Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-02-02
.HAWKEYE MEN IN WASHINGTON
DENY THERE is CAUSE FOR
CONFLICT.
DELEGATION AS ONE MAN
Report That the Iowans in Congress
Were Divided on Tariff Question Is
Denied There-PoIitical Atmosphere
!, at, National Capital Is Clarified.
(BY H. ]. MAHIN.)
Washington Bureau of the Courier.
WASHINGTON, D. c.. Jan, 80.

washington, u. ", Jan. ~.
There is to be no factional fight
over the selection OF the Iowa delega-
ton to the Chicago convention. If the
Cummins men say they are going to
fight over this matter they will have
to fight the atmosphere There is
nothing to fight about and nobody to
fight
This is the only sentiment that can
be secured from members of the Iowa
delegation and political leaders in
Washington nowadays. The respective
visits Of Governor Cummins and ]. w.
Blythe to Washington during the past
two weeks has somewhat clarified the
atmosphere which was somewhat fog
gy for a day or two after the governor
delivered his inaugural address.
{ THE Iowa delegation is united in
its opposition to Governor Cummins'
proposition for Canadian reciprocity"
declared one of the most prominent
members of the delegation to the Cou-
rier representative today. 1.-THE ques-
ton at issue now is Canadian reciproc-
ity not general reciprocity or tariff re-
vision and the report that the Iowa
delegation was divided on this subject
is wrong"
lisg -
Although Governor Cummins seems
rs De under thu, impression that he
could number among the supporters of
his theory members of the delegation
at Washington, there is no doubt that
the delegation is now in state of
4unanimity of feeling over this ques-
ton There appears TO be more than
ever before among all leaders desire
that there should be no unnecessary
discord in the ranks OF the Iowa re-
publicans this year.
There is in the air at Washington
feeling that the leaders in the repub-
lican party are preparing. to take care
of the questions of reciprocity and the
modification of tariff schedules at a
proper date not far in the future. 1t
is even said in some quarters, and in
fact it has been understood ever since
this session began that there might be
some definite announcement from GER
ain leaders of the republican party on
this question ere the session ends. 1t
is declared that the republican party
has no idea Of lodging the question,
but is preparing to dispose of it with a
firm hand, and is much opposed to
having the question agitated in way
that might furnish capital for the en-
envy.
There are strong hopes among those
who want to see good, clean business
conditions in this country that Colonel
Hepburn's pure food bill, which passed
( the house by such a splendid majority
: the other bay, will be able to get past
the rocks in the senate on which 1t
was stranded last session. The import
ance of this bill can be realized when
it is stated that the best authorities es,
innate that the price paid in this coun.
try for dishonesty made and dishon
estly sold food is fully S100,000,000 a
year. 1t is believed that ninety-nine
per cent of this sum is paid for food
that is fraudulent but not harmful
That leaves $4,000, 900 paid every year
for food concoctions that are dishonest
ly put up, and are either poisonous OF
distinctly hurtful to those who unwit
tingly use them.
It is regarded as monstrous thing
that $4,000 day should be spent fol
hidden poisons and noXious substitutes
for good food Red lead is used in
making 'bogus" cayenne pepper. Out
of forty-one samples of that article
! examined by the Massachusetts board
of health recently, no less than forty
We're found fraudulent. Candy is
often colored with deadly lead chrom
ate. Of ninety-two samples tested ii
Massachusetts, eighteen were poisoned
in that manner. Marble dust is some
times found in confectioners' sugar
( Compared with such frauds, the more
: commonly known and glazing foot
|. humbugs, such as the sale of youns
American herring as French sardines
I and the marketing of great quantities
of oleomargarine as butter are not re
Z garded as SO serious. These startling
and not very well known facts are be
! ing set before the members of the sen
ate by the friends Of the bill, and it i
hoped that it will go through thougl
there seems TO be a very powerful lot
by against the measure.
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