Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-08-21
Congressional Fights in Two Dis
tricts Being Watched.
SECOND is THE MOST EXCITING
Solid Republican Delegation, However,
Is Confidently Predicted From the
Hawkeye-May Not Reach the Dig
nifty of StruggIe-other News.
Washington, D. c., Aug. 20.

w u. ", aug. ~.
Here in Washington considerable in
terest is taken in probable congress
sional fights out in Iowa this fall. The
most spectacular fight seems to be that
of Henderson VS. Boies, and the strug-
gle in the second district where lead
ers have rot yet been chosen Mr..
Boies' chances against Mr.. Henderson
are not regarded seriously, but in the
second district matters are regarded
as little more exciting. The demo-
Gratis are persistently claiming at least
two congressman from Iowa and it is
known that the second is one on which
they have their eyes. The democrats |
feel that they have fighting chance i'll
the second and it is stated that their
nominee will depend largely on the
sort of a man whom the republicans
nominate.
Said prominent politician today
who is we'll up on Iowa matters: III
don't think there is much doubt but |
that we will have our solid delegation
back from Iowa again, but we never
theless have to admit that there is go
ing to be another warm fight in the
second district. The trouble is that
the democrats feel that this is their
district anyhow. 1t was originally in,i
tended to be a democratic district ana
even the republicans never had much
hope of it until later years. The state
was redistricted at the time when it
was a question of having one demo
cratic district or three very close ones
and the second was really planned to
be a concession to the democrats. In
recent years, however, it has been
brought into the republican ranks. 1t
has become more of republican dis
trict and then too, the silver agitation
had considerable to do with the
change. The second has many sub
stantial German residents and they
are as a rule opposed to the free coin
age of silver. However, this same
class of citizens enjoy prosperity and
they know that there has been plenty
of prosperity under republican rule, so
| it is a question whether the democrats
can gain back much that they have
lost even by the nomination of gold
| democrat, which it is rumored they are
contemplating"
The rumor that Aguinaldo is coming
| to the United States on a lecture tour
under the auspices of the anti-imperial-
| lists is given quite little credit in
Washington. Since his release at
the time of the amnesty procla-
nation, Aguinaldo has been living
| quietly in Cavite province, and has
| been studying the English language to
prepare himself for visit to the
| United States. 1t is known that let
| ter has been received at the war de-
partment from well known anti-im-
perialist inquiring if Aguinaldo will
be permitted to come to the United
States on lecturing tour. The Off
Gals of the department are of the
opinion that should Aguinaldo desire
to do so they can not prevent him
from coming to the United States as
he was included in the terms of the
amnesty proclamation and has enjoy
ed absolute freedom since his pardon,
July 4.
Roosevelt and Yates" is an echo
which comes from Illinois as a sug-
gestion for the 1904 ticket. Some peo-
pie, however, are unkind enough to
remark that it is put forward as a
convenient way of shelving Mr.. Yates.
If he is doomed as a candidate for
vice-president he can not, of course,
accept the denomination for governor
and there are some people who seem to
desire this last state of affairs. This
is about the first talk of ''vice-presi-
dent" that has struck Washington.
The government big project of
having pneumatic mail tubes for car
rying the mails in large cities has
reached the point where bids for the
construction of these tubes have been
asked for and received The cities
where it is proposed to install the SER
vice are Washington, Boston, Brook
Ign, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago
and st. Louis. The bids range from
SIS 900 per mile to 100000 per mile
and both 10-inch and S-inch tubes were
suggested. The service is to be estab-
lished very soon in Washington be-
/, tween the general postoffice and those
) at the house and senate. 1t will be a
: wonderful improvement over the old
plan of collecting mail by man and
) horse.
. Many of the navy officers are griev
ing considerably over the putting out
~
Mantle cruiser, Vesuvius. So much
was expected of this craft that il
seems a shame to see all hopes dwin
die down to nothing. The Vesuvius
!. has been lying idle and it has beer
costing $4,000 a year to keep her thai
way, so something had to be done. The
little boat had an suspicious launching
:, She surprised everybody by develop
!, ing speed on her trial trip of more
$ than % knots an hour. Her speed ant
y her ability tc sneak around among BIZ
u battleships without being seen showed
u up much stronger than her greatly her
u aided destructive ability The Vesu
: vius armament consisted Of three 10
u inch tubes from which great shells
= filed with dynamite We're shot by al
!. pressure. 1t was thought that the boa
= would just knock to smithereens any
= thing she got close to, but she proved
>. disappointing during the Spanish war
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