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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-18
RIDICULOUS DEMOCRATIC CLAIMS

There are several statements and
claims made In the letters of accept
ance OF Judge Parker and Mr.. Davis
that they would no doubt be very glad
to recall If they could do SO. Particu-
larly do the claims of Mr.. Davis appear
ridiculous in the light of recent treas
ury statements. The predicted deficit
OF $l4O,OOQ,000 is already shown to be
SO absurd that it is hardly worth re-
peating, and yet it is well as the days
go on through me month of October
to call attention to the splendid exhibit
being made by the treasury depart
ment in the way of surplus, which
added to the surplus of Septem Der
Will go far toward reducing the deficit
OF July and August. 1t is quite likely
when the American voter goes to the
polls in November that the deficit for
the fiscal year will not be more than
Sl5,O 900; and it seems now even
more likely that by June 80 1905, a
surplus even though small, will be on
the books of the treasury, instead of
any deficit whatever.
This splendid result is due to a nor
nal revenue from import duties and a
SOiAAS W AAeS iilSl0et0Cu lCNCAuS Ill
ternal taxation due to the splendid con-
dition Of the country and purchasing
power of the people which keeps up
the internal revenue to high water
mark, as compared with any month
since the repeal of the taxes imposed
on account of the Spanish war. This
condition of affairs is due entirely to
the confidence which the American
business man feels in the election of
Roosevelt and a republican house of
representatives. He is going ahead
with the utmost confidence in making
his plans for the future, and the fall
and winter trade of 1904 bids fair to
equal if not exceed any previous year
in our history.
There will be no doubt of contin-
uance of this prosperity if every repub-
lican goes to the polls in November
and casts his vote for Roosevelt and
Fairbanks and for the republican can
didate for member of congress in his
district.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-18
SENATOR PLATT's EXAMPLE.

Des Moines Register and Leader
A great deal has been said at one time
and another that has not been compli-
mentary to the senior senator from
New York. He has been classed by
almost common consent with the poll
tical leaders, who adopt rule or ruin
as the measure of their political con-
duct. 1t Is therefore with much miti-
gated feelings toward the veteran
party manager that the republicans of
the country at large read the letter he
has recently written to his friends
urging them to stand Loyalty by the
republican state ticket at the coming
New York election:
Hon. Frederick /. Allen, Commits
sioner Of Patents, Washington, d. c.
My Dear Mr.. Allen: I feel a deep per-
state ticket. Mr.. Higgins Is and has
been for years one Of my warmest
friends. The delegates who voted at
Saratoga to make him our nominee
were in the main my close political
associates. The idea that the nominal
ton Of Mr. Higgins was an affront to
me Is as ridiculous as 1t is unfortun-
ate. My friends can show me no
greater consideration nor give me any
friendship than by striving earnestly,
aggressively and honestly for the cleo
ton of our state ticket. I appeal to
you individually, to do me a personal
kindness by exerting yourself to the
achievement Of this result, which I
have SO greatly at heart Very truly
yours, L. G. Platt,
October Z, 1904.
Senator Platts claim that Lieuten-
ant Governor Higgins, the republican
candidate for governor, Is his personal
and political friend may be admitted,
but it is nevertheless true that Mr..
Higgins nomination was brought
about by influences that were adverse
to Senator Platt's continued political
supremacy in New York, and against
Senator Platt's earnest efforts in be-
half of Mr.. Woodruff. Senator Plat
was not in control of the convention,
and his endorsement Of Mr.. Higgins
nomination Is an act now Of party
loyalty, pure and simple.
Senator Platt's example should not
be lost on Senators Spooner and
Quarles of Wisconsin. Probably they
have as little fear from the success Of
Governor LaFollette as Senator Plat
has from the rise Of new political
dynasty in New York. Governor La
Toilette is by decision Of the supreme
court the republican nominee for gov
ernor Of his state, and any other re-
publican ticket, by whatever high
sounding title is may be designated, is
boilers ticket, and the men who give
aid and countenance to it are boilers
and entitled to the boilers fate.
So long as we continue to have
party government there must be 10y
atty to party action within bounds
consistent with good citizenship. SEN
ltor Platt's letter is an admirable ex-
ample of the ability and willingness
Of a veteran, who has long been accus-
toned to the. exercise of power, to ac-
cept defeat with good grace.
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oYAMA NOT SLEEPING.

Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. ~
Whether Kuropatkin turned to the
south from desperation, from belief III
his ability to cope with Oyama's army
or because. of orders from the cEar
to retake Liao-Yang, "or come home. =
are questions that will furnish themes
for discussion until the two great
armies come together and decide the
fate of the campaign this year. What
ever the cause-and orders from st.
Petersburg furnish the most reason
able theory-he has not found Field
Marshal Oyama asleep, and his flrse
successes seem to have been merely a
driving In of the Japanese outposts
and nothing more.
Japan has not gone into the war
without the most elaborate prepare
ton, nor without consummate skill on
the part Of her commanders. Com
ceding that Kuropatkin has skill equal
to that Of Oyama and that his divi-
sion commanders rank with Kuroki,
he has neither the equipment nor the
supplies which are at the service and
the command of Oyama, and neither
has he the cause, the incentive nor the
discipline among his troops that are
characteristics distinguishing the
troops of his opponent
Advancing to meet Oyama he finds
Oyama contributing to shortening the
distance between the armies. In his
attempt to turn the flank Of the Ia
panese army he finds his old time per-
sonal friend and military enemy, Ku-
roki, equally on the watch with
Oyama and the thanking party cut off
and in danger Of capture. The move-
ments now in progress, and to be in
progress until the shifting Of lines
and alignments the army of one is
ready to deliver battle and the other to
receive it, will be followed with the
most intense interest
The result of the battle will not de-
termine the contest but it will end
the campaign Of this year with both
parties on their arms and ready to re-
sumo the fray in the spring unless
peace councils prevail where It is now
bloody war. Incidentally, whether
Port Arthur is falling or being prop,
ped up counts for little In the coming
together OF Kuropatkin and Oyama,-
two giants In a contest between fba
Colossus of Russia and the Little
Brown Man of the Nippon.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-18
nue. duty exactly equal in amount to

nue. duty exactly equal in amount to
the customs duty.
"That is what Judge Parker stands
committed to by the platform on which
he accepts his nomination, and his re-
sponsibility for the language of that
tariff is emphasized by his famous tel.
egram about the gold standard He
knew exactly what he was agreeing to
when he wrote that telegram. He
wrote it out Of regard for the interests
of capital, especially the great bank.
ing and stock-dealing concerns. He
wrote not a syllable in the interests of
labor, whose bread and butter are de.
pendent upon legislation which the
democratic platform calls robbery. Is
1t wonderful that the American people
will declare next November that, what.
ever the faults of the Dingley tariff.
they will not entrust the correction of
those faults to party of avowed an.
archists in the matter of our financial
policy ?"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-18
MCCLELLAN ON WAR.

Chicago Tribune.-Mayor Mcclellan,
Of New York, shocked a great many
people when he told the foreign dele
sates 70 the peace conference that the
for war.
Yet it is exactly as foolish to say
that all wars have been good as to say
that all wars have been bad.
War may be compared to surgical
operation. Blood is let, but sometimes
the patient is better off in consequence.
Sometimes he Is worse off.
Had there been no revolutionary
war we should not now be nation.
The soldiers of the revolution suffered.
Their families suffered. But haven't
the frostbites and wounds Of the SOL
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-18
PARKER AND HIS PARTY.

