ions, SO that it would be illegal fol
them to fix scale of prices for the
services of their members. The bill
prohibited any corporation, partner
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is IT A PuNIsHMENr7

Is Ottumwa so wicked, and because
of this wickedness, is this community
being punished by Divine Providence?
The clouds appear in the sky, but the
rains pass US by and Ottumwa still
scorches and sizzles in the drouth belt
Down in Missouri Governor Dockery
has set apart next Sunday as day of
prayer for rain. Some of those who
have joined in the appeal to the COVER
nor to do this take the ground that
the drouth is sent as punishment of
the people for their sins. That theory
is little hard upon the districts which
are suffering most severely. They do
not feel that they are very much worse
this summer than in the old days
when it used to rain copiously-those
far-off days that are now treasured as
a delightful memory. True, Sodom
and Gomorrah were punished for
their sinfulness, according to high au-
thority, but we haven't any Sodom and
| Gomorrah now-at least Ottumwa will
not consent to stand as representa-
tive of those wicked cities. OF course
there is Des Moines, but we have moth
ing to do with Des Moines' badness
and decline to shoulder the RESPONSE.
bility for it. Besides Des Moines has
had some rains.
Then there is Cedar Rapids. If we
are to accept the theory of direct pun.
ishment by Providence, Cedar Rapids
must have been simply awfully wick
ed. For, it has not only had the
drouth, but direful smallpox scourgc
as we'll
The Courier may be doubling
4 Thomas, but it is inclined to disagree
with the good people who regard the
present drouth as punishment sent
from the Lord. The Good Book, if We
mistake not, says that the rain falls
on the just and the unjust. Likewise
both the just and unjust are afflicted
4 Dy the drouth, the one as much as the
other. There is such Woeful lack o.
4 discrimination in this method Of pun
4 ishmept that it is difficult for ordinary
practical minded people to believe II
it. The truth is that this is very I'm
9 even sort of world, full of yicissitudes
4 The seasons come and go, some o
Il them favorable and some unfavorable
4 In this connection it may be recall
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Warren counties, three of them touch
ing upon Polk. and all within trading
distance of Des Moines. majority
of the republicans, in two counties, de-
cided against Cummins, hence is there
any wonder that republicans in other
parts of the state are influenced by
the charges made?
The Herald presents this feature OF
the situation because it believes tnat
something ought to be done to clear
the situation. 1t believes that a
change of tactics can be effected that
will bring about better understand
ing. The great body of the Cummlns
supporters are liberal, clear-headed
republicans, and they should assume
control of the situation. 1t is needful
that they should do so in order that
when Cummins is nominated, as they
are confident he will be, this bitter op
position may be removed. Mr.. Cum
Minis will hardly want the nomination
with such bitterness existing. 1t would
be an empty honor 1t is within the
power of his republican supporters tc
clear the atmosphere and by August
z have conditions such as to insure
him hearty and united support. Il
must be recognized that the conven
ton is to be composed of republicans;
that republication is to stand vindi
Gated and mostly cordially Endorsed;
that populism, in whatever form i
may be found, is to be condemned ant
eradicated; that capital, whether II
the form of wages Of the workman OF
the millions of the manufacturer OF
railway stakeholder is to be fully pro
tected; that property. whether the
humble home of the section hand o.
the railways of the state, is to be equi
tably taxed, and that the past health!
administration of public affairs is tt
be continued The strong republican,
who are supporting Cummins should
assert themselves.
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cuMmINs AND LABOR.

