Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-17

one single statute ever enacted by
the American congress.
In this presence there is no need
to teach the doctrines of good money
and protection. But it would not be
out OF place to enumerate some of the
work of the first, or long, session of the
F1fty-sevsnth congress. 1t has repeal
ed the war taxes that We're levied by
the concurrence of all the people Of
the United States.
1T is true that there was some DO
litical sparring in the enactment of
that tax law, but the controversy was
not real. 1t was not a party measure.
Patriotic democrats stood with us
then-there is no reason why they
should not continue to do so.
Civil Philippine Rule.
Congress has provided a civil gov
eminent of the Philippine Islands,
and it is now for the people there, as
speedily as possible. to adopt them
selves to the greatest of all human
problems, that of self government.
The Isthmian Canal
THE Isthmtan canal has at last
been provided for and will hereafter
pass from the list of things hoped
for. Its construction is assured.
To Reclaim the. West.
"a scheme Of irrigation for the arid
west has been adopted, which it is
hoped will solve some of the difficult
ties under which that region has long
labored
The Indian Problem.
MANY bills for the adjustment of
Iperplexing Indian questions have been
enacted into laws, and long step has
been taken towards the final adjust
ment of the Red Mans problem by in
|dividual ownership of lands and the
extension of citizenship to the, aborig-
inal population. Whilst the socialists
and Henry George single takers nave
been urging the abolition of private
ownership in lands and return to the
national control of the soil, a steady
progress has been made towards rid
ding the Indians of the system of
communal titles so that there may be
the same incentive to individual eff
fort which has characterized every
Istep in the advancement of the white
race. The socialists have advocated
their doctrines as original They are
aboriginal and saborigines are turning
ilOpSluliy W luulNIuudliSIll.
Proof of Pledges Fulfilled.
1.-THE present congress has devoted
itself to the detail work necessary for
the legislation of the greatest nation
on the planet The case presented to
the country by the republicans this
| year will consist in exhibiting the full
fillment of our pledges of the past. All
the people need Go is to look around
them to see the proof OF the redemp-
ton of all our promises. The attempt
of our opponents to create new issues
has not been very satisfactory to the
inventors of these issues.
The Warning From Nebraska.
From Nebraska comes the warning
to stand by silver, but even the silver
mine owners have grown tired of that.
Party and the Tariff.
! sThe revision of the tariff and the
| conduct of the war in the Philippines
seem to be the things that We're most
in their favor at the date of the adj
journment of congress. The revision
of the tariff is not a party question in
itself. Party lines are drawn, how
ever, when we consider the method
of such revision.
For my part I think that when a
revision OF the tariff is made it should
be along republican lines, keeping as
the polar star the protection to Amerl-
4 can interests and American working
men.
Dire Effect of Wilson Law.
eve remember too well the dire
4 consequence of the Wilson tariff law,
Its ruinous effect was far reaching and
4 persistent AS the Irishman said about
the grippe, it takes You two years to
get over it after you have got well of
it." 1t is too soon for the people to
be deceived into another such an ex-
1 perience.
ITO give abundant employment at
] good wages and pay these wages in
4 the best money, are cardinal principles
of our party faith, and there is no ex-
pertinent involved in the matter. With
in the last few years the test has been
made that ought to be quite salts
factory to the voters of the whole
country. No republican tariff law has
; ever been sectional, but has taken the
same care of Massachusetts and Iowa
of Georgia and Louisiana.
Iowa Typical of Repubiicanism.
1OW d. icOhCu upOh l0Qdy
typical illustration of long continued
republican rule. Our state is out Of
debt and her local affairs have been
managed in a way to excite the envy
and appreciation of our sister states,
: whether they lie in the north or south,
) whether ruled by republicans. or dem
ocrals.
Praise for Cummins.
Governor Cummins is giving us a
business administration that will stand
the severest of all tests, comparison
with an illustrious line of honorable
, predecessors.
State Honored Nationally.
"In the nation at large our state
has been highly honored. With Shaw
and Wilson in the cabinet, Allison
and Dolliver in the senate, and the
gallant veteran Col. Henderson in the
) Speakers chair, we are not likely to
be forgotten as a state when the af-
, fairs of the United States of America
. are spoken of.