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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-08-04

were still youths according to the
Roman definition. With all their en-
ceptional qualifications they would be
plodding along during these years
with small returns and limited out.
look in almost any profession they
could have chosen, looking ahead to
the years that lie on the shady side
of 40 for the full measure Of opportu.
nifty and recognition. Their youth and
the circumstance that they began, each
In his own way, quite at the bottom,
and worked up from grade to grade,
have not handicapped them.
Rather, they have helped them. The
higher the organization and the broad
er the scope of a business enterprise,
the keener must be Its search for
energy and ability wherever they may
be found; the more absolute must be
its divorce from favor or family in,
fuence, or the mere routine processes
of selection that give the elder man
the preference because he is the ell
der. A trust" run by a family as
certain conservative and retrograding
businesses are in England, or carried
along with no other momentum than
the experience of the veteran, would
not keep its vast operations together.
much less meet the competitions Of RI
vals.--New York Mail and Express.
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BRAVO FOR THE GOLD MEN,"

Kansas City Star: When the baby
boy that was born to Mr.. and Mrs. Gro
yer Cleveland at Gray Gables on Sat
urday reaches the age of 81, his illus
trious father, if he shall be spared UNI
til that time-will be 81 years old. 1t
is not the privilege of many sires of
four-score and seven to delight them
selves in contemplating the vigor and
the expanding energy of sons Just at.
tanning their majority. There must be
tremendous tonic for advanced age in
consequential privilege for young
man to sit at the feet of paternal
monarch full Of years and honors and
draw knowledge and wise counsel from
a mind and heart enriched by expert.
sence and ennobled by the virtues
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If GROVER RUNS AGAIN.

Last night when me and paw and nav
had nothin' else to do
But set out on the porch and think, paw
yawned time or two,
And then NAV had to talk or bust, and so
she says: Il wish
You'd tell what Growers up to paw, be-
sides just catching fish;
Most every day they hint in print about
the things he might
| Do if they didn't snoop around to watch
| him day and night"
Paw put his foot up on the rail and tipped
| back in his chair.
| And felt his chin awhile and run his fin
| gers through his hair,
And then he says to me and nav: Ties
maxim steady plans;
There never was a nerve before the equal
of that mans.
He wants to be the nominee; he claims he
doesn't, though;
But Bryan knows his little game-he'M
never stand a show.
Hes fihin' down at Buzzard's Bay to
make us think he not
Dead set to be the nominee, but that's all
simply rot
Whenever he gets interviewed he says his
only wish
Is just to give us counsel, and be let alone,
and fish;
But me and Henry Watterson and Bryan
know his game
He claims he doesn't, but he wants to get
there, just the same"
why can't you take his word?' says
nav; what makes you think he
lies?
The poor man mightn't care at all to try
to gain the prize,
l don't see why he'd want to try to fool
us If he did,
And snoop around the way you say he
does to keep it hid
Or do they think mans disgraced who
lets the people see
Right out III plain sight that he wants to
be the nominee?'
'If Grover ever runs again." paw answer
ed, looking mad,
This country that we love so we'll ana
then he nearly had
tumble backward in his chair and grab
bed at chunks of space
He couldn't seem to hold, and there war
trouble in his face
But pretty soon he balanced up and NAV
drew in her breath
And said: my goodness. you're enough
to frighten folks to death"
There's things" says paw to me and
nav, you couldn't understands:
If Grover ever gave wink there'd 10
fight on hand:
When he takes up his knife to spread the
butter on his bread
It's safe to bet some wicked scheme ID
workin' in his head,
And when he trims his finger nails most
anyone could see,
By lookin' close, he's layin' plans to be
the nominee"
"Good landn' says nav, 'swhy can't they
let the poor man rest awhile;
s'pose they'd think some plan was
Matched If he would merely SMILE"
"You bet they would,'' says paw, "and
if he scratched his ear they know
He thought that things were shaped at
last so that he'd stand show;
If he's the nominee this land" his chair,
fell backward then,
And paw hain't told us what'll come Y
Grover runs again.
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for the administration by inaugural
ing a labor war against the govern.
ment. No doubt they can, but it will
be of an ephemeral sort, and in the
end the chief sufferers will be found
in the ranks of organized labor. No
administration can be honestly criti-
cised for observing the law. Presi-
dent Roosevelt will be observing the
law in spirit and letter if he insists
that Miller shall retain his position
in the public service until some viola
ton of law shall be proved against
him. The union will be striking in be-
half of a violation of law if its mem
bers shall quit work merely because
of Miller's retention. Such a strike
must fail. Organized labor is powerful
but it is not so powerful as government
which represents the whole public, and
the public as whole is in favor of
the enforcement of law.
Apart from the certain failure of
such a strike there is another reason
why it should not be inaugurated Or
ganized labor is now getting by favor
advantages which it could not demand
under the law. The effort to enforce
such demand would tend to detract
from the extent of favors granted. If
organized labor makes itself obnoxious
to the government it must expect to
have its privileges curtailed. The gov
eminent is not going to encourage, for
mally, movement which is turned
against its own institutions.
The best thing the Washington book
binders union can do will be to re-
store Miller to good standing in the
organization. His expulsion was I'M
warranted in the first place. If the
union is unwilling to dc that it can
tolerate the presence of one. non-union
man. so long as practically every other
employe of the government printing
office is union member. That would
be much better than giving the conn
try the example of government in
dustry wholly in the hands of nom
union labor, owing to the unreasonable
demands of the unions.
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GROVER cLEvELAND's APPEAL.

