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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-08

proposition which Mr.. Payne has dis
covered relieves the general assembly
OF the duty OF making an apportion-
ment Of representatives at each $685.
sion. and requires that such apportion-
ment shall be made only at each regu-
lar session held next after the TAX
ing of each federal or state census.
Each OF the changes noted affects a
different section of the constitution.
Although the three changes may claim
relationship. any one Of the the three
might have been adopted without nee
essarily requiring the adoption of the
other two, insists the Nevada editor,
and he holds that the supreme court
must take the matter up and thrash it
out thoroughly.
1t Is indeed humiliating to Iowa that
this amendment muddle cannot be
Strengthened out and change made
In the law according to the will of the
people as expressed at the polls with
out appealing to the supreme court.
The Temple amendment bears the
name of the man credited by many,
even Of his fellow members, with be-
Ing the most able authority on consti-
SetAoucSl law III Iowa VI dI lSdSI Ill luS
house of representatives. The bien-
NAL election amendment was the re-
suit of the efforts of ex-senator Titus
OF Muscatine and was inspected before
Its original Introduction by men well
versed in constitutional law When it
was declared invalid it was not on any
such plea as that now raised but the
ruling had to do with clerical error
only 1t was re-introduced and passed
practically if not exactly in its orig
inal form.
This question now is obviously one
for lawyers and ju-ists to decide. 1t
has gone beyond the limit of the lay
man. Whether the constitutional pro.
vision above quoted is wise one does
not enter into the question. Neither
does the question of the right or
! wrong of the amendments. The time
for those matters to be talked of is
past. 1t now remains for the courts
to examine the case thoroughly and
report on the validity or illegality OF
the two measures in question.
1t is to be regretted that such a
question has arisen at this time, but
the obvious way to deal with it is
fairly and squarely and the best time
is the present. Let's get started right
and then go ahead with an eye to the
correctness of things.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-08
SUCCESS.

The ships sail over the harbor bar,
With the flush Of the morning breeze
And both are bound for a haven far
Ger the shimmering summer seas.
With sails all set, fair wind and tide.
They steer for the open main:
But little they reck of the pillows widas
Fer they anchor safe again.
There is one, perchance, e'er the sum.
rner is done,
That reaches the port afar,
She hears the sound of the welcoming
gun
AS she crosses the harbor bar.
The haven she reaches, Success. 'tis
Is the end of perilous trip,
Perchance cen the bravest and best
who sailed in the fortunate ship.
The, other bereft Of shroud and sale,
Is swept by the might Of the pitibess
gale
Meath the pillows dark and wide,
Butts only one In the harbor there
That receiveth the need of praise:
The other sailed when the morn was
And was lost In the stormy ways.
And SO to men who have won renown
In the weary battle OF life.
There cometh at last the wictor's
crown,
Not to him who fell in the strife.
For the world rocks not of those who
fail,
Nor cares what their trials are
Only praises the ship that with SWELL
ing sail,
Comes in DER the l1arbor bar.
Marshall 8. Cornwall
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merchknt. slow horseback trip over
bad rdads was the only available
meana Of communication; the rural
telephone was not dreamed of. But
the trhgedy OF this mans life was that
he w4s o drudge, q mechanical slave
to thu wheel of labor" He was blind
to the beauty of rural life and ignorant
to the wonderful natural forces with
which he had to deal.
How different the progressive far
mer Of today! Five months In each
year his children go to school, and the
teaching has given them new interest
In their environment and in their daily
work. The old one-room school house
has given way to an attractive modern
structure. Instead of an occasional
| book bought from the itinerant agent
or borrowed from neighbor the school
library puts the choicest of literary
treasures at the disposal of the whole
family. The old quilted highway is
gone and well-graded road sweeps
by the farmers house. Instead of the
weekly paper and the occasional letter
brought from the old postoffice the
| rural mail carrier brings a city daily
each morning, and letters and maya
zines in refreshing abundance. Tc
confer with neighbor no longer
means a ride of an hour or two; one
or two minutes at the telephone suf-
fees. Other advantages have followed
| With better methods have come moro
regular attendance and more enthusi.
astic pupils; better roads and increased
travel have developed new pride II
the appearance of the grounds ant
buildings; with better mail facilities
there is more thought as to the quality
of the periodical literature. And or
this mans farm there Is no drudgery
knowledge has ennobled every task
and to him every common bush !.
aflre with God" His are the advant.
ages Of both town and country. Pan
still pipes by the riverside, while thu
ring of the telephone and the distan
Shrek of the locomotive mingle will
the music of his flute.
i Do not understand me to say tina
the new farmer here portrayed Is a.
! yet the typical ruralist He is not
/ by any means. The old time farne
is yet many times rs numerous. Blu
the future is with the new farmer
The modern leaven will yet leaven tn
whole lump.
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CLIMATE AND coNsUMpTIvEs.

