Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-03-18

1T Is understood Mr.. Updegraff, who,
like Mr.. Blythe, lacked but a few votes
sufficient to nominate him four years
ago, Mr.. Haugen holding the balance
OF power and ultimately securing the
strength of Updegraff, will not again
be a candidate, although ready to re-
sist the Entertainments of Mr.. Blythe
to secure Clayton county. 1t is likely
Mr.. Haugen will be strong in Clayton.
1t is quite probable that State Sen
ator Trewin of Allamakee. would en-
ter the race, and in case he did there
would be something doing, but it is I'M
derstood he will soon remove from
the fourth district and is not therefore
included in the lists.
Mr.. Haugen says he has no knokl-
edge as to when the convention will
be called and is leaving that question
for the republicans of the district to
determine.
National Banks to Ask Extension of
Charters.
The charters of a considerable num-
Der OF Iowa national banks will ex-
pire July l, 1902, and Iowa senators
and congressman are in receipt of
many letters from those interested
asking for the enactment of legisla-
ton extending the act under which the
charters were granted. A bill has al
ready passed the senate and will be
taken up in the house providing for
a further extension of twenty years to
all national banks coming within the
provisions of the act of July /, 1882.
There does not seem to be any ques-
ton but that the bill will become a
law.
Iowan in Washington.
Major w. S. R. Brunette and daugh-
ter are in Washington. enroute to Au-
gusta, Maine. Major Brunette will be
remembered as the founder of the Or
phans home at Davenport and Des
Moines. For several years he has had
charge of a similar institution at Nash
vile, Tenn, and now goes to Augusta,
Maine, to assume control of an or
phans' home.
A Supposition.
An Iowa official who has not vet got
his bearings on the Cuban sugar prop
osition, throws out this suggestion
which is likely to add to the troubles
in the premises: Suppose the house
shall pass a measure granting a con
cession of 20 per cent reduction of the
Dingley tariff rates on sugar, and the
bill comes to the senate and a demo
cratic senator makes inquiry as to
who owns this sugar in Cuba, and up
on investigation it appears it belongs
to the trust? The effect of such leg
islation would be to not only let sugar
in at a 20 per cen reduction. but put
the twenty per cent in the pocket of
the trust
The statement is made in certain
well-informed quarters that this is the
precise situation; that the trust prac-
tically has its hands upon the bulk of
the sugar in Cuba at this time. I'm
der such conditions legislation of this
sort would be extremely embarrassing
to the republican party. Under the re-
bate system, proposed by Tawney, it
is asserted such a steal would not be
possible.
Senate Watching.
The senate is undoubtedly watch.
ing the sugar embroglio in the house
with keen interest, but the members
of the "deliberative" body do not seem
on the proposition. 1t is impossible
W luuuCe auyIulhS lhe d uellIite eA-
preston of views on the subject.
Praises Mclean.
A member of the committee on pub
lie buildings and grounds in the house
informed your correspondent that the
best speech in which the merits of a
town We're presented thus far made
before the committee was that O
President Mclean of Iowa City.