Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-14

BREW III lue ACCOUNTS OIL tHe 81. LOUIS
convention it is convinced that there
must be something in this talk one
hears occasionally about the Lord be-
ing in partnership with the G. o. p.
Editor BILLY" Hamilton, of the Ode
bolt Chronicle, has been betting right
along that Cleveland would be nomi
mated at ST. Louis, but when the
Chronicle went to press on Thursday
he was willing to sell his bet at a very
low figure.
The Corning Union Republican is
opposed to the biennial elections prop
osition because of it's belief in the edu-
cational value of the annual election.
What the country suffers from is not
too much politics." it asserts, "but too
much ignorance on political subjects
and too great a lack of participation
In politics by our people," ~
The Onawa Sentinel suspects that 1t
will take some time for Tom Dennison
to reach Iowa, but it is confident that
he will eventually reach Iowa soil.
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The Mason City Globe Gazette OBJ
serves that when the Iowa delegation
got into the focus of Bishop" Walsh's
smile that settled it, and they unani-
mously elected him national commit
teeman from Iowa.
Referring to the Filipinos the demo-
Gratis say that people incapable Of
being governed under American laws
ought not to be included in American
domain. The Council Bluffs Nonpareil
asks, Whats the matter with the re-
publican scheme of hanging onto them
until they have been developed to the
point where they are capable not only
of being governed by American laws,
but by laws of their own?"
The Des Moines Capital thinks that
1t must have been an impressive mo-
ment when that female featherhead
robed in spotless white, fitted into the
lobby of crowded hotel at st. Louis,
mounted pedestal, and undertook to
lead demonstration liz behalf Of the
discredited Hearst. People who re-
member the white-robed peachereno
who tried 10 cut figure in one Of the
Horace Boies campaigns In this state
will in measure be able to appreciate
the hysterical spectacularism which
took place at St. Louis
&
Putting the two side by side it will
have to be admitted that Mr.. Roots
speech had more Of the character Of
a keynote" says the Keokuk Gate
City. "Mr Williams sounds more
like the reply of an attorney who, feel
ing that he has lost his case. tries to
get even by abusing the client and
attorney on the other side"
"Hon. John Cownie's estimate of a
three-fourths crop of corn may be all
right for the whole state" declares
the Atlantic Telegraph "but it is not
right for Cass county nor any part Of
the ninth district. If favorable condi-
tions prevail from this time onward
the crop will be above the average Of
the last few years. But then it must
be remembered that all Iowa doesn't
have such soil as is found here"
| "The Omaha police force, as 1t is,
is stencil and a disgrace" declares
the Cedar Rapids Gazette, "and no
stranger, especially with enough money
| to tempt the officer and his partner
who skulks in the alleys, is safe in
that city. Business men with enough
money on their person to pay for bills
of goods should have military protec-
ton while transacting their errands
The whole city is permeated with cor.
ruption, and as the case develops it
transpires that Tom Dennison was the
uncrowned king of the Nebraska me-
tropolis."