Robert e. Thompson writing in the
Irish World of New York, in a
very unique and complete article deal
ing with Judge Parker and his chances
for election to the presidency, makes
the statement that Mr.. Bryan, the orig
inator of the expression, Protection is
robbery" has made it impossible for
Parker to be victorious and has taken
away from the present candidate the
ability to argue the tariff question by
criticising certain parts of the system.
The system as a whole is declared a
crime by the democratic platform, in
the words first used by Mr. Bryan
In short, Mr.. Thompson concludes
that Mr.. Parker is at odds with the
platform of his party The article says,
in part:
Judge Parker does not repeat the
statement of the platform of his party
that protection is robbery 1t is well
known that he never would have al
lowed that statement to appear in the
platform if he had had the making Of
1t. 1t was Mr.. Bryan who achieved
that suicidal declaration. I do not be-
lieve that he did it to insure the defeat
OF the candidate Of his party, but am
certain that if that had been his pur-
pose he could not have achieved it in
any simpler or more direct way. One
result he reaches at once. He stops
the mouth of every democrat, Judge
Parker included, from criticising the
tariff in detail. Such criticisms are
like the anarchists criticisms of minor
faults in our governmental system.
We answer the anarchists: THAT is
not the question. Granted there are
faults where you say, it is not the re-
form, but the abolition of government
that Is your program. We decline to
discuss all lesser questions with you
until you have proved your main thesis
that government itself is an evil
Judge Parker, just because he is
out OF sympathy with the platform on
which the democratic convention
placed him, proceeds to occupy some
dozen paragraphs with impertinent
criticisms of the Dingley tariff and its
relations to trusts and to reciprocity.
He does not once use the expression
. free trade" although that is the text
his party has set before him. He says
that many rates are excessive but
that Is beside the point All the rates
OF the present tariff, except a few on
such Injuries as furs and diamonds,
are preposterous if protection is rob-
berry, If that be true it is the bust.
ness of his party to construct a tariff
in which the duties will fall exclu.
sively on things not produced in this
country and to admit free, of duty ey.
erything that is made or grown In
America. Or if anything that is also
produced at home should be taxed by
the tariff for the sake Of revenue. the
democratic legislation will subject the
home made article to an internal reye.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-18

hundreds of thousands Of voters ia
exercise the franchise privilege b i1-
volved. In the one puny paragraphs
devoted to the subject he seeks TO
switch attention from the voters Of an
other race" to the citizen who. trav-
cling in foreign lands, may have some
trouble with the passport which he
carries In his sealslSin wallet and
which has been granted him by his
home government
Judge Parker may think that he has
covered" the question of an honest
ballot. He may have occasion to
change his mind with the close of the
present campaign
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-18

Practical politics must no. be con-
strued to mean dirty politics. On the
contrary, in the long run the politics
of fraud and treachery and foulness
are impractical politics, and the most
practical of all politicians is the poll
tician who is clean and decent and up
right. President Roosevelt on 1.-THE
manly virtues and practical politics"
American Ideals. page So.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-18

mo sophistries or subleties can
make money or create currency
which is good for one and which is not
equally good for the other The in
terests of labor and capital are always
identical Hon. G. w. Fairbanks, in
the United States senate, March S,
1900.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-18

Corporations that are handled hon.
estly and fairly. so far from being an
evil. are a natural business evolution
and make for the general prosperity
Of our land. We do not wish to de-
stroy corporations, but we do wish to
make them subservent to the public
good" - President Roosevelt at Gin
cinnati, Ohio, September 20, 1902.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-18

1--WE freely extend the hand of well
come and of good fellowship to every
man. no matter what his creed or birth
place, who comes here honestly intent
on becoming good United States citi-
zen like the rest of us."-President
Roosevelt on "True Americanism," in
his book on American Ideals, p. As.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-18

Reciprocity must be treated as the
handmaiden of protection. Our first
duty is to see that the protection
granted by the tariff in every case
where it is needed is maintained. and
that reciprocity be sought for SO far
as it can safely be done without injury
to our home industries. President
Roosevelt's annual message, fifty-sev.
enth congress, first session.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-18

politics does not injure the one thus
falsely accused; it demonstrates the
utter unworthiness of the party that
would gain by such forbidden and alb.
horrent means.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-18

Cali ask is a square deal for every
man. Give him fair chance. Do not
let him wrong any one, and do not let
him be wronged." President Roose.
welt at Grand Canyon, Arizona, May g.,
1903.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-18

1.-THE guns that Numbered off Ma
Mia and Santiago left us echoes Of
glory, but they also left us legacy
of duty. If we drove out medieval
tyranny only to make room for saw
age anarchy. we had better not have
begun the task at all.'-President
Roosevelt in "The Strenuous Life" p.
I
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-18
WABAeH.
Depart.

