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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-14
AeAINsr 80 No.

The decision of the United states
circuit court al ST Paul against the
Northern Securities company is a great
victory for The government, and par.
ticulariy Tor President Roosevelt who
Iinstrueted Attorney General Knox TO
exhaust all the resources oil the anti.
Trust laws against big combines. The
| Northern Securities company is en-.
lloined from voting the stock of the
| Northern Pacific and Great Northern
railroad companies The securities
company IS also enjoiaed from acquir.
ing or attempting to acquire further
stock OF said companies, and that
stocks already acquired cannot be vot-
cd but must be returned The decis,
lion virtually wipes the Northern Sc
ieurirtes company ont Of existence and
makes the great merger an fmpossi.
Ibftitg in its present form
The federal antitrust law was the
government chief reliance. The
case has been considered a crucial
one IN the governments effort to con
FtFol trusts The decision is farreach
ing and important and good results
will surely Follow The Northern Sc
Ecurities company was organized Nv
ftiil and Morgan, November 30 1901
with a capital stock OF $500 600 coo
The company, OF course, was born in
New Jersey itoffered to give $I80 in
Us own stock for every 500 share oil
efeal Northern stock and sl15 for
each Sl00 share OF the Northern Paci,
ne. The securities company soon got
control OF the two companies named.
Later on the burlington system was
purchased through the Issuance. Of n
per cent bonds OF $500 each for 500
in stock Thus the three great svs..
terms were merged
The state Of Minnesota fought the
merger from the start on the ground
that It was dangerous consolidation
.of parallel and competing lines n
VIII be remembered that the Burling.
ION road, q party to the merger.
through the Molesberry biz. tried Id
transplant che securities company In
this state slightly changed in form. IN.
der which it is operating in Mime
sofa but Coy Cummins vetoes the
bill Only short time ago a similar
effort was made in the Nebraska leg.
isiature, but failed there also
flle recent decision changes the
whole plan OF Hill and Morgan and
The gigantic merger cannot be effective
under the antitrust law in lis nresent
shape The victory won by tie gov
ernmentin the most famous antt.trust
action on record Will please the peopIe
because they see in it the annhilation
or control OF other dangerous trusts.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-14
rt4is YFAR,s ELEcrloMs.


While ii is true this is an oil wear
II politics, the campaigns which the
Two leading parties will conduct WiIl
pc interesting and lively in some
states Iowa viii elect a governor,
several state officials and a new legis.
lattre Ohio elects a governor and a
legislature which Will elect a success
% g Senator Hanna on re-elect MIR.
Hanna Kentucky, Rhode Island and
massachusetts viii chose practically
an entire quota OF state officers. Mary
iaSid elects governor and a Iegisla4
tlfe which elects United States
senator
~ Ohio the campaign promises TO be
? as lively as amy held IN that state FOR
years. While Ohio is stauncb re-.
publican state, it has been carried BY
the democrats until recent years
The fight will not be so much on
governor as it VIII Ia the legislature
in order to defeat Senator Hanna for
reelection
Maryland's election this year will
ne important even beyond the selec-
ton hy the new legislature Of d siic-
eessor to Senator McGomas. for should
the republicans capture the state Ill
would dampen the enthusiasm Of those
democrats who are hoping to make
iilroads IN next years presidential
campaign upon several big states of
file east. In the last two presidential
elections the state has voted with the
Fepublicanss but Governor Smith was
x elected four years ago as a democrat
The election of d democrat to succeed
Governor Smith and the election of a
democratic legislature by good 1naiori-
bringing the state into the democratic.
column again in November. 1901 III
would also increase the political pres
tiee Of Senator German
Democratic politicians have had
much 10 say recently about the pros
peers 81 breaking into the republican
stronghold OF New England Gonnee-
tlsut went democratic twice when Mr..
Cleveland was the presidential candi-
date Rhode Island elected & demo.
cr3tie governor last November. bit
the term is for only one year, and
there viii be a alfbernatorial election
Ia that state next November
Mr. Bryan viii begin tour Of New
ENGLAND next month but his doctrines
are not accented at par III thar local
ity His Plan however, seems to be-
t0 find weak spots if such exist
ne election in Kentucky this year
does not involve a seat in the United
States senate and the outcome prom.
ises no widespread interest unless
Governor Beclfham shoiild be succeed
ed By a republican candidate.
Louisiana elects a governor To rake
has seat next April but the election
viii be held late, and as the outcome
e certain i viii attract little atten-
ton outside the state The same IS
true Of Mississippi, where a successor
70 Governor Longfno will be named.
Io take his seat ID January oil 1903
pllere will be minor elections in
other states But these elections viii
have little bearing on national politics
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-14
4 cap nluNpER.