Kansas City Journal.-When q docs
tor despairs Of curing disease he
usually advises change OF climate
for the patient. Especially has this
been SO In consumption eases, and
many afflicted persons have looked
upon the giving Of this advice as an
announcement that their condition ID
hopeless and that they are doomed to
an immediate or lingering DEATH 60
west and de-" has been the dismal
motto and belief OF thousands Of con.
sumptives.
But while the statiaties recently
compiled show that there ID no remedy
for the afflicted In the last stages ct
tuberculosis, yet they also show that
in the earlier stages q Change Of cli-
mate" is OF unquestionable benefit.
Phoenix, A. T., has become the rallyinH
point of health seekers, and that thefV
trust Is not in-founded lie attsstsd by
the fact that the estimates Of the
Medical Record go 80 far as to say
Phoenix in the first stages OF con.
sumption have been completely cured.
and so per cent Of those in the second
stages and 10 per cent Of those who
had been considered as incurable have
been restored to health and usefulness.
But although there Is no doubt that
| climate may have much to do in 70.
storing health. climate Is not all pows
erful. When the lungs have been prac-
tiAally consumed. Or some other vital
point has been invaded by the ravages
of the disease, there Ia no cure nor rec
lief in any Of the driest and sunniest
places Of Colorado. Arizona, California
or New Mexico. To advise patient IN
such condition to go west Is simply
4 holding out to him a hope doomed to
cruel disappointment. On the dry
plains Of the west there are too many
forlorn victims of consumption drift
ing around from place to place In
search of health at an expense which
neither they nor their families and as
sisting friends can we'll afford. Out
door life and exercise In the vicinity OF
their homes would be just as effective
4 a remedy for these deluded sufferers
as trip to the west.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-08
THIN PARTITIONS.
One on Boston.

One on Boston.
One on that seat Of learning, that
city where the babes are full iedged
college graduates, where the messen-
ger boys read Emerson instead of five
cent libraries, where words are not
recognized as words unless they con-
tain five syllables.
A woman inmate Of a Minnesota in
sane asylum has been awarded by the
publishers of a Boston magazine first
prize for poem written on an as
signed subject This magazine has a
high standing in the literary world, as
all Boston publications rightly should.
But yet it has practically admitted
that Minnesota woman, and an in
sane Minnesota woman, is a better
poetess than any Of the daughters of
Boston, who contributed articles in
the contest or any of the representa-.
tives of other parts of the country who
do not live in sanitariums for the
mentally unsound.
The prize won by the Minnesota
woman brings to mind the old quota.
tion which is usually taken with a
grain of salt:
GreaC WIS are OH 10 MADNESS close
allied,
And thin partitions do the bounds
divide"
1t introduces, too, the question, is mad
ness in Minnesota the equivalent OF
literary ability and intelligence in Bos.
ton? Had the woman who Is now
guarded in a Minnesota asylum been
a resident of Boston instead of the
western state would she have
the lioness of receptions, teas and par.
ties? Who will say?
The Minnesota insane patient won
a trip to Europe at the expense Of the
Boston magazine. but the state board
Of control says it will not allow her to
take advantage Of the opportunity that
awaits her. Can it be that Boston
literary, learned. intelligent Boston
needs board of control?
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HERE is REAL WEALTH.

