Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-27

mony in the republican party and is
willing to let the national convention
In 1908 settle the great national ques-
tions.'
The Iowa City Republican says 1t is
amusing how anxious some people. are
to have laws to prevent somebody from
bribing them.
The Mason City Globe Gazette Tel
convinced that 1t is the duty of every
can or populist, to neglect no oppor-
tunity to participate in politics, from
township convention to general cleo
tion
! The Manson Journal says that Col.
Henderson will die rich in patriotism
and the good will of his fellow men,
and will leave heritage that money
could not purchase name that will
! go down in history to the end OIL
! time
Burlington Hawk Eye-O skaloosa 10
setting pace for all the cities of her
class and some of the larger ones.
Many cities in Iowa have talked inter-
urban. They talked inter-urban until
! they wearied of the subject, or until
the time to put up arrived, and then
they began talking something else. Not
SO Oskaloosa. Promoters convinced
her that an inter- urban or two would
, be good thing. And then the pro-
motors dropped out, because the peo-
pie would not build and equip the line
] and then present it to the promoters,
or perhaps for some other reason. Os-
kaloosa concluded to try it once, any
how, and resolved to build line to
Buxton. The capital stock was sub
scribed In a few days, and on July 80
a special election will be held. which
will levy a special tax for the con-
struction Of the road, and before the
snow flies portion of the new line
will be In creation.
Il o.
why not break bottle of cham
payne on the bow of the battleship
Kansas?" inquiries the Sioux City
i Journal. That is nearly the Carrie
il Nation way of disposing of cham
pagne."
!. Let the mercury and the cornstalks
climb" says the Marshalltown Times
Republican. ut will be cold next win
ter and we'll need the money"
The Rockford Register says that
Tom Lawson is entitled to just about
as much credit for the exposure he is
making as the scalawag who deserts
his pals and turns states evidence.
o.
Don't worry" says the Arlington
News. IF Shaw wants the Iowa dele
ton he can get 1t without the least bit
: of trobule.
The Keokuk Gate City finds reason
, to suspect that old man Funston Is a
!, chip off Of the young block.
! ut pays to be reforn1er," says the
Cedar Rapids Republican. and that Is
about all that the average reformer is
looking after. It's the money, money
money"
r The Ames Times concludes that tn,
! ! country is baseball crazy.
? At your own home, on your owr
> lawn, under the spreading elm or map.
lie in swing or hammock or. rocker
2 with your own family--that," says thu
Audubon Republican, us good enough
summer resort for US. Iowa Is a. vision
to excite the admiration Of the worlt
:, these days. It's summer resort enough
for us"
n
! politics, 1t is all bosh" says the EN-
I metsburg Reporter. THE dirtiest poll
tics that have ever been .resorted to \
Iowa have been in counties which
= had the primary system"
$ The Charter Oak Times says that
all the hot air being expended by tn
: knockers trying to stop the progress
OF the Panama canal could be laid on
q in yelling '"Ho- heave-ho!" the BIZ
ditch would be finished in couple Q
years.
= Noting that st. Louis papers ar
= handing out some singing remark
:, about Secretary Shaw and the treas
n ury deficit, the Sioux city Tribun
says, They doubtless remember hoy
e mean he acted forcing the collectio
% of her debt
= working all night to dispose Of hi
accumulated correspondence, the Jap
). anese envoy must have thought some
!. thing concerning peace singularly lik
what Sherman said Of war" the Coun
:. Gil Bluffs Nonpareil thinks.
"will the Des Moines Register an
). Leader and Marion Register please ex
- plain just where q candidate for gov
ernor must stand to be acceptable
= them?" asks the Clinton Herald. "E
:. explicit" it adds.
BY way Of the Denver Times til
: Des Moines Capital obtains the ir
- formation that the adoption of tn
biennial elections amendment NEAR
: an annual saving to the taxpayers
} 100000. "As a forecaster Of improt
abilities the Denver newspapers sl1ir
y with a most effulgent light" says IL
ID Capital.
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