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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-09-24
DESERTED BY LABOR.

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In his opening speech at Denison J.
B. Sullivan said. ''The democratic par
ty has been the friend of labor since
the organization of our government.
When the laboring people desert it, it
will not only be cold day for democ-
racy, but the same for the laboring
men,"
In commenting upon this statement
of Mr., Sullivan the Davenport Repub-
lican recalls the fact that in 1892 ''the
democrats told labor that it was pay
ing too much for what it purchased, be-
cause of the duty on imported goods.
Was not labor then deceived? Surely
the years of business depression and
lack of employment are sufficient eyi-
dence to this fact. The Republican then
pertinently remarks that the man who
will deceive friend is no friend of the
man he deceives." 1t is this same de-
ception that the democratic party is
trying to work this year, and on which
it will base it's claim for the support OF
the laboring men next year.
The laboring men realize this and
have already left the democratic party
with it's visionary theories for his ben
eft and have taken tn the practical ant
| well tried doctrine of the republican
party. To this policy of protection
from competition with the cheap labor
of foreign countries he proposes tc
look in the future for his material ben
eft and all the high sounding phrases
of the democratic spell-binders will
not change his purpose in this matter
In conclusion the Republican says:
Candidate Sullivan says that wher
the laboringmen desert the democratic
party it will .'be a cold day for democ
racy." The cold day is here. Labor
| ingmen have deserted that party, ane
have gone for good No party is tht
| friend of the laborer which advocates
principles that cut down the volume
of earnings or make it impossible fol
men to secure employment. This is nj
friendship, and Mr.. Sullivan knows it
Under present policies the democratic
party cannot reasonably expect thu
friendship of American wage earners
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-09-24
wheat and good crops generally the
prosperity of continued prosperity in
the United States is first class.
STORIES REToLp.

.
Philadelphia Ledger,-The following Incl
dent is told of a popular and well-to-do
tron of the Wagner institute branch OF the
free library:
j am going to the country. Miss Blank
he said to the unglady at the desk, land
want to take couple of interesting novels.
but i can't make up my mind which two
to select Couldn't you help me out?'
II am afraid my selections might NOT
prove interesting to you," replied Miss
Blank.
Just pick out two books for me, and
I'll guarantee to like them" he rejoined.
CALAMITY.
Have you read Barrie's or Reade's nov.
els?' she asked.
No: get me one of each, and I'll be sat
isfed," he replied.
She selected two and handed them to her
sponseless acquaintance, who after warmly
thanking her for the favor she had done
him, turned up the backs of the books and
read these titles:
when Mans Single"
ut is Never Too Late to Mend.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-09-24
HOW TO SAVE THE CORN.

Des Moines Capital-D. A. Kent, of
Jewell, states that-'if the farmers
would just go into their fields and pull
back the husks off the ears of corn,
their corn would quickly ripen." Mr..
Kent is undoubtedly correct, as he is
a recognized authority upon agricultur-
al matters. But the thought with
which we are most impressed is the in
effable joy which must fill the soul of
a farmer boy as he contemplates the
job of going out into the immense corn
fields during this damp and cherries
weather and pulling back the husks on
thirty or forty acres of corn. Next to
turning the grindstone we can imagine
no more enchanting prospect to the av-
erage American youth.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-09-24

have directed the affairs of the board
over 100000 bonded and floating in
debtedness, largely the result of
methods used by previous democratic
boards, have been paid off. County
records will show that it's business is
in better condition today as the re-
suit of the business methods of the
republican board of supervisors, than
it has been for years.
Wapello county people are satisfied
with the businesslike manner in which
county affairs are conducted, and they
are pleased with the work of their rep
resentatives in the state legislature
as the democrats will become aware
when the result of the election is an
nounced
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-09-24
A HINT TO YOUNG MEN.

Fremont Tribune.-Young man,
preserve your self respect. And re.
member, you can't do it by either open
ly or secretly violating the laws of
good morals. Keep your actions OF
such kind that you will never feel
uncomfortable in the presence Of good
men and so you can always look them
in the eye When you lose faith in
yourself land you are bound to do SO
if you are unworthy, for you can't de.
ceive yourself), your chance for sue.
cess is life is very much diminished
1t is handicap you will find difficult
to overcome and one you should not
voluntarily impose.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-09-24
AFFLuENcE AND POVERTY.

