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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-08-06

prevail in many of our counties are
considered intolerable. The present
laxity places premium upon corrupt
methods which the Australian ballot
largely put an end to so far as they
were practiced in elections, and there
is general agreement among those
who want to see fair and honest pri-
maries that something should be done
But there is no agreement upon what
specific measure should be adopted
If we could have what has been cal
led the "bob-tail primary" in Kossuln
county, and have it protected by the
regulations of the Australian ballot,
and require the holding of the pri-
marise of all parties at the same time,
it would be perhaps sufficient for this
locality. With delegates elected by
the free choice of the voters who sup
port the party ticket, and with cleo
pioneering banished from the polling
places and bribery prevented or pun
ished when practiced, the same as in
general elections, the party convention
would afford on the whole the best
method of arriving at the will of the
majority But the laws of the state
must define and punish offences just
the same as though committed at the
polls of an election.
1t is time for some measure of re-
form which will give the honest man
an even show for success in the pri-
maries with the dishonest man-which
will give the scrupulous man an even
chance with the inscriptions, the
man who runs for Office on his merits
with him who rms on his money and
who would not only infiict himself
upon the community as public of
fetal but who introduces the rule of
wholesale corruption in political af-
fairs, degrades our citizenship to the
low levels of Delaware and Rhode Is
land and makes Addicksism supreme
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-08-06
AGREE BEFORE CONGRESS MEETS

Chicago Tribune: 1t is the general
Impression that when congress meets
IN special session early in November
the President will recommend that it
enact currency legislation as we'll as
provide for carrying out the provis-
ions of the reciprocity treaty with
Cuba. At the same time there are
lntimations that there may be no cur
rency legislation, because the senate
and house cannot be got to agree on
the same plan. 1t is asserted that
each branch will have it's own ideas
on the subject and will not yield to
the other-that the senate will favor
measure resembling the Aldrich bill
and that the house is resolved to show
by rejecting that measure, that
1t does not take orders from the
senate.
Not all prominent republicans think
financial legislation is needed. Mr..
Cannon, who is to ne the speaker of
the next house. does not think it is.
1t is apparently the opinion of the
majority that congress should do
something. If that be the case the
party leaders ought to get together
before congress meets and agree, if
possible, on party policy as regards
financial legislation, instead of allow
ing the senate to elaborate one plan
and the house another. with a proba-
bility that neither will come to any
thing. while the individuals outside
of congress who think legislation
of some kind is needed will be disap-
pointed.
No plan can be devised which will
be satisfactory to all the republican
senators and representatives, but if
one can be formulated in advance of
the meeting of congress which will
be acceptable to a majority of them
much time will be saved and wran-
gle between the two houses will be
avoided
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-08-06
cuLTlVATINe BELIEF IN YOUR

A writer in discussing the value OF
self-confidence and the means by
which timid people may attain it, in
a recent number of the Woman s
Home Companion, by, way of illustra-
ton, recalls the observations of a
certain psychologist, who was expert
menting with chickens. His story is
OF timid chick and how it was train
ed to bravery points lesson to the
diffident
"The chick was so timid that it
ran from the least intrusion If an
other chick picked at him, he ran.
If he was jostled by his brothers
in the scramble for food, he with
drew from the scrimmage out of pure
fear. The psychologist set about it
to teach him to believe in himself By
enticing the other chickens with food
he made them run away from the
timid chick. Presently ne chick ran
after them; he believed that they
were afraid of him and courage
famed in his breast Little by little
he chased harder. He was so set up
that he began to attack the other
9 chicks in the front as well as in the
rear. He was so used to have them
run from him that he forgot what
fear was. He became a fighter and
in the end the others ran from him
in earnest. He was ne same chick,
SO far as his physical powers were
concerned. Only one sling had chang
ed, he now believed in himself, and
the barnyard was his oyster"
The illustration is indeed apt and
one from which many timid people
may gain helpful lessons. In the daily
struggle of this life it is necessary
that the man or woman entered there
in shall have certain amount of self
confidence. Believe in yourself and
the world will believe in you, is as
true as that the world exists. It is
the people who have been in thorough
accord with their mission in life, who
have had unwavering belief in their
work, that have been able to interest
their fellow men in their work and
make theem believe in it. Learn to
do something well, manifest the be-
lief that you can do that thing as we'll
as someone else and soon others will
recognize your ability.
We would not deal with over-confi-
dence that is sometimes begotten in
human beings, for THIS is but the OPP
posite extreme of timidity and is
equally as detrimental to the person
possessing that quality. Eliminate
the word failure from your vocabu-
larry, cultivate a belief in yourself
and your work, being always ready
to hear and value the suggestions of
others and others will have confidence
in you. Never hesitate to undertake
a work because you fear that you will
not succeed. Remember the old say
ing, well begun is half done" Grid
yourself up and go after what you
want and generally you will be re-
warded by getting it.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-08-06
AN IMPROBABLE CANDIDACY.