Nc, Is Kansas City & st,
Louis ......a 1900 p. m. ae:20 D. m,
No. II Kansas City & st.
Louis a8:15 a. m. ASSES a. m,
Freight trains carrying passengers
between Ottumwa and Moulton:
Local freight. .bs:00 p m. b3:0o a. m.
Fast freight .a11:10 =. m. a2:3o p. m,
daily. b except Sunday.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-18
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Discussing the Steffens affair in
Wisconsin, the Des Moines Capital
declares: eff he is unable to meet the
Spooner challenge, the public will not
be slow to brand him as an unscrupu-
lous sensation monger, masquerading
in the garb of reform"
There is a crying need" declares
the Marshalltown Times Republican,
for regularly established free indus
trial schools where boys may be
taught the essentials that go toward
earning good living but until, and
for that matter, after, these become a
part Of an enlightened school system
industrial night schools would prove
an efficient help and wise municipal
investment"
"rhe trouble with the people who
form pessimistic conclusions is that
they as a rule know very little about
publican. Even the history of our
own country is to them a closed book.
The school histories which everybody
looks into, some time in their lives
record little or nothing of the sordid-
ness, the intrigue, the ISLANDERS and
other shortcomings Of the days that
are gone"
The tDes Moines Register and Lead
er thinks that many a man gets his
picture in the Sunday papers as a
his reputation for a hair cut after he
starts to earning his own living.
o.
Noting that Mr.. Dawson is having
large meetings in all parts of the sec
ond district, the Davenport Times
says: People like his way of pre-
senting the facts. They have become
Disguised with pessimistic talk and
funny stories and like to hear someone
talk who knows how to present the
great principles Of government and to
give illustrations and explanations as
result of actual experience and asso-
citation with those who do things to
make the country more prosperous
and the people happier"
o.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette says 1t
still is an unsolved problem as to how
the fool gets his money from which he
is SO readily parted.
"The question of Filipino independ-
ence rests with the Filipino himself"
says the Marshalltown Times Repub-
l1can. He may have 1t when it Is safe
but as a child he is not to be provided
with looking glass and hammer be-
cause he may cry for them.'
The Marshalltown Herald says that
when Iowa's 100000, 000-bushel corn
crop begins to move considerable coin
of the realm will begin to move with
it.
Now that no one cares about him
IL. i +.
be in much of hurry to wind lp the
summer" observes the Cedar Rapids
Republican.
resolution was introduced at the
recent M. e. conference at Davenport
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-18

Prosperity has come at home; ma
tional honor and interest have been
upheld abroad From President
Roosevelt's speech of acceptance.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-18

proposing that ministers hereafter pay
for their entertainment at conference
gatherings, and the Cedar Falls Record
Endorses the proposal. The ministers
of the Methodist church, 1t says, ARE
paid living wages these times, and can
well afford to lift themselves out Of
the old rut forced upon them in the
past by necessity"
Washington correspondent is try
Ing to make out that Senator Frye, of
Maine, Is the father of the senate"
but the Des Moines Register and
Leader contends that Senator Allison
Is entitled to that distinction, having
served in congress forty years and
having been senator continuously for
thfrty-one years. Senator F'rye's con-
gressional service covers only thirty
three years, and he entered the senate
eight years later than the Iowa sena-
tor.
Noting that "the first peace confer
ence failed to promote peace" the
Cedar Rapids Republican says: But
perhaps 1t would be too much to ex-
pect to have immediate results. The
nations of the world are so saturated
in the war spirit that it may take a
generation, or two or three of them,
to substitute the peace spirit in its
stead"
"Watson's screed on the whole is a
useless political document, except in
so far as it may cause a reaction to-
ward sane thinking by it's intemper-
ate style of statement and argument"
declares the burlington Hawk Eye
o.
The Marion Repister thinks +hot ace
the democratic campaigners would
only tell the truth and all the truth the
patriotic and the country loving men
in the democratic party could almost
be depended upon to elect Roosevelt
as against Parker without single re-
publican vote"
The Sioux City Journal notes that
while the battleship Nebraska was
the good people of Nebraska have not
waxed wroth over the incident. "They
seem to have taken the philosophical
view that quart Of wine put out of
commission in that way means one
less headache in this world of toll and
trouble" says the Journal.
The Des Moines Capital thinks that
the man who expects to force inno-
Vatlon-and innovation may be of
doubtful virtue-without taking into
consideration the matter of time and
the condition of public opinion may as
well prepare himself to exclaim with
Fred White, 1.-THE public is damned"
"The people all along the line of the
old B. G. R. & N. are expecting some
good and great improvements in the
operation of the road" declares the
Marshalltown Times Republican. 1.-THE
recent change in the Rock Island
stands for such changes as will re-
store the road to it's old time popular
ity. A railroad, however great, can
not get along without the people. Here
is hoping that the new officials will be
entirely successful"
How would you like to be tagged
with the patronYmical emhellishnnent
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-18

