Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-01-26

Will watch ms progress In erosion
with interest.
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.
with reference to things in the
Philippines the Des Moines Capital
thinks the recommendations Of the
commission should have the serious
confederation OF congress. The Philip
pine Islands will present problems
for q long time to come" says the
Capital. They are problems, how
ever, from which the true American
spirit will not shrink, but will rejoice
at the opportunity afforded in helping
bring about their solution"
Industrial democracy" says the
Des Moines Register and Leader, els
the problem OF the twentieth century
as political democracy was of the nine
teenth. How to extend the maxim OF
Equal opportunity for all, special
privilege to none" to the Industrial
world is the question that is up for
answer. 1t is remarkable how few
have any answer to suggest"
The Burlington Hawk-Eye is SO Ge-
lighted with the weather that it says:
Apologize for Iowa winters? Perish
the thought. Iowa is always fair to
behold, n at no one season does she
greatly excel any other. To him who
walks through life with open eyes the
world will offer few things better than
iowa in winter"
o.
The Sioux City Journal disagrees
with Tom Lawson, It does NOT believe
that ten men nor twenty men. will ever
he "ahsolItelv and cornnletelv the
legal owners Of the entire TINTED
states" "For ono th,nen says the
1T may be suggested that life is short
and then It quotes this statement
"The days Of our years are three-score
years and ten; and if by reason oil
strength they be four-score years. vel
1t is soon cut off, and we fly away"
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Government ownership is a lone way
from an accepted and practical theory
declares the M~arshalltown Times-Re-
publican. Some plan to curb aggres-
sion and strike a balance between the
public on n hand and the common
carriers on the other is needed and will
| be enacted If NOT nv the nresent con-
gress by another charged with the
duty and an extension Of the powers
of the interstate commission
seems at present the shortest and mos
practical e~xpedient. The railroads will
do well to assist rather thar oppose
the movement"
o.
Noting that a lot of supposedly solit
mahogany furniture bought for thu
senate has turned out to be veneered
the Iowa State Register remarks.
There is a lot of men in the senate
sent there as solid mahogany, who ar
only veneered, and a mighty thing Goa
at that"
The Britt Tribune says IT know.
quite a number of men who say the,
such, who don't work at 1t all tn,
time.
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nounced that Grover Cleveland hai
been paid at the rate Of a dollar !;
word for some of his magazine contri'
buttons, and this may go a long wa.
toward explaining why he emerget
temporarily from oblivion, until tn.
other fellows stocked up with bricks
and got the range Of his head.
o
Davenport Times.-What has beef
suppressed is coming to the surface il
occasional assassination can be accom-
plished in a civilized country withou
being encouraged and prompted b.
a widespread organization, for sucl
sporadic violent expressions of distrus
of those in Office has occurred at leas
three times in the history of his coun
try. But never has there been an in
stance when the chief executive ha;
of the army, which Is held to be tn
!, expression of ultimate power of tn,
executive.
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Keokuk Gate City.-"Cherche Ii
femme. say the French. Look TO
the woman They did so in Missouri
in the senatorial constest and fount
her in the person of Mrs. Richard C
IKerenS,
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MI1scatine IournaJ-Tt is a fort,,nat