Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-03-02
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

IOWA PRESS COMMENT.
zone lesson ought to remain, and
that relates to the hazard of going off
half cooked on matters of complex and
great concern" says the Sioux City
Journal after endorsing Col. Hepburn,
and criticising his opponents who were
so neatly caught in their own trap at
Corning. To the extent possible con-
sideration of them should be stripped
of mere personal bias and prejudice.
If the right conclusions are to be
reached appeal must be taken to the
best judgment, and the best Judgment
is not attainable in any court of per-
sonal politics and prejudice"
1T may be safely assumed" says the
Muscatine Journal, "that no Iowa con-
gresham needs q recommendation to
prove that his character is good, but
the letters of President Roosevelt are
gratifying evidences that the ISLANDERS
against Mr.. Hepburn havc either been
willful or have arisen from gross ig-
norance."
General Stoessels burrowing in the
ground, General Kuropatkin's rapid re-
treats, and the apparent length of the
cars ears all serve to illustrate to the
Des Moines News the similarity be-
tween the Russian noble and the Jack
rabbit.
There are so many other important
questions that the revision of the tar
If will appear small by comparison
when the time comes to revise it," de-
clares the Cedar Rapids Gazette.
The Sioux City Journal notes young
Mr.. Johnson, the new governor of
Minnesota, is taking on the talking
habit. Governor johnson is not UNI
prepared, however. to deal with our
national problems says the Journal,
/" for he has had the advantage of
training as a country editor"
The Marshalltown Times Republican
teller wage a losing fight in Kansas,
Chicago university may have to wear
its last seasons straw hat all sum-
mer.
The Cedar Rapids Republican forsees
that the state inebriate hospital at
Knoxville is going to cost the state
pretty penny and it questions
whether the topers are worth it. ANY
old rock pile" it says, sought to be
good enough for men who abuse them
selves and their families with drink.
And as to reforming them, will they
stay reformed?"
AS to the Grand Duke Sergius the
Keokuk Gate Citv concludes that the
world is better off without him, re-
gardless of the manner Of his leaving
it.
Prof. Holden is one of the modern
wonder workers." says the Burlington
Hawk Eye. He may know nothing
of the philosophers stone, but he has
proposition every whit as good"
Commenting on the moral furnished
by the capture Of Joe Menard, the al
legged Eldon bank robber, the Musca-
tine Journal says: aside from the
fact that wrong doing does not pay
there are many reasons why robbing
banks pays the least and If budding
criminal has the idea that he would
like to take it up as a profession he
should consider the case Of Menard
and then scan the hundreds of other
cases where convictions and imprison-
r1ent followed
There We're three births in oskaloosa
the other day and the ever enterprise
ing Herald hailed it as another evil
dence of greater Oskaloosa.
Good for Kansas" exclaims Joe
Trigg in the Iowa State Register.
When the wild-eyed sons of the
plains get after bald-headed old John
he will sympathize with the car under
the bed and feel like a jack in rabbit
drive. If Kansas will whip out the
Standard Oil company all the past will
be forgiven and forgotten"
The Sioux City Journal notes sadly
that while the four democrats in the
senate interstate commerce committee
had many kind words for the rate
regulation project, they showed no dis !
position to follow up the kind words
with votes.
"The trouble in the Equitable COM
pany has been smoothed over" says
the Keokuk Gate City, "but great
many people are Of the opinion that
the young Hyde involved would be bet
ter for thorough tanning"
The Council Bluffs Nonpareil hopes
the President will not get so busy with
the monopolies and trusts as to forget
about his Inauguration next week.
'The next thing to get will be some
thing to put in it," says the Cedar
Rapids Gazette, referring to the loving
cup given to Col. Hepburn, and the
Marion Register rejoins by promising
that the people of the eighth district,
on the next election day, will give Col.
Hepburn "a vote of confidence that
will fill the cup full to OVERCOMING"
The people seem to be having their
innings at Washington" says the Du-
buque Telegraph, referring to the pro-
posed investigation of the oil trust
The Cedar Rapids Republican says
that Kansas disagreement with the
Standard Oil company rather appeals
to the conscience of the American
people, and although it is possible that
the people will not be able to make
their protests good everyone hopes