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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-26
STATE CONVENTION CALL.
To the republican electors of the state Q
Iowa:

To the republican electors of the state of
Iowa:
In accordance with the usage and in pur-
snance of call of the republican national
committee and by direction of the republi-
can state central committee of Iowa, del
Iowa will be held in the city of Des Moines.
Iowa, on Wednesday, May IS, 1904 at IL
o'clock a. M, for the purpose of electing
Tour delegates-at-large and four alternate
delegates at-large to represent Iowa In the
republican national convention to be held
IN the city of Chicago, in the state of Illi-
nois. on Tuesday, June 81, 1904.
All republican and other voters In this
state, without regard to past political affili-
'ations, who believe in republican principles,
and who endorse the policy of the republi-
can party, are cordially invited to unite
under this call in the election Of delegates
and alternate delegates to said national
convention.
The national committee directs that the
congressional district delegates and alter
nate delegates shall be elected by conven-
lions called by the congressional committee
of each district In the manner of nominal.
Ing the candidate for representative in con-
gress In said district. The congressional
committee Of each district is empowered
and directed to determine the time and
place of holding its district convention, ex-
cept that all such conventions must be held
at least thirty days prior to June q, 1904,
and due notice thereof shall be given to
the voters Of the several districts
The basis of representation in the state
convention will be as follows: One delegate
for each county and one additional delegate
for each 200 votes or fraction of 100 or over
cast for Albert B. Cummins for governor
at the general election held November 3,
1903, and each county will be entitled to
al Moo 49, Call
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-26
STATESMAN AND JOURNALIST.

From the New York Sun.-The reps
resentative in congress from the elev-
enth district of New York has set in
the house-or has been supposed to sit
therefor just 108 working days. The
paucity of references by the Congress
sional Record to his presence and leg
islatiye performances during this per-
iod Of five months is shown in the SUBJ
joined summary:
The Hon. William r. Hearst.
Speeches delivered ...... ..........t0
Incidental remarks ....... ..p..... 0
Motions and points Of ORDER. .... 0
Petitions and papers presented. 0
Resolutions introduced 81.
Bills introduced .... ..,.....3.3..,...
Yea and nay votes ...,.....l.4. a.,....
The infrequency Of the mention Of
Mr.. Hearsts name in the official jour-
nal might be explained on the theory
that he shrinks from public notice. II
might be supposed that he dislikes to
see his name in type employed by the
government printing office.
The statistical exhibit, however, Is
not complete without this additional
table, recording the several appear
ances of the Hon. William r. Hearsts
name on five pages of a single number
of one Of his own newspapers, the New
York American, Of Thursday last:
E fS' -l71'l. F5 IoicpJav Crdtparv
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-26

celve denomination to congress at the
hands of the Seventh district republic
can convention, the political influence
OF the governor was badly cri~.sSsl
The Withdrawal of Hon. A. B. Funk
as candidate for delegate at large
finished the decentralization Then IL ,l,e.
came necessary for Mr. Blythe, di-
rectly and through his friends, to ex-
ert influence to prevent a movement
10 oppose the election of Gov Cum
INNS as one of the delegates at large.
so lar there has been no serious out
break IN opposition to the harmony
program of naming the senators,
the governor and Mr.. Blythe as the
TOUR delegates at large. 1t has been
urged in the southern part of the
state that insistenoe upon reaffirmation
or last years state platform would
bring peril to the governor as one OF
the four delegates at large. AS the
case ca stands. the delegates at large will
be as suggested unless it should hap-
pen that the governor declines to ac-
cept the courtesy at the hands of Mr..
Blythe.
1t is reasonably safe to assume that
the resolutions will be along the line Of
the Des Moines county PLATFORM
hearty Endorsement of Roosevelt and
renewal of faith in the essential prin-
clples of the republican party. There
are opponents to Governor Cummins,
notably Col. LATE Young, who have adj
vocated the writing of a new platforms
"a genuinely republican platform" as
they have called it, and how far tho
convention may be carried in this di-
rection remains to be seen. 1t will
doubtless be advised by Mr.. Blythe
that compromise be accepted on the
basis OF Mr.. Waites resolutions. re
his advice is followed no new declara-
lions will be framed, the purpose being
to await the action of the national
convention, whose platform, in any
event, must be the platform Of the
party this year.
The tenth district convention. how-
ever. has determined that the state
convention will not reaffirm the state
platform Of 1908.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-26

