Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-03-23

moves numDor OF paCr1OtlC poll
ticians in the fifth district to "get
busys at once.
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.
The office Of governor of Colorado
Is an office without honor, for the time
being" declares the Cedar Rapids Re-
publican. Adams did not have clear
title 1t was not possible to give Pea
body one And the third man will be
even worse off than either Of the others
If he is given power"
The Neutrality-suspicious. Republic
can regards Kuropatkins break into
the hills as the first strategic move Of
his campaign. The short legged Japs
are certain to be at disadvantage in
an uphill run.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette Is afraid
that Commissioners Garfield will find
that the consumers Of kerosene and
gasoline owe the standard several
cents per gallon for all the stuff they
have used.
Commenting on the sentence Of
Banker Beuthien, who gets four years
for stealing 100000, the Des Moines
Register and Leader says: This Is a
year for every $4,000 frogged. If
Beuthien has saved the money he will
get almost as good wages as a railway
president"
did you notice that it is said that
| 100000 men have probably been killed
in and near Mukden? Do you realize
| what that means?" asks the Shelby
County Republican. ut means a con-
tinuous line Of dead men, placed head
4 k<,P ~@& f,,o.~ r. l. ~ ~,
Because Mrs. Chadwick has objected
to being characterized as swindler,
the Des Moines Capital sarcastically
suggests that perhaps 1t would be
well enough to have a committee APP
pointed to revise the English language
SO that in describing her and her rela-
lions to society in general, the terms
used would have less tendency to
irritate really sensitive disposition"
The Marshalltown Times Republican
gathers it's idea of the state of the
Russian priesthood from Pobiedonost-
seff's assurance to the car that the
Japanese ARE not made in the dmage
OF God" and therefore should be
warred against.
| "The man who goes up against Sen
ator Dolliver," says the Cedar Rapids
Republican, will find him man fairly
well entrenched in the affections of the
people of Iowa. Even the governor of
Iowa may not find it an easy matter
to impeach his ability to represent the
people of the state fairly WELL Sena-
| tor Dolliver is said to have changed
his mind one or twice. But he has not
changed 1t so often that he has made
himself dizzy"
do you remember how the world
used to shudder at the thought of that
immense war chest in which Russia
was supposed to have been sailing
down glittering gold for decade after
decade?" asks the Sioux City Journal
wondering where all the money has
| gone now that the czar has to borrow
for his present little difficulty.
| While having no. assurance that 1t
will be done the Council Bluffs Nom
pareil insists that the propriety of sub
/ stituting an antelope for the bear in
the Russian seal will appeal to every
| one.
the Des Moines Capital foresees that
some of the professional politicians
will have to go to work for living
at least a part Of the time.
1 The Cedar Rapids Republican clot es
a vigorous lecture on yellow journal
/ ism" with the following stirring peror-
alton: yellow journalism is the most
monstrous institution in America. 1t is
the sum of all villainies and the pro-
moter Of all manner of iniquity. It is
a blot upon our civilization. And yet
4 decent people patronize it, even contri-
butte to it's columns and thus help to
garnish it with semblance of respect
ability"
i The Oskaloosa Herald has figured
out that Field Marshal Oyama must
be republican. Reason: He invari-
ably keeps his promises.
/ eff the war continues very much
longer" confesses the Boone Republi-
| can, I'VE newspaper men will be able
to spell some of these Russian and
Japanese names without looking them
| up every time
i If Secretary Shaw should be a can
didate for president in 1908 the Carroll
Herald bespeaks for him the hearty
support of the republicans of Iowa
The Herald goes on to say: "He has
made a record as head of the treasury
department that places him among the
ablest fnanciers in the history Of the
government AS chief executive he
would rank among the foremost presi-
dents of the United States"
Discussing the probable fate Of the
biennial elections amendment the
Ringgold Record declares, three little
| words knocked out an amendment in
1903, and similar tairsplitting pro-
cess may do it again, or not, as the
court may elect"
WONDERFUL JAPANESE "SHI-
| M0SEW