Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-08-05
ALL EYES ON IOWA
East Eager to Learn What Repub
licans Would Do.
ACTION ON TARIFF THE CAUSE
Washington Newspapers Gave Much
Space to Discussion of the Probable
outcome-Hear Rumor that Boies
May Be Congressional Candidate.

Outcome-Hear Rumor that Boies
May Be Congressional Candidate.
Washington, D. c.. Aug. 1.
All eyes have been turned toward
Iowa and the state republican conven-
ton in the past few days. All Wash
ington newspapers have been giving
considerable space to the doings of
Hawkeye republicans and the matter
has been the principal topic of discus
sion among politicians here. The pros
pect of the Iowans taking up the tar
if question was the cause of the ex.
element and the matter was watched
with the keenest interest. Before the
convention the Washington Post,
which claims to be independent, dryly
remarked: THE republican governor
of Iowa is toying with the tariff re-
| form dynamite and quite number of
statesmen are extremely nervous"
Then the Washington Star went into
the matter more extensively, saying,
There is likely to be lively fight in
the Iowa convention over the question
of tariff revision. Strenuous efforts
were made by some republicans of
prominence in the state to sidetrack
the issue and keep it from coming up
in the convention. Governor Cum
Minis, leader of the element in the state
favorable to tariff revision, threatened
to force the question on the conven-
ton and Secretary Shaw. Speaker
Henderson and Senator Allison all u.s.
ed their influence to try and head off
the movement, being inclined to doubt
the advsability of making a platform
declaration on this subject on the eve
of an election. Ire last republican
state convention favored any modiis
action of tariff schedules that may be
required to prevent their affording
shelter to monopoly Some of the
Iowa republicans were afraid to repeat
the declaration lest it might be con-
strued as partial admission that the
tariff is responsible for the trusts"
The Star concludes by saying, How
ever, the efforts for tariff revision
within the republican party are not
based on that assumption but upon the
ground that industries which have
grown under the protective tariff until
they no longer need high protection
should admit to a scaling down Of the
rate of protection"
Boies May Be Candidate.
A rumor has floated out here from
Iowa to the effect that Ex-Governor
Horace Boies may be candidate for
congress against Speaker Henderson.
Second District Politics..
The political situation in the second
, district is spoken of as follows in the
: Washington Post: work has been re
ceived from Iowa that the probably
successor of Capt. ]. N. w. Rumple OIL
the second district will be William
Hoffman, a prominent attorney of Mus
} catine. Mr.. Hoffman was endorsed by
the Muscatine county convention and
as the politicians OF the district had
conceded that Muscatine man should
| be the nominee, Mr.. Hoffman will
doubtless be a member of the Iowa
delegation in the next congress. A
nomination on the republican ticket in
the second district now days is con
sidered practically equivalent to cleo
ton. Congressman Rumple declined
denomination on account of pool
health"
lowans Desert Washington.
The Iowa bunch" has quite desert
: ed Washington just at present. Boil
{ Secretary Shaw and Secretary Wilson
[ are away and now Director of the Min
Roberts has gone. He left few days
ago for Iowa and from there will pro
coed to San Francisco on official bust
| ness.
odeIl May Come West.
; A rumor has reached here from Oys
: ter Bay that Governor Odell of New
: York has decided to quit politics an,
y go west. 1t is said that he will assum
an executive Office in the Union Pacifi
railway system at an annual salary O
100000 and that he has planned to re
a move with his family to Omaha
Watch for Anarchists.
u Although much of the talk about al
:; archists that was rife at the time {
- President McKinley's death has sui
4 sided, Washington officials have nc
- forgotten and are still very strict o
G the matter. A party of anarchists tn:
" have just been expelled from Turke
l. are believed to be coming this wa
and the commissioner general of INN
q grafton has sent out their photograph
# to officials all over the country with Ii
/. structions to refuse them admissic
If to the country if they appear. Anoth'
% action of the commissioner was to o
der the turning back of four recent
arrived Slovaks who stated that the
had come under contract to work
, the coal field of PENNSYLVANIA, whel
. the strike is in progress.
g. Queer Claim Against Government.
Uncle Sam has good many CLAIM
: filed against him but not many tn
reach the million dollar mark One
this size has just come from Cinci
natl. Two prominent Cincinnati la
yers are pushing the matter. The
represent Mrs. Elizabeth R. Rice, wi
claims the patent right of devil
which has been used by the war d
part,nent since the civil war for no