Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-19
Observation-Disclosures
IOWA PRESS COMMENT

Observation-Disclosures
Is Free Silver Man.-"Mr. Phillips I
denies the story that soon after his
nomination he said he had been oppos-
ed to reaffirmation of the Kansas City
platform. This journal suspected the
veracity of the report and now its sus-
picions are confirmed. Mr.. Phillips
was not against reaffirmation and if
he had been he would not be so i'm
polite as to say SO when the admis- |
sion could not help and might serious
ly hurt his candidacy Such is the
statement of fact cinched by conclu-
sion, as found in the Dubuque Tele-
graph, and it is right. Phillips is a
free silver man, and has always sup
ported free silver and his delegation
at Des Moines voted for reaffirnlation
of 16 to Clinton Herald
An Answer to the Point.-Welling-
ton is no credit to the nation, but he
rightly placed.-Cedar Rapids Gazette.
That is an example of looseness of
thought and utterance. The senate of
the United States is, the most distin-
guished legislative body in the world.
1t is representative of a coordinate
branch of the government of the Unit
ed States with the executive and judi
ciai departments. To speak contempt
uously of the senate at this time is to
take the level of Emma Goldman.
There is no law in this free govern
ment against this sort of innuendo, but
il would seem every good citizen, at
such time as this at least, should
be law unto himself against such
thoughtless utterance, untruthful in
it's implication and mischievous in it's
temper.-Sioux City Journal
-
Should Not compIain.-The Monte
yuma Democrat, gold paper, not only
refuses to support Phillips, but is at
| lacking his private record. 1t says
the court records of Poweshiek, where
| Phillips brought action against his
wife, are decidedly against the demo-
cratic candidate 1t was hoped Phil
/ lips private life would not be mention
! ed, but if the democratic papers
choose to fight about it, they must not
complain if the republican papers give
the news features, without passing
upon the merits thereof. Clinton
Herald.
Things to Be Stopped.-This de-
mand for presidents to show them
selves to crowds and submit to the
/ danger of receptions and handshak-
ings by the mob. 1t is always dang
erous.
Free yawps by anarchists They
pulled nine anarchists in one house in
Chicago and three in another, and
jailed them The authorities have
known that they met in headquarters
and spouted anarchy in speech and
papers as dragons breathe flame and
their crazy vaporings were allowed
because this is the land of free
thought, free speech and free men.
But when people like Most and Emma
Goldman, denounce all government
seek to abolish it, and introduce chaos
in the wrecks of all laws and author
J ity,-talk calculated to breed violence
in weak heads and unbalanced minds
1t is time to stop such radical, dis
organizing rawlings by falling the fire
eaters.
Then what shall we do with tn,
, heightened gentlemen of "culture"lik,
Schurz, Atkinson, Quincy, ct al, VIII,
have thousand times in the last. tw.
or three years openly, by speech an
type, branded Mckinley a "despot,
l "tyrant," king" and all that sort 0
slush? Such talk does not affect san
people, but it does fire the dangerou
classes. 1t ought not to be allowed.
The statutes should make assault
< on presidents treason"
. We are too easy-going in this cour
: try We need to infuse into our go,
eminent more blood and iron.'-
3 Washington Press.
D Cousins RepIy.-Tmmediately fo
lowing the attempted assassination c
the President the Philadelphia Mort
I American sent the following Telegram
e TO congressman, editors and leadin
Q public men throughout the country
). DO you favor law forbidding til
entrance into the United States of 81
called anarchists and believing in til
l. destruction, overturning and subve
d sion of established government, an
o an amendment to naturalization law
making those principles disqualfic;
ton for citizenship"
Replying to this telegram Congress
man Robert G. Cousins sent the FOLLOW
ing:
4. Upton, Iowa, Sept. 9, 19O1.-Phil
e. delphia North American, Philadelphi
n Pa. Replying to your telegram, a
:, opposed to the admission of anarc
~ lists into any place except one, ar
e. without Stopping to look the matter u
Of have very grave doubts about the
70 eligibility there.-Robert G. Cousins
;. Bob Cousins always did have p
IS cnliarly happy way OF voicing the Sc
~ timents of his constituency-D,
Id Moines Capital.
- New to Mr.. PhiIlips.-Mr. Phillip
~ democratic candidate for govern
H. gave talk" to the Burlington Haw
is Eye and then forgot it. After cri
cisms began he denied it, but the &c
ial young editor of the Hawk-Eye Pre-
ed to Mr.. Phillips that the talk d
/. occur. Mr.. Phillips needs to make
40 memorandum, Interviews and non
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