Des Moines Capital: The cores
pondent of the Chicago Chronicle has
discovered a well organized move
ment in the stae of Missouri to pre-
sent the name of United States Sen
ator F. M. Cockrell as a candidate
for the presidency at next years ma
tional convention.
Senator Cockrell is now in his sixty
ninth year. He is man of ability and
is probably as honest a democrat as
could be found in the state of Mis-
souri,. However, noted as the demo-
cratic party is for the making of
blunders, it is Incredible that the long
and melancholy series will be capped
by any such stupendous climax as the
nomination OF Senator Cockrell would
surely prove to be.
Nearly forty years have passed since
the last gun of the civil war was
fired, but even yet the time has not
arrived when one who bore arms
against the nation and the flag will be
accepted by any political party as
worthy of the honors of the presiden-
tial chair.
The Burlington Journal, democratic,
in discussing the Cockrell movement,
wisely observes: ct need not be said
that the bloody shirt would be raised
at the north, for it would not be neces-
sary to do even that. All that would
be needed to elect republican would
be to picture his opponent in a con-
federate uniform with the southern
flag above his head and he would not
get votes enough to be worth counting
between Maine and California" And
the Burlington paper concludes by
saying: Senator Cockrell is man
fit to be president, but the people of
the north will never forget that he
led men who shot down their flag and
their sons"
Republicans, eager as they might be
to take every possible advantage of
the opposition, will never look to see
the democratic party nominate a man
for president who became a major
general in the confederate army.
Surely there must be a climax to
the capacity for laundering even in
the case of the democratic party.
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HON. M. /. TEMPLE FOR SPEAKER

Osceola Sentinel: Clarke county
will return Hon. M. l.. Temple to the
legislature this winter for the fourth
term. Mr.. Temple authorizes the Sen
tinel to announce that he will be an
active candidate for the speakership.
He was prominently mentioned for
this honor two years ago. but refused
to allow his name to be used and was
mentioned four years ago but with
drew. Mr. Temple bases his claim
for the honor upon the fact that he
will be the oldest member in point of
service and that he will be candidate
of the entire party and not Of any fac
ton. So far the only contestant an
nounced it Geo. w. Clarke, of Dali
las county. 1t has been thought that
Mr.. Clarke, like Eaton, might gain
the honor by reclamation, but Mr..
Temple has a large following of
friends who are urging him forward,
and Mr.. Clarke can expect a lively
contest.
Mr.. Temple has a statewide repu-
tation as a scholar, as an orator, and
an erudite exponent of the law. He
represented Clarke county in the Goth,
2Sth and 29th general assemblies. In
the first, notwithstanding he was a
first term man, because of his deep
legal learning, he was made chairman
of the code revision committee. In
all these responsible positions as well
as his other labors, and he was prom
inent in all work that called for de-
batting, Mr.. Temple acquitted himself
with honor and credit.
He does not wish to enter this con-
test as a representiye of any faction.
If he wins it will be on the ground of
being able to present all classes and
factions in a fair and impartial man
ner The purple could not fall on his
shoulders more able to bear it with
dignity. He is gentleman of excel
lent judgment, with quick and intuitive
insight, and skilled parliamentarian
Mr.. Temples friends, both at home
and abroad would be greatly pleased if
the honor is bestowed upon the can
didate from the Eighth district.
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GENERAL WOODS TASK.

