Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-27
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ears pleased him so much as one
which CANA racautly from Kan]kalrea

ears pleased him so much as one
which came recently from Kankakee
county, Ill. Kankakee county furnishes
what is said to be the largest family of
republican voters in Illinois. These
voters ore the sons and sons-in-law
of John B. hayhurst, of Momence.
Mr.. Hayhurst was the first white child
born in Kankakee. county. He had
the four living sons are republicans
and all of the daughters married re-
publicans. Mr. Hayhurst is reported
to have flfty-three grandchildren and
seventeen great grandchildren. The
mother of Mr. Hayhurst, who is now
eighty-six years old lives with him.
Her father was John Perry, a brothar
of Commodore Perry.
Wilson and Roosevelt.
At the last cabinet meeting Secre-
tary Wilson remained with the Presi-
dent about an hour after the other
members of the cabinet had left When
asked what he had been talking
about the secretary said:
20, we were just talking over plans
to improve the breed of horses in the
west. We are going to spend the
money that congress gave us for the
purpose and think from present in
dications we will be successful. We
are going to do it at Fort Collins,
where we have an experiment station.
Our plan is to breed the American
trotting horse Of the east with the
range mare of the west. The result
we think, will be the finest grade OF
carriage horse ever produced. The
special manner OF feeding that We are
to pursue will enter largely into the
experiment"
Secretary Wilson left for New Eng
land few days after that to make
some political speeches. When asked
about that trip he said:
II am going up to talk agriculture
to the farmers. That's the only poll
tics l know and at present think 1t
is the best republican politics in the
world TO talk"
Parker's Silence.
Those democrats who heed political
superstitions will find comfort In Judge
Parler's refusal to make a campaign
tour. No candidate for president, at
least in modern times, who took the
stump in his own behalf, has won.
Horace Greedy Travelled up and down
the country debating the issues and
was badly beaten. James G Blaine
also aseayed stu1nping tour and al
though greeted everywhere by i'm
mense audiences he proved the first
republican candidate since the civil
war to lose the election. The whirl-
wind campaigns Of Bryan in 1896 and
1900 in which he displayed superhu-
man endurance are still remembered
But political superstition are explod-
ed in nearly every national campaign
and it looks as though such fate was
awaiting this one.
Miss Roosevelt.
Miss Alice Roosevelt very sensibly
exploded canard the other day which
had been started about her by GER
tain New York newspaper. This paper
published story to the effect that
Miss Alice had purchased little
green water snake and was wearing it
coiled around her neck as collar.
Some enthusiastic friend of the Presi-
dents out in Indiana was told the
story and declared it was false. His
bet was covered and the men wrote
a letter to Miss Roosevelt. In a digni-
fed manner the Presidents daughter
authorized denial 1t is true that
Miss Roosevelt went into an animal
store here in Washington not long ago
and there saw little green snake
which attracted her considerably. Not
being at all afraid of the reptile she
handled it and frightened some of her
friends by poking 1t at them. But
when she went out the snake was lett
behind and it is there today.