Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-02-03
can party in particular were hauled ur
for scorching criticism.

can party in particular were hauled UP
for scorching criticism.
Mr.. Evers attended the first after.
noon meeting of the convention, but
remained only about an hour That
evening he noticed by the evening pa
per that he was on the resolutions
committee as the representative of
the state of Iowa. He consequently
attended the evening meeting with an
idea OF doing what he could to control
matters. He soon found that the com
mittee was hopelessly democratic, the
only other republican member being
Senator Elkins of West Virginia. The
resolutions were already prepared and
they contained several criticisms of
the attorney general for his attitude
during the coal strike. Mr.. Evers and
Senator Elkins of course could not
stand for this sort of statement and
when the vote was called for voted
no. Their votes, however, were not
noticed in the least and the resolutions
were announced carried unanimously
A number of other senators and rep.
resentatiyes, who were appointed del
egates, treated the matter as a huge
joke and Messrs. Evers and Elkins
were joked considerably over the af-
fair. The convention itself was CIV
en- little recognition and is considered
to have been exceedingly ineffective
as far as it's original purpose is con-
cerned.
Senator Dolliver recently did good
thing for F. M. Donohue, a mail clerk
at Sioux City, and his associates on
the Sioux City and Onawa line. I'm
der the law postal clerks have to be
examined very frequently to assure
the department that they are fully up
on their duties. These examinations
are, as can be imagined very irksome.
Mr.. Donohue, who has been postal
clerk many years, recently wrote Sen
ator Dolliver to see if he could not
be relieved from these frequent ex-
aminations. Mr.. Dolliver took the
matter up with the department and as
result has been notified that Mr..
Donahue and all his associate clerks
on that line have been put on the list
to be examined annually as long as
their work remains up to it's present
standard.
1t has been rumored about the CAPT
tai at different times that Mrs. j. P.
Dolliver, wife of Senator Dolliver, was
writing the very interesting feature of
the Saturday evening Post known as
THE Congressman's Wife" The fea-
ture appears each week and gives in
teresting stories of Washington life,
as if written by the wife of a con-
gresham. 1t is stated on the best au-
thority that Mrs. Dolliver is not writ.
ing these articles In fact it is well
known here that they come from the
pen of a well known newspaper man
stationed at the capitol.
Congressman Lacey delivered a
speech before the Credit Mems asso-
citation at Philadelphia this week.
The associations one of the most i'm
portant among the bushes men of
Philadelphia and about two hun
dred prominent residents of the city
heard Mr.. Lacey. His subject was
Commercial Contracts" The subject
sounds dry enough, but a gentleman
who heard Major Lacey says that he
made it one of absorbing interest
! throughout. Mr.. Lacey was invited
to speak before this association last
year but was prevented from fulfilling
the engagement by the death of his
mother-in-law at Oskaloosa.
1t is declared that Senator Quay is
about ready to yield to compromise
at least in the statehood matter Sen
ator Dolliver suggested to Quay tina,
compromise be made on the matter
by making two states out of the four
| territories. Mr.. Dolliver thinks that
| Quay would agree to this, if the op
| position would also. The matter how
ever looks hopeless. In all Senator
| Quay's political history there is no oc
casion chronicled where he gave in OF
lnuckled down even in the face of the
worst odds. On the other hand op.
| posing him in this situation are the
recognized leaders of the senate, AL
| lison, Aldrich Lodge, Hale, ETC., who
simply cannot allow themselves to be
beaten by Quay. Rumors OF an extra
session are becoming more frequent
each day. H. J. Mahin.
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