Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-11
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

W.
a short summer.
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.
The Keokuk Gate City notes that
are agreed that when Senator Allison
is no longer a candidate, Congress
man Cousins will be his logical sue
cessor and that he deserves it,
1.-The year of 1905 can hardly expect
to get to running in frst-class shape
until it has received its annual supply
of advice from the high school and
college graduates remarks the Des
Moines Capital.
"St Petersburg newspapers have a
chance to tell of rioting in Chicago"
suggests the Davenport Times. "If
there are any yellow journals there
they have a chance now to divert at
tention from their own countrys war"
The Des Moines News thinks that
perhaps those bears killed by Presi-
dent Roosevelt We're merely innocent
hystanders.'
1t is evident to the Sioux City Jour
nal that the Equitable is having
harder time getting rid Of it's 100000
man than President Roosevelt had in
finding his.
The .Des Moines Capital says that
Governor Bernard Murphy could set
the type for his own messages.
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AS to Presiden. Roosevelt being
'tuckered out" the Mason City Globe
Gazette recalls that that used to be
said about Grant just before ne won
all his important campaigns. 'Roose-
velt's strength, like anyone's has It's
limitations" says the Globe-Gazette
but one good nights rest would put
him in condition to tackle the next
bear
The Cedar Rapids Republican does
rot believe the decrease In the rural
population of Iowa will continue in
definitely "a number of people who
have gone to distant places and into
one-crop countries are very apt to
come back to iowa after season or
two.' 1t concludes. "And then 1t is
only d question of a short time when
there will be no longer any cheap
lands where diversified farming can
be carried on"
Some one asks what makes Iowa a
great state, and the Boone Republican
says it is because there are ninety
nine counties and each one is the best
in the state.
"As long as Grover Cleveland and
Miss Anthony continue their debate
through the magazines and newspa
pers, Mr.. Cleveland is going to have
the hest nf If HIT ha yynr1 o,c
to take the stump with her in open
combat" says the Sioux City Tribune
The Des Moines News says Mar
Patterson ought to write a book en-
titled The Trials and Disappoint-
ments of an Actress
After carefully looking into the case
the Cedar Rapids Gazette has con-
cluded that zone trouble with Mr.
Smith, the defaulting tax collector Of
San Francisco appears to have beer
that he tried to be a husband to toe
many lonely women in search Of g
good time"
so Pat Grove was in the Boer wal
after all" remarks the Des Moines
Register and Leader. Well, if every
Pat Grove reported by ambitious cor.
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We're in that war we don't see why It'll
called a struggle between Boer anc
Briton."
This cheerful statement comes from
the Des Moines Capital: "Des Nome.
is all right. A growth of twelve thou.
sand in five years is quite satisfactory
There will be no kicking"
/ Pocanaa Cbioaoo dix,ina 10. -
4 nounced Lenten fasting as paganism
the Keokuk Gate City expects tn,
blamed beef trust will be trying tt
buy up editors next"
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Speaking of the state census, tn,
| Fairfield Ledger says: iowa woult
probably save money and credit If tn,
whole thing were thrown into tn,
! furnaces at the capitol. The work wa,
has been absolutely nothing to increas
confidence in it."
The Waterloo Reporter says that tn,
| list of strike victims would be shorte
and the credit of Chicago as a cit,
would be stronger If man Of vigo
was at the helm.
ut is not so hard to be great whel
one has had such truly great fathe
as Senator Dolliver had" says tn
Manson Democrat.
i .Iowa's declining rural populatio,
suggests the possible loss of con
/ gresham at the next apportionment,
says the Dubuque Times. $50 If tn
j legislature lets the reapportionmen
/ question alone the next few years
time may solve it,"
4. MAKING RATES.
i Davenport Times.-It is amusing t
note that the railways are just nov