Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-18

"A clerk in the agricultural depart
ment at Washington did some graft
Ing, and lost his job" remarks the
Clinton Herald, and observes, "One by
one the grafters are being uncovered"
Noting that Special Commissioner
Bristow favors the open door for the
isthmus. the Council Bluffs Nonpareil
says: From the way the employees
have been getting away, we should
judge the door was at least slightly
ajar already"
Some of Muscatine's crack golfers
should be in attendance at the state
clares the Muscatine Journal. Some
good prizes down there and some good
players up here"
tom Lawson SAYS municipal owner
ship is impractical. Mayor Dune
counters viciously by alleging that
Lawson is an anarchist" says the
Sioux City Journal, and concludes that
there's nothing quite SO piquant as a
scrap between reformers.
The New Jersey legislature has made
it unlawful to kill birds in that state,
and the Marshalltown Times Republi-
can thinks this may account for Grover
Cleveland's recent article on the sport
OF rabbit hunting.
Remarking that Rockefeller is unable
to understand why the people abuse
him, the Cedar Rapids Gazette sug-
gests that 1t Is for the same reason
that the farmers says harsh things of
the man who lifts his watermelons.
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"The role of the prophet is easy IL
You don't set any dates says the Iowa
Falls Citizen.
The Marion Register suspects that
the men who recently burglarized a
Missouri printing Office We're in search
If "pi.''
One reason for the :. decrease in
Iowa's population is found by the At
lantic Telegraph in the fact that so
many of her sons have been called to
positions of trust by the admnistrn-
ton.
Commenting on the fact that the
Cedar Rapids Commercial club has
Eeen asked to get up a 2O0-mile excur-
sion to see Tom Lawson, the Republi-
can says: Really. are there any Graz
Ter people in the world than The Amer
icans?' Or any people more hysteri-
cal?"
The Cedar Rapids Republican editor
does not propose to be robbed Of the
honor of having been the principal
factor in the nomination of Leslie M.
Shaw for governor and therefore en-
phatically says that "N1r. Blythe Is
entitled to none of the credit for the
nomination of Mr.. Shaw" as the tariff
rippers charge. Very WE'LL says the
Marion Register, Hats off to The
man who wrote the name Of Leslie NJ.
in the niche of fame. He did a mighty
good job and while robbing Denison,
for a time. Of its foremost citizen gave
to the state one of its best governors
and to the administration of President
Roosevelt one of it's ablest cabinet
members. In this matter the Register
will cheerfullly play the role of 'har-
monizer' by giving credit to whom
credit is due in this instance, Cyrenus
Cole"
The Iowa census Of 1905 has man
aged to dig up three counties which
show an increase in population" re-
marks the Fairfield Ledger, hopefully
The Clinton Herald remarks that
John F. Stevens, the new chief enei-
neer OF the Panama canal, Is possessed
of an independent fortune AS he has
the breadand- butter problem solved
he will not yield to tempting offers to
quit his job" says the Herald.
d.
Even if Walter Scott, the lucky
miner, has coolies of money to spend
he can find plenty of places to spend it
in Chicago" declares the Sioux City
Tribune. There are plenty of people
who will be glad to relieve him of his
burden and who don't reside in ST.
Louis, either
IF Rockefeller's father lived in Iowa
you can bet your old tin oil can that
he would be sufficiently proud Of the
fact to make it known" says the Des
Moines Capital.
The Creston American says that
good "hired girls are scarcer because
they make good wives and prefer to
work in their own kitchens.
How hopeless is the Devlin failure
in Kansas" says the Council Bluffs
Nonpareil, lis shown in the fact thar
the chief assets consist of mining prop
critics."
SENSE AND sENSIBlLlTY.