Iowa Falls Citizen-If some statis-
tician would tell how many ragged
children will become prey of broth
els and prisons, how many children
will live the lives of brutes and dew
lis, how many ruined women, once
innocent girls, now walk the streets
of Christendom, lost, lost. lost, how
many staggering drunkards, how
many immoral souls Gagged in dens of
iron and stone, how many tired souls
battling in hunger and poverty, how
many frivolous, selfish butterflies and
dudes of fashion who eat that which
they do not earn, if some statistician
could do this, a tolerably definite
idea of the product of affluence and
poverty could be obtained.
Not that trouble does not emanate
from every walk of life, but the bulk
of it comes from the froth and the
dregs, riches and poverty The great
main current constitutes the backbone
of civilization. the substance of hui
man virtue. The man who labors for
living builds for himself and fam
lily home, and lays aside compe-
tence for old age, is seldom found be-
hind prison bars. His children are
seldom occupants of brothels or dens
and dives. His family possess super.
ior virtue.
Between afflence and poverty there
is a yawning gulf spanned by few
bridges. All the laws and devices OF
men and the schemes of dreamers and
philosophers have failed to fill the in
teryening chasm.
Sometimes a poverty stricken
wretch climbs the heights to wealth
and sometimes the rich suffer the
pangs of poverty, but about the only
bridge that successfully spans the
chasm is the simple Christian
teaching, Love thy neighbor as thy
self"
| The man who builds hospital and
conducts it for the poor has crossed
| the bridge over the chasm between
affiuence and poverty. The woman
who can enter some wretched home
and bring sunshine and joy has cross
ed the gulf between affiuence and pow
| erty.
The number of such men and WON
en- is exceptionally small, but theil
number, compared with the total NUN
Der of people, tells how near SHINING
man comes to living real Christianity
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-09-24
MR.. ROOSEVELT AND FREE LA
Dor.

The democrats Chicago Chronicle
under the above heading, makes the
following editorial utterance:
Abraham Lincoln's emancipation
proclamation liberated the black slav-
es of the country There is another
form of slavery now in the country
which excludes from the right to
labor all who do not belong to some
labor union.
President Roosevelt has taken the
the ground that no man in government
employment shall be deprived of the
right to labor for the support OF him.
self and family on account of his not
belonging to some labor union. The
open shop and free labor, he says,
shall be the rule in all the industrial
departments of the government.
His message to the labor unions, to
nonunion labor and to all the people
of the country is not less important
than Lincolns proclamation against
slave labor. The rules of employment
under the government will be pre-
cedent for all rules of employment in
corporate and private industries. A
great example is contagious. Com.
manding presidents have the force OF
law.
According to President Roosevelt
the government will not authorize MOI
sanction any sort of discrimination
against any competent citizen who
claims the right to work for wages
in any public employment. The labor
unions threaten to institute an or
ganized labor" crusade against him
to defeat his election in 1904. "Or
ganized labor" does not control enough
| votes in the United States seriously
to affect any election where the vot
ing forces of law and order are op
posed by the forces of strike violence
If, contrary to expectation, Mr..
Roosevelt should back down in the
face of organized labor" menaces
some other man will be found who
will take up the flag representing the
cause of open shop free labor an(
law and order and whoever carries
that flag will lead his party to victor!
at the polls.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-09-24

