Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-01

not merely to say that GER
tain rate adopted by the railroads isl
unreasonable, unjust and
oppressive, but to state definitely what
is under all the conditions and cir
cumstances just rate"
1t is the opinion Of the Dubuque
Telegraph that if the question of the
validity of the amendment as voted
upon by the people shall ever reach the
supreme court, that body will doubt
less construe the law literally and hold
that the intent to have the amendment
to the constitution of Iowa being clear,
the amendment is therefore valid.
o.
Corporations are organized to make
money" declares the Davenport Times.
IF they do wrong and the people have
official statements to that effect 1t is
reasonable to presume that the Offend
ing corporation would lose business.
1t would at once set about making
amends in order to retain the good will
of the people. AS 1t Is now while
guilty corporations are not exposed
they can plead innocence"
"There cannot be any questions now
as to the right of the United States to
clothe somebody with the power to
fix rates." declares the Des .Moines
News. 1T is power exercised by the
states within their borders and which
may be exercised by the federal gov
eminent in the matter Of interstate
rates.
"But whatever his motives" says
the Cedar Rapids Republican, discuss
ing the Lawson articles, cit must be
admitted that the general effect OF the
articles may be beneficial to the pub
lie. The high financiers have been
time had come for a few checks. 1t
will do no harm to shake up the rich
manipulators, The readjustments will
be greatly beneficial"
Noting the spasm of reform which
has struck Omaha since the blowing
up of the Thomas residence, the Mar
shall town Times Republican says:
,.Other cities and towns should accept
a warning without waiting for the an
archist and his bomb"
"One of the things the republicans Of
the Second district have had to con-
tend against in keeping the district in
line" says the Muscatine Journal "has
been the fact that business demands
compelled Mr.. Curtis and Mr.. Lane to
decline denomination, the former af-
ter serving his second term and the
latter after serving his first"
o.
Dredgemen on the Panama canal
will get $3.50 a month says the Council
Bluffs Nonpareil but notes that as this
does not include funeral expenses, and
as there is enough Panama fever to
go around there has not been a rush
for the positions as yet.
"Mr. Douglas spent $4,000 in the
campaign, resulting in his election as
governor of Massachusetts," says the
Council Bluffs Nonpareil. "He ran for
governor like he sells shoes-by adj
vertising, putting the big portion OF
the $4,000 into printers ink"
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They have actually captured train
robber out in Nebraska, and this, the
Keokuk Gate City insists, goes to show
that Kansas isn't the only state that is
acquiring a reputation for doing ORR
ginal things.
"The unfortunate way fact fails to
carry out some political ru1nors is dis
couraging," declares the Burlington
mans forecast on the Presidents
message with it's several errors.
o.
The Charles City Intelligencer sug-
gests god roads campaign during
the lull in politics due to biennial cleo
tons.
DO not worry about Shaw ~ just
keep your eye on him-that's ALL sug-
gests the Denison Review.
1.-TWO years to another state election
and the voters should sacrifice fifteen
to learn how to mark the ballot, II
they have not the information" says
the Cedar Rapids Gazette.
The Tama Herald refers to Senators
Allison and Dolliver, as well as Secre-
tary Shaw, as Iowa men who are fully
qualified to be president, and it as
serts that 1t could name dozen other
Iowans who would acceptably fill the
select candidate for 1908" says the
Herald in this connection, "but 1t IL
not too early for Iowans to contemplate
with pride the fit men they have
placed in public life and who are wor-
thy of the greatest honors the nation
can bestow."
IF Shaw, as 1t is suspected, prefers
the presidency, there is no reason why
he should get out of the cabinet or
that account" says the Algona Upper
Des Moines Republican. There will
be no vacancy in that Office for foul
years. Shaw's campaign speeches
showed him to be Of presidential cali
Der, but the republican party is rich
| in men who would make good presi.
dents"
SMALL MEN AS SOLDIERS.