The republicans oil the third district
Bin the light OF recent events brought
labout by the speeches Of President
Roosevelt, Secretary Shaw. Secretary
Root and the interviews of Senator al.
lison, Governor Cdmmins, Hon J w.
Blythe and the expressions OF the Lead
ing editors of the state, are now real
ling the mistake they made when they
undertook to corner Col Henderson on
the question of tariff revision and am
gered him so thai he refused to accept
the nomination for another term. 1t
was not necessary to ask him what
they did His record as a congress
man and as speaker showed them
where he stood on every question be-
fore the nation The district he so
ably represented should have been
proud d him hui it seems that few
emotional members oil his party acted
hastily at the time and should now re-
( greet L.
Congressman Lands of Indiana in
( q recent interview at Waterloo states
the case plainly in these words
Ii VIII be many year before this
district viii be represented IN congress
bv a speaker OF the house, perhaps
never VIII such an honor FAN to the
third district Of Iowa again. Hender-
son would have been elected speaker
this term without opposition and what
the people OF Iowa. and district
especially, We're tbinlling A beyond
my comprehension.
After referring to the prosperous
condition Of the entire people OF Iowa
IN which lie says that they nave no ra.
tiena reason to ask for tha change
OF a single schedule in the DingIey tar
iff law he says
In Gods name. what lis tile matter?
What do the people want? The replb-
lican party III congress OF which d. 81.
Henderson was tie acknowledged Lead
Ell has created universal demand
ioI LABOR at the highest wages ever
paid IA any country Money has been
easy and IS NOT difficult to borrow at
. per cent. When 2 party has accom-
plished this il mas done all that a po-
htical party can do What more can
pc expected Oh tho party tlan that It
create such a demand f01 labor and fiji
the banks with money
Iowa viii miss Colonel Henderson in
congress Ills successor. though an
able man, lacks legislative experience
and acquaintance, and il will take him
Years to stand where his predecessor
stood when he stepped down and out.
lhifd district republicans blundered.
ana leading members OF the party do
not hesitate to tel them so.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-14
100 az aRYAN.

Colonel Joseph Eiboeck OF Des
Moines. the veteran German democrat
does not like the way w ) Bryan IS
reading democrats out oil the party
Col Fiboeck did moi attend the JET
ferson banquet. though he invested ln
ia ticket. and in a recent interview he
said
II what tho papers printed IS an 2cs
curate report OF what was said ana
done. then | should have felt the ne
cessity OF leaving the banquet hall in
disgust That man Bryan is not a
democrat. ana never was, and the laea
OF his talking about permitting life.
long democrats 10 come back into his
party is fairly insulting to al 81 Us
II is difiieult to see how any self-re-
specting democrat can feel any differ
ent from what Col Etboech does In
his speech before the conference prior
to the meeting OF the banquet, 5lr.
Bryan said many mean things about
the democrats who could not con-
.s6ientiously support him OH his plat
form, and what he said was evidence
that he proposes to hold his seltassull-
ed position as dictator and say who
shall be members OF the party This
is enough 10 make the old timers like
Col Eiboecb mad.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-14

ton and the taking up Of radical issues
with the purpose of inducing harmony,
whoever hoped for agreement to any
basis for factional unity which CON
teInplated silence on the last national
platform, was disappointed The fact
IS established so fan as the next con
Yention is concerned that there will be
no harmony on any but INC terms of
the Kansas City platform democrats
Which Is tantamonnt 20 saying that
there will be no harmony
The Telegraph is right when it says
that there will he no harmony Bryan
does not want It for reasons personal
to himself and his following is sufi-
ciently strong to keep him seated as
the dictator of his party il looks now
as il the reorganizers win have very
little to say in the party for some years
10 come
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-14
VERY WILD cugssERs.