Chicago Inter Ocean. - Secretary
Wilson's annual report gives some
curious figures, in an effort to bring
within average comprehension the
magnitude and value of the farm pro-
ducts Of hisSnation.
The farmers of the United States are
now producing yearly commodities
of us such figures really mean little.
Our minds cannot grasp what they
stand for. ys S1s
Only by comparisons can we get any
definite idea Of their meaning. Here
are some that may help to such an
idea:
The farm products of the last two
years in the United States exceeded in
value the output of all the gold mines
of the world since Columbus discov-
cred America.
American farm products Of the last
year were worth four times the value
Of all the minerals produced In this
country; three times the gross receipts
of all the railways; six times the COM
bined capital Of all our national banks.
With their corn crop alone American
farmers could at once pay off the en-
tire national debt, principal and ac-
! crued interest and have nearly enough
left to pay national expenses for an
/ other year.
/ And 1t is well for the republic thai
| these things are SO. The nation whose
prosperity stands thus based upon Its
4 soil Is in no danger of economic subju-
1 cation or overthrow.
| Only those nations which have let
! their agricultural foundations become
| too narrow for their Industrial super
| structures need be anxious about what
| their neighbors may do to them Great
4 Britain has made that error, and that
/ Is why she is now anxious about her
| future.
In the industry, skill, thrift and sue
J cess of its farmers the United States
! of America stands secure upon the
| only sure foundation. Here Is real
| wealth.
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GOOD ENOUGH.

Cedar Rapids Republican.-Preside
Roosevelt, so it is stated, is very much
in earnest regarding the position he
took In the statement denying that
his children had been cruel to Horace
Vose's turkey, and that he, the Presi-
dent, had looked on and laughed at the
heartless sport. The President in
cluded, in the statement issued by his
private secretary, an order that until
exclude the individuals responsible for
this series Of misstatements from all
facilities for information"
Copies of this order have been sent
to every department of the govern
ment and the order is going to be en-
forced. This means lockout for a
number of disreputable newspaper re-
porters. Perhaps the papers so locked
out will set up a tremendous howl, but
decent people everywhere will declare
that it Is good enough for them, ano
that they really deserve more severe
punishment II 1t were possible to mete
1t out to them.
1t is high time that this class OF
correspondents were dealt with as they
deserve to be. But such disreputable
practices will not cease altogether, until
managing editors take general action
to bar such stuff from the columns OF
their newspapers. Every newspaper
almost is at the present time at the
mercy Of lot of disreputable specia
writer's who infest every news center
making it business to send out any.
thing that they think will be paid for
and when there is dearth of news
they simply give free reins to theil
evil imaginations. The way to ge
these fellows most effectually, is to re-
fuse their sensational stuff absolutely
When they find that 1t does not pay
to write this kind Of COPY and put i
on the wires, there will be an end o
it. The President has set an example
that ought to be followed. generally.
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1t is one of the oddities that may
creep into every institution and tran.
saction that Bourke Cochran, the man
of whom the most has been said as a
hired campaign speaker, the man who
has been credited with receiving more
money for political oratory than any
other in the land, should introduce in
congress d measure providing for a
commission to compile statement of
the total amounts spent by both po-
litical parties in the past few presi-
dental campaigns. Can it be that b
Cochran has lost his account book
and wants to know how much he has
made during the time specified in the
bill? Would he not make the best
chairman for the commission If one is
appointed?
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A THoRNY PATH.