that should be remembered by the
voters. His proposition submitted to
the voters of Ohio is that ito be fit
agency for the execution of the peo-
pies will, party must have not only
acceptable principles, but also COM
mon belief and a common purpose
among it's members" 1t is pointed out
that there never was a time when the
democratic party had acceptable prin-
ciples and though there was time
when it had these other attributes,
that time is now gone by. g
This latter fact is as true in Iowa
as in Ohio. They cannot agree on any
proposition and cannot even tell what
the term democrat implies. 1t is known
that on all important questions and
policies there exists in the ranks OF
the democratic party the most irrecon-
cilable and sharpest diffez ences. More
hostility is shown in these matters
than in their opposition to the repub
lican party. The free silver men
claim they were buncoed out of the
victory in 1896 and 1900 by the aliena.
ton of the gold democrats. In opposi
ton the gold men declare that the
party Wdo iiSCISulItu ny lllc SASCIllSs
who gained control in 1896.
Here in Iowa these differences are
marked by the very conditions under
which the campaign is being made
After a bitter fight between the gold
and silver men in the convention a
platform repudiating the party's ma
tional declaration was adopted and
then the delegates turned squarely
about and chose a man, known to be
! an advocate of the silver idea, to lead
their fight this fail. Such dissensions
would Of themselves paralyze all eff
forts, should the party be returned tc
power, and would result in greater
| disaster than was experienced in 1893
No Iowan, who is honest with him
self, will admit that he desires to see
a return of such conditions as then ex
listed. This being the case every
voter should carefully consider the
| policies that are presented this veal
and remember that vote for Jerry
Sullivan this fall means so much sup
port for the doctrines which the coun
try has found SO calamitous.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-09-24
THE TEXT OF LOVE.

Text was, Glove one another,''-an' I
looked at Sally-sweet
AS the very whitest daisy In golden field
of wheat!
An the preacher-grim an wise,
Took his glance from off the skies,
An looked our way, where heaven was
a-shine in Sally's eyes!
Still he cried: Glove one another!' an q
voice came whisperin'. too;
You had better heed the lesson! He's a,
preachin right at youi"
Love your neighbOr fur an wide
Let no sweet love be denied
An / knowed my. sweetest neighbor was
a-settin' by my side!
An goin home, asked her In keerless
sorter way
"You think we orter foller the text we
heard today?"
An she told me-s'Yes" an then
Heaven come down to earth again.
An my heart kept time to music an my
spirit said, Amen"
IF. L. Stanton in Atlanta Constitutions
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-09-24
REPUBLICAN COUNTY TICKET.
PROTECTION FOR THE WORKING
MAN

In commenting on the tariff talk of
j. B. Sullivan at Denisoh, the Du-
buque Telegraph Herald (dem.)
says:
''He defines the tariff as class
measure. 1t is that and more. 1t is
q small class measure. 1t takes from
the millions who have little and gives
to the few who have millions. 1t de-
MES equality and breeds trusts, whose
officers in turn corrupt legislators to
continue it on the statute books. The
parent of the tariff says it is for the
American workingman. But that pa
rent, which is the republican party,
does not give the workingman the
Legislative protection it gives the
American monopolist. 1t renders i'm
possible the presence of foreign made
goods that would bear down the
price of American made goods, but
it does not render impossible the
presence of foreign labor that bears
down the price of American labor"
The trouble with this comment of
the Dubuque paper is that the entire
proposition is not stated, and even
the part given is distorted to serve
the purposes of democratic doctrine,
BY this very fact the conclusions can
not hut be wrong.
First of all the charge that pro
tectiye tariff is a class measure is not
borne out by results Such tariff
infuses confidence into the business
of the country and trade is expanded
But this is not all. The increasing ac.
tivity in all lines of business creates
Ia 5o nc
work arising therefrom. The labor.
ing man is given employment for
which he is paid good wages. This in
creases his purchasing power for
things other than the necessaries OF
life and makes him factor OF no
little Importance in the domestic mar
kets.
In its. statement that American la
Dor is not protected, the Telegraph
Herald ignores existing conditions
The tariff law of the United States
does not protect the American labor
ing man by preventing foreigners
seeking to better their conditions II
life, from coming to this country This
never has been claimed for it. Blu
it does protect the laborer in more
effectual manner. 1t increases bust
ness activity and employment o,
the laborer to such an extent that thu
supply of men to carry on these ac
tivities is not adequate to meet thu
demand
Right here in Ottumwa there is no
an industry but could use more men
Competition in the employment OF la
borers is Immediately inaugurated an,
this has it's natural effect of causing
the various employers to bid highe
4 for the services of the laborer. M
more effectual or beneficial protection
could be given to the workingmen o
the United States than this, whicl
is the direct outcome of the adoption
of protective policies in the admins
tration Of the national government
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-09-24
OPENING OF THE OHIO CAM
PAIGN.