Sioux City Journal: General Wood
did some clever things in Cuba in the
way of civic accomplishments, but he
has done nothing which would incite
confidence in his ability to subiugate
the Moros. There are several millions
of them and as they will fight until the
last man is dead, we will be several
years in killing them all. For this is
really what we are going into their
country to do. Their domain is worth
nothing to us and they have no COM
merce which we can hope to get in ex-
change for the blood of our American
soldiers.-Dubuque Telegraph.
The Telegraph takes painfully mar
row view of the Mindanao situation. In
the first pace there is no reason to be-
lieve Gen. Wood will have any fight
ing to do there. We spent several
years in a futile attempt to persuade
the Moros they could gain nothing by
fighting us, and then Capt Pershing
gave them a few lessons which seem
to have brought about the desired re-
suit. But there are other things to
do in the island. The natives live
there in a state of semi barbarism
They are ruled arbitrarily by the sui
tans. They have slaves and practice
polygamy. Through no desire of our
own the island has come under the
sovereignty of the United States.
There arises the old question, what
shall we do with it? Presumably the
Telegraph would give the Moros their
independence. That would be, in fact,
turning the Moros over to handful of
sultans and perpetuating the condi-
tons that have existed there for cen
turtles. What we are going to do is to
take the white mans burden" and try
to introduce the light of civilization
into the darkness. This is the task
which has fallen into the hands of Gen.
Wood. He is not expected to accom-
plish it in few weeks or months, but
he is depended upon to make some
changes for the better His first step
will be to introduce a sort of civil gov
eminent in which the people as well as
the sultans will have rights, and under
which there will be regulations which
even the sultans may not disregard.
1t is a big task, but it is not mean
one. This government has had no
mercenary motive in asking General
Wood to undertake it.
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THE SIGNIFICANT STORY OF STA
TISTICS

A glance at the history OF the past
fifty years marks it as the greatest era
of development in the United States.
During this time the republican party
has been at the head of the nation and
its policies have been incorporated in
to the laws of the land bringing pros
perity and plenty to it's people. The
chief doctrine of the republican party
through all these years has been that
OF protection to the good wages of
American workmen and the develop
ment of home industries. 1t is a mat
ter of history that whenever this policy
has been a part of the national adj
ministration prosperity has been forth
coming and with its retirement in two
instances there has followed disaster
to industry lack of employment for
the workingmen, want and restitution.
Facts and figures prove the righteous
ness of the protective policy and if
this was not so it would be plainly
noticeable.
A review of the statistics for the
years 1900 and 1850 are instructive
and show the comparative condition of
industry. Factories in the United
States increased in that period from
IEo,VAO, W OlG,OOO. LII lCOU lllGIS WSIS
957,059 wage earners in this country
while fifty years later they had reach
ed 5,316,S02. The yearly product of
the industrial institutions of the ma
ton increased in value from $1,019,-
100000 to $13,014, 100000.
The product grew thirteenfold, the
number of wage-earners skiold The
production of coal in the same time in
creased seventyfold; of petroleum
more than hundredfold; of pig, iron
twenty-fourfold. and of copper thirty
fivefold. In 1850 the yield of cotton
was 2,333,71S bales and in 1900, 1885,
416 bales. Our railway mileage grew
from 9,021 miles in 1850 to 194,321 in
1900. In 1860 the tonnage at the 500
canal was 403,657; in 1900 it was 22,-
315,SS4. Exports of manufactured ar
ticles have grown from $17,5S0000 in
1850 to S433,8 900 in 1900. The gain
in exports of manufactures has been
from $22S, 100000 in 1896 to over $780,
100000 in 1908.
1t is entirely useless to dispute the
value of the republican tariff policies
in the face of these figures. They
show results that are altogether I'M
paralleled in the history of any ma
tons of the globe. Our workmen are.
the greatest producers as we'll as be-
ing the best paid of any workingmen
in the world. Their products are rapid
ly coming into higher favor among
the foreign consumers for their excel
lent quality. There is no desire among
those who are cognizant of these facts
to change the policies that have
brought such beneficial results.
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GENIUS.

