Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-03-11
IOWA PRESS

personnel Of President Roosevelts
new cabinet. "Those who were so
,ock-sure that Secretary Shaw would
not be a member of it have another
guess coming" says the Hawk-Eye.
Maxim Gorky has not been playing
/ losing game" declares. the Cedar
Rapids Republican: He has more than
ever before endeared himself to the
Russian masses and he has trebled his
When a government takes
up the fight with a popular writer the
government is apt to get the worst of
it."
Commenting upon Kansas law to
stop the freezing out of competition,
the Cedar Rapids Gazette says: The
law is just and is necessary. Iowa
should follow the lead of Kansas in
this legislation that promises to be e.
fective."
The very forgetful Boone Republican
says that those people who went to
California for the winter are missing
some mighty fine weather"
ludI lOlu b6ul1lSOu was DOlu IL
Iowa in nowise detracts from the as
sertion that of all that is good Iowa
affords the best" says the MARSHALL
town Times-Republican. But it does
hint that of all that is rotten in graft
and foremost in villainy, Iowa has pro-
duced the worst. Iowa gets there ev-
cry time"
"Those figures showing what the
war spirit is costing us are very i'm
posing says the Sioux City Journal.
But they are a mere bagatelle COM
pared with what actual war would
cost. Isn't 1t barely possible that an
exhibition of preparedness for war is
the most effective and economical safe
guard against the expense of real
war;"
Theodore Roosevelt is the first vice
president in the histroy of the coun-
try to be elected to the presidency"
says the Keokuk Gate City. "The fact
means a whole lot, and all of it is to
the credit of the latest president of
the great American republic"
The Des Moines Capital is gratifed
because Walter Wellman managed to
restrain himself and not give away to
the contents of the inaugural speech
before the same had been officially
released.
Perhaps if old man Plat had been
treated to the Osler method after he
had reached the age Of 60, the cause
Of morality in Gotham would be far
ther on and his heirs would have more
of his fortune and less of his shame"
says the Sioux City Tribune.
"How much Of a has-been Mayor
Harrison is now is shown by the fact
that his name has been entirely omit
ted from the list of speakers who will
do the sp%ellbinding for Judge Dunno in
Chicago" remarks the Davenport
Times.
"The private car line situation has
ers,'' says the Muscatine Journal
They first forced the railroads to pull
their cars containing their own pro.
ducts under threats of diverting traf.
fic. Second, they entered the field as
carriers of all p%erishable products and
forced the companies to consent to it
Neither the railroad company nor the
owners of the private car lines in.
tended to do it at a loss. This meant
double payment for the service and the
consumer paid it."
The Burlington Hawk-Eye says 1t is
an error to assume that the senate is
opposed to the Dominican treaty. What
the senate objects to, it points out, is
to treaties being made without it's
knowledge or consent. "It will ratify
the agreement made with the island
government" concludes the Hawk
Eye, but will probably hint with
much dignity that in the utu il
should be first consulted in such i'm
portant matters"
zone trouble with the demands Of
the public says the Iowa Falls Citi-
zen, sis hat their efforts are spas
modic. Today they are astride one
hobby and tomorrow they are astride
another hobby"
The Coon Rapids Enterprise thinks
there is too much elimination and re-
elimination in politics-too much i'm.
punging of motives. 1.-The country is
not gong TO the dOSS, IL CONTINUES
mo legislation proposed is dangerou:
and none of u legislators are politi-
cal c~utthroats. 1t is better to be op.
timistic thai pessimistic. 1t is not
virtue, but a weakness, to see i'll il
everything and everybody that doe
not conform to our notions"
Davenport bank deposits will aver,
age over $500 for every individual il
the town, and the Waterloo Reportel
considers it doubtful If there is a cit.
il. the country that can equal such {
record.
THE way some people talk" say
the Webster City Freeman-Tribune
about the farmers keeping the road,
clear of snow in winter and free from
weeds in summer one might be led t.
think the farmer had nothing else tt
do"
aside from his great usefulness t
the government as the foremost finan
cier Of the times" says the Mancheste
Press, "the cleanliness of Senator ALI
sons life, both public and private, i
perhaps that which recommends hin
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