Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-02-03

which has just passed the house, a de-
termined effort was made to get the
provision for three new division super
intendents of rural delivery. 1t is said
that Speaker Henderson was especially
interested in this bill because he wish
ded to have one of the offices located
at Dubuque and a certain prominent
assistant in the postoffice at that place
appointed to fill the position. For some
reason however, the three new Offices
were not provided for, the paragraph
attending to this was dropped from
the bill in the house. Such an Office
is really needed in Iowa and it is said
that there was no special demand that
it be at Dubuque, that Des Moines
would have been as satisfactory AS it
Is now, there are superintendent only
in large cities as widely separated as
Chicago and Denver.
Senator Dolliver was called upon the
other day to deliver the dedicatory
address for Rust Hail. the new home
for the Woman's Home Missionary
society of the Methodist Episcopal
church. In his splendid little talk
Mr.. Dolliver uncovered nice side OF
his character and evinced the fact
that he has a deep faith in the Cos
pei He spoke on Christianity as
cure for the evils that threaten soci-
ETY.. He declared that unless the
claims of Christianity are true there
is no hope in the world for mankind,
Continuing he said in part: "a great
many people have thought that reform
in society would be effected by legis-
iation. The longer | live the more
certain ! become that we are making
a mistake when we undertake to re-
ly on the law for making good citi-
zenship and good moral society. We
must look somewhere above the state
house for moral reform in society We
make a mistake equally great when
we think that education will suffice
for making good citizenship. The
gospel is the only agency for combat
ing the evils of the present day. The
gospel is the ark, not only of the the
illogical covenant, but of the political
covenant as well. | think the gospel
is nearly at a standstiil in all the
great centers of population. There
are so many forces in the city to dis
tract the attention of the people from
the churches and their teachings.
believe the gospel of the future, to be
successful, will have to be propogat-
ed, not by eloquence and learning, but
by individual devotion to the princi-.
pies of Christianity on the part of the
men and women in the service of
Christian all walks of life This meth
cd is to be the evangelism OF the
century. We have all the theology we
need; what we must have is personal,
individual work."
Mr.. Dolliver gave political illus
tration: AN illustration of the eff
cheney of personal work among the
people is that great force in politics
known as the ward boss He has
discovered the secret. By his system
of individual canvassing he builds up
barrier which defies the thrusts of
the clergy and press and makes the
people in his district at once his con
stituents and his slaves. 1t will pay
organized Christianity to study the
methods OF the ward bosses in get
ting in touch with the people. Close
personal contact with the unsaved is
to be the plan of operation in Chris
tanning the world. / favor applied
Christianity as eAsmplified in the life
and work of John Wesley, who labor
ed among the poor People of England
along practical lines, preaching the
good old fashioned salvation of souls
Modern Christianity can solve the
problem of reform today by practical
methods and the Christian people
should not miss the opportunity" In
closing Mr. Dolliver referred to the
statement that the fund for the build
ing of Rust Hall had been made up
of small donations. st is fact of
which you may well be proud
would rather see million men donate
81 each to such cause than that one
man. who has boarded up score of
fortunes, should give a million dol
lars"
In spite of the fact that the manage
ment of the Indian bureau had rec
commended his dismissal, the Indian
agent at Tama, Iowa, has been re-
tanned through the efforts of Con-
gresham Cousins and other members
of the Iowa delegation. In the origin
al appropriation bill sent to the house
the agent at Tama was not included.
When the bill came from the commit
tee, however, it was accompanied by
an amendment, retaining the Tama
agency. A fight was made on the
amendment but it passed the house.
Senator Dolliver and Lemuel Quigg,
the famous New York politician who