Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-03-07

self; III. problem, 1t believes, Is one
of those many sided, deceptive, intri-
cate ones that cannot be solved, UNI
derstood or judged simply by hearsay,
as many college professors essay to
do.
John l. Sullivan may have lost his
voice. but there is nothing to prevent
him from knocking on the table when
he wants something" remarks the
Clinton Herald.
The Des Moines Mail and Times
says 1t is safe to assume that Senator
Dolliver will not go very far from the
sentiment Of the state. ''He has never
done so in the past" 1t points out,
and he has been representing Iowa in
congress for about sixteen years"
The Cedar Rapids Republican says
that IL J. j. Ryan, Of Fort Dodge, would
do less talking about the meat pro-
ducers Of the state and get his assoc
ciates at work building packing houses
1t would please the real farmers OF the
state a great deal more.
An Abba young man by the name
of Cash went to Melrose the other
day and secured a wife. The Oska-
loosa Herald offers a reward for the
scalp Of the first person who refers to
the affair as a Cash transaction.
The Keokuk Gate City presumes
that Henry Wallace now knows exact
ly how 1t feels to be "squashed" by the
republican road roller.
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A Des Moines correspondent says
the decision OF the biennial amendment
case is a defeat for the "standpatters,"
and the Vinton Eagle rejoins, ''It is
wonderful how many defeats these
'standpatters' meet and yet everything
seems to be going their way. The last
one to receive the thanks Of the Presi-
dent was Hon. Peter B. Hepburn"
"The gentlemen who started the May
wheat corner seem to have slipped
leaving the fellows behind to ex-
| periepce an unlocked for and unwel-
come bump"
1.-THE Illinois legislature ought not to
be too swift In Offering to loan $780,
600 to Kansas in it's war against
predatory trust" says the Sioux City
Tribune. ut may need it at home to
investigate a certain pipe line which
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Coming generations may hunt for
Cassie Chadwick's treasures as ener-
getically as have generations searched
for Captain Kidd's buried valuables,"
says the Clinton Herald.
Lawson threw the first brick, but
whole states are now after the Stand
ard Oil Co.." says the Vinton Eagle.
! THE Standard has the advantage on
the expense account. 1t can pay 1t
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The Burlington Hawk-Ey protests
against the species of reform which
makes 1t necessary to vilify the state
and the cities Of the state as every
thing that Is wicked and abominable.
Iowa Is the best state in the union,"
it asserts. land that makes it the best
state in the world. Iowa is the best
state because she has the best men
Iowans who are not to be SO classed
are SO few In number that they have
never retarded her progress or cast q
stain upon her fair name The Hawk
u Eye wishes the reformers success, but
|. appeals to them not to Islander the
, state and It's people.
+ Inc DeeI uuSC, says the Glidden
Graphic, has been injuncted, enjoined
and generally ripped up the back But
1t seems to be doing business at the
old stand Just the same"
o.
} The Webster City Fireman. Tribune
says 1t doesn't know anything about
? the merits Of that Dominican treaty
! but 1t believes 1t Is safe in assuming
. that 1t Is all right or President Roose-
welt wouldn't be for 1t and the senate
wouldn't be against it.
The Cedar Falls Record saws thai
!, Mr.. Sammis is the victim of office
holding and its allurements and temp
tations.
The editor Of the Council Bluffs
: Nonpareil Is nothing If not consistent
A contemporary having called atten-
I, ton to the numerous misspellings OF
| "Nonpareil,'' the Council Bluffs editor
, declares he is not sensitive on the
+ point, and few lines further dowr
: the columns he spells 1t "Nopareil."
Marshalltown Times Republican
There is another vanishing industry
Y The Birmingham jew's-harp industry
is said to be In a bad way, owing tC
. the collapse Of the demand amons
; savage peoples. Most men Of middle
. age can remember when the jews.
harp was an accredited musical in.
4 strument among the younger men ant
. school boys until the harmonica dis
v placed it.
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