Cedar Rapids Republican. - Car
lyle once said that genius is i'm.
possible until he comes. He might
have added in this connection that as
a rule he is recognized when he does
come, provided the opportunity is his.
Perhaps the most all prevailing char
acteristics of genius is that it accom-
plishes with perfect ease the things
that men yearn to do but somehow can
not do. The thing being done, the
world recognizes it at once as the ac-
me of perfection, the perfect express
sion Of its thought.
There was a little exemplification of
genius in one of the metropolitan pa
pers published on Tuesday. The death
of q pope would not seem to be prop
er subject for cartoonist. And few
were the artists who attempted to draw
anything more than likeness of His
Holiness.
There was one notable exception.
One the first page of the paper which
he serves there appeared a picture Of
the world, girdled by band of crepe.
There was not a word of explanation;
nothing but that round ball with it's
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-08-06
SECRETARY sHAW's tsREAT TRI-
UMPH.

Cedar Rapids Republica IN: The bond
funding operations of Sec sretary Shaw
closed on the 31st of last. month, and
the secretary has scored 81 new record.
Better results have atten tled his plan
than have attended any si ulilar scheme
undertaken by former secretaries.
Nearly six millions in flu hlre interest
payments have been save to the gov
eminent, and national ban hl circulation
has been increased abo,lt forty mil
lions.
Three and four per cent ponds to the
amount of $S1,000,000 h ave been re-
funded into two per ce1 1t securities.
When the secretary's ilan was an
nounced April 1, it was generally
prophesied that he woul 4 not receive
more than one-third Of that amount.
The secretary is said to be exceeding
ly proud of this transactio m, and he has
a right to be proud of it. His friends
are certainly proud for h i'm.
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TRADING ON LAWLEssNEss.

Chicago Record Herald. - A speech
by Senator Tillman is an infection at
best and such addresses as he is now
delivering are calamitous. Just when
the country is going through a period
OF extraordinary excitement over the
lynching Of negroes this mountebank
appears in his favorite role of tearing
a passion to tatters and behind his
simulated fury calculates cody upon
the impetus which he is giving to an
archy
Exhortations the very reverse of his
are what is needed, urgent appeals to
the people to live true to the traditions
OF their country and respect the law,
though Tillman is supposed to have his
antidote in Burton, the joint debate be-
tween the two men has nothing to com
mend it. It is bit of sensationalism
show for your money, between pro-
fesslonal dealer in pitchfork oratory
and a thrifty promoter who is prepar-
ing to run what he calls "a high-class
Christian exhibit" at the ST. Louis
Worlds Fair. In fact, if there is any
proper place for the performance we
should say that it was in "Jeruselam
on the Pike" where the mingling of
piety, sentiment and emotionalism
with the commercial idea would reach
a grand and most affecting climax.
But the platform theatricals are an
aggrayation Of real tragedy which all
good citizens must view with anxiety.
Through the insidious spread of law
lessness excuses for mob violence are
found not only in criminal assaults on
women but in murder. arson and theft
and in the mere accusation without
proof. One need not be an alarmist
70 feel that unless this decentralization
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-08-06

Iowa has the most delightful cli--
mate, the richest farms, the most intel
ligent citizens and the brightest future
of any state in the nation" &C larinda
Herald
We can agree with the resume of
Iowa's advantages excepting the most
delightful climate" part. Should we be
in error on this point, we will gladly
receive informs alton as to what course
of reasoning the Herald uses to arrive
at its conclusion concerning the eli
mate.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-08-06
CONVICT LABOR REFORMS.

Des Moines Register and Leader:
The legislature of Georgia is engaged
in bitter controversy over the pro-
posed abolition of the present scheme
of leasing state conyicts to work I'M
der private armed guards on the high
ways and in the fields. The Fielder bill
to stop this custom has once been de
feated, but has reappeared in the form
of substitute for the Steed bill to con
tinue the present system, which has
been in vogue in Georgia for many
years.
While Iowa has rented the labor of
its conyicts to contractors, and has
meintained one Of the penitentiaries in
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THE MILWAUKEE CUTOFF.

