Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-11
to desert the Standard and turn his
hand to the plow."

to desert the Standard and turn his
hand to the plow.''
boy in the land will file protest. He
thinks that one day in s65 is 'hisen.
was the Republican editor once boy ? I
II so he knows how it is or was him
self"
The reports of the Odessa mutiny
snd the stories in regard to the crew
of the Kniaz Potemkine have been so
conflicting from day to day that the
suspicion is we'll founded that the Rus
sian officials do not know how to tell
the truth" remarks the Davenport
Times.
fulnlled," remarks the TT Dodge a 3
Chronicle, Rockefeller will be tempted
Mrs. Eddy concludes that it is lit.
tie use to pray for the peace of the
nations. so long as the nations disturb
the services by rapid and continuous
firing of large guns" remarks the
Cedar Rapids Gazette.
And the staid old Burlington Hawk
Eye has perpetrated this: CAS- for
1908. the wise observer doesn' Taft
to be hit with brick to get at the
Root of the matter of a presidential
candidate. (Oh shawD"
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The Cedar Rapids Republican has
experienced happy thought: "TfI
China persists in the boycott the
Americans might cease to celebrate
the Fourth Of July That would stop
a great firecracker Industry among the
celestials."
The Council Bluffs Nonpareil is con-
sidering water works problem and
has come to this (to Ottumwans) IA
miliar point: "The waterworks com.
pany asks the council for clear
statement. The council might reply
that the condition Of the water makes
that impossible. = That is, IL the
waterworks company sells to the city
IT. wants to know where the money is
coming from"
The Davenport Times, referring to
the current discussion of the governor
ship, says that about all the republi-
cans can accomplish In the fourteen OF
fifteen months that will ensue before
a candidate for governor Is nominated
is to formulate ideals. Having once
decided on the ideal nominee for gov
enorship the work Of selecting the,
n, man will be easy" concludes the
who will be selected will be progressive
but not ultra-radical; conservative
but not pledged to stand still. He will
be a leader Of the masses whose ideals
belong to neither extreme"
why should not New York City and
Philadelphia condemn New Jersey and
their grafters?" suggests the Cedar
Rapids Gazette. New Jersey would
hold them for a year or two, and by
that time the government might an
mex something large to be used for
penal colonies"
Mayor Weaver of Philadelphia has
already removed several big microbes
from the filtration plant Of his city
and large number of lesser ones are
now under the microscope" Is the
Sioux City Tribune's way Of figuring
1t out.
"A good deal Of moralizing on the
folly of 1t will be heard for a few
days" says the Sioux City Journal,
but the fireworks manufacturer will
lose no time in making plans for
larger and louder output for next
year"
The Des Moines News thinks that
by putting a check upon the divorce
business, Des Moines might do a great
deal toward solving that hundred
thousand population problem.
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No matter how much money Messrs.
Carnegie and Rockefeller may give
away, the Des Moines Capital does not
think that there is a particle of likli-
hood they will ever give themselves
away.
The Washington Democrat says 1t is
clear that Mr.. Bryan is the coming
man in the democratic party His
name, 1t points out, is the only one
that arouses enthusiasm. Bryan is
the coming man for the democrats"
continues the Democrat, because they
believe in him. He Is consistent and
regular and right. To know Bryan
Is to believe In him. He is by lont
odds the strongest man in the demo-
cratic party and he will continue to
be until he is elected president"
The Mason City Globe Gazette ad-
mits that Roosevelt may break the
handle of his spade occasionally while
digging the Panama canal but de-
clares that he will get new one and
keep right on digging.
The Marshalltown Times-Republican
! finds it difficult to determine Just how
much of Mr.. Rockefeller's generosity
found it's root in Miss Ida Tarbelrs
articles.
THE PEssIMlST.
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