Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-04-29
duty as he is able to see the line and
giving the country clean, business
like administration.
No Doubt of Position,

No Doubt of Position. y
Nobody in Washington doubts but |
that Theodore Roosevelt is President. |
1t is becoming well-known and an
expected fact that the President will
not palliate any wrong-doing in official
life or the suspicion of such wrong-do- |
ing. 1t will not make particle of
difference whether it is the governor
of a territory or the judge upon the
bench or the lieutenant general of the
army, commanding the nations ar
mics. If he commits public offense
or is guilty of an improperly, he is
going to hear from the President and
there will be no trace of ambiguity in
the observation of the executive.
Miles Mum AS An Oyster.
Just at present the Miles episode APP
pears to be in status quo. AS mat
ter of fact the President told General
Miles in plain language that if he and
their mouths shut he would permit the
| general to remain upon the active list
until next fall when he would be retired
under normal conditions. AS result
General Miles has become an oyster
and the matter has been permitted to
drop.
Iowa Stands With Roosevelt.
The consensus of opinion among To-
wa congressman is that the President
| did precisely the right thing in admin
istering rebuke to General Funston.
He is very brave man and an able
general but he is not paid to tender
gratuitous and insulting advice to Uni
| ted States senators, publicly, even
though the senator may actually be
open to severe censure.
Yeomans to Launch Yacht.
Judge Yeomans, formerly of Sioux
City, who is member of the inter.
state commerce commission, located in
Washington, AND whose Iowa friends
Iihaugurated a little Presidential boom
for him in January, is about to launch
a fine large yacht upon the Potomac
The yacht is of the vapor type and one
of the finest craft, so river men say
upon the Potomac. She is about fifty
feet long and is built upon very grace
| full lines. Her cabins, which are large,
AID airy, are elegantly fitted up and
are laodels of comfort. She has sleep
ling accommodations for several per-
sons and has all the conveniences
found aboard a modern yacht. Judge
), yeomans has recently purchased a
large tract of land in Virginia conve-
nient to the capital, upon High Point"
on Occoquan bay, which he is having
beautifully fitted up as country resi-.
l dence. The yacht will be used to con-
vey Judge Yeomans between Washing
: ton and High Point"
Yeomans' Boomlet Premature.
, The presidential boom started by
/ Judge Yeomans' friends in Iowa, was
the victim of indiscretion. The winter
is no time to inaugurate such tender
plant as a presidential boom and only
l the most hardy are able to Withstand
. tho rigors of adverse storms and frigid
, climate. In the case of Mr.. Yeomans
his boom froze up stiff before it got
we'll started east Judge Yeomans
however, is content. He never aspired
l. to be the democratic nominee for Pres
e ident although the favorable copsidera
f tios of his name by Iowa democrat:
g was gratifying to him.
Social Tempest in Progress.
). A social riot of the first magnitude,
o has been In progress in Washington
). the past week and Iowa women il
g Washington have been taking hant
: in modest sort of way The tempest
q is the RESULT of an alleged proclama
+. ton by Mrs. John Hay, wife of the
a secretary of state naming those wo
, men who will be expected to call upol
+ Nine. Cambon. wife of the French am
I bassador, following her arrival il
a Washington. 1t was stated withou
!, any "ifs" or lands" in a morning pa
- per that the list would include onl
|, wives of cabinet officers, justices O
,. the supreme court and senators.
k Representatives Wives Left Out.
l. Wives of representatives in con
n gress were not included in the lis
IS promulgated and there has beef
+ something doing" in social circle
y this week. The atmosphere has beer
D. warm without in consequence of tn
a. approach of the heated term, but i
n has been very cold out of doors con
pared with the temperature indoors
n About 213 above, Fahrenheit, repre-
s sents about the mark. The wome
T. have been hopping" and little els
g than the assumption of Mrs. Hay ha
IS been discussed. Conversation wit
d Iowa congressman develops the fac
that the Iowa women have taken
hand and are not backward in givin
expression to their views concernin
o. the propaganda.
d Absurdity of Plan Apparent.
t. The utter absurdity of the pla
lie must be apparent to the novice in sc
cial affairs. Upon the basis propose
"a the wife of the speaker of the hous
to Mrs. Henderson, would not be perml
a. ted to call upon Nine Cambon. TIL
n. wife of Congressman Hit of Illinoi
chairman of the house committee o
foreign relations, committee su
n. tanning the closest relations with a
10 diplomats, would be barred.
", &c Society Is Angry.
is The matter of calling upon MN
n Cambon is regarded as OF slight II
" portance. 1t is not likely that or
in congressman's wife in ten would ca
lie were they free to do so, but the allie
IL. ed assumption of Mrs. Hay, in ca:
IN she has arranged or sanctioned such
rs program. has, simply made congre