Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-17

not know and believe that the. gov
ernor will take his seat in the senate.
They couldn't keep him out of 1t with
span of eighteen hands high mules"
THE grand jury system is delusien
and snare,' says the Cedar Falls
Gazette. 1T retards progress, in
creases costs crei%es complications
and gives some persons a chance to-
get even with an enemy at the public
expense
According to the Council Bluffs
Nonpareil the expression rushing the
can" has now become such elegant
universe; English that it is used in
the Council Bluffs police report.
$50
The Sioux City Journal explains that
the football season is merely to tide
over the kicking until congress meets.
mo use eXpostulating or protesting
Roosevelt is going south on the trip
lie promised to make before yellow
fever was thought of" observes the
Washington Press Hell hunt bear
and bobcats, go down in submarine
toats, charge UP San Juan hills, face
Colorado mobs, and Is he going to
quail at shelters? mo, not even at
the stegomyia kind, the Malay bird,
the yellow peril on wings
The Cedar Rapids Gazette says that
the. Buffalo man who made the dy-
Ing request that his body be cremated
and the ashes thrown over Niagara
Falls, displayed at least a great deal
more serse that going over the falls
in a barrel.
The Keokuk Gate City calls atten-
ton 70 the fact that Joseph Ramsey,
.Jr., haC a former Iowa man as his at
torney In his fight on George Gould
for control of the Wabash. His legal
counsel is Fred w. Lehman, of ST.
Louis. at one time a prominent mem
Der of the bar OF this state.
Noting that the Iowa corn crop is
now estimated at 30O00O0O0 bushels,
the Clinton Herald observes: There
| is nothing much better than being an
1 Iowa farmer
The oskaloosa Herald thinks that
Mr.. LaFollette is doing pretty we'll for
q dyspeptic. He is holding two offices
and drawing salaries. He is paying
| little attention to either Office, devoting
his time to lecturing at $3.50 lecture.
But the Cedar Rapids Republican sug-
gests: 'Mr. LaFollette for the TINA
being is a hero to the masses and one
of the men who can do no wrong. II
all comes of knowing how to play on
the prejudices of the people. 1t is a
great accomplishment"
The medical profession in America
has advised us to avoid consumption
by stunning dirt, dust and darkness
1T may hereafter advise US to shuu
milk that has been boiled or which
comes from diaries that have not been
inspected" suggests the Dubuque
| Times.
The Centerville Iowegian observes
McCurdy, Of the Mutual Life, seems
to be better snap than being mem
her of a royal family.
The Marion Register says that the
republicans who are cunning for Col
Hepburn have been assigned to the
left wing of the democratic army
Gown In the eighth district.
ut will make no difference with
their claim upon immortality, but nev.
ertheless everyone is pleased to heal
I that Whittier and Lowell have beer
given places in the hall of fame of tn,
New York university" says the Dav
onport Times.
1t having been settle that Secretar.
Taft is to supervise the canal projec
the secretary is preparing to make
trip to the isthmus. Evidently" re-
marks the Sioux City Journal, 9Th,
secretary was not greatly impressed
by Senator Morgan's theory that SUI
perficial examination Is only q handi
cap in the solution of such a problem.
The Sioux City Tribune makes tn
roint that Lawson has q fortun
which would be available to the mel
Of whom he Is writing If they coult
prove he is telling falsehoods. Ant
nobody has gotten any Of his none.
as yet on libel suits.
1T will be a long time before tn
!, New York insurance companies regail
the confidence of the public, If the,
ever do" says the Cedar Rapids Re
publican. But that does not meal
that anyone holding policy in any O
these companies should forfeit it o
: cash it in. They are all solvent an
/ all can pay out If they never writ
another new policy"
How many states have governor
who will walk into Lawson's parlor?
asks the Des Moines Capital "Preciou
few. The rural governors Of tn
west seem to have impressed Lawso
last summer as being rather gullibl
lot, but he will find when it comes t
a showdown most of them know
hawk from a handsaw."