Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-01-09

The Republican, however, is ''in favor
of giving that institution free and
untrammeled growth"
The Webster City Freeman Tribune
says the proposed pure food law Is a
matter that ought to attract universal
public attention. Yet" it adds, 1.-THE
people seem to take less interest in
their health than in their bank ac-
count"
1.-THE merchant who keeps constant
ly in the limelight holds the pole that
knocks the persimmons," remarks the
Cedar Falls Record.
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The Dubuque Telegraph says the
Chinese boycott has all the earmarks
Of scarecrow.
1--WE don't know how 1t is in other
places but there is no indication Of
hard times in this section" says the
Muscatine Journal.
whatever the country Is enjoying
in the way of reform and houseclean-
ing at the present time" says the Des
Moines Capital. sis due to the republi-
can party as an organization and not
to any iprogressives, a majority of
whom came in as camp followers"
The Davenport Times expresses the
hope that the discussion of the i'm
portant matters which will come be-
fore the legislature will be honest and
bounced upon and classified as belong
ing to one faction or another" the
Times contends, because Of what they
say to get at the most practical pol
icies of state government"
'If the statewide primary system"
says the Iowa City Republican, was
farmers and those living in the towns
and villages in political affairs it would
be denounced as a cheap proposition.
Yet it will do that very thing just as
effectively as it would If so intended"
The Sioux City Journal asks:
What sort of primary law will be
sumed that the wisconsin primary
law, which doesn't suit SO enthusiastic
a primary advocate as Governor La
Toilette, will not be used as a model"
o.
Compare the United States OF
America at the present time with the
United States Of America during the
last Cleveland administration, and
you will see the differences between
competition and combination" says
the Des .Moines Capital "Then there
was poverty now there Is prosperity"
o.
when the legislature adjourns 1t
will be fairly well known who will
control the course of the dominant
come, and whether Iowa is to be In
the van Of progressive common
wealths," says the Waterloo Courier.
The Dubunue Telegraph thinks that
Lawson would have attained as much
fame in the profession of letters as IN
finance if he had devoted himself to 1t
Byran claims to be learning some-
thing about the Filipinos, and the
Clinton Herald remarks that he GER
tainly needed the information.
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John D, Rockefeller, Jr., strongly
advises the members of his Bible class
to marry. Yes, and burn coal OIL
reil.
|. "LaFollette will probably always re
greet that he wasn't born twins, SO he
could hold the governorshop of Wis
constn and represent the state in the
United States senate at the same
time," says the Keokuk Gate City.
Discussing the announcement of H.
W. Byers, candidacy for attorney
general, the LeGars Sentinel says:
Judging by the unanimity with which
the announcement is being Endorsed,
there is strong probability that sec
ond candidate may not enter the
race"
The Muscatine Journal concludes
that any man who can smoke cam
paign cigars in the fall should not
hang back on the kind his wife buys
for Christmas.
"Those who look straight ahead in
stead Of at the signs by the wayside
have the better chance Of remaining
on the water wagon" suggests the
Davenport Times.