Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-28
enacted, who would write the plat
forms of the party? asks the Des
Moines Capital.

publican says that Governor Cummins'
recent utterances only confirm the
j opinion tina. if the tariff were revised
4 now he and his followers would be
dissatisfied and would want another
revision right away.
The Council Bluffs Nonpareil saws
that the President in turning the
limelight on Nebraska has called at
tention to a sweet mess"
More than any other time of the
year is Christmas time the time that
you should not forget the children
and the poor" suggests the Manson
4 Democrat.
iowa sentiment is against third
terms" says the Boone Republican.
Every time someone or something
leeislation," observes the Cedar Rapids
Republican. we are getting laws
enough, but can we ever have enough
laws to make men good?"
The Clinton Herald says that Gov
ernor LaFollette is man of some
ability and an abundance of assur-
ance.
THE principle of the statewide pri-
mary is radically wrong" declares the
Burlington Hawk-Eye. ct is an In
j fringement upon the rights of the peo-
pie. The state has no business to in
the. people in party conventions or
their freedom Of choice of methods of
selecting candidates"
Let us see,' saws the Mason City
Globe-Gazette, wasn't it said some
where a short time ago that what
Iowa needed was voice in the SEN
ate?"
THE best thing and nearly the
whole thing when it comes to Christ
mas is the children" says the Algona
Upper Des Moines- Republican What
would anybod-- think Of Christmas
with no children in it?"
Machine methods are much the
same in all the states, and it happens
in one state as well as in another that
no sooner is one machine smashed
than another is made ready for BUSH
ness" says the Sioux City Journal.
OF the Dolliver bill, the Des Moines
Register and Leader says: st is evil
dent that this bill has been brought
to Its simplest terms, has little in 1t
that will be Objectionable and yet
that it definitely accomplishes the
purpose the/ President has had in
view There should not be much diff
Guilty in securing an alignment be-
tween the friends and opponents of
government regulation
I'm our opinion it would be the
greatest mistake Iowa ever made to
harness up the three educational in
stitutions in Iowa and rob them of
| 1.-Two inc thnt y
them" says the Cedar Rapids Repub-
| lican.
| Lament, of the Des Moines Register
and Leader: What youngster Of to-
! day can say, off hand, the names of
| Santa Claus RENDERS, and yet few
| years ago such knowledge was gem
eral."
! The Onawa Democrat concludes that
there is little in statewide primary
law except an extra bill of expense"
The Sibley Gazette is opposed to an
educational board of control and as
| serts that the people are not demand
ing change.
The Hampton Recorder says it Is not
frightened by the threat of the pro
gressive republicans that If the pres
ent congress does not revise the tariff
democratic CONGRESS- will be elected
that will. we had rather see the
republican party beaten" states the
Recorder, than have it repeat the folly
perpetuated bv the democracy when it
passed the Wilson bill"
.
Inc Melvin Argus says that Iowa
mas an inexhaustible supply of honest,
conscientious and faithful men to draw
! on Tor the governorship, and there
VIII be no more difficulty in finding
a worthy successor to Governor Cum
MINIS than there was to Governor
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The Sac City Sun SUGGESTS that a
single board of control for the state
educational institutions might make
ture to distribute appropriations fair
/ ly but 1t would not be Of as much
service TO the institutions as are the
several boards under the present law.
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