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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-05

the poverty that his ill-advised specu-
lation had brought upon him. Coming
nearer home, the past year has seen
in Iowa several suicides, some among
bankers, because of this mania for
speculation. Colonel Plain, though i'll
from the worry incident to his fail
ure, has not had recourse to suicide
to end his shame, but his life is an
utter failure and the ruin he has
wrought will never be forgotten.
These awful failures, which are al
ways taking place, should be lesson
to men, and especially to young men,
in positions of trust. The first step
is the one which decides. If the
whisper Of conscience can be disre.
garded for the sake of a few dollars,
it will seem a small thing to appropri-
ate larger amount from the funds of
the employer. AS time goes on, con-
science will be forgotten, but the day
of reckoning is sure to come at some
time, and when it does the fact that
his original intentions were not bad
will have no place in the judgment
rendered by the public
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-05

what is usually termed a politician,
but he is and has been all his life a
patriotic American, not only in touch
with, but himself factor, in great
enterprises which have done SO much
to build up the industries and develop
the natural resources of this country
during the past twenty-five years. Mr..
Morton will make an admirable secre.
tary OF the navy, because he will as
sumo the duties of that position from
the standpoint of a successful man of
affairs who fully comprehends the re-
sponsibilities incumbent upon the po-
s1tion. Mr.. Morton is distinctively a
man Of action and it can be predicted
with certainty that the naval affairs
of the United States under his ad.
mlnistration will be placed in the best
conditions possible to attain.
While President Roosevelt has an.
parently disregarded precedent from
political standpoint in the appoint
ment of Mr.. Morton, who has until
recently affiliated more or less with
the democratic party, nevertheless we
regard this appointment an excellent
one, politically considered, and the
President will have the hearty an.
proyal OF the rank and file of the
party III selecting for the immensely
important position of Secretary of the
navy successful man of the highest
integrity and patriotism, and a man
with the ability, the physical and men.
tai Vlgor and the will to do things.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-05
HOME MISSION NEEDED.

Like Caesar of old when he re-
turned from a mighty conquest, John
Alexander Dowie, the prophet of Zion
City, was greeted by his followers
when he returned to the unique settle.
ment he has founded near Chicago
yesterday. What cared they for the
fact that he had been driven from
England for criticising King Edward
What cared they that he had been
Kissed and laughed at in Europe, that
he had been stoned in Australia, that
no hotel was open to him in London?
What cared they that he had confiscat.
ed their possessions in order to pay
his expenses on his globe girdling
trip? They still believed in him and
will still accept his teachings.
Verify, the days when witches
were burned In the old New England
towns were not so far behind the pres
ent day as we would like to believe.
When a vile-mannered uncouth man
in everything but superficial educa-
ton can gather together from all over
an enlightened nation a great colony
of men and women, appropriate for
his own all the money they can raise,
and deceive them into believing that
he is a sacred being, deity, there
is still a great and crying need for
missionary work at home.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-05
COLLEGE MEN AND THE rolLERs

