Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-25

the business of the church to set an
ideal standard in such matters. Let
the church fix high and shining mark
for itself and point it's members in
that direction" says the Nonpareil.
1T does so in it's main mission. 1t does
not relax because all it's adherents do
not come up to it's high standards Of
faith and right living. The church
cause some of its members keep com-
pany with him. Why not meet the
divorce question in this way?"
THE divorce evil" says the Cedar
Falls Gazette, will never be wholly
eliminated until all people conscien-
tiously practice the golden rule, but
matters may be greatly remedied."
Zone of the arguments for the bien-
NAL election law Is that 1t will save
money remarks the Cedar Rapids
Gazette THE rate of taxation will
be about the same, no matter how Of
ten elections are held, but the people
of the various counties may have the
idea that they could spend their taxes
to better advantage. The expense
would be still lower if only the right
kind of men should be elected"
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Judge Parker reiterates that the
Philippines cost us $65O,Ooo,OO0 In cold
cash." says the Sioux City Journal.
while the judge is about it, why not
make the total $780, 100000, 900? The
most successful yarn spinners agree
that when spinning yarn it is best to
spin good one"
The Marshalltown Times-Republi-
can says that the figure of Fred White
posing as a political martyr Is SUI
premely ridiculous to those who know
the man. IF there Is one character
istic above another that impresses it,
self upon Mr.. Whites political assoc
ciates," continues the Times Republi-
can. at is his supreme selfishness. No
man in Iowa, unless it might be be Jim
Weaver has more persistently sought
office than Fred White, and no office
seeker In Iowa or elsewhere has had
so much aid and assistance from In
dividuals at such small personal ex-
pense. When Fred White poses as a
martyr 1t is sight to make some peo-
pie too angry to laugh"
O.
The Dubuque Times says that ac-
cording to Congressman Wade's the
DRY that tariff robbery Is right when
practiced within the congressman's
ulolllSl SNtiS SOIl6l CoollihIi IL oiii q oAS
trict containing protected industries
must stand against applying the prin-
ciples of democratic tariff reform to
the industries of his own district. IF
this is the democratic policy there can
be no tariff reform" the Times points
out. "since most of the districts rep
resented in congress contain protected
| industries"
o.
jtot al t1a
people of Des Moines and Polk county
who have been looking forward to
using voting machines this fall not to
get discouraged. "Reformatory inno-
vations are so much more delightful to
contemplate in future" declares the
Capital.
"Mr. Bryan Is not in position to do
the democratic ticket much good" says
the Fort Dodge Messenger. EVERY
speech he makes or can possibly make,
! has back action effect. 1t operates
not only upon the men at whom it is
directed the political followers OF
Bryan, but upon the other large class
In the democratic party who are afraid
of Bryan and all he advocates"
Perhaps the day is not far distant
says the Cedar Rapids Republican
1 when the powers may feel that there
is sufficient excuse for Intervention. to
take the first steps toward putting
an end to the condition of affairs that
shocks the better sensibilities Of all
right thinking people, when they come
to contemplate it seriously"
"The able bodied man or woman
who refuses to earn their own living
and subsist on charity extended be-
cause of the little children, ought to
be under restraint that would make
poaching on the public an unpopular
expedient," says the Waterloo Re-
porter, 'but no means have yet been
devised to make it as unpopular as
it ought to be-"
Generally, the people submit to a
campaign because they think or have
been told that they need It," declares
the Cedar Rapids Gazette.
Nobody objects to Mr.. Watson's
writing twenty column letter of &C.
ceptance," says the Davenport Demo
crat; che could just as we'll have made
1t forty columns and without saying
any more. But not one of the big pa.
| pers IN chicago, ST. Louis, Davenport
and other cities has published Tom
Watson's letter or any considerable
part of 1t. Not one of them will do
so. Space is more valuable than Mr..
Watson's words"
"Tom Taggart has lived long
enough in the vicinity Of French Lick
Springs to know the significance of
the odds being offered on President
Roosevelt's election" says the Gin.
ton Herald
"The desire which some people have
to be conspicuous may account for
some of the scorching INDUCED in by
automobilists" is the way the Water.
loo Courier figures it.
"As to Judge Parker's speeches