Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-04-14
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

All aboard for Spirit Lake.
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IOWA PRESS COMMENT.
1.-THE common people have sustain
ed another severe blow says the
Council Bluffs Nonpareil, noting that
sixteen railroads have organized a
boycott against the International Har-
vester company!
"The suggestion OF the Carroll Her
aid that a new senator for Carroll
county should pledge himself to vote
for Senator Dolliver is a good one for
other counties to observe" declares
tie Des Mooines Capital.
some Of the progressive cities
looking for new Industries might now
land Dowie,'' says the Boone Repub-
lican. He will be seeking a new To-
cation and willing to accept business.
Here is a. chance for Waterloo"
A man at Aver, Mass, aged 100
years, Is managing bank. THAT man
needs watching" declares the Clinton
Herald. ss ~ Vg
For few weeks anyway, neither
the coal nor the ice man will make as
much money as the man who owns the
big moving vans remarks the Sioux
City Tribune.
Secretary Wilson assures the people
that there will be no more crop fail
ures, but the Cedar Rapids Gazette
hastens to explain that "the secretary
is only discussing the proposition from
a general standpoint. He will probably
decline tn q a NV Sn6nAraihi1ffxy
for local hall storms. foods and other
erratic tendencies of nature
"A child was born on passenger
train in illinois," remarks the Iowa
City Republican, and it suspects that
when he grows up, perhaps he will
help to regulate rates
The Cedar Rapids Republican. makes
this promise: IT the republican stats
convention this year is located In
Cedar Rapids this city will give the
convention the right sort Of q deal
even better than 1t did i've years ago,
when 1t was conceded the convention
was better looked after In every way
than 1t ever had been before"
The Des Moines Register and Leader
feels sorry for Perkins. In a. jaunty
way 1t congratulates him on his good
spirits and his zeal. HE is feeling all
most as we'll" it says, compassionate
ly "as Corbett did before he discover
ed where the solar plexus was located
at Carson City. His discretion we
shall comment on later"
The Waterloo Reporter says that
man who has never been out of har-
mony with his party and who has
never had to argue against it's prin-
ciples to make people believe he was
honest In motive and sincere in pur-
pose.
The Davenport Times foresees that
but one man can be nominated for
governor, and 1t wonders what the
the nomination has been made. Can
everyone line up for the nominee"
the Times asks, III this campaign con-
tinues to grow warmer and more per-
sonal as the days go by7"
o.
Politics has been hot during the
session Of the legislature" says the
Cedar Rapids Gazette, but 1t will be
so much hotter from now on that the
former condition will seem like the
interior of q cold storage plant
Governor Dineen announces that a
new primary law will be enacted by
the Illinois legislature, now called IN
special session before May 1. 1.-THE
Illinois legislature" comments the
Council Bluffs Nonpareil, must be a
peculiarly tractable one, with the
governor thus confidently making adj
vance announcement of its doings. He
would be a rash man who would speak
thus for an Iowa legislature. Eth,
governor"
The Dubuque Times says that
Speaker Cannon will be ready to re-
form the, tariff just as soon as the
country tires of prosperity.
"The very first thing to be demon
strated on Dowie's return will be
whether he has lost the power OF
hypnotism,' says the Sioux City Jour-
nal.
"The Herriott letter sounds as
though it were written by a genuine
republican" says the Des Moines Cap
ital.
! IF Mr.. Bryan is entirely truthful in
his writings about the orient he has
found some tribes which have other
occupations besides being snake eaters
in American circuses or exhibiting
themselves at fairs says the Sioux
City Tribune.
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