Washington Post.-The college boys
are coming home. They are here In
large numbers already They can be-
seen everywhere, afoot, on horseback,
with open, intelligent eyes the every-
day progress of the active world In
which they are about to become Inn
portant factors. 1t is preparatory
word we would address to them, and
beg them not to be too hard on the
workers; to take, If they may, q con-
siderate view of the men they sec
striving about them. The college boy
has confessed advantage. He comes
straight from wisdom's founts. He
mas drunk deep of the Pierian spring.
or the men on whom he will pass
Judgment during the summer vacation,
some have had like advantages with
him, but most have not. All those
who at one time fancied they, too. had
conquered every province of knowl-
edge will give passing glance at
these groups of collegians and dare to
smile as they commiserate the mex
\ perience of the younger men, with Its
accompaniment Of distorted vision. In
this they will be wrong. More neatly
right will be the hod carrier, the brick
layer, the carpenterS the clerk, to
whom fortune has denied the bf.Ftvtt-
lege of books, of cultured companion
ships. and the sheltered walks in the
grove of Academe. These men who,
in a sense, are bearing up under the
whole weight of our wariaday life,
will honestly envy the colegian the
opportunities he has had to get in
touch with the world of the past, it's
learning and achievements, and to win
an equipment for the enterprises Of
the future. They daily descry at a
distance the romance of college days
and would gladly share in it. All our
schools are in vain If the untutored
holman has not a sounder view of the
collegian than the educated man, who,
after enduring the thousand knocks OF
life, after being prayed in a mortar by
experience, is driven to look mourn-
fully upon the actual complexion OF \
the acquisitions he was proud of when
he was young. Il
The American stands by the school,,
and while it cannot in reason be ex-
pected that our collegians, who will
throng the streets during the next few
weeks can look altogether without dis 4
dain upon the bungling uninspiredl
craftsmen who are carrying on the
worlds work, they may, at least, bo
besought for charity in opinion. Ev-
| erybody loves a lover, and not the less
| does the world love the young man or
woman who, fresh from the gray or
red quadrangles of college yard CAM
pus, stands alongside the busting con-
fusion Of actual life and regards this
with eyes filled with light borrowed
| from a past that Is remote or from q
| far distant, never to be realized fu-
| ture.
Let these favored youths, enjoying
the affection OF all as they do, while
they look down on those stained with
| the sweat of labor, or ordering their
several and varied businesses, as
well as they know. and stopping only
| when they must, remember to give
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-05
CANNON THE MAIN FEATURE.

Boston Transcript. = Was 1t as
speaker Of the house that Uncle Joe"
gained his extensive vocabulary or did
the possession Of 1t assure his fitness
for the office? Perhaps he says some
things that aren't pretty or exactly.
ladylke, but there is never any doubt
of the sincerity Of his utterances or
of his perfect understanding offhim-
self and Of what he wants. Such quail
tiles always invite a following, but the
followers can never point the way as
the preliminary skirmishes at the con-
vention have shown. Speaker Cannon
hadn't notion of being led. Never
and warmth to the convention that It
would have lacked without him.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-05
Mr.. CLEVELAND AGAIN.

There are strong indications that the
national democracy will at the con.
vention in st. Louis next week, for the
fourth time, place Grover Cleveland in
nomination for the presidency of the
United States. While this nomination
would probably cause Mr.. Bryan and
few of his immediate followers to
bolt the convention, yet the effect of
such a bolt, would be- comparatively
small because the rank and file of the
democracy will go with the party nom
inee, whoever he may be. That Mr..
Cleveland is the strongest nomination
for the democratic party to make is
unquestioned, and if he should be nom
mated, the presidential campaign will
be q strenuous one from the begin
ming to the finish. Mr. Cleveland is re-
gardsd as "safe" by the moneyed inter-
ests of the country. If he is nomi-
mated, practically the only question at
issue, between the two parties, will be
that of the tariff, Mr.. Cleveland being
an extreme tariff for revenue only
advocate.
While Mr. Cleveland has been in
no sense a candidate for the nominal
ton and indeed has given out state
ment that he would not be candi-
date there are indications that he will
not refuse if the nomination comes
to him with any practical unanimity
on the part Of the various elements
of the democratic party; excepting
only the Bryan crowd. who are not
expected to support him under
any circumstances. An indication of
this is found in very carefully prepar-
ed article by ex-President Cleveland
himself, published in the July number
of McClure's' Magazine in which the
ex-president recites the history of the
great strike in Chicago, in July, 1894,
so far as the action of the federal gov
eminent was concerned in sending
troops to that city, though such action
was taken contrary to the desire of
and in the face of a protest by Gov
ernor John p Altgeld of Illinois.
Mr.. Cleveland shows as result of
sending United States troops to Chica-
go at that time, that the strike was
not only broken and order restored, but
that the decisions Of the United States
supreme court upon cases arising there
from, have guaranteed for all time the
inherent power of the government to
execute by means of physical force
through it's official agents, on every foot
of American soil, the power and func-
tons belonging to it. The relations
of the general government to inter-
state commerce and the transportation
of the mails are such as to authorize
a direct interference by federal author
ity and United States troops to pre-
vent forceable obstruction thereof
It was also shown that United States
court has jurisdiction to issue injunc-
lions in aid of performance Of such
duty.
Is it not somewhat significant that
ex-President Clevelands article in ex-
PLANTATION of his action with reference
to the Chicago strike riot in 1894
should appear just on the eve of a ma
tional democratic convention, which is
to again place in nomination a candi-
date for the presidency of the United
States?
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-05
ONE FLAG FOR THE NATION.