ON another page today the COURIER
prints q Washington special which
outlines a ruiaor in chat city relative 10
q coalition hetweenIo@a democrats and
some republicans on the guhernatorial
situation The rumor is that the dem.
ocrats vii nominate Judge Wade, the
present congressman from the second
district and that a wing Of the repub-
lican party win support him and eIect
him lae rRinor Is void and without
foundation and as silly as It is unten.
able 1T must have originated Ia the
brain Of some Iowa democrat who is
visiting ia Washington or was suggest
ed to a newspaper man by some emo-
tlonalist WHO has very Limited ac-
qaaintange with Iowa politics
There is nothing in present condi-
tons 70 this state 70 warrant such a
coalition o. even suggest II The re-
pnblieans Of Iowa have substantially
reaGheil q solution of the problem Of
platform which VIII leave the party
as strong as ever and guarantee the
usual sweeping victory But Judge
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-14
ERgE aILvgRIrgg Crow goLn.

For some weeks irior to the meeting.
OF the Jefferson banquet at Des MONIES
the Dubuque Telegraph became ner.
Yous over the general outlook for the
democratic party and showed dispo.
sttion to compromise with the gold
wing OF the party and let it's member
stlp nave a little something to say as
10 what slold appear ia the platform
Frlor 20 chat time the Telegraph was
radical exponent Of free silver and had
little use for democrats who differed
With IT, II must be confessed that the
way things were going prior to the JEFF.
lerson banquet there were many rea
sons why the Telegraph began to look
for the bandwagon
bllt the banquet has given the Tele-
graph so much courage that il casts
AN propositions for COMPROMISE to the
winds, and Il anything is more radical
in favor OF reafiirming the Kansas City
platform u Is out of the coinpromig-
ing and harmonizlng business. The
Telegraph grows bold and says
fle lasting impression created BY
the conference and banquet OF Iowa
democrats in Des Moines on Thursday
afternoon and evening Of last week.
Is this That those who were present
viii consent TO no policy and no pro-
gram Involving slight. omission or re-
pudiation Of the Kansas City platform
by from OF in a council or convention
.of men calling themselves democrats
This generalization admits Of a few
executions, but they are few indeed
Whoever hoped for harmony through
a platform that would contain no ap.
proving reference to Che Kansas City
platform whoever hoped fer cornpros
MISE involving omission OF reaifirnlas
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-14
TIE LOGICAL cANpInArE

20 the average Student OF present
political conditions in the democratic
party IL seems plain that w j BRYAN
{ PROPOSES to dictate the platform OF the
/ next convention and name the nomi-
nee. Every move ne makes is to that
end. This was fully developed at Des
MONIES and is paranaonnted In all his
speeches. There is no Disgusting the
fact that he is the strongest ana most
aggressive member of the Democrats
party he has sufficient following to
give MIN that strength necessary to
dictate platforms aud keep the party
IN turmoil but not enough voters at
his command To win at elections.
As MI Bryan viii undoabtedIy be-
able to rule the next national conven-
lion he should be compelled to accept
the nomination for president Who
ever the nominee may be in that CON
.yention on a platform dictated by MT
Bryan WIZ not receive the united svlp.
port OF the sound money wing Of the
party OF any considerable portion OF
1T 4 refusal on the part OF Rir. Bry-
an to accept the nomination would
carry With it q suspicion that he fears
another defeat would iniure his stand
ing as a leader. AS dictator be is
the logical candidate Of the party, and
IT would be an act OF cowardice on his
part to invite another man to 20 down
ia defeat
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-14

