Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-23
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

IOWA PRESS COMMENT.
1.-THE Iowa deleration in congress.
with Senator Allison at the head, will
be unit in support of the purposes
of the President" says the Sioux City
spicuous example in this regard, and
it will be delight to the President"
I'm the forty-one years of his SER
vice in the house and senate, Mr.. AL
lison has always enjoyed the trust
and esteem OF, his constituents" says
the Dubuque Telegraph. He will In
variably strengthen and never impair
that trust and confidence by advocat-
ing reforms so necessary and SO right
eous as that embraced in the propo-
sition to confer the ratemaking pow
er on the interstate commerce COM
mission"
Lawson may not appeal to us all as
the most consistent of patriots, but he
has certainly made important contri-
licity," says the Spirit Lake Beacon.
Months before the public suspected
the great insurance companies he ac-
curately diagrammed their true In
wardness, and other disclosures exem-
plifed In public and private expert
ence place the stamp Of veracity upon
Lawson's public speech" ~
The Dubuque Times complains that
the Elkins law was two years old last
May, but the interstate commerce
commission never invoked it until
sharply told that 1t should in proper
cases exercise the power already con-
ferred upon it by law before seeking
more power and more legislation.
Missouri has her back up and has
ordered the New York Life out of her
borders until the money given to re-
publican campaign managers in /. 1896
is restored. "This Is taking the bull
by the horns, but it remains to be seen
whether the hold is good says the
Rockford Register.
Massachusetts interprets tariff re-
vision to mean free hides. Iowa farm
4 ers can hardly be expected to become
very enthusiastic over that proposi-
tion," comments the Keokuk Gate
i City.
4 The Sioux City journal proposes
!. that Iowa extend the glad hand to Col
\ LATE Young sin the interval of fight
A hurry, too ere that interval is up,
i suggests the Council Bluffs Nonpareil
The Creston Advertiser Gazette say
that those who say that Col. Hepburn
is not in accord with President Roose
welt impeach President Roosevelt's In
i telligence or his sincerity.
The Burlington Hawk-Eye woult
abolish the circle on the Australian
ballot. "It has been the cause, NJ
doubt" it asserts, "of more lost votes
honestly intended. than any othe
thing" y
J, The Britt Tribune observes that n
one seems more anxious to put tn
, party harness on than Governor Cum
, minis, but for some unexplained reasol
he, always gets the breeding on Il
!. front.
The Newton Herald says that MI
Hearst, next to William Jenning
Bryan, has been The most lied abou
Of any man in this country
1--WE have no liking, whatever 70
that man Hearst" says the Decoro
Republican "As between him an
!, Mcclellan. the man, the choice is ia
/ away for the latter; but as betwee
] Tammany and Hearst the table
, turned. That tiger cannot change hi
spots"
The. Keokuk Gate City Slams" De
t Moines in the following way: "Ther
7 is a prospect that Sunday perform
: ances will be discontinued in De
f Moines theaters. Reform movement
!? Well, hardly that. They don't pay"
beats all how fate pursues the Rus
sian soldiers" remarks the Cedar RaE
a1x
:. and the other ex-prisoners Of war al
t ! being sent home.
The Marion Register isn't optimist
a over the result of the election in Obi
= and says: The president Of big III
insurance company Of Cincinnati. he
,. just been elected governor Of Obi
t minority part in the state. His bal
e tie cry was reform" and he wo
Two years hence he may be invite
to tell what particular reform follow
: ed his election when possibly the on
answer he will be able to give will
= 'damfino."
o when the railroad managers off
}. to compromise with the President 1t
!, a certain acknowledgement of defeat
the Sioux City Journal insists.
A Des Moines newspaper says SCI
J. rotary Shaw will return to Iowa ar
e be a candidate against Cummins +
n governor. and the Clinton Herald COZ
! cludes that news seems to be scar,
in the capital city.
The Fort Dodge Messenger sugges
! that there Is need for broader ar
e more liberal spirit in the discussion
It public affairs. 1.-THE observation al
II plies as well on one side Of the raj
way debate as the other" says u
Messenge.. There is too ready
4 disposition on one side to write OF
e ponents down as demagogues aft
n preferment and on the other as me
n cenaries after reward"
at becomes necessary to fight Il
devil with fire sometimes, and that
= why Lawson is applauded," says tt
n Cedar Falls Record.
The Hampton Recorder sugges
that In the general condemnation
IS the boss the fact that there are got
= as well as bad bosses Is lost sight