The people of the United States
have but one flag. 1t is the emblem
which was first designed by Betsy
Ross = the red, white and blue stand
ard which was followed in war by
Washington, by Grant and Farragut,
by Roosevelt and Dewey. 1t consists
of thirteen stripes, alternating red
and white and white star for every
state in this imperishable union, in a
field Of blue. This is the flag of the
American republic and will so remain.
An eastern professor named Arbett
has a scheme for flag to represent
the negro race and claims that if
adopted it will operate for good. He
says: Every nation has flag but
the negro The constitution, Profess
sor Arnett should know, made the ne
gro an American citizen and the
Emancipation Proclamation fixed his
standing among other American citi-
zens. The American flag is his flag
because it is the flag of the whole peo-
pie. There can be but one flag for
the United States. The stars and
stripes have weathered every storm
for more than a century and will con-
tinue to do SO many years to come
This flag is recognized throughout the
world as the flag Of an independent,
democratic nation, and must so re-
main.
What Professor Arnett urges as the
chief recommendation of his plan is
in reality it's most Objectionable fea-
ture. He says the flag of the negro
should have a "staff of weeping will
low, to commemorate the fact that
women and children once knelt and
prayed under weeping willow trees.
A black border will be appropriate to
symbolic the color. In the center
will be the pictures of five represent
alive colored men who stand for the
enlightenment of the people" He adds
that he believes the adoption of the
emblem would solve the race cues
ton"
There is little of logic in this theo-
ry. In the first place there is no race
question save where Incorporate men
of one race or another, force the is
sue. The flag proposed by Professor
Arnett would tend to make distinc-
ton between the races and surely this
could not aid in settling question the
solution of which depends upon get,
ting the two races more alike Moth
Ing that widens a line of division can
make it easier to be crossed and for
this reason, if for no other the move.
ment for a flag for the negro is wrong
and should be forgotten in its in
fancy.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-05
THE PROPER STUDY OF MAN.
KIND is MAN.

Baltimore Summary Americans
will go to the st. Louios exposition to
see the people from other lands who
constitute the chief attraction of "the
Pike" Men and women from the ut
termost parts Of the earth are assem-
bled there. Even the aboriginal folk
OF japan are represented in the col
ony of foreigners at the worlds fair.
No doubt the strange people of "the
Pike" will find much to interest them
and to arouse their curiosity in the
types Of Americans who will visit the
exposition. The wild man of Borneo
the Hindoo from the banks Of the
Ganges, the Siamese, Tibetan, Arab
African, South American and Europe
an will make most interesting study
for our Bostonians and Louisianians
and Californians, for the agricultur-
lists Of bleeding Kansas" the cow
boys of Montana and Arizona, and the
terrifying and unterrified citizens of
Roaring Gulch and Bitter Creek. The
proper study Of mankind wrote Pope
is man. THE Pike" Is an educational
institution of high order Uncle
Sam can get acquainted there with
the world, and meet every type Of the
heterogeneous progeny of Adam and
Eve.
Curiosity is not confined to Ameri-
cans. When our multi millionaires go
abroad they attract as much attention
from the natives Of other lands as IL
they constituted a sort of peripatetic
Pike" People go days Journey to
look at them-to see If Uncle Sans
sons and daughters are like other
specimens of the human race. A dis
patch from Paris states that Mr.. w
K. Vanderbilt and his wife, while
touring in Switzerland last week, had
trouble with their automobile and
were compelled to stop for several
days at a village inn. From far and
near the peasants came to feast their
eyes with a. glimpse Of the American
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-05
THE CONFERENCE.-THE.