The following article has been pub.
lished in the Des Moines Register,
Creston Gazette, Muscatine Journal,
and possibly other papers and credit
ed as an editorial utterance of the
Ottumwa Courier. This is mistake
as the Courier did not originate the
article. If the statements contained
in the article are borne out by the rec.
ord, it is an interesting presentation
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ship or individual and If this had been
adopted it would have read''to regu-
late or fix the price of any services of
any character" The violation of this
act was to be deemed conspiracy to
defraud and be kept subject to indict-
ment and punishment by heavy penal.
ties. The amendment was lost by a
vote of 25 to 40 and Mr.. Cummins vot-
ed for 1t.
One of Mr.. Cummins' present &C.
tive friends, James A. Smith, of Usage
now member of the state senate,
was then member of the house. He
moved an amendment to add to the
prohibited acts cor to fix the price OF
advertising or of subscriptions to
newspapers or of any other publica-
tons This amendment was lost by
a vote of rs to So and Mr.. Cummins
voted for it.
The friends of the bill, which was in
the hands of Representative A. Gus
ter, of Jasper county, and Philip Dietz
of Scott county, were persistent in
their efforts to get it passed, although
1T seemed almost impossible on the
eve of adjournment, In the evening
session, April 8, when little business
Is usually done. Captain Head, OF
Greene county, succeeded in getting 9
substitute adopted and this came uI
on third reading. Mr.. Cummins de
manded roll call on the third read
ing of the bill 1t was ordered read 6
third time by vote of 60 to 10, and
Mr.. Cummins voted no. The bill Their
passed by vote of 70 to IL, and Mr.
Cummins still voted no. He opposed
its passage in every way at every
step and recorded his objection to the
law as it finally passed. The senate
afterward concurred in the bill and il
became law.
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for I owe my present good health to it. I"
All over the country there are women
who have been invalids for many years,
suffering with female arrangements.
What boon to such women Is DR..
Hafman's free adVicel So famous
has his skill made him that hardly a
hamlet or town In the county but
knows his name. He cures tens OF
thousands, and he offers to every
woman who Will write to him her
symptoms and history of her frou-
bic, free advice and treatment.
The medicines he prescribes can be
obtained at any drug store, and the cost
is within the reach Of any woman. He
describes infinitely and carefully just
what she shall do and get to make Q
healthy, robust woman of herself.
Address DR.. Hartman, Columbus,
Ohio, for free copy Of "HeaIth and
Beauty"
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versing the judgment of $5,923 obtain
ed in the supreme court by Frank
Mowbray against Howard Gould, for
whom he had been valet for several
years, holds that there is limitation to
all cross examination, and that under
such examination no man can be COM
PEELED to divulge the secrets of his life
unless they are connected with or have
some bearing on the matter being
tried He declares that parties before
the court as witnesses have some
rights which the courts are bound to
respect, and that attacks such as were
made upon Mr.. Gould under the guise
Of cross-eXamination, cannot be made
upon ones private life. The opinion
contains the strongest language that
has been used by any New York judge
in years, and is concurred in by Pre-
siding Judge Van Brunt and Judges
Hatch, Laughlin and Patterson 1t
fully sustains the contentions raised
by counsel for Mr.. Gould, and holds
that the judgment must be reversed
for the following reasons: Because
the verdict is against the weight of
evidence; errors were committed in
the admission of evidence; errors
were committed in the instructions
given to the jury and also because
the trial court abused it's discretion as
to it's ross-examination of Mr.. Gould.
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spected as in the event of q republican
tribute freely. Corporations which I'M
der Mr.. Bryan's leadership have hated
and avoided the party as if it were
poison, will voluntarily come forward
with checks for large amounts, and the
party managers will have ample funds
with which to compete with the repub-
lican managers in corrupting the pur-
chasable element of the electorate.
The party in Ohio is now in a position
to vie with the republican party in bid
ding for the supports of trusts, corpor-
atoms and syndicates, and having
reached this stage the only difference
between 1t and the republican party is
the name. Both stand for plutocracy,
and the success of either will be the
success of plutecracy. Whichever
wins the money power will remain on
top, and the cause of equal rights for
all with privileges to none will lose. In
Ohio the party has again become what
it was before it was made genuinely
democratic in 1896.
The sinister import of the Ohio
movement is patent. Organized and
combined privilege and monopoly
would prefer, provided its safety is
assured, that the republican party
should not win in 1904. If it can
bring about the nomination by the
democrats of man who is secretly in
accord with its aims or whom 1t can
use, it would rather the democrats
should win. 1t realizes that the pres
ent activity in production and trade
cannot continue very much longer, and
that when the reaction comes, as come
it surely will, discomfort will be gener.
al and the people will insist upon a
change of party government. If the
reaction sets in before the summer OF
1904, thus making aidemocratic victory
quite probable, it will be well for the
money power if it can control the dem
,ecratic nomination. And if it shall
, control the democratic nomination and
the reaction set in after the election
it will be winner, because the super
fetal will then say that there are al
ways bad times under democratic and
good times under republican admins
tration, and at the succeeding con
gressieQal and presidential elections
they will favor privilege and monopoly
by returning the republican party TIC
control. The intent of the Ohio move
ment is to make it practicable for the
money power to name the next demo
cratic candidate. This done the trusts
and corporations will support him with
money and otherwise, and in conse
quence self-styled democrats who
care more for Office than principle
may have a chance to take the places
now filed by republicans and which
the latter would like to keep.
II the movement secceeds in Ohio
it will extend to and be equally sue
cessful in other states, and in 1904 thu
party will again be where it was il
1892, when it elected a president in tn,
: belief that he was democrat onl.
to subsequently discover that he wa
fraud and that the country woult
have done better if it had rechosel
General Harrison.
The time to prevent the success O
the attempt to plutocratize the demo
cratic party of the United States an,
!; insure the nomination of a plutocrati
tool three years hence is now, and tn
place is Ohio. AS the Columbus cor
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spectfully referred to all republicans
and in connection herewith. we re.
publish from the Creston Gazette, the
comments of Editor Paul Mclean up.
on the situation as found by Mr..
Brant
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-07-18

The Courier did not predict amiss
when it said that Mr.. Bryan would not
tamely submit to his snubbing in Ohio
If the Ohio democrats are not punished
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-07-18

In plain and unmistakable Ian
guage Judge Mclaughlin of the ap-
pellate division of supreme court of
New York, in writing the opinion re-
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well for their turning down of the Kan,
sas City platform it will not be the
fault of the Nebraska ex-democratio
leader.
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Cheer up. There are number of
cold waves in preparation for us up in
the polar regions. Just wait till they
get started.
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