Chicago Inter-Ocean. - 1--WE shall
not go far astray," says former Presi.
dent Cleveland in Golfers Weekly, re-
garding labor troubles, eff we assume
that both sides have been at fault.
Wherever our sympathies may be, we
can hardly escape the conviction that
labor has made demands and permit
ted if not encouraged, conduct which
cannot be justified; nor can we safely
deny that too in many instances en-
ployers have been needless of the lust
claims of their employees p
Against the employer who takes and
obstinately holds the attitude of
George f. Baer, that the conduct of
great national industries should be I'M
der the absolute and unlimited control
OF the private against en-
ployes who take and obstinately hold
the position that even the national
government shall stultify itself by dis
eliminating between citizens - the ex-
president appeals to the American
sense of Justice, of fair play, of patri-
otism.
Such appeals should be keeded-nay
they must be needed. Against foreign
attack our national existence and inde-
pendence are safe. They may be trou-
bled, but they can never be over
thrown, except upon the incredible
supposition that the American people
should confess their impotence to gov
ern themselves and welcome a con-
querer. Our really dangerous foes
are our own household. They are those
who seek to create classes in our citi-
zenship and set these classes against
each other, who deny. in fact, the equal
ity of all American citizens as such be-
fore the law.
What the American republic needs
above all other things is more of the
spirit that will resolutely discourage
and, If necessary, forcibly stamp out
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BIENNIAL ELECTIONS.