The Keosauqua Republican of this
week, suggests the name of Hon. Cal.
YIN Manning of Ottumwa as a candi-
date for governor of Iowa. The Re
publican editorially says:
Why not make Hon. Calvin Man
ming of Ottumwa the next republican
nominee for governor? There is no
question as to his republicanism, or his
ability, or his popularity And he can
make speaking campaign that will
tell. He would be winning candidate
from the start. for he was born and
raised in Van Buren, county. We have
no doubt but that the first district
would, along with his own congression-
al district, go solid for him, and he
would have a strong following from
several other districts to begin with.
What do Wapello county republicans
say to it?
What the Republican says of Mr..
Manning will meet with widespread ap-
proVal and this matter will be held in
allegiance for consideration at the prop
er time. 1t is, however, too early to
seriously discuss the question Of the
governorship. If the proposed consti-
tutional. amendment providing for BIZ
ennial elections, should be adopted by
the people this fall. Governor Cum
Minis will continue in office one year
longer than his regular term, and there
will be no election for governor until
two years from November. Hence it
is that the question of the governor
ship will not be up for serious discus
sion until after the fate of the amend
ment is known.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-05

Croesus and his wife. At mealtimes
they gathered in the dining room to
see Mr. Vanderbilt partake of food.
garded him as some rare specimen Of
the genus homo. And when, they saw
that he drank the wine of the coun-
try and ate bread and meat and cheese
they marveled greatly. In most re-
spects they found that he was Just
like other men-even Swiss peasants
lin satisfying his hunger and slah-
ing his thirst. When the people OF q
whole hamlet and parts of the SUR
rounding country knock off work and
devote several days to watching a
visitor from another country dine and
sup, 1T Is very easy to understand why.
the Pike" is an interesting feature
Of the st. Louis exposition. The most
fascinating study of mankind is man,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-05

) The scramble among Iowa cities for
the annual guard encampment will
henceforth be thing of the past. Land
has been purchased near Des Moines
for a permanent camp for all the regi
ments Of the Iowa National guard. The
tract is 100 acres in extent and ad
joins FIT. Des Moines on the east. The
militiamen will have an opportunity
while in camp hereafter to see the
regular troops and benefit by their ex
amples. This is in line with the spirit
of the Dick bill and will result in bet
ter drilled and more efficient guards
men,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-05
THE FEVER OF STERILIZATION.

another good man gone wrong" is
the way heartless public sums up
the story of Colonel ]. H. Plain, of
Aurora, ILL.,, who has confessed to the
embezzlement of 100000 and the loss
Of the entire amount in speculation.
Colonel Plain was cashier of the Ger
man American National bank of Au-
rora, and was respected and trusted
as a reliable business man.
The fever of speculation has caused
the undoing of many good men, hon.
est at heart but weak of will. The
mania for gambling with big stakes
brings disgrace, poverty and often
death and gives nothing in return. 1t
is an outgrowth of the American spirit
of progressive trade, but not the lust
one. There is. apparently, no way to
counteract it's influence, but each fail
ure should be a lesson and should be
remembered
A few weeks ago Chicago lawyer
killed himself at southern health re.
sort rather than return home and face
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-05

seed corn before planting Is being
well demonstrated, according to Chair
man John Cownie of the state board of
control. Mr.. Cownie after trip over
the state says that the corn crop is in
good condition as to growth and
weather conditions but that. the hills
are yielding only one or two stocks
where they should yield three or more.
This he accounts for with the state
ment that the seed corn was not per-
feet. Professor Holden's plan for
testing seed corn if followed explicit
ly, say experienced farmers, would
this year bring corn crop of 90 per
cent instead of a rs per cent crop or
less, which is promised.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-05