It lis indeed thorny path the bien-
NAL elections amendment and even
the Temple amendment Ito the consti-
tuition Of the state Of Iowa, be 1t I'M
derstood) have to travel It was not
enough to thrash the questions over
thoroughly discuss them, re-discuss
them, pick them to pieces, put them
together and discuss them again. All
this was before election day When
the votes were counted and it was
found that both measures had re-
ceived a majority of the votes cast,
who but the Council Bluffs Nonpareil,
which had all along been the staunch-
asst supporter of the biennial election
amendment. should find supposed
flaw in it. This was discussed lit
tie while, but Senator S. H. Harper Of
Ottumwa. who introduced the measure
at the last session of the state legis-
lature. quieted the fuss by declaring
that the supposed flaw was no flaw at
all and then everyone felt lonely
again. Even the papers which OPP
posed the measure and the Courier,
was among them, were willing to
abide by the decision of the majority
and accept the amendments But stay.
There seems to have been one paper,
the Nevada Representative, which was
not content to let bygones be by
cones and the will of the people the
law. Editor Payne of the paper that
bears states name, promulgates a
two column treatise on constitutional
law in which he says several things
and finally gets down to the statement
that the amendments-bo of them
were passed illegally and written IL
legally. In brief Editor Payne holds
both amendments invalid because eff
fort is made in each, in direct con-
fict with constitutional provision to
group several distinct amendments of
different sections Of the constitution
and submit them as single PROPOSE
ton. And further. he goes into details
with such a vengeance and thor
oughness that he almost persuades the
rankest disbeliever.
Regarding the process of constitu-
sional amendment article 10, section
Of the Iowa constitution, makes the
following provision:
II two or more amendments shall be
submitted at the same time, they shall
be submitted in such a manner that
The electors shall vote for or against
each amendment separately.
It is upon the Interpretation of the
above article that the fate of the two
amendments just adopted depends,M Mr..
Payne declares. He says that the
Temple amendment proposes to
amend three articles of the constitu-
ton; one proposition relieves the legis-
lature of the function of fixing the
number of senators periodically and
establishes the number of senators at
fifty; another proposition raises the
maximum membership of the house
from 100 to 108 and establishes new
7-,1le of apportionment. Still another
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-08

human events, the logic of sequence
and consequence. There Is something
in 1t, too. Every man has seen It
worked out somewhere In life. The
ill-gotten gains work out III ends,
even into the third and fourth genera.
tions. Let no man imagine that he can
violate the laws OF nature or of morals
without entailing suffering somewhere,
sometime on some one,
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What splendid bill collector Mrs.
Chadwick would have made!"
Thus the Des Moines Capital,
and one can almost hear a sigh of
envy. Wonder if the Capitals circu-
lation manager is writing the editor
ialS now?
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The Presidents message appears in
this issue of the Courier. Though; the
document is a long one it will pay
everyone 10 read it carefully. 1t con-
tains information and advice that
should be pondered thoughtfully by
everyone in the country. 1t should be
widely and thoroughly read.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-08

The Courier's advertising columns
from now until Christmas will con-
tain scores of suggestions for Christ
mas presents. Those who have ac-
cess 10 this array of good opportun-
tiles cannot claim that they didn't
know what to buY,'
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MADAM MYRoN HoNoREp.

Refuses Contract With signor Cam.
panari.
Creston, Dec. 6.--Madam Alice N.Y.
ron Of this city has been honored by
an offer from Signor Campanari as the
leading soloist of his company. Al
though greatly appreciaoting the offer
Madam Myron will be unable to accept
because of the contract she is under
with another company for this season.
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Cures Piles Permanently

DeWitt's is the original and only pure and
genuine Witch Hazel Salve made. Look for
the name DEWITT on every box. All others
are counterfeit. PREPARED BY
s.. C. oewrwr a co ~sr-cAoo.
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
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A last years overcoat speaks for IL
self and pleases no one more than the
tailor.
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Lawson with his frenzied finance,
reminds the Carroll Herald of man
swinging a sledge hammer with might
and main for the purpose of driving
home carpet tack.
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IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

