Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-06

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tain republicans want
{ The Des }Moines Register and Lead
err says everybody knows that David
B. Hill will be offered some Important
post If Parker is elected president and
will accept 1t. Judge Parker would
be an migrate and coward not to
make the offer" the Register and
Leader continues, land Mr.. Hill is fool
not to yield to the gentle persuasion.
His present pose will deceive nobody
least of all Tammany and the Cleve
land men, who have known him long"
The Council Bluffs Nonpareil says
that Mr.. Hills pronunciamento hints
at the state of panic that pervades the
inner circle of the safe and sane"
1T is a surface Indication" asserts the
Nonpareil, of the realization by the
their prescription is too bitter for the
country. 1t is sort of promise to re-
form"
THE republicans have made it clear
what they have done, what they in
tend to do and the voters know lust
where to find them" declares the Mus
catine Journal. TT would seem like
the part of wisdom to insist upon con-
law"
The Cedar Rapids Gazette suggests
that Mr.. Hills peculiar kind of politics
might also just as we'll be allowed to
quit when he does.
Don't forget" says the Cedar Falls
Gazette. that 1t is your duty to give
the biennial election amendment a
black eye"
1t Is SO phelgmatically republican in
Iowa that neither great party has any
incentive for exertion.
The Waterloo Courier says that the
estimate of a 10000 republican plu-
rality in the third district is not UNI
reasonable.
There ought to be some way of i'm
pressing upon the minds Of wage
workers better ideas of thrift" says
the Des Moines Capital 1.-THE unions
ought to take the matter up for de-
bate. Getting on in the world does not
depend upon the size of the salary
Men starting with small salaries often
succeed in getting to front financially
while men with larger salaries. not
economy, fail"
There is more or less argument
over the value of Of the Rosebud
lands" notes the Iowa Falls Citizen.
We'll the test isn't this year or next.
1t will come after the land is broken
up. the sod thoroughly pulverized and
hot, dry seasons Gomez
to- Na{S n.
ed the country will have AN unfetter-
ed president" says the Sioux City
Journal. This is based on his promise
not to accept a second nomination,
But how about Belmont, McCarren,
Sheehan. Taggart and the other
sports? Will Parker the moment he is
elected shake the whole bunch?"
Noting the fact that it took only
1.200 votes to elect John Sharp Will
liams to congress last time, the Du-
buque Times says: "As for the Phil
ippines. however, Mr.. Williams in in
favor Of a government deriving its
just powers from the consent of the
governed, even II their skins are not
white"
The Dubuque Times has discovered
that Parker is the favorite with cam
paign poets, and Roosevelt with the
statisticians," and then observes that,
1T Is easy to find a rhyme for one
and majority for the other"
Many rock ribbed democrat sat
and heard Bryan Friday and felt con-
f1dent In his heart that he was looking
on future president" declares the
Centerville Iowegian. "It must be
conceded that Bryan proclaims ideals
that make him n DOn1I1ar idol
Whatever his reasons, it is to be
hoped Hill means what he says" re-
marks the Cedar Rapids Republican.
1t would be better for the country
and for the democratic party If he
should retire. He is a democrat in
name only. AS a member of congress
against and voted against the income
tax bill. His influence is for evil and
the party will be we'll rid of it,
Perhaps" says the Sioux City
Journal, Grandpa Davis in compar-
Ing government expenditures at this
time with expenditures in Buchanan's
time desired to call attention to the
extravaganza of the. civil war"
There are differences in the repub-
cation Of the principle Of protection"
says the Dubuque Times, but in sup
port Of the general policy 1t is united
The democratic party appears to be
united on nothing save the desire to be
entrusted with the administration of
the government"
The Dubuque Times says that the
democratic party appears to be unit
ed on othing saove the desire to be
entrusted with the administration of
the government.
The Cedar Rapids Republican expects
that the state fair people, in spite of
the fact that they made a lot of money
this year, will be asking for the usual
appropriation from the legislature
The Republican complains that during
the past few years there has been a
gradual expansion in the expenditures
and some. extravaganza, but 1t consid-
ers 1t quite likely that legislature
will be elected in the near future dedi-
Gated to real reforms and economies.
TT is about due" the Republican de-
clares.
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"Re-elected, Judge Wade uou1d