and forceful After enthusiastically en-
dorsing President Roosevelt as the
ideal of the mass of the republican,
party, they characterize him as hon.
est beyond criticism or cavil, truthful
in all utterances and brave under all
circumstances, wise In the policy Of
government and well grounded in the
principles that have made this nation
great" His services Of nearly three
years in the presidential chair Is COM
mended, and then this is said on the
all-important subject of the tariff:
I'VE regard his presentation of the
principles and policies of the republi-
can party relating to the tariff as made
in his Minneapolis speech last year as
one to which every true republican
will give hearty and unequivocal en-,
dorsement. We believe that President
Roosevelt is eternally right when he
says that 1t is the duty Of this nation
ito see to it that our laws shall in no
event afford advantage in our market
to foreign industries over American
industries. to foreign capital over
American capital, to foreign labor
over our own labor" With this prin-
ciple and purpose always in view, we
believe that the tariff should be suff1-
cient to equalize conditions here and
abroad in the production of every ar
ticle that we do or can produce in
this country. We are not in favor of
lowering the duty on any article at the
behest of any nation that will result
in giving up any portion of the A.sse,tsis
can market that Is now 81; ed 81 or
which can be supplied by honi4 pro-
duction. We believe that specific tar
If schedules Should be adjusted to ac-
cord with the changing conditions spf
business but never in a manner thAt
directly or indirectly attacks the wis
dom and soundness of the protective
principle. Under the policy Of protec-
ton we have had the highest prosper
ity and the highest wage scale and the
highest price for our farm products
which the history Of the world has ever
known. We commend and endorse the
policy of reciprocity with foreign lands
for trade In competitive products
only"
There is no misunderstanding the
purport of these declarations They
define the republican attitude as to the
tariff accurately and perspicuously and
are calculated to give renewed conf
dence and pride in the principles and
purposes of the party. The Wapello
county brethren are to be congratulate
ed both upon their clear understands
ing of the issue as 1t presents itself
and their courageous pronouncement
in behalf of genuine republicanism.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-26
WILL NOTBE AFFIRMED

Sioux City Journal.--The Iowa re-
publican state convention, to meet in
Des Moines on the 18th of Nav to
choose delegates. to the republican ma
tional convention, to meet in Chicago
on the 21st of June will not reaff1rm
the Iowa state platform of 1908.
Inat question was settled by the
tenth district republican convention
meeting at Ft. Dodge Thursday.
The tenth congressional district is
the largest district, territorially in
population and in republican majority
of the eleven Iowa districts. 1t is the
home district of Senator J.SP. Dolliver,
as 1t is the home district of Hon. Geo.
e. Roberts, director of the mint. Both
are citizens of Fort Dodge, where the
convention was held. The tenth dis
trict has had rating as the strongest
Cummins district in the state with the
eleventh. district good second.
The convention meeting at Fort
Dodge on the 14th inst is listed In the
proceedings as a harmony convention.
1t was harmony convention on pre-
cisely the same lines as the first dis
trlct congressional convention in ses-
sion at the same time in KeolSuk. Hon.
j. p. Conner was heartily renominated
in one and Hon. Thomas Hedge in the
other. The resolutions adopted ran
along the same lines in both conven-
tions, in the one being reported by B..
/. Salinger, of Carroll, and in the other
by j. L. Waite, editor of the Burlington
Hawk-Eye. The conventions We're
harmonious separately and collectively.
The most pronounced Cummins district
and the most pronounced anti-Cum-
Minis district in the state joined hands
looking to common purpose in the
state convention.
With reference to the action OF the
state convention only two questions re-
main. The first relates to the person.
mel of the delegates at large to the ma
tional convention, the second relates to
the temper of the resolutions the con-
.vention will adopt.
Following the defeat of Judge Prouty
lin the Polk county primaries, and the
assurance that Capt. Hull would re-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-26
"a SUGGESTED HARMONY PLAT.
EORM.o