In opening the Ohio republican cam
paign at Chillicothe Saturday, Sem
ator Foraker well said that one of the
most important questions entering
into the campaign this fall was that
of the great broad question of choice
between political parties. A vote for
Herrick now means vote for Roose-
welt next year" This proposition
may well be remembered by the re
publicans of Iowa, that every vote
cast for the republican ticket means
an endorsement of the republican
policies and doctrines and indicates
an intention of doing the same next
year.
Well may the declarations set forth
by the Ohio senator be carefully con
sidered by republicans throughout the
country. Furthermore these truths
must be met and satisfactorily an.
swered by the democrats ere they can
have adequate reason to claim the sup
port of the voters at the polls. Demo
Gratis cannot truthfully deny the fact
that under republican policies we are
enjoying most satisfactory results
Our prosperity is unexampled. Never
has the country experienced such uni
versal business activity as is now
to be witnessed in all parts of the
country, resulting in the return ot
rich rewards to all classes. Right
here Mr.. Foraker aptly remarks:
1T is not our privilege, but oul
duty, to continue all this. And the
first step in the discharge OF this duty
is to keep the democratic party GU
Of power AS at present organized ant
inspired, IT is not fit to- be in pow
en-"
This question of fitness to govern
suggested by Senator Foraker, is one
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-09-24
THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION

The democratic convention held in.
Ottumwa Saturday was a tame affair
In fact there was nothing to come be-
fore the delegates that would tend
to infuse life into their deliberations.
One of the questions decided at that
time would have been more perpleX-
ing but for an agreement reached by
the leaders before the convention.
The only other matter which came
before the assembly was one on
which democrats never fail to unite.
The one was, who would accept the
party nominations, the other 1--WE con-
denim the republican party" which
never fails to appear in any set of
resolutions adopted by a convention
of democrats.
There was much reference to har-
mony in the remarks of the various
speakers, but this was to be expect
| ed in as much as the revival of the
| differences SO apparent at their pre-
vious convention would avail nothing
to either faction 1t is safe to say
that the sound money democrats still
| hold to their belief, while the free
silyerites have not given up the hope
of victory.
Smoldering underneath the appa
rently calm surface of harmony talks
We're burning the fierce fires of fac
tional doctrines, ready to break forth
at the first opportunity of hope fol
| gaining vantage. Such were the
conditions that apparently existed.
For weeks there had been much eau
cusing among democratic leaders as
to who the nominees of the party
would be. Name after name was con
| sidered, but wherever possible the
| victims pleaded exemption for bust
I ness or other reasons. 1t was not {
4 question OF who wanted the places
/ but one of who would accept. This
holds good for every Office, for al
though several names were put be
fore the convention for some of The
nomina lions, none We're eager enough
for the places to make fight
II In drawing up the resolutions to BIZ
| presented to the convention it ap
4 pears that the members of thu
committee were too enthused Will
the prospect of getting to use tn
we condemn" clause to use any car
1 in the selection of the things to b.
condemned Their lack of tact i
shown attacking the board OF super
Vtsors for what they term the reck
less expenditure of money" Evident
lily the committeeman forgot that dur
u ing the years in which the republican
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-09-24
SAVE YOUR MONEY.

Fremont Tribune.-Young man,
save your money, but don't let it be-
come master of you. Those who call
you "a good fellow" will do it because
you have money and spend it for them.
Neither squander it for those who will
desert you as soon as it is gone nor
hoard it as a miser. Only be sure that
you continually make little more than
you spend. Then you are on the safe
side. Be neither a good fellow nor a
miser. Strike an average between the
two
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-09-24
THE HANsENs.