keokuk Gate City: The Sioux City
Journal suggested the other day that
now would be a good time to discuss
the question of a constitutions
amendment for biennial elections in
this state. 1t will be recalled that the
people of Iowa voted for a change
from annual to biennial elections when
the Titus amendment was before them
in 1900, but the courts decided that
the amendment was not legally sub
mitted. In all probability a like amend
ment will be submitted by the com
ing legislature. Some of the papers
are assuming that there has been no
change of opinion since that time and
that the second amendment will be
adopted by an increased majority.
Such an outcome is not improbable
but that does not argue against
thoughtful consideration of the sub.
ject and possible reversion of the yer.
dict of three years ago.
When the matter was up for con-
sideration before very little attention
was given it from the standpoint of
its merits there was small interest in
1T one way or the other, and it was
submitted by the legislature and in
dorsed by the people without much
thought of consequences It's import
ance was not generally recognized
and those who entertained doubts as
to the expediency of the proposed
change were content for the most part
to let the matter go by default. There
was more interest and enxiety, it will
be recalled, to have the supreme court
declare against itEand thus get rid Of
the complications it entailed than
there was as regards either its adopt
ion or rejection in the legislature or
at the polls. Now, as then, the Gate
City seriously doubts the wisdom of
making any change. The present
method of electing state officers
electing the governor and lieutenant
governor in one year and all the
other executive officers in the inter-
yening year-was Incorporated in the
constitution deliberately and with a
well defined purpose which seems to
have been the avoidance of a state
house ring by all whose terms of Of
fee would expire at the same time
and who would, therefore, have a COM
mon Interest in controlling the state
convention. More than half a century
VI SAPCllSuSS WILL Liz CONSTITUTION
has shown it's wisdom, for in all that
time there has never been a formida-
bic. combination among our state OF
ficers. The situation that has pre-
vailed in Iowa can be contrasted very
favorably with that in neighboring
states where they have the plan it is
proposed to inaugurate here, as wit
ness most notably the state of Him
OILS. 1t is wise to prove all things
and hold fast to that which is good
constitution which has worked well
for over fifty years and on the whole
has promoted and protected the pub
lie interests ought not to be lightly
changed.
The argument of the inconvenience
and expense of annual elections is
more than Offset by the educational
influences Of the present system and
the fact that the annual election keeps
the voters Interested and fully up to
date. The situation in this respect
is much better in Iowa than else
where Possibly that is due to the high
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cites" and amenities" and the
"harmonies" of speech and of life, and
no republican felt injured then. But
how that utterance must jar upon the
refined ears of Mr.. Funk of the Spirit
Lake Beacon. And just think how
the Parrots will feel when they know
about it.. OF course they have never
read it and probably never surmised
that such things were ever said about
tariff busters and reformers. If Mr..
Reed had made only straight repub-
lican speech extolling protection and
it's authors, it wouldn't have been so
bad. But mercy, how he satirized the
enemies of protection. Really it seems
as though Mr. Funk ought to show
how utterly out of taste such a
speech was, because republicans were
then in such beautiful Harmony and
were anxious to maintain it. And il
Mr.. Funk would only show up the in.
delicacy of Mr.. Reed in his own I'M
qualified and absolute way, when the
Parrots could say: ME, too; it was
the mighty Herald of Clinton take this
matter up and show how awfully rude
Mr.. Speaker Reed was to the enemies
of protection? And then the T.-R. OF
Marshalltown could tell in it's injured
way about the grand and terrible look
Tom wore when his intelligent and
fiery eye flushed over his harmonious
fellow republicans. Really we ought
to be real nice and not disturb the in
nocer1t enemies of protection either by
satirizing them or by making radical
republican speeches.
The excerpt from Mr.. Reeds adj
dress above quoted, is refreshing read
ing for the standpatter today. 1t was
delivered fifteen years ago, but still
rings true. The Cedar Rapids Repub-
licans comment is keen and enjoy
able, and has the effect of making
monkeys" of the other fellows.
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masked member of the ways and
means. Quick, let us lower the tariff.
Let us call in the British. Let them
save our devastated homes. Courage,
dear brethren. Be not too much dis
turbed. The Lord will reign even if
the board of mayor and aldermen
should adjourn.
Call in the British! When the day
comes that this republic cannot save
itself from dozen of it's own citizens
without aid from over the sea, I hope
to be buried thousand leagues under
some respectable and permanent
mountain range. What unreasonable
talk this is. A dozen men fix the
prices for sixty million freemen! They
can never do it. There is no power
on earth that can raise the price of
any necessity of life above a just price
and keep it there. More than that,
IL the price is raised and maintained
even for a short while, it means ruin
for the combination and still lower
prices for consumers. This is one OF
the laws of God working for His
children compared with one of your
laws of congress, it is as Leviathan
to clam. Doubtless there are evils
in this world to be corrected by law.
But let us go at it, with sense. The
kindly bear who flung paving stone
to drive away fly which disturbed
his sleeping friend, killed the man and
did not hurt the fly.
And then with that fine scorn of
which he is master, remembering how
the revision press has belabored Con.
gresham Robert G. Cousins for his
convention speech, Editor Cole com
ments as follows:
The Honorable Thomas Bracket
Reed thus speaking in the presence
OF distinguished and harmonious
republicans, was himself a scholar,
an orator and statesman, and
withal, a fine judge of "the propri-
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WANTED = A COMMITTEEMAN.