Magistrate Crane OF New York, in
dlsposi1lg OF a case in which several
people We're prosecuted for giving Sun
day concerts said that it was much bet
Yer for man 10 take his family to 4
concert than TO spend his time on Sun.
DAY drinking and carousing in saloons.
There is considerable truth in this.
Most music has some degree OF eleyat-
ing influence, unless it has demoraliz-
ms accompaniments of an oral or
spectacular nature, and there are not
a few people who find in music one of
their most helpful aids of worship. TO
draw the line between that music
which hath charm to soothe the saw
age elements of our nature and elevate
and that OF a degrading character, is
the chief problem confronting civil au-
fhorities as we'll as those seeking 10
provide entertainment that will be at
once a source of recreation and a help
ful influence.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-14

lived in 0sceola when a hoy. and come
TO the university from Clarke county
i'm 1872, His father was treasurer of
Clarke county Tor many years Mr..
Campbell married the only daughter Of
Prof and Mrs, Parker, formerly of the
university, but now residents of Grin
nell While the Iowa delegation will
indorse Judge Mcpherson for the
place many Iowa people would be
pleased 10 see Judge Campbell APP
pointed.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-14
An Ideal Partnership.

Sioux City Tribune: A Des Moines
justice of the peace has resigned be-
cause he does not know enough law to
conduct the office. A few days ago an
Iowa school teacher quit because he
did not have enough nerve to accept
SIS a month which he didn't think he
was earning. II a suitable business
could be found, the two would form
an ideal partnership, from the stand
point of the patrons
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-14
A Boom RuRsrEp.

1oi- ~
ut. l4ot % the municipal eiection n
ono the democratic press claimed
~ Nc ! ~ Z. ingalls, president OF me
RE- e EoaI Ia ~ sueeeea9d n landlllg
- iita5otaiI2 @ Siilelnaail ne Woula
Ky : lolllil9aDie eai'aAaate Tor presis
3elt oetois llie Aas,l aehlocfatle ma
.llqiisi .eslilEshlioil. just Mlg ne was
g y, oaV 4llsteaa q Tom Johnson Of
: l'sFelaiiq' Salter =: 5tiafflson OF Chi
easo ana Goideh Rule Jones OF To-
lsoo * queer ~ the lleht q results
tlisalls iost out and INC other three
Won. ~ olq a NUMBER 81 other fairly
fellreaeAtatlFe members Of the party,
anu 81 - siis8 Mele hot thought Of m
eoiiilsSli''A Will me presidential nom
nation,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-14

The ministers of Cedar Rapids at a
recent meeting OF their association
passed a resolution in opposition to
funerals on the Sabbath day The hint
is thus thrown to people to die so that
they can be laid away during the week
But as fellow does not have much to
say about when he dies, the Cedar
Rapids Dominies may have some in
side information that may be useful
in an affair OF the kind
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-14
Who Paws The RiIl7

The Algona Courier wonders who
pays the bill for Mr.. Roosevelts train.
Surely Mr.. Roosevelt does not pay it,
il says If he does not, the railroad
companies must give him a free pass.
And If they do have they any selfish
motive in doing so? We hope that
President Roosevelt puts himself I'M
der no obligations to any great corpo-
rations,"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-14
AZ Ane ~ nonhtere

Washington Ia, Press: Now Ed
mund Gosse says Sir Walter Raleigh
was never in Virginia did not segin.
the settlement there Well did he
chew tobacco and take the leaf to Eu-
rope? Did he flop his cloak in the mud
hole under Queen Lbs feet? They
won't let us believe the Bible or any
thing else any more.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-14
All win Acuuiesce
Davis County Republican.

49, = ''tITIIIt' ~ p NUIINtIII,J
Some of the Iowa republican news
pepers, notably the 0ttumwa Courier,
Des Moines Register and Leader and
others have expressed a desire, or will
ingness, for Senator Allison to write
the tariff plank in the platform which
viii be promulgated by the republicans
of Iowa next summer. II Allison will
consent TO do it, all factions viii ae-
duiesce, as it would be sure to be con-
seryatiYely done, and yet be free from
having the paralysis of death upon it.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-14
Beyond Worry.

yinton Eagle; Some time ago a
Baptist minister stole ST. Patrick.
Now comes a u. P. minister and claims
st. Patrick was Presbyterian and.
furnishes the facts TO prove. Well, the
old fellow is dead and it can't bother
him. anyhow
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-14

