Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-19
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.


of Joseph Smith will be.
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.
The Sioux City Journal observes
that the amount of money drawn by
the civil war survivors is decreasing.
Notwithstanding pension order No. rs,
over which so much hullabaloo was
raised at the opening of Judge Par
"There is hope for the man who
would but cannot eat says the Bur
lington Hawk Eye. Let him throw
away his appetizers and tonics let him
defy the wintry blasts with negligee
shirt and a pair of duck trousers. while
his feet are clad Only in corns and let
him then order the biggest meal hei
can get at the comnissary department
of the lunch counter. one thing about
the new plan commends itself. 1t is
certainly cheap"
The Cedar RAPIDS Republican thinks
it may have dawned on Ida NJ. Tarbell.
the feminine literary scold, that she
slightly overdid the matter of abus' &
John D. Rockefeller Mr. Rockefeller
seems to stare higher in public sym
pathies now than he did six months
ago" says the Republican.
Tho Creston Acknowledgements
says nf the tariff. "There is no man so
foolish as to argue or believe that the
present law is perfect or that there
are not some very serious objections
to some of its schedules. But there are
few business men who have not. in
their own private business, borne with
some Objectionable things while the
close of the year made satisfactory
showing rather than undertake
changes, which might result disas-
trously."
1T hardly looks like the proper thing
for Mr.. B. Nelson to receive $4,000 in
San Francisco for an assault and bat
terry that would cost him $4.S5 in Mar
Shutdown says the Times Re .ubli
can of the latter city.
THE adoption of legislation sweep
il CIV directed against patent medicines
would be n grevious mistake" de-
clrres the Dubuque Telegraph Herald.
Though it might be masked as an eX-
crcise of the police power of state,
H. would nevertheless be the rankest
sort of class legislation"
The Sioux City Journal thinks it
would be interesting to consider the
elimination of all passes of a political
nature without abridging the freedom
of passes of other adjectival descrip-
ton.
In the opinion of the Creston Adver-
tser- Gazette il Senator Titus really
wants to be, a candidate for governor
or any other state Office the less he
says about the four-year term the bet
for n I'M "a Ia d.
leap of father Of the biennial election,
but the four-year term would surely
settle him. says the Advertiser Ga
zette.
The Dubuque Times thinks we
would be a happier and more prosper
Gus people If millions of men who
put the emphasis on Rockefeller's
faults coul. be persuaded to emulate
his virtues.
The Des Moines Capital observes
that colored pupils have been refused
admission to the white schools in two
different cities of Kansas and says,
I'VE trust that the ashes of John
continue to rest in peace and that his
soul may still go marching on"
The Keokuk Gate City suspects that
Tom Ways purpose in booming Gov.
Cummins for the presidency is inspired
less by the hope Of nominating the
governor than by the desire to pre-
delegation in case he should be can
didate.
| The latest charge is that Governor
Cummins has his band wagon in front
of his horses. "That will make no
difference to the boys who ride in it,
says the Iowa City Republican.
The Ced"r Rapids Republican be-
lieves that the state will hardly want
to spend 100000 improving the race
track of the state fair. ut might
build additional quarters for cows and
horses and hogs, in the sense that it
is an aid to agriculture" continues TIL,
Republican. But the race track ought
to be made to pay for itself, or else
abandoned"
The Cedar Rapids Gazette moralizes
as follows: Those who are not in
favor of progress should understand
II at there are places on earth where
none of the people are in favor of pro-
gress Should they locate in such q
community they would not be COM
PEELED to quarrel with progressive peo-
|
secure tie benefits from living among
the progressive people, all the time
making objections to the ideas OF
those who are responsible for advance
ment, they should know that their
characters and intentions are Lnder-
! stood and that they will realize only
the proper reward for their share OF
effort"
The Cedar Falls Record says there
Is difference between the reformer
who wants to reform because he is q
reformer and the man who VENTS tc
reform because he is a demagogue and
simply shouts reform to attract the
public.
eff you think that the farmers want
a change in the tariff rates just ask
the first ten you meet" suggests the
Atlantic Telegraph, land we venture
that nine Of them will tell you that
they are doing very nicely and thai
they are satisfied with present condi-
tions."
The Cedar Rapids Gazette says thai
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