Owing to the death of Hon. A. W.
Buchanan, member of the legislature
from the eighteenth legislative district,
Wapello county will elect new mem
Der to that body at the election in No
vemb Der. Governor Cummins has noti-
fled Senator Harper that the call for
filling this vacancy will be made in
the official election proclamation. 1t is
now up to the republicans of Wapel-
10 county to nominate good man for
this position and his election is assur-
ed by a heavy majority.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-05
SECRETARY OF THE NAVY NOR
TON

When President Roosevelt selected
Hon. Paul Morton, of Chicago, for the
position Of secretary of the navy, he
did what the wise business man al
ways does-chose the most capable
man for the position that could be Sc.
cured. We cannot say anything
higher in commentator of the. Presi.
dents action than this. Mr.. Morton
is one of the strong and vigorous
young men, not alone of Chicago, but
of the United States Of America. AS
an executive officer of a great railway
company he has demonstrated unus-
ual abilities. He is thoroughly rep
resentative American citizen of the
type of the men who do things" and
do them so well as to attract national
prominence. Mr.. Morton has not been
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-05
A MAN OF MERIT.

st. Louis Globe emocrat.-Mr Cor.
telyou has had swift rise into
prominence. Every advancement
which he has gained, however has
been on account of merit He has
met the demands of every post which.
he has filed. Honest able personally
popular, he has made fast friends
among democrats and republicans
alike. A man who has had Cleveland.
Mckinley and Roosevelt among his
admirers, after working under their
eye for years, must have the stuff In
him which commands respect,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-05

Now that the prohibitionists have
held their convention, scored the old
parties, adopted platform with more
planks than the Board Walk at Atlantic
City, the campaign will soon be ready
to start. General Miles decided that
he didn't want to drive the water wag-
on for mere pleasure of the experience
and Pennsylvania man was chosen.
Stewart was the favorite until some
one remembered that he was a citizen
of Chicago.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-05

Henry Clews in his latest report just
about sums up the situation in his first
sentence Confidence is gradually
Strengthening owing to encouraging
crop reports and an abundance of
money and the absence of disturbing
issues in the presidential campaign"
It's the truth, too.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-05
Homeseekers' Rates.

On the first and third Tuesdays of
each month the Iowa Central railway
.ells special homeseekers' round trip
excursion tickets to points in the
northwest, west, southwest, south and
southeast, at one fare plus two dollars.
Return limit twenty-one days from
late OF sales and stop overs permitted.
Gail on agents for full particulars
,r address A. B. Cults. g. P. & T. A..
Minneapolis, MINI.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-05

An editor of paper in small west
ern town most truthfully observed:
"The country papers have many
faults; they make many blunders and
leave undone many good works. Yet
when you follow them month after
month, you are struck with the unani-
nifty with which they stand loyalty by
their communities and the constancy
with which they preach the doctrine of
citizenship and fair play in all things"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-05

A wall is going up from Kansas that
the rains are spelling the crops. 1t
seems that Kansas is always either
too wet or too dry but somehow or
other an average crop is generally
pulled out Of it ALL
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-05

Speaker Cannon is going to Europe
Whatever happens over there, it is
reasonably sure that he will not fly a
signal of distress from Monte Carlo
as did Charles M. Schwab
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-05

Whoever ruined the gas bag on
Santos Dumont's air ship did thor
ough piece of work. Can it be pos
sible that Sanity lost his nerve when
he took a look at the American in
ventors and himself superintendent the
work of damaging his machine?
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-05

Rains are reported to have barred
the progress Of the Japanese forces
in the advance on Port Arthur. The
Russians can now understand why Os-
kaloosa baseball fans are glad to see
a lowering barometer.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-05

The parent who refuses Little Will
lies request for cap pistol for the
Fourth will simply be taking measures
to pass up buying Willie's casket a
while longer.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-05

The Japs are said to be holding all
the passes. Senator Hughes bill
which failed in the Iowa legislature
would doubtless find favor with the
Russians.