Considerable talk has been going
the rounds of the Iowa press recently
regarding the possibility of adopting
a harmony platform at the coming
state republican convention. After
listening to the discussion of this mat
ter to the extent of its patience the
Mason City Globe-Gazette comes for
ward with the following suggestion of
harmony platform to be adopted:
Resolved, That George Perkins work
on the platform last year was well and
good
Resolved, That Senator Allison's part
in the harmony enunciation was wise
and commendable.
Resolved, That the selection of ]. w.
Blythe to read the platform was correct
and proper
Resolved, That Governor Cummins'
insistence that tariffs which are too
low should be highered and tariffs
which are too high should be lowered
is axiomatical and self evident and
worthy of the governor.
Resolved, That we are for Roosevelt,
protection and sound money without
any salum 'odees'" of any deleterious
or democratic substance
Resolved, that we roll up 100000 re-
publican majority and let the national
republican convention do the rest
Resolved, That this is 1904
It's up to Perkins, Young, Ingham,
Norris, Waite and Cyrenus to take this
platform or put up their carpenters
tools at once.
1t would seem that these suggestions
give due recognition to all the persons
connected with the framing of the
platform last year and if this be one of
the points at issue, it would seem that
the proposed resolutions should meet
the needs of the occasion.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-26

ca at that time will go to the congress
slonal convention to present his name
and unanimously support him for that
office. The republicans of Jackson
county thus set forth their belief in the
fitness of Mr.. Dawson for that Office:
We recognize in the person of AL
oert r. Dawson. of Jackson county.
one eminently qualified to represent
the people of the second congressional
district in the national house of repre-
sentatives and we pledge ourselves to
use all honorable means to secure his
nomination and election to that of
fee.
For several years Mr. Dawson act
ed as private secretary to Congressman
George M. Curtis of the second district
and since that time has been employed
IN the same capacity with Senator AL
lison. His experience during these
years in Washington has, given him
large acquaintance with affairs in the
national capital. He has been thrown
in touch with the public men and lead
ers, he has gained useful knowledge
of the way business is conducted in the
legislative halls. All these things com
bine to make Mr.. Dawson most use
full and efficient congressman should
he be sent to Washington from the sec
ond district and one who would unques-
tionably accomplish much for his con
stituents.
Mr.. Dawson is thorough going re-
publican. AS manager of the speakers
bureau for the last two years he has
gained wide acquaintance among re-
publicans of Iowa. He is we'll known
in his home district and is looked upon
Us man of marked ability. 1t will
not be at all surprising if the republic
ans of the second district fall in line
with their fellow partymen of Jackson
county and put Mr.. Dawson in nomina-
ton. From this distance it would seem
that a better choice could not be made
by the republicans of the second dis
trict for the coming congressional con-
test
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-26
WILL MAKE NEW PLATFORM.

The editor of the Sioux City Journal
no longer believes that the state plat
form of 1903 will be reaf1rmed by the
republican convention of 1904. Hard
as he has labored to gain recognition
for last years platform and to make
himself-and others-belieye that this
course was absolutely necessary for
harmony in the convention of May IS,
developments of the past few weeks
have shown the error. Evidences have
been constantly accommodating showing
the convictions of the rank and file of
the party in this matter. County con-
yentions all over the state have with
possibly a very few exceptions, made
no mention Of last years platform, but
on the contrary have instructed that
the party declaration this year shall
be one that will meet the conditions
and needs Of this years campaign.
But this matter has been definitely
settled, as Mr.. Perkins suggests, by
the congressional conventions that
have already been held, the eighth,
tenth and first. The sentiment at the
Fl. Dodge meeting was in favor of har-
mony this year and an unquestionable
expression on party doctrines, in keep
ing with the history Of the party and
the stand taken by its leader-P resi-
dent Roosevelt.
With such a demand on the part of
the republicans Of the tenth district,
which has always been considered the
strongest Cummins district, harmon
ious convention in Des Moines on May
IS is assured. Republicans in all parts
of Iowa are for Roosevelt for president.
They believe in republican doctrines as
advocated by him and along this line
they propose that the presidential cam
paign shall be waged. The absence of
any demand of any considerable size
in the state for a reaffirmation of last
years platform is emphatically shown
in the Sioux City Journals statement
of present conditions, which appears
elsewhere in this issue of the Courier.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-26
AMERICAN pEsTRoYERs.

