Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-13
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.


IOWA PRESS COMMENT.
AS the mercury rises the Dubuque
Times grows anxious about that inven-
tive genius at Rhinelander, Wis, >one
vert glass Of ice water into q glass
of beer.
THE grand Jury may be useless
thing, but 1t is likely to stay just the
same" remarks the Iowa City Repub.
lican. BE good and fear not and the
grand jury will not hurt you. AS to
the question Of economy, II the money
is not paid out to grand juries it will
get out some way and the taxes will
remain just the same"
1.-THE sensational papers for politi-
cal purposes have failed to get the
comfort out Of the Dennison trial they
expected" says the vinton Eagle.
They could hardly wait till the trial
because they almost knew and fully
hoped that it would be the ruin of some
men morally and politically. 1t is a
curious phase in human nature that
causes 1t to gloat over the downfall of
an associate fellow being"
With the demand for farm labor,
with cheap transportation to the har-
vest fields and an assurance of an en-
tire summers work at good wages the
Marshalltown Times Republican can
find no excuse for able bodied men
loafing about the cities doing odd jobs
or depending upon charity for live
lihood.
About the meanest trick the rail-
roads ever paid on the country. edi-
tors" says the Creston Advertiser-Ga-
zette. was to induce them to adver-
tise to the value of $3.50 and take
ticket to Portland as pay, afterward
cutting the price to SIS to the general
public"
THE railways believe in control of
the senate interstate commerce COM
mittee, but this Is not the kind Of con-
troll favored by the people," says the
Davenport Times, caustically.
ut stands to reason" says the Des
Moines Capital, that the Iowa pro-
ducers of butter and eggs have been
enabled to develop their great indus
tries by virtue of the discrimination
practiced by the railroads in favor Of
the western producer
D.
Read the Ohio republican platform
word by word and line by line and be-
tween the lines" says the Marion Reg
lister, and nothing will be found to
create even suspicion that the policy
OF tariff ripper or rate smasher finds
even the semblance of an Endorsement
by the republicans of the state of Nc
Ktnley, Mark Hanna and Foraker On
motion of Senator Dick, the platform
was unanimously adopted"
The Atlantic Telegraph says that the
annual hremen's tournament is more
than an outing or a place for fun and
amusement. 1T is sort of firemen's
school," the Telegraph declares, where
new Ideas are advanced and shown up
to the very best advantage.
The Creston Advertiser Gazette says
that although Tom Dennison is ac-
quilted. his reputation. such as he had
is gone
The Council Bluffs Nonpareil says
that the verdict in the Dennison case
Is no surprise to those familiar with
the case. but 1t by no means consti-
tutes vindication in the public mind.
II Dennison really had anything to dc
with the robbery" continues the Non
pareil, this verdict is monument to
the cumbersomeness, unwieldiness.
rightly and technical ridden character
of the machinery of justice in land
of multiplicity of local jurisdictions"
The Davenport Times predicts that
Dennison will now make it warm for
Schercliffe.
in 100 anticipated any other kind Of a
verdict" says the Des Moines Capt.
tai, referring to the Dennison case.
When 1t was considered that the
state was making Shercliffe's testi-
mony the chief corner stone of its en-
tire contention it was not to be expect
ed that the jury would do otherwise
Though there is no election in Iowa
this fall, there is about as much polit
lcal talk in the papers as usual" OBJ
serves the WASHINGTON Democrat. SIS
IT. because editors can talk and write
about politics and not think any? A
man jokes his wife in saying that when
she begins to talk she stops thinking.
Politics is very thin Cruel" ~.
The Webster City Freeman Tribune
predicts, that If the United States re-
tatns possession of the Philippines for
a generation 1t will always hold them.
The process Of assimilation" 1t says
land II SO the Filipinos will not want
" NC IuIilcu T..
The Cedar Rapids Republican OBJ
serves that getting married seems to
be quite the thing in the female col
leges at the present time"
o.
The Mason City Times Herald won
ders why it is that while the boys are
taking great pleasure this spring run
ming for governor, SO few of them are
locking after congressional shoes
IF King Alfonso could find time to
come over this way we'd all be glad
of an opportunity to show him there
are no Ill feelings" says the Sioux City
Journal.
%
I'VE nominate LATE Young for his
torian Of the Philippine expedition"
says the Creston Advertiser-Ga Gazette.
Hell probably act in that capacity
anyway, whether officially designated
OF not and this fact is guaranty
that the work will be we'll and enter
tainingly DONE"
TERMS OF PEACE.