The people Of Sioux FAILS, S. d..
where President Roosevelt spent last
Sunday, know considerably more about
divorce laws than they do about
churches, The President is a member
OF the Dntch Reformed church, and the
people thinking there is no difference
between that and the German Luther
an, imported a minister of the latter
denomination from Iowa TO preach in
the German language for the Presi-
dent II was a bad blunder on the part
OF Sioux Falls people and has created
considerable comment. TO be safe
President Roosevelt should take a
minister OF his creed with him on his
Journeys and hire a hall where he
stops on Sunday He will probably do
50 Il ne meets with several more Sioux
Fails experiences.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-14

may be disastrous If the laboring Gle.
ment iuauglirates a civil war preeeded
Ply the destruction Of property that
country may Set the worst al il in the
end The trouble is ASSUMING a seri.
Gus aspect and the people of ether ma
ton
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-14
4 pry Ioker.

In commenting upon the fact that
the Sioux City Journal nominates AL
Ian Dawson for president OF the Iowa
State Agricultural college, the Des
Moines Capital says THE Journal
has such a dry way of putting a joke
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-14

Americans who wish 10 marry in that
country This country has no such
an official. Il must be that some Of
our people are in Germany trying to
gobble up a few moss-coyered castles.
The experience OF some American
girls who have married German counts
and noblemen OF other countries has
been such as to warrant the demand
that these fellows who are seeking
American dollars bring certificates OF
character with them,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-14
Has Doubts About It.

2 ". Lee OF the UItumWa Courier
has made a departure from the custom
of Iowa newspaper men. In the last
issues Of the Ottumwa Courier and
the Muscatine journal his editorials
appear with his name attached. 1t is
doubtful whether the name of the man
carries any more weight than the name
of the paper. Council Bluffs Nonpa-
reil.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-14

In the late municipal elections Mon
tana went democratic in spots, but the
spots are not as numerous as formerly.
Montana democrats seem to have
caught the disease that is contagious
in the party in Iowa.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-14

Chicago people will have to grin and
bear two years more OF Carter Harri-
son. His election is evidence that well
meaning people are in the minority in
that city.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-14

The Dubuque Telegraph does not
talSe kindly to the suggestion that Sen
ator Allison write the tariff plank in
the Iowa republican platform Ii the
senator consents to do this, it means
a united republican party which means
an old time victory. Naturally the
suggestion gives the democrats the
shiYers
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-14

Keoknk elected a republican mayor
and four out of six aldermen. Party
lines were closely drawn, and the re-,
suit is satisfactory to the republicans
in that CITY.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-14

Lieutenant Governor Tillman of
South Carolina who murdered Editor
Gonzales will not undergo the farce OF
a trial until July, BY that time he can
fix the jury and have everything com
ing ais way Every one knows what
the verdict Of the Jury will be, and it
is useless TO 90 into the pockets OF the
taxpayers any deeper
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-14
A Brilliant lowan.

Iowa City Republican, Judge
Campbell, chief justice of Colorado,
and an alumnns of the University of
Iowa, Is proposed as successor of
Judge Caldwell, judge Of the eighth
district judicial Of the United States.
and he may get the appointment. He
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-14

The asphalt trust. according to a rul-
ing OF the court is soon to be sold at
auction. What schedule in the Ding
ley tariff law sheltered that trust? 1t
certainly did poor job OF it.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-14

In his Sioux Falls speech President
Roosevelt made it plain that the repuh-
lican party is the friend of the farmer
and wage-earner OF course it is. It
always has been, and the people know
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-14

Judge Van Negepen declares that
he viii not take word back OF the
speech he made AZ Des Moines in fay-
or Of government ownership OF rail-
roads. Fhe Judge proposes 10 ride that
policy for a few months even If it'll
proves to be his political ambulance.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-14

A resident Of Fort Dodge stopping at
a Des Moines hotel got SO Disguised
al either the hotel or the town that he
disrobed himself entirely and ran to
the little town OF Ankeny, some miles
AWAY
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-14

A Cedar Rapids hotel keeper swore
at Rev. Abrams, the noted anti-saloon
agitator, and was fined $50 and costs.
NOT satisfied with this, Rev Abrams
thinks his feelings have been damaged
to the amount Of $1,000, and has sued
the hotel man for that amount 1t is
safer to swear at some people III a
whisper than in broad shollldered
voice