Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-09

the Presidents demand for the uni
form enforcement OF the laws against
rich and poor, weak and powerful alike.
new spirit of loyalty to the best in
terests of the people seems to per-
meate the entire officiary of the land,
and it is gratifying to note that the
judiciary is, as in the past. proving
true to the best traditions of the re-
public. The disposition to resort to
legal technicalities and refine away
the rights of the public is giving way
to the general desire for Justice and
the enforcement of the law
What is the use of congratulating
ourselves that January is over if Feb
ruary is going to act just as naughty %
asks the Creston- Advertiser Gazette,
with trace of petulance.
The Vinton Eagle says of Governor
I.arrabee that when he was governor
he did not howl reform with a big
r." He thought out carefully what
he believed to be necessary and then
set to work to put the machinery in
motion to bring about what he believed
ought to be DONE" says the Eagle.
That is one of the reasons why he is
listened to today. And what he says
has force and effect
The Burlington Gazette feels that it
would prove a decided ADVANTAGE not
only to themselves but to the country
could our young people be induced to
read Progress and Poverty Henry
George was q man of exceptional abil-
ity and of rare devotion to that which
he believed would eventuate in the
material and moral advancement of
the masses of his countrymen,' says
the Gazette
The democratic party, in Iowa es-
pecially, has had enough of opposition
for opopsition's sake remarks the
Marshalltown Times Republican. 1T
has led it's adherents into too many
Lanes which proved no thoroughfares
with blank wall at the far end, to
make an Issue of the rate question.
There are still some few things that
Iowa democrats are too wise to do
Observing that broken bones from
falls are reported in numerous uuali-
ties, the Keokuk Gate City SAYS, such
accidents are unfortunate, of course,
put 1t Is to be remembered that it is
the wicked who stand in slippery
places. theoretically it is the other
kind of people who fall down.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette is now
congratulating the Clinton Age on d
vast improvement in it's editorial coll
umns, and attributes the great change
to the fact that the latter paper is
taking its editorials bodily from the
Gazette, although it is also charged
with forgetting to give credit for the
same.
The Davenport Times says that
Comerford, of Chicago, il he were
given power to summon witnesses,
probably could easily make good his
charges In. regard to the presence of
grafters in the Illinois legislature.
IF Keokuk will build the dam Bur-
llngton will supply the water" says
the Burlington Hawk-Eye patroniz-
ingly.
I'VE wish something would happen
to this freight bill agitation" declares
the Keoliuk County News. "The rail-
roads hold up man good and plenty.
For year and years." the News recalls
the freight tariff on print paper to
Sigourney from the mills was So cents
per hundred. Shipment of print last
week amounted to 25 or so cents per
hundred" The News doesn't "eare a
straw how hard the President and con-
gress gets after these fellows who con-
troll the freight traffic. Hit em. Tige
is willing"
1T has taken the Missouri legisla-
ture two weeks to cast fourteen bal
lots in the senatorial contest" says the
Council Bluffs Nonpareil and suggests
that They ought to import a Colorado
political leader to show them how
to cast ballots"