In chronicling the fact that FIX
Queen Liliuokalani, of Hawaii. will
spend the winter in Washington. as is
her custom, the Sioux City Tribune
says There ought to be some respon-
sible person there to keep the con-
gressmen straight"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-08

ords as cabinet minister, just as Sem
ator Allison is going to break all rec
ords for service in the senate. Iowa
Is an exceptional state in the loyalty 1t
has manifested in it's tried public SER
wants."
1.-THE tested seed gospel is spread
ing" says the Council Bluffs Nonpareil.
The Northwestern has planned to run
special trains through Minnesota and
South Dakota Another instance where
Iowa leads and others follow"
"a writer in the Chicago Tribune
recommends water as a substitute for
heat in winter. Someone will be along
directly and recommend that we go to-
bed for supper" suggests the Sioux
omy sufficient to turn Uncle Joe Can
non green with envy"
It's going to be mighty hard york
to keep from yawning over the fall OF
Port Arthur when 1t does come, u says
the Sioux City Journal.
Both the railroads and the shippers
have much to lose in the game Of poll.
declares the Cedar Rapids RepA blican.
They have everything on the other
hand, to gain, by sitting down and
| talking matters over as business men,.
| o.
The Des Moines Capital expresses Its
pleasure over the fact that Omaha has
at last been thoroughly aroused. "All
who venerate law and STAND for good
government" says the Capital, will
ardently hope that Omaha may remain
! aroused until her next municipal cleo
ton shall have rolled around,and when
before the ballots of determined peo-
pie the moral invertebrates who con-
stitute the city government are made
to crawl into the oblivion which they
SO richly merit"
The Mason City Gazette lauds Presi-
dent Roosevelt for his constant reiter-
alton of the same kind of sentiment
a square deal for the rich and poor
alike. "Heroism is splendid thing,
/, says the Globe Gazette, but the
courage which incites men to right liv-
ing is more valuable to the nation"
4 H4 o.
4 Lawson, with his frenzied finance
reminds the Carroll Herald of mar
swinging sledge hammer with might
and main for the purpose of driving
home u carpet tack.
The Burlington Hawk Eye says the
remedy for all the troubles of casting
and recording the ballot lies In the
voting machine.
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1.-THE millennium has been given an
other setback" says the Council Bluffs
Nonpareil. "a band of Illinois women
have established a literary bureau to
defeat the purposes Of the equal suf-
eragists."
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-08

Considering the fact that the off,
cial count of Illinois shows a plurality
of 100000 for Roosevelt, Tom Taggart
was justified in neglecting that state"
remarks the Davenport Times.
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The Burlington Hawk Eye says the
remedy for all the troubles Of casting
and recording the ballot lies In the
voting machine.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-08

"The most inexplicable feature of the
inexplicable Chadwick case is that the
most imaginative reporter has not sue.
ceeded in working up an allegation
that the woman in the case Is beauti.
full" is the Sioux City Journals
opinion.
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GET HOSTETTER'S

Stomach Sitters Immediately when YOU
notice any of these symptoms, Poor
Appetite, BeIching, Heartburn, Sick
Headache, Costlveness or SIeepless-
ness and you'll save yourself a lot of
unnecessary suffering. Nothing else
can take its place SO we urge you
again to insist on having Hostetters
with a Private Stamp over neck of
bottle. 1t also cures Dyspepsia, Indi-
gestion, Cniils, Colds, and Malaria
Try It and see.
HOSTETTER'S
STOMACH BITE IS.
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"'Tama jim Wilson was born a
lucky man." says the Cedar Rapids
Republican. HE will break all rec
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-08
Indigestion Causes
Catarrh Of the
Stomach.

For many years it has been supposed that
Catarrh Of the Stomach caused Indigestion
and dyspepsia. but the truth Is exactly the
opposite. Indigestion causes eatarrh. Re-
peated attacks Of Indigestion inflames the
mucous membranes lining the stomach and
opposes the nerves of tho stomach, thus caus-
ing the glands to secrete mucin instead Of
the juices Of natural digestion. This Is
called Catarrh Of the Stomach.
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The Des Moines Capital says that
Editor w. o. Payne, of the Nevada
Representative, may yet demonstrate
that the great constitutional lawyers
of this state are not all necessarily
engaged in the practice of law.
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cts going to be mighty hard yorl
to keep from yawning over the fall Q
Port Arthur when 1t does come, Z say
the Sioux City Journal.