Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-21
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

worth trying.
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.
Let the policyholders in these three
great companies bend their energies
to turning the rascals out" says the
Des Moines Register and LeaIer.
THAT is the best way to settle re
insurance scandal. Let them punish
the officials who have betrayed their
trust. Then let them work for such
national and state supervision as will
make grating, outrageous salary
steals. excessive commissions. and the
speculative or political use of funds
impossible for the future"
The Rockwell City Advocate thinks
that the greatest test of Roosevelt
ability to judge men will come when
mission to determine whether freight
rate is unjust and If so, what rate
shall go into effect in it's place?
Every honest citizen should read
the governors speech, give him a fair
hearing, and size up the situation for
heroic action says the Marshalltown
Times Republican.
Graft, graft everywhere When
schoolmen begin to dip their fingers
into the pie we can begin to wonder
where's the honest man." says the
Pocahontas Sun, referring to the
Dougherty matter.
The Boone Republican observes that
there are two ways to get rich In
Peoria. One is to own distillery and
the other is to own the school board.
The DEBORAH Republican suggests to
John Cownie, who is sad because ne
thinks the corn crop is not what 1t
ought to be, that 1t is wiser to be glad
because 1t is so much better than 1t
used to be.
The Fort Dodge Post. DEM, states
that Senator Dolliver has the confid-
ence of his home friends, those who
know him, republicans and democrats
alike, and the Post Is able to give as
surance that it shares in this confiGf
ence.
The Dubuque Times says that Sec
rotary Hitchcock is an excellent eX-
ample Of executive capacity In the
right place.
The schaller Herald says 1t would
require resourceful brain to con1ure
up anything for an Iowa farmer to
kick about this season.
The Muscatine Journal denies that
Mr.. Titus has received little or no en-
couragement in his movement for
four-year term. HE has large
stack of letters" it states, telling him
that his scheme is all right, that it is
the natural sequence Of the biennla!
amendment and that the writer's will
do all they can to secure its passage.
"If the Legislature passes the pro-
posed law prohibiting advertising
to require railroads to space their ties
BETTER" suggests the Algona Upper
Des Moines-
| The Cedar Rapids Gazette says that
when man gets a real genuine case
of the reform fever it is only a ques-
ton of time when the political under
taker gets a job.
"The President himself" says the
vinton Eagle, "does not pay much at
tention to reformers; he is not re-
! former. The matter of catching the
peoples eye does not concern him."
"If you think there are no conserva-
| lively managed insurance companies,
just consult the first agent you might
| happen to run across" suggests the
Des :Moines Capital.
| An Illinois woman wants a divorce
on the ground that her husband
shores. To the Des Moines Register
and Leader this simply proves that
Ella Wheeler Wilcox was right when
she declared: Laugh and the world
laughs with you. snore and you sleep
! alone"
Let us follow the leadership OF
such wise counsellors as Senator Dol
liver, discarding every selfish self
seeker, who would wreck the party to
1 satisfy personal ambition" pleads the
Cedar Rapids Republican anent the
tariff.
continues to look like Lincoln he will
be able to maintain good lead over
| the other Illinois senatorial candi-
dates" suggests the Des Moines Cap
| ital.
The Sioux City Tribune thinks that
those who argue that the government
could not run the insurance compan-
les If it should be deemed advisable
have forgotten how well Uncle Sam
runs his pension system.
Life assurance instead of hunting
the man ought to be hunted by the
man and, if placed in proper posi-
ton, would be- says the Burlington
Gazette.
The Jefferson Bee thinks that ii
| Senator Titus is a patron of clipping
/ hn nrnh9h1V this
abandoned his four-year term for
county officials idea.
Thomas Lawson made nothing by
his western trip, except to advertise
'Frenzied Finance" says the Center