Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-22

as auCnenulc ana ndTIoWluS DIS the one |
that pictures Secretary Shaw and fam
lily at the bottom of the Atlantic.
Not Pedestrian.
Assistant Attorney General W. E.
Fuller, Of West Union, is rapidly re.
covering from his quite serious illness
of last week. AS a matter of fact, it |
is not thought that Judge Fuller was
as ill as he felt that he was. A few
days prior to the attack he went to |
Gettysburg with an excursion. While
there the judge fell in with an enthus.
last everybody who visits Gettys-
burg becomes an enthusiast-and this
gentleman insisted on seeing the
whole shooting match or shooting |
ground in the short space Of half a
day Judge Fuller is not accustomed
to walking His hotel is but three
squares from his office and he cannot
endure great deal of violent exercise
But the crank" as the judge called
him, was a pedestrian from Walker.
vile: regular seven Lacquer, and he
led Judge Fuller a merry chase over
hill and dale until the entire battle
ground had been surveyed. The day
was very hot and when it was done
Mr.. Fuller was tagged out. The next
day he was stiff and continued to get
worse until he took his bed apparently
affected with some sort of acute stom.
ach and bowel trouble which gave him
great distress.
The Pass Question.
1t will be recalled that the first of
last January convention of railroad
passenger agents was held to consid.
er the pass question. This was moth.
ing new or startling; these conven.
tons are held every year. 1t was an.
nounced at this time, however, that
something would be done at this meet.
ing That would "ho1d." The prophecy
seems to have been fulfilled The rail
way pass east of Chicago is very UNI
common thing, sort of rara avis as it
were. 1t is confined almost exclusive
ly to officials and employees of eastern
roads. presume that some congress.
men get them, but know some who
do not. | could mention the name of
an Iowa senator who paid his fare to-
Iowa. know of some high officials
who have scrambled lively to get the
free tickets and have finally paid hard
dollars for transportation. know of
two of Iowa's most prominent railroad
men who ordinarily would have a
pocket full of ANNALS, who paid their
fare from Chicago to Washington and
return.
Sees End Of che Pass.
The pass will gradually become
more and more difficult to obtain. The
tendency is toward consolidation and
elimination of competition and when
competition shall have been wiped out
the pass will likely go. There is prac-
tically but one railroad in Washington
the Pennsylvania lines. Why should
passes be issued when the railroads
have pooled and may just as we'll have
cash instead of good will? None, and
they are getting the cash.
Washington, D. c., July 10.
The people are likely to become very
weary over the deliberatioa attending
the closing up of the inter-oceanic ca
nal matter and the actual preliminaries
in the way of negotiations.
!. Will Take Much Time.
, / have had talk with a United
States senator daygor two since and
incidentally brought up the point of
time in connection with the Panama
proposition. was under the impress
sion that three months time ought to
be sufficient to determine the question
of title, but the wise senator laughed
at me. He said he should consider
that good progress had been made If
the title question should be settled
within one year. and he said he did
not believe it would be determined
within that time.
For Ample Deliberation.
In a project of such magnitude there
will be no person to say that there
should be undue haste in the negotia-
tons. Two or three hundred millions
of cash are involved (and Major La
-cey says it will be nearer billion
when completely to say nothing of the
political and judicial features to be
considered.
Fear for Clear Title.
Anyone who has doubts as to the
complications which will confront the
officials whose duty it will be to I'M
tangle the legal phase of the proposi-
tion, should talk an hour or SO with
Col. Hepburn, chairman of the house
committee on interstate and foreign
commerce. Col. Hepburn has studied
the problem for dozen or more years
and he knows about every crook and
turn in the proceedings. He has grave
doubts ii there can be any untangling
that should be satisfactory to the
United States. He. has said that the
whole business is so complicated that