Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-01-16

ity candidate might not find it pos
sible in any representative convention
of his party to get majority nomin-
alton"
The Clinton Herald notes that the
more insurance companies are investi-
gated the more the health of the pres
lidents becomes shattered and en-
1 feebled.
Senator LaFollette has been sworn
in" notes the Cedar Rapids. Gazette.
He will be sworn at later"
The Vinton Eagle discovers that the
4 newspapers are very much inclined to
give heed to those questions most talk
ed by politicians.
1 Referring to Governor Cummins
discussion of insurance in his mes
| sage, the Dubuque Telegraph says
form of policy that shall be simple and
easily understood should carry with
1t clause prohibiting the insertion
of estimates of earnings on such pol
licies. Inasmuch as such statements
are accepted bv the uniformed as
/ guarantees whereas they are not"
| The Clinton Herald says that the
democratic party In the second dis
| trict resembles a drowning man grasp
! ing at a straw, with Judge Wade as
the straw.
1 "It Is not right to blame everything
upon the state officers" says the Iowa
City Republican. speaking of state ex-
/ 10 lIrn ,,,a1 Ia
the appropriations"
The Davenport Times says that the
message is progressive without being
radical and is not an appeal to fac
tionalism and prejudice.
The Keokuk Gate City does not be-
4 lieve the 2-cent fare which the COVER
nor recommends is practicable, owing
4 to the high cost of railroad operation
i and maintenance. There Is no es-
cape from the conclusion" says the
i Gate City. that 2-cent fare would
mean 2-cent service-which nobody
| wants."
Taken in Its entirety, or in its sep
arate communications, the message
is clear cut and plain in voicing the
Legislative needs Of Iowa as the gov
ernor sees them" says the Marshall
4 town Times-Republican
/ "The message Is in the main con-
servative in tone, more so, perhaps
than was expected by those who know
the militant spirit which animates the
governor and his followers" says the
/ Waterloo Courier.
1 Perhaps If Hank H. Rogers were
I deposited in a common ordinary Jail
4 Il
i diet for few days." says the Des
Moines Capital. "he would be in con-
1 oition to shed more information when
\ placed upon the witness stand again..
The Cedar Falls Record says that
4 there is thousand times more need
alof an economic system Of just taxation
4 In Iowa just now than there is of the
4 primary election fad.
The Davenport Times, commenting
on the Des Moines Capitals articles
on the expenditures Of Governor Cum
Minis, says that Lafe Young must
think the governor is planning to be-
come a candidate for a third term and
lis attempting to roll a few stones in
his pathway.
4 The Webster City F'reew M Tribune
4 thinks that Adhere to principle and
4 let harmony care for itself" Is a very
good motto for the republicans of Iowa
and every other state.
i The Eldora Herald concludes that
j while 1t has cost the state much more
to maintain itself during the last four
years, it is not probable that Governor
Cummins has been alone to blame, IT,
Il indeed, there is blame connected there
4 with.
There is no more guarantee of the
peoples will in the state primary than
In the present conveh 1son system,
publication Of politics rests chiefly in
the publication of the voter"
1 Anticipating the work of the legisla-
i tpre, the Register and Leader says:
4 1T Is a legislature that will have
i matters of magnitude to deal with.
There have been legislative sessions
the matters before them have been
! merely routine in character. This will
not be one of these. Such measures
as statewide primary election law
the single educational board pure
i food bill and the, dozens of others that
4 promise, insure q session Of great
i interest, and one whose Anal roll calls
will be far-reaching in their effect"
4 Referring to the utility Of the pri-
4 vate car" the Sioux City Journal
says: "On the part of the public there
is no disposition to break UP the pri-
1 vate ownership of refrigerator cars II
Il business can be conducted more
economically under that system. All
the public is asking is that the pri-
vate car shall not be used as the. me-
4 dunn for exacting extortiOnate rates
4 or extending to one shipper favors
which one withheld from another"
4 A STRONG ARRANGEMENT.
i Cedar Rapids Gazette.-The election