Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-16

Welt will not accept third term and
the American people will never ask
MIN or any other man to do So"
"As an illustration of the evils of
government ownership and operation
the government printing office is the
most brilliant thing in the world
says the Cedar Rapids Republican.
The Des Moines Capital predicts that
less than a year from this time the
move to make it unanimous for the
various members of the Iowa con-
made.
Let the boys in the rural township
get whack at it," says the Mason
City Globe Gazette. referring to Mr..
Titus proposal for a four-year term,
and the suggestion would look like a
cyclone had struck it,
The Rockford Register says that
when Governor LaFollette takes his
seat in the senate one of two things
is going to happen-either his friends
are going to be very badly disappoint-
ed or there is going to be rafting of
dry bones"
The Iowa Falls Citizen says that if
the farmers of the state really want
their wishes ought to be seriouslv con-
sidered.
The Dubuque Times enumerates
three reasons why Congressman Lacey
will not in its opinion. succeed Sec
rotary Hitchcock. namely: "a Mr..
Hitchcock is needed where he is Just
at present; (2) Major Lacey Is in a
more independent position than a cab
met officer and as chairman of the
house committee on public lands is in
a way Secretary Hitchcock's superior;
CD President Roosevelt would have
no obligation to honor Iowa with an
other cabinet position if Secretary
Shaw should retire tomorrow.
Roosevelt is the worlds greatest
stateman today" says the Cedar Falls
Record. "He has the confidence and
respect of all peoples and no sinister
or selfish motive has been charged
against him in the part he has played
in international affairs"
O.
There is a great deal of buncombe
in this talk of an anti-pass law In
Iowa" says the Parkersburg Eclipse
The public may need some protection
against the fellow whose influence and
vote can be purchased by railroad
pass, but the great majority of people
who get them are not easily intlu-
enced by these little pasteboards."
with the thousands of examples OF
negro citizens who virtually have beer
self made, there is no particular rea-
son for anxiety concerning the future
of the colored race in America" says
the Burlington Hawk-Eye.
| The Cedar Rapids Republican has
no idea that the state census was any
thing but a farce. Thousands were
missed in the count says the Repub-
llcan mo one who has knowledge OF
the manner in which this census is
taken, doubts this"
Certain newspapers are all the
time talking about money being offer.
ed for newspaper influence. just as
though somebody was corruptint
newspapers" says the Iowa City Re.
publican. Some public men are ev.
erlastingly being sought by the LOBBY.
list and briber, and it may be the same
with some newspapers, but the public
man who carries his honesty in hi
face, in his everyday action, is neve
troubled with corruptionists, and thu
same may be true Of editors"
r.
Discussing the outcome Of the sub
| way tavern experiment. the Logan
Observer says: Experience ha.
proved that the saloon and church
have nothing in common: they ar
antagonists. The success of one means
the downfall of the other. The churcl
! is a home builder, the saloon Is {
home destroyer. The teaching of on
will build up character The instruc
ton of the other is to destroy charac
! ter
Perhaps 1t is some satisfaction t.
Governor Folk to know that he is en-
forcing the letter Of the law in regar'
to Sunday closing of saloons. 1t can
not be satisfactory for him to reflec
that the evil the Sunday closing Law
was designed to check is still in ex
istence in darker places beyond tn
reach Of regulation" says the Siou:
City Journal
The Burlington Hawk-Eye predict
that Bryan will soon be telling tn
people Of the far east how he save
the American government by having
certain advanced republican leaders
steal his popocratic platform planks.
RUSSIA DOES THE HANDsoMI
THING.
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