Council Bluffs Nonpariel: - When
Joseph G.. Cannon as speaker of the
next national house of representatives
makes his committee appointments he
should not forget to give the great
Missouri river valley some recognition
In making up the membership of the
committee on rivers and harbors.
The Missouri river is one of the
greatest streams in the western hem
isphere, yet not one of the great states
through which it passes has been rec
ognized for a good many years in the
formation of the house committee
which deals with such river improve
ment work as is undertaken by the fed
eraI government. Seven states, Mon
tana, North Dakota. South Dakota, Ne
braska, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri, are
watered by this stream as it flows it's
length of more than 5000 miles. yet
neither in the Fifty-seyenth or Fifty
eighth sessions OF congress did any one
OF these states have member on the
committee which passed upon the
needs OF the river in which they were
greatly interested. Nor was this re-
glon given much consideration prior
to the two sessions here named.
AS mere matter of justice the Mis-
souri, river valley country is entitled
to at least one member on the rivers
and harbors committee OF the house
and It should assert itself. 1t is NOR
ever, highly urgent that it should re.
celve this due recognition. Money
needs to be spent upon the great 81
600 mile stream, ii not for making nav
igation possible at least to protect the
fertile lowlands on either bank from
the regular rayages OF It's voracious
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Reed, the Cedar Rapids Republican
And Tariff RefOrn1ers

Burlington Hawk-Eye: The Cedar
Rapids Republican in moment OF
post-conyention enthusiasm repro
duced portion of the great tariff
speech of the late Thomas B. Reed,
delivered in congress in 1888, as fol
lows:
Monopoly" said Horace Greedy, a
doctor of laws, and once a candidate
OF the democratic party for the presi-
dency, Monopoly" is perhaps the
most perverted and misapplied word
in our much abused mother tongue
How very tame this language is.
suppose that during the ten years last
past I have listened in this hall to
more ldiotic raving, more pestiferous
rant on that subject than on all the
others put together. And yet do not
regret 1T. What a beautiful sight it
is to see the revenue reform orator
got into action against monopoly. Mel
son as he, stood blazing with decora-
tons on the deck of the Victory on the
fatal day of Trafalgar; Napoleon at
Friedland, as the guard went cheering
and charging by; Thomas Savers as
he stripped for the championship OF
England when Heenan had crossed
the lifting waters; the eagle soaring
to his eyrie; the royal man-eating ben
gal tiger in his native jungle; nay, the
bull himself, the strong bull of Bash.
I'm, as he uplifts his below over the
rocky deserts of Palestine, are all but
pale reminders of one of the males
tic creatures. And yet outside the
patent office there are no monopolies
in this country, and there never can
be. All, but what is that see on the
far horizons edge, with tongue OF
lambert flame and eye of forked fire,
serpent headed and griffin clawed
Surely it must be the great new
chimera Trust" Quick, cries every
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HANG ON, COL. "PETE.p

Washington Post. - 1t is a question
of very serious moment to number of
politicians whether Col. pete" Hep
bunr can still hold for the state of
Iowa an appointment as member of
the board of general appraisers in the
customs service which his son-in-law,
w. F. Thummell has just refused. AS
those appraiserships pay $1,000 a year
and are virtually for life, they are re-
garded as desirable. Col. "Pete" pub
forth very powerful and persistent ef-
forts to land the place for his son-in-
law, and it was supposed that the APP
pointment was given to Thummell in
recognition of Col. Hepburn's hercu-
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BRYAN AND CLEVELAND.