"How would you like to be tagged
with the patronymical establishment
of Guy T. Viskniskki7" asks the Des
Moines Capital. and before giving a
reply the Council Bluffs Nonpareil
asks, DO any S-inch Japanese shells
go with it?"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-18
BURLINGTON ROUTE, c. B. & 9

No. Going East. Depart.
12a-ch1cago, Dubuque &
s2b-Local Fraight .........s:45 a. m. m.
16b-Burltngton & st. Louis .7:a5 a. m.
10b-Peoria Dubuque &
6a-Chicago Limited ......1:15 p. m.
4a-Chicago, st. Louis &
quincy 80. ...... ....H10 p. m.
8a-Fast mail -. ..... 1897 D. m.
2a-Chicago, Peoria &
ROCKFORD .::.... $685.. 11:45 p. m.
Going West.
5a-Omaha, Souncil Bluffs
& Nebraska 1885 a. m.
15a-Fast mail -. ........2:4O a. m.
91b-Local freight .........5:o0 a. m.
2a-Omaha, Kansas City, Den
YER Hot Springs, Dead
wood, Ogden. Portland &
California Notwithstanding a, m,
sb-Peoria to creston -. 1850 p. m.
11b-Chicago to ottumwa,
1a-penver & Omaha .i IFS p p. m m.
a. daily; b. except Sunday. Nos. 4,
and ID do not carry passengers.
The IT. Madison,
Going East.
FIT. Madison and st. Louis ...,.9 a, m.
Going West.
st. Louis to Ft. Madison 1880 D. m.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-18

All c. 3. G. q. and C. r. I. G. p. trains
depart from Washington Street IN
ion depot:
w. 8. Parker, Ticket Agent.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-18

Now that no one cares about him
any more, Jack Frost does not seem to
be in much of hurry to wind up the
summer" observes the Cedar Rapids
Republican.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-18

A resolution was introduced at the
recent NJ. E. conference at Davenport
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-18

The Des Moines Register and Lead
er thinks that many a man gets his
picture in the Sunday papers as a
football hero who will be glad to trade
his reputation for a hair cut after he
starts to earning his own living.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-18

Discussing the Steffens affair In
Wisconsin, the Des Moines Capita
declares: eff he is unable to meet the
Spooner challenge, the public will not
be slow to brand him as an unscrupu-
lous sensation-monger, masquerading
in the garb of reform"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-18

The Des Moines Capital thinks that
the man who expects to force inno-
vation-and innovation may be of
doubtful virtue-without taking into
consideration the matter Of time and
the condition of public opinion may as
well prepare himself to exclaim with
Fred White, 1.-THE public is damned"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-18
CHICAGO,
ROCK ISLAND
& PACIFIC.

All C. M. & St. P. and Wabash trains
depart from Jefferson Street Union
Depot. w. L. Richards, Agent.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-18

The Marion Register thinks that "if
the democratic campaigners would
only tell the truth and all the truth the
patriotic and the country loving men
in the democratic party could almost
be depended upon to elect Roosevelt
as against Parker without single re-
publican vote"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-18

The Marshalltown Herald says that
when Iowa's 100000 0O-bushel corn
crop begins to move considerable coin
Of the realm will begin to move with
IL