Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-29
THE HORSE SALE, ETC.
And Especially the HEtc."


We had a very fair sale last Friday
"A smaller run of horses than usual,
but the greatest number of buyers we
have had this year. The extremely
bad condition of country roads makes
1T almost impossible for our buyers to
secure horses enough to meet the de-
rand, and this same condition drives
to the sales an unusual number of
eastern and southern buyers, who
might otherwise drive the country
Our next sale will be on Friday and
Saturday, April and T. On Friday
we will sell all the market horses we
can possibly get. On Saturday fore
horses and colts. At the close of the
Horse Sale we. will sell a lot of cul-
tiyators and harrows, new ones, and
you can buy them very cheap. We
will keep them en- f ta2r, till the roads
On FRIDAY day a ss te sssss Ny, April 20
and 81, we will hold our Second An
nuaI sale of High Glass Roadsters
Speed Horses and Saddlers. We men,
ton this well in advance SO you may
have ample time to fit up something
extra nice for this Special Sale. If
YOU have a horse or a team that is
little too high priced for your local
buyers, ship them to this Great Sale
We will have the best buyers in the
land for High Class Horses. Mean
time we are on the market for horses
of all classes, but especially road
horses. Write us.
Now About the "Etc."
You have probably heard 1t lntlmat-
ed that there is the least bit of a
Crack in the G. o. P. in Iowa. 1t
doesn't amount to exactly an open
assure" yet, but / am seriously afraid
It will very soon attain to that de-
eree of pronojpence
On the one side is the progressive
element that believes the common
herd" could be safely trusted with
the right to select their own candi-
dates, that believes in a reasonable
regulation of railroad rates, that be-
publican platforms as one of the pos
sibilities of the future for radica,
reduction of the tariff, has arrived.
on the other side is the Standpat-
ter. the railroad gang and Elkins
Lacey, Shaw & Co., Of Washington
D. c., standing pat, standing guarc
over all the past acts of the republ,-
can party. be this good or bad, OPP
posed to any changes, apparently act
ing upon the theory that the G. o. P
could not err, and therefore none of its
acts should be revised or even inves-
tigated.
But right here / want to so on rec
ord with guess. q will not use the
terms you objected to Mr.. Editor, ii
this: If these Standpat can-not-eri
guardians of all the past acts of the
party do not lay down the gang planl
across this chasm and walk like little
men over and join the ranks of the
progressive element, they will fine
themselves, this fall, still standing
pat" but it will be on mound Of
atth
end there will be a slab and on tina
slab will be written, 1--WE are all tina
is left of the home guard of the G
o. p, in Iowa. We stuck to the prin-
cfple. but we killed the party"
In my own opinion one of two
things must inevitably occur in Iowa
A. B. Cummins will be the next gov.
ernor or the next governor will be ;
democrat. In this district, John F
Lacey must be defeated in convention
or this district will be represented b.
a democrat. / do not form these con
illusions by reading party gospel o.
printed speeches that were never de-
livered In congress. My business
brings me into close and frequen
contact with the common herd" M!
dealings are largely with the farnlin,
element, of this and the surrounding
counties. / know that there is wild
spread sentiment in favor of reel
procity and reduction of the tariff.
More and more men are willing t.
break over party lines in pursuit o
principles believe the remedies
needed and demanded by the peopl
can be best attained through the re
publican party, but they MUST come
If the republican party refuses to &C
as a party there are plenty of liberia
republicans who will help TO put tn
reins into the hands of democracy
4 and your humble servant is one o
them am not looking for Office, s
I'm not afraid to speak my mind. Al
the interest I have is( in the genera
prosperity of the people,; for If the,
are prosperous I'll get bmy share. Re
member the sale.
MORRIS WILLIAMS,
Baker Bldg, ottun Iva, Iowa.