The American fleet in the Orient
has just been reinforced by five tor
pedo boat destroyers. They reached
Manila bay few days ago after a
cruise of $4,000 miles, covering period
of about four months. This Is the
longest run on record for vessels Of
this class and has beyond question
proven their seaworthiness. The flo
tilla was composed Of the Decatur,
Dale All were ordered at the same
time six years ago. They are each of
420 tons, 5000 horse power, with a
speed Of at least twenty-eight knots.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-26
DENouNcEs THuGIsm.

The recent deplorable union labor
troubles in Chicago and the brutal meth
DDS practiced by certain class of
unionists has done harm to the cause
of organized labor to a degree that
cannot be calculated. Accounts of the
labor troubles indicate that all sorts
of crime have been committed in that
city in the name of organized labor,
including murder. Sober minded I'M
ionists and the friends of unions out
side their membership, realize that if
this sort of thing continues their cause
will be incalculably harmed. They
are aware that not only in that city,
but in other labor centers the cause
Of union laborers will have to suffer
because of the indiscretions in that
city. Recently Samuel Gompers, pres
ident of the American Federation of
Labor, boldly denounced these outrages
and the persons committing them. He
said:
Violence will not bring about the
conditions that trades unionism hopes
to gain. 1t never did in any organiza-
ton. 1t has always been stumbling
block to the labor movement and 1
trust some relief may be given to peo-
pie of Chicago from the condition that
confronts them in the existence of the
Franklin union"
While this is a strong statement, it
comes from a man thoroughly acquaint-
ed with the objects of organized labor
and the best methods of securing them.
1t will indeed be fortunate if it shall
cause the radicals to pause and in seek
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-26
DEMOCRATIC ENDORSEMENT.

Burlington Hawk Eye.-Some people
can never see their own weaknesses,
though able to see those of others-or
therefore, to find such people opening
their eyes to their own shortcomings
and magnifying the virtue Of others
by the contrast.
A case in point is the Chicago Chron-
icle. No paper in the democratic ranks
has said harsher and more cutting
things about President Roosevelt. 1t
has fairly rivaled Gn a more refined
way) the attacks of the Hearst Papers
upon the present chief executive. But
the pail of Organism that has hung
over the democratic party for the past
few years, and the threat of Hearst
now confronting it has turned the
stomach Of the Chronicle and it cries
out in very sickness OF the double dose.
The Dallas, Texas, News gives 1t
pain by the following remark:
What do all Of President Roose-
velts excuses amount to-"
And 1t blurts out the following:
$50 far as we have observed he is
not making many excuses. IL the
democrats can get a man of their
own into the white house who Will
stand as firmly for what a demo-
crat believes to be right, they will
be doing very well indeed"
Such an Endorsement by the Presi-
dents one time pltter. critlc is slsniii-
cant of the deplorable straits into which
the democratic party has fallen. Men
aced with Hearst on one hand and
threatened by Bryan on the other, with
Cleveland Indifferent and unresponsiye
to its calls for help, it turns eagerly to
the silent jurist of New York and will
nominate him hands down, il only to
escape the doom of the unspeakables
whose clutch is at It's throat. BY the
reason of the good opinion in which
Roosevelt is held-an opinion to which
the Chronicle gives voice in it's disgust
over democratic prospects-the present
chief executive will be returned to the
white house by a tremendous vote this
fall
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-26
WOULD MAKE CANADA THE FARM

