Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-05

Ottumwa the first of this week and {
proceeded to give him bit of his
mind, and ended up with giving him {
4 punch with the end OF one OF his
boots. 1t is pleasant for brethren to {
Iwel together in notwithstanding ]
If Candidate for Governor Phillips '
Of Ottumwa undertakes to kick all the
Iowa editors whom he suspects of
speaking slightingly OF him there are
grounds for apprehension that the in
terests of the Whitebreast Fuel COM
pany. of which he is manager, will suf-
fer from neglect of his personal atten-
Gate City.
Thos. j. Phillips, the democratic
candidate for governor in the recent
requested Bob Moore, as a
personal favor to himself not to use his
name in the OttumWa Herald, in any
way. Bob failed to comply with Toms
request and the latter emphasized his .
request by planting the toe of his boot |
on the capacious bosom of Bcbs pants. |
Now. if Tom will hunt up Lon Boyd |
stor and repeat the performance with |
appreciated-Bloo Democrat.
Thomas Jefferson Phillips, lately
the democratic candidate for COVER
nor, few days ago kicked Robert
II. Moore on the streets OF Ottumwa,
so the report says, but possibly if a
careful examination was made it
might be found that his boot toe did
not strike the streets of Ottumwa
but particular part OF the Moore
anatomy.
Then TO make himself fully under
stood, Phillips announced that if GER
tain things happened he would kick
Moore some more. Thus the case
standeth.
Editor Moore Of the Saturday Herald
| of Ottumwa has been brutally as
saulted by Thomas Jefferson Phillips,
the recent democratic candidate for
governor Mr.. Phillips had ordered
Editor Moore never to mention his
name in the paper, and on his refusal
to obey, Phillips meeting him CHI the
street proceeded to abuse him and
wound up by kicking him. Such is the
fresh evidence that the people of Iowa
acted wisely in turning Phillips down
and down hard. Such man would
make a pretty governor indeed. 1t is
enough to make even the democracy
Iblush.-Council Bluffs Nonpareil.
Mr.. Phillips. the democratic candi-
date for governor in the recent cam
paign, yesterday met Editor R. H.
Mooreeon one OF the principal streets
of Ottumwa and kicked him. The kick
ing was administered because Moore
had mentioned Phillips name in his
paper after the latter had cautioned
him not to. Mr.. Phillips doubtless
had other provocation than that his
: name was printed in Moore's paper.
But whatever the cause, he should not
have permitted his indignation to as,
sumo the form of violence. His act
eyinces a want of self-restraint which
! may prompt many who have regretted
his defeat to rejoice in it, In per
hitting his anger to get the better Of
his Judgment Phillips did more injury
: to his own standing than to Moore's
/ anatomy. Dubuque Telegraph-Her
aid.
Scarcely anybody thought the Hon
T. J. Phillips wanted to be governor o
, Iowa badly enough to let defeat sou
all the milk of human kindness in hi
anatomy and make him morose ant
pugilstically inclined. 1t was the con
!, census of opinion that he was broa'
/ enough between the eyes to know tina
= he stood no earthly show to be elected
ipfn ,,ni cir N, n
the advertising and notorety he woul
. get out of it. If he took his nominf
e ton for governor seriously he know
!, less about Iowa politics than peopl
supposed he did But ever since tn
day he met such a humiliating Wate
loo he seems to have brooded over i
and the more he meditated the madde
he got In casting about for somebod
+. to punish for the way things wer
of against him on election day, Mr.. Phi
lips lit on R. H. Moore, editor of til
Ottumwa Herald, as a fit subject fl
is his wrath. Last Monday afternoon L
~ met Mr.. Moore coming down sid
is street and proceeded then and thel
to give him a thorough kicking. tt
editor was taken by surprise or thel
ie would have been an exciting footrat
- on The streets OIL OtlulllWd. lie d
or ton of the former democratic can6
date for governor of Iowa shows hi
to be narrow and abusive. 1t wou
~ have been a terrible mistake to ha'
s. elected him to the position he sougi
Us Since the close of the campaign h
TX unfitness has grown more apparent,
Davenport Republican.
OPP Robert H. Moore does not wear
er- swalow-t tailed coat on working day
If. but he does publish a society, m
he chievous and strictly non-partisi
III newspaper. Once upon time N
Moore was a democrat, but the wa
of the party under Bryan have be-
en- too much, and Bob turned to socie
as for relief. If he had confined himst
is to society and society people,
er would not have been kicked, but
ed left their ranks and gave brief attic
ton to one Thomas ]. Phillips, W
by accident and by practicing jol
H. last August was placed at the head
1t the alleged democratic party. The {
ct, casion of his nomination was not stri