Cedar Rapids Gazette.-The maker
of directory for Copenhagen an
nounces that there are $4,000 Hansens
in the city-one in ten of the entire
population. If the family of the orig
inal Hans could arrange to hold a re-
union they would just about require a
grand stand along one side of Iowa,
bleachers on the other three sides and
opera chairs in all the dry places.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-09-24

The Mt. Ayr Record believes the
growth of agnosticism is the chief
reason for the increase in the number
of suicides. THE old belief in account
ability to God and judgment seat"
SAYS the Record. sis fast passing
away. Suicide IS but little more than
the expression Of the worlds belief"
''And to think exclaims the Ida
Grove Pioneer that next year we may
be praying for rain"
The Sac City Sun has been unable
to discover in Mr.. Sullivan's speech
a single sentence arraigning the adj
ministration of Governor Cummins.
The Leon Journal reports that Col.
Hepburn who is already on the stump
in the eighth district. looks the very
picture Of health and has not been
troubled with rheumatism for two
years"
when congress gets through irri-
eating the arid west. what's the mat
ter with thing the lands that are too
wet% asks the Cedar Rapids Republi.
can. why not the one as we'll as the
other?"
Joseph Chamberlain is right in
England just as Blaine was right in
this country" says the Des Moines
Register and Leader.
The Cedar Rapids Republican says
the system of crop reporting is OF
little real help to the country, furnish.
ing information mainly for speculative
purposes. 1.-The farmers, in the end,
the Republican points out, have to
take what the good Lord has permit,
ted to grow. All the reporting does
not add an ear to the CROP
ut is better to have common sense
| without, education than education
| without the sense remarks the Iowa
Falls Citizen.
1 eff Cleveland was a bunco steerel
! in 1896, why asks the Anamosa Eu
reka, isn't Clarke, who stood witt
him and declares he has nothing tt
take back-why isn't he, a 'buncc
| SLeerer also! AND III ne is, why uoes
Bryan denounce one bunco steerer ant
uphold another?"
The Des Moines Capital says Mr.
4 Sullivan at least should be givel
1 credit for not making any bad breaks
about Iowa farmers raising corn a
a loss.
1t is the opinion of the Davenpor
Republican that bankrupt foreigl
duke or prince is not as good as al
honest American laboringman, and /
wonders that so many American girl
4 fail to see it.
Miss Bryan's engagement announce
ment forces the Council Bluffs Nor
pareil to tie conclusion that perhap
4 Captain Hobson wanted to an
couldn't.
!, The Winterset Reporter says tn
, Legislature should profit by experienc
and SO amend the inebriacy law as I
/ make it effective. The spirit of tn
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$1s5 PER ACRE.

Orange City Herald.-A 2O-acre farm
between Orange City and Alton sold
last week for $135 per acre, and the
owner was principally concerned lest
the buyer should want TO pay it all in
cash. He insisted that not less than
$4,000 should be left on the land The
buildings amount to very little.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-09-24
BUTTER, EGGS AND MARRIED
LIFE.

Shenandoah Sentinel.-A young
man, who has been married four years
told story to reporter for the Sen
tinel recently that he had not paid out
S. in money for groceries and cloth
ing together since he was married.
That their butter and eggs had more
than furnished these necessities. He
says they sold $152 worth of butter,
eggs and chickens last year. There is
no trouble for such couple to get
along through life all right.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-09-24
AFTER THE 1904 CONVENTION.

Des Moines Register and leader
eve are going to get the next republi-
can state convention for Cedar Rap
ids" said E. h. Swan OF that city, at
the Sayory hotel yesterday 1T is true
that ! am not republican exactly. but
i live at Cedar Rapids, and it is be-
cause appreciate the fact that the
town ought to have it and can get it
that | make the positive prediction.
That MrSwan had the courage of his
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WHAT is NEEDED.

Brooklyn Eagle-Our boys and girls
have smattering of a couple of dozen
ologies and can beat their parents at
sums and triangles; but they spell like
the deuce and their penmanship is a
disgrace to humanity. Less method
and more sense.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-09-24
A DEMOCRATIC SYMPTOM.

Des Moines Capital. - Mr. Brown in
discussing the gold-bug candidate for
the senate from Ohio declares that Mr..
Clarke's heart is in the right place.
That is undoubtedly true. The trou.
Bile with the average democratic lead.
er is that his liver is affected.