Recent Montreal dispatches bring
the intelligence that the plants of the
Canadian Wooden Mills Co., in which
over $1,000,00O has been invested will
soon be sold in a short time. Owing
to tne preference given by the Cana
dian tariff to British goods the latter
can be sold in the dominion at much
lower figure than they can be made
there. For considerable time the Ca
madam concern named has been en-
abled to work only about four days
per week. But it has been unable to
compete with the British manufacture
of wooden goods because of the ineffi-
cheney of its tariff and now it is pre-
pairing to close out it's business.
This incident but shows what may
be expected 10 happen to many other
Canadian industries is the Chamber
lain plan Of controlling the industries
of the empire succeed. This plan is
no more nor less than an attempt to
maintains within the empire the condi-
lions that controlled in the world six
ty years ago. AT that time England
was the mill and the rest of the world
the farm. 1t was the belief of Golden
that If England would admit free of
duty the food products and raw mate
rails of other countries this condition
could be maintained. That was the
reason for the adoption of the free
trade" policy of Great Britain.
For time the plan worked only too
well for England. 1t drove her farm
ers from the cultivation of the soil I'M
til she became virtually all mill. But
finally other countries objected to this
plan, notably the United States That
this country might become Industrial
ly Independent it was desirable that
manufacturing interests should be
started. To accomplish this it was
necessary to set up protective tariffs.
This brought the mill and the farm in
to close touch and proved of great
economical benefit to both. This plan
was continued until England was left
without sufficient farm demand for
her products to keep her mills run
ming. Mr.. Chamberlain has seen the
danger that lies ahead. He has hit
upon the plan of offering the British
colonies and Canada in particular, suf-
ficient assurance Of steady markets
and profits as would induce them to
give up the idea of becoming economi-
cally independent. would keep them
from starting mills for the manufac-
ture of their own products and make
them part of the great farm that
should supply the factories of England
with needed raw materials.
How this plan will work for Canada
is shown by the pending sale above
referred to. 1t would appear that the
Canadians would better think twice
before they agree to any such plan
By accepting Chamberlains plain the
farmers of Canada may for a, time ac-
cumulate wealth little faster, but in
saving the empire and serving only
England's interest as manufacturer,
they will indefinitely postpone the day
when Canada may expect to be real
nation.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-26
AN EXCESS OF LEGISLATION.

Chicago Record Herald Nearly all
Of the states are suffering from too
much legislation. What is needed is a
more rigid and impartial enforcement
Of the laws we already have rather
than many new enactments. All but
six states of the union have recognized
the dangers from too much law maxi
ing by adopting biennial sessions for
the legislature, while one state, Ala
barna has found that quadrennial ses-
sions will supply all the new laws and
all the amendments of the old laws
that are needed The only states that
are now burdened with annual sessions
of the legislature are New York,
Massachusetts, New Jersey, Rhode Is
land, South Carolina and Georgia.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-26
REcLAIMlNe THE FLOOD LANDS.

The damage to lands along the river
valleys of the west caused by the Sc
we're floods of last year has caused the
department of agriculture under the
management of Secretary James Will
son to issue circular to the residents
of these valleys giving valuable infor-
nation regarding the reclamation of
these lands. The injured lands are
classified under the following general
heads: sanded lands, eroded lands,
eroded lands subsequently silted and
caving river banks.
Thousands of acres of fertile plow-
land were buried in coarse sand to
such depth as to be rendered worth
less for agriculture for many years to
come. Immediate attention to these
lands is urged by the department of
agriculture else the sand is liable to
be shifted by the winds and deposited
on lands that are now fertile. In order
should be planted this spring. The
flood Of 1903 caused millions OF cot
tonwoods to terminate in the fields too
wet for cultivation. In these natural
nurseries can be secured all the seed
lings needed. These trees should be
planted about six feet apart. This
distance will require 1,210 trees per
acre. After the plantation has grown
for six or eight years the department
advises that about half the stand be
removed. A second thinning should be
made in twelve or fifteen years and at
the end Of twenty years the remainder
of the trees can be cut up into saw
logs.
On eroded lands the planting Of
black walnut or hardy catalpa is adj