Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-20

to Europe this summer for an outing
and the Hampton Chronicle says that
they won't have half the fun we do
when we go to Clear Lake on a Sunday
excursion"
"A monopoly Of the sale of liquor by
the state" says the Cedar Falls Ga
zette,.. may look good to some people,
but"
1T would be an enormous loss to the
country to have man like Taft bur-
led in the judiciary says the Council
Bluffs Nonpareil. He is needed out
on the firing line
The Arlington News says it would
be treat to have once more real old
style republican as governor of Iowa.
1T is amusing to note that OCCASION
ally country editor will howl for a
rest from politics." says the Melvin
Argus. The average country jour
nalist has more fun out of plunge up
to: his ears in politics than he had when
a boy padding in the old mill pond"
The Rockwell City Advocate sug-
gests that the interstate commerce
commission should be composed of men
who will speak softly to the railroads.
but who. by authority of congress, will
also carry a big stick.
The Cedar Rapids Republican thinks
the railroads would do better to devote
legislation which the President has
suggested rather than seek to prevent
such legislation entirely.
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so far as the Herald is aware there
are no Hearst leaders, says the New.
ton Herald. AT one time there were
some democrats who would not dis
claim the title. but that was when
events so shaped themselves that
Hearst was the logical candidate At
the present Mr.. Bryan is the logical
candidate, but the, election Is too far
in advance to be certain of the man."
o.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette fears that
some of the newspapers have made a
great scoop on Secretary Wilson by
announcing his approaching wedding"
On such an important piece of news
the secretary should have been given
an even break says tie Gazette.
Roosevelt is determined to pack
the next national republican conven-
ton against himself" says the. Cedar
Rapids Gazette. but there is doubt
whether. he will be able to control
enough votes for that purpose
r.
after paying Charlie Schwab's ex-
pense account, the firm which is to
build the new Russian navy may find
itself short Of funds" says the Sioux
CITY Tribune.
The Des Moines Mail and Times
says the report that Secretary Wilson
was. about to marry was too silly to
require any denial for those who know
him and the high purposes which
dominate his life. And then the
Mail and Times hastens to add: mot
tha... marriage need Re a weakness for
a man not young, but it is surely not
any part of the plan of James Will
SON."
The Cedar Rapids Gazette suggests
that there are still a few editors in the
state who have not been. mentioned
for governor.
'"The weather is quite chilly when
Coy. Cummins does not project him
self into the limelight,' says the Keo-
kuk Gate City.
The Glidden Graphic says the pro-
IHOIOT OF }IHe state dlSpenSary plan,
before he has gone far with 1t. will
discover that it will require herculean
efforts extending over considerable
period Of time to Jar the existing order
loose.
The Cedar Falls Record thinks that
the women made a mistake in paying
any attention to Mr.. Cleveland Gle
was too long crusty old bachelor"
declares the Record, ito be able to
comprehend the full scope and ex-
tent of womans sphere"
There is a common honesty. com
mon sense, and common Americanism
about Theodore Roosevelt that mark
him the most uncommon man Of his
time says the Des Moines Register
and Leader.
ASIA FOR THE AsIATICS.