st. Louis Globe-D Democrat. Bryan
will never lead the united democracy
again. Cleveland is not likely to get
the nomination next year or any other
year, although this is far from being
certain 1t is reasonably certain that
somebody who stands nearer to Cleve-
landism than to Organism, whether
this is to be Cleveland or somebody
else, will get the nomination of 1904.
Bryan's expressions through his news
paper and in public addresses, fire.
quently and emphatically repeated,
show that he will oppose that candi-
date. 1t is reasonable to infer that
though Bryan is far less influential in
his party than he was two or three
years ago, he has still a good many
followers who will be guided by him
In their attitude toward their party S
candidate
Louisville Courier-J Journal. The
Courier-Journal presents its compli-
ments to William Jennings Bryan, of
Lincoln, Neb., and makes the Com
moner a present of all it's old articles
upon Grover Cleveland, of Buzzard's
Bay. Taken in heap, they make a
! lot of good stuff, though we say it as
ought not to say it. We have no
further use for them, however, and, as
Mr. Bryan seems to be opening an &C.
tive campaign against the only living
ex-president-nay the only democratic
president since Gibbs was hung anu
Heck was pup-he should be
ashamed of himself they may be of
service to him. Anyhow, he is well
come to them. The Courier-Journal
accomplished all it set out to accom-
plish when it established the fact of
the Cleveland candidacy. 1t has now
before it the one ambition to live to see
Grover Cleveland, jr., president of the
United States.
Washington Post: There is one
, American citizen who happens to be
not merely the only surviving ex-presi-
dent of the United States and the only
man Who has ever held that Office dur
Ing two terms that were not consecu-
tive, but the only man who has led the
democratic party to victory since that
Tar off year 1856, when James Buch.
anan led 1t to triumph against John
c. Fremont.
There happens to be another Ameri.
can citizen who is the only man who
has ever led any party to two success.
sive defeats. He, too, is, or claims
to be. democrat, although his affila.
ton with the populist is an undeniable
fact. Last Saturday, at a great demo-
cratic picnic in Chicago, the architect
OF those unique aeleats made the latest
and most bitter of his many assaults
upon the leader in those two only vic
tories In eleven quadrennial cam.
paigns.
Are not the facts of the respective
records OF Cleveland and Bryan suffic-
lent commentary on the implacable
malevolence Of the twice-defeated but
irrepressib1e Nebraskan?
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the class idea-the idea that any set
OF citizens have anything to gain by the
injury of another set of law-abiding
cltizens-the false theory that ignores
the truth that we must all, rich and
poor, educated or ignorant, weak or
strong, go up and down together
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Bronchitis for Twenty Years.
Mrs. Minerva Smith Of DanvilIe, H..
writes: Il had bronchitis for twenty
years and never got relief until used
Foley's Honey and Tar, which is sure
cure" For sale by w. D. Elliott, cor.
ner Main and Court streets.
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average intelligence Of our people, but
1t is not unreasonable to believe that
the recurring campaigns are a factor
in the case.
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A 14-year-old boy named Mowrey
was drowned at Coon Rapids while
trying to learn to swim.
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Worlds Best pile Cure.

Why endure torture from Piles till
you contract fatal disease when
Bucklen's Arnica Salve cures, or no
pay. Csc. F. B. Clark.
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Only one more month and then the
campaign.
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To Cure Cold in One Day
take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money If it
fails to cure. e. W. Groves signature
is on each box. 25c.
The Newark journal., 1903-04-10
THE MUSSEL BILLS.

The mussel bills introduced in the legislature have been thorough ly discussed by the people in this section and as q great many of them are interested in the industry we quote the following from a let ter from Representative Matheny to Hon. F. NJ. Martin in regard to the bills, and we can add that the people in tIfis community in dorse Mr. Mathcny's position in regard to this matter.
 The first bill prohibited throw ing mussels back into the river, prohibited hunting through April, May and June and prohibited the use of crowsfeet or dredge boats at ali times. The second makes the closed season January, Febru- ary and March and allows the use of all tools in waters over seven feet deep, but prohibits the crows feet and dredge in shallow water. The second is about the same as no bill at all, and that k my reason for supporting it. We have pass ed it through the house and l think 1t will pass the senate. o