Cedar Rapids Gazettet = The Mil
waukee cutoff line just now contem-
plated between Muscatin and Rut-
ledge consists of some of the heaviest
grading ever undertaken in this Sec
ton of the country. Yer q few people
realize the magnitude of the work or
the fact that it has cost thte Milwaukee
road a total of $4,250,000.. Over four
million dollars spent by Try road in a
single piece of constructio work is no
small item, even in these dslys of NAM
moth railroad engineering,
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SEEKING THE GUILTY.

An investigation to determine the ex-
tent to which the immigration laws ex-
Guiding foreign contract labor from our
shores are being violated is now in
progress under the treasury depart
ment. Information has come to the
treasury officials that this part of the
statutes is being Systematically violat-
ed and drastic measures will be enact
ed to set these affairs right. 1t has
been intimated that few weeks ago
a steamship from Europe brought to
the United States $500 immigrants,
who generally understood that work
would be furnished them on the cat
tie ranches and farms of the west. 1t
Z is also intimated that the bureau OF
immigration recently secured evidence
of large consignment of foreign con-
tract labor to Pennsylvania. 1t is be-
slieyed that in the systematic breaking
gof the law, which seems to exist, that
the steamship companies cooperate
with the agents in Europe and it is the
purpose OF the investigation to learn
the extent of this violation and the
guilty parties that due punishment
may be melted out.
The immigration laws were passed
by congress in response to a we'll de-
fined public sentiment that cheap la.
Dor of the continent should not be al.
lowed to come to the United States to
compete, with the higher class Ameri.
can labor. 1t should be rigidly enfore.
ed. The effect of the practice of bring.
Ing labor from the continent under con.
tract was always to lower the standard
of life and wages attained by the Amer.
lean workingmen, inasmuch as the
terms OF these contracts were such as
to subject them to practical slavery.
The immigration laws of the Unit.
ed States, as far as they so, are right
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A SHERIFF WHO DID HIS DUTY.

Cedar Rapids Republican,: At last
there has been found an officer of the
civil law brave enough and determined
enough to check mob ote lynchers
bent on murder. The name ctf this man
ought to be rem embered not only
through day but for Iona, time be-
cause of the excellent exam pie he has
set. His name is Whitlock, sheriff OF
Vermillion county, Illinois.
Sheriff Whitlock had in HIS custody
a negro accused of assault AND await
ing trial. A mob formed ons the out
skirts of Danville, the county, seat of
Vermillion county on Saturday night
1t was not composed of leading citi-
zens, but of the off-scourings sof crea-
ton. AS the mob moved toward the
Jail, some negroes were met by the
way. One of these seeking tot defend
himself shot one of his assailavlts. He
was Immediately set upon, ,stoned.
hanged and then burned in the most
it's blood heated to the boiling point,
made rush for the jail. The SHERIFF
sought to argue with the rioters from
the balcony of the building and was
answered by. bullets whizzing past his
head. He gave up talking then sand
went inside, and gathered his depuf les
about him and opened fire, not WI ttb
blank cartridges, but with buckshS ot,
and dozen or more of the rioters wel It
down in their tracks wounded, not moa :
tally, for the sheriff fired low, but il t
was enough to teach that mob that a
brave and resolute man was guarding
that jail, and it withdrew.
During the night troops arrived, and
Danville, Illinois, one of the most pros
porous country towns of the state, and
the home of the next speaker of the
house of representatives, is in the
hands of the military.
The friends of the men who were
wounded are declaring loudly and
boastingly that they will kill Sheriff
Whitlock as soon as the troops are
withdrawn, but it is not likely that they
will harm hair on his head. The ruff
fans who make up lynching mobs are
usually towards. If they are opposed
by pusillanimous officials who are
thinking about votes rather than about
doing their duty, they appear very,
very brave. But when they find them
selves face to face with man who
isn't afraid to shoot to hurt, they turn
and run like pack of yellow dogs
Not one mob in ten would be sue
cessful in it's murderous intent If all
sheriffs and police officers were men
like Sheriff Whitlock.