Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06

[, WINNESHEIK COUNT
The grand aggregate Of all regular
insurance issued in the United States
in the year 1908 was $4,000. 900. 900.
A number OF the Iowa counties are
taking advantage Of the 500 peddler's
license authorized by the recent legis.
lature, the enforc sment Of which will
be of great public benefit.
Six or eight weeks Of good hot
weather. with occasional showers.
will make the farmer of the northwest
happy. Crops are in splendid condi-
tion for this time of the year, and .
big yield will do more to increase
prosperity than politics or anything
else Just at this time.
An Illinois editor regarded as wise
man prints this: Now is the time Of
the year when the boys and girls sit
on the front porch and look scornfully
at the stars. Pretty soon she says:
"What are you thinking about?" and
he says: "Same thing you are. ;"
"Don't you try it," she says, "or I'll
slap your face
At a woman's suffrage meeting down
in Boston the other day one Of the
ladies present-a single lady Of course
proposed as compromise to be
offered to the male population that in
return for the right of suffrage they
offer the men the privilege of plurali-
ty of wives. The married ladies pre-
sent opposed the proposition. denoun-
cling it as an old maid scheme.
The tariff rippers are extracting a
lot of comfort from q recent letter
written by John A. Kasson, who act.
ed as o special commissioner under
President Mckinley to negotiate re.
ciprocity treaties with foreign coun.
tries. Mr.. Kasson was amazingly sue.
cessful in negotiating treaties, as re-
CARDS numbers, but they gave the other
fellows so much the best of the swap
that the senate refused to ratify them.
Hampton Chronicle.
The gubernatorial fight in Mime
sofa ended on Friday by the nomina-
tion Of Robert 9. Dunn. after two
days. convention. The contest for the
noination had been q long and close
campaign. but fortunately ended har-
moniously. When the convention met
it was nip and tuck between Dunn and
Collins, but the unseatipg of the con.
testing Collins delegation from Henne-
pin county settled the question. and
they accepted the defeat gracefully.
It would be we'll for drivers of
wagons to remember that all United
States mail wagons have the right Of
way in public highways when on
duty. They cannot be driven into
bitches by heavy loaded wagons with
out violation of the United States
mail, and If q collision is made by so
doing and the mail delayed it will
not be long thereafter until deputy
United States marshal will be look
ing for parties who will answer to roll
call at q United States court.
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw has
given formal notice to the st. Louis
exposition company that If payments
are not promptly forthcoming when
due. he, as guardian Of tie United
States treasury, will take charge of
the receipts and collection Of fair
tickets. The letter formally reminds
the exposition company Of the date Of
the payment Of the first installment Of
the loan, and incloses q copy Of the
rules governing the loan and repay
ment. These rules set forth that the
loan Of 1000. 900 was made to the ex.
position company in the months of
February. March. April and May,
1904, and in that return the govern.
ment is to have first lien on the re-
ceipts Of the fair from paid admissions
and concession privileges. Payments
are to be made each half month.
The prohibition party in national
convention at Indianapolis Thursday
nominated Silas G. Swallow Of Penn.
sylvania for president and George w.
Carroll of Texas for president.
The platform was adopted without
argument. after long deadlock in the
resolutions committee. In addition to
the planks on the liquor question. it
declares the party to be in favor Of in
ternational arbitration. suffrage law
based on mental and moral uualifica.