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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-17
PERKINS VS.. cuMMINs.

Geo. D. Perkins Is honorably seek
ing the Office of governor He is not
organizing machine. Friends are
helping him in their own way. He
served in the war for the union, and
his comrades are doing what they can
to help him. In every locality, loyal
republicans are doing what they can.
AS yet, they have heard no good rea-
son for giving Albert B. Cummins sew
en- years in that office. They believe
that If he had anything to do, he ought
to have done it in the five-year period.
They do not believe the corporation
story, which the governor relates.
The governor is deceiving the people
as to the issues. He simply wants
the office again in order to perfect his
machine and keep 1t in order to make
fight for the United States senator
ship. Being "a candidate for senator,
the manly thing would be for Governor
Cummins to withdraw his present
candidacy, coupled with his announce
ment for senator. But it is too much
to hope that he will do that That
was Gears way; it is foreign to Cum
Minis.
The campaign has been in progress
many weeks The cause of the gov
ernor is perceptibly weakening. The
fight for Perkins is growing stronger.
Republicans are seeing the danger to
the party which would be involved in
the governors denomination. The
republicans are realizing that we are
in danger of losing the next house of
representatives. They regard the gov
ernor's candidacy for period Of seven
years as in the main selfishness and
an expression of ingratitude toward
the party which has honored him.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-17
THE PAPER TRUST.

A decision which will undoubtedly
be Of great value in trust prosecutions
in the future is the one Of the United
States supreme court in the paper
trust case which resulted in the order
to dissolve the General Paper COM
pany. Officers of the trust claimed
that they were not obliged to testify
as to the inner workings Of the COM
pany because by so doing they would
incriminate themselves and the cor
poration. The ruling Of the court was
that witnesses must testify and could
claim only personal immunity. The
corporation and all officers who were
not compelled to testify could be pun
ished for any violation of the law
brought out in the testimony.
After the ruling by the supreme
court the paper companies included in.
the action withdrew their answer and
a decree that the company be dis
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-17
THE DISGRACE OF DowIElsM.

A few days ago the Geographic dis.
patches announced that peace was to
again reign at Zion City. John Alex
ander Dowie, the self-styled first
apostle" and Voliva, his former chief
lieutenant, now seeking the leaders,
place, had reached an agreement as to
the financial management Of the city,
which has grown until it's counts its
wealth in millions. 1t was expected
that with the all-important money
question amicably settled there would
be an end of the wrangling between
the followers Of Dowie and the sup
porters of Voliva and that the internal
strife would cease.
The hope was of short duration.
Sunday Dowie attempted to hold two
meetings in the city and his listeners
became so violent that the police were
called to stop the disturbances which
came near reaching the proportions Of
a riot Dowie, speaking to an audi
ence of men and women who once be-
lieved implicitly in his teachings,
many of whom had left home, friends
and profitable business to follow him
and placed large fortunes absolutely
in his control, was now reviled by
these same people Thief" and trait
or" were some Of the mildest terms
used to- express their opinion of him.
John Gladstone Dowie, who was to in
herit his fathers place at the head Of
Zion, was kicked out of the way with
scant ceremony when he attempted to
mix in the melee, and several of Dow
les body guard were attacked.
Not many years ago Dowie, march
ing up and down the land, first began
to proclaim himself as elijah" AL
though Kissed, booted and even egged
at nearly every meeting his following
kept growing until he established Zion
City and soon found himself "a rich
man with hundreds of people who
hailed him as their king. This sue
cessful pretender founded Dowie-
Ism. Is responsible for its growth. and
without him the Zion City is minus
its principal and most conspicuous fea-
ture. Because of the threats made
against Dowie by his opponents, the
return of Dowie from Mexico where he
was said to be sojourning for his
health, was watched with considerable
interest. But from an interesting
game it has developed into a pitiful
spectacle. 1t is a fight for money and
power, Dowie on the brink of the
grave. seeking to regain his lost pres
tige, the followers of Voliva deter.
mined that the first apostle" must 90.
Voliya said that Dowie ought to be
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-17
DECLINING BIRTH AND MAR.
RAGE RATE.

Atlanta Constitution:-The decline
In the marriage and birth continues in
France. causing anxiety for the future
of the Gallo race and the French re-
public. The French government is
employing every approved method Of
vigilance in trying to reduce infant
mortality. and the state is giving
every possible encouragement to ma
trimony and the fulfillment of the
scripturaI injunction to multiply"
In other European countries, includ-
ing Great Britain the same question
is attracting serious scientific and
government attention.
From statistics lately published 1t
appears that there has been a fall of
10 per cent In the marriage rate in
England since 1870.
In the English birth rate the decline
has been continuous since 1895, but
the rate for 1904 Is the lowest on rec
ord-less than 20 per 1900 popula-
ton. Leading British physicians,
scientists and statisticians have read
papers before the British Royal Sta
tistical society, showing that the fall
In the birth rate has set in as a gen.
eral growing movement all over Eu-
rope.
1t Is shown that between the years
1876 and 1901 In England and Wales
the birth rate has declined from 3S
per cent to SO per cent; in the Ger
man empire from 40 to So; In Prus-
STA, from 40 to SO; In France from 26
to %; in Austria from 40 to 36.
In dealing with the causes OF the
phenomena 1t Is pointed out that
while war, Industrial depression, bad
crops, emigration and other recogniz-
ed factors account in a measure for
the falling birth and marriage rates,
these partial factors could not ade-
quately explain the singular regular
ity and steadiness Of the movement.
The conclusion drawn by the inves-
tigators Is that "the desire for ease
and comfort, the rising standards Of
living and the fear of poverty have
done more than natural and accident
al influences to bring about the de-
cline In fertility and the custom Of
postponing marriage or avoiding 1t al
together"
This question has Of late years re-
ceived a good deal of discussion in the
United States, and such statistics as
are available seem to show that all
that saves our country from being
confronted by the same problem as
that which menaces the future Of
France and the old world countries is
the steady stream of immigration
pouring in from Europe.
Race suicide is prevalent among ma
tive Americans. 1t is the foreign i'm
migrants who prevent our vital statis-
tics from making a percentage show
ing similar to that made in Europe.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-17

Judicial District Of Iowa:
A republican delegate convention Is
hereby called in and for the Second Ju-
dfcial District of Iowa, to be held at OF.
tumwa. wapello county, Iowa, on the
29th day of May, 1906. Cor the purpose
OF placing in nomination four candi-
dates for Judges Of said Judicial dis
trict, for the term of four years, be-
ginning January 1st 1907.
The ratio Of representation will be as
follows:
One delegate at large for each county,
and one additional delegate for each two
hundred votes or fraction Of one hundred
or over cast for Theodore Roosevelt, re-
publican candidate for president, at the
general election held November Sth, 1904.
The. representation to which the several
counties Of the judicial District are en-
titled under the call, Is as follows:
AppanOose $3.50. ......... ID
Davls ..... $3.50. go. .............. 10
JEFFERSON ...... ...... 10
Lucas ..... $500. II
MonF0e ...... ..... .......... II
van Buren 80. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ID
WapeNo ........ ........... rs
Total 800. ...... -. ......... no
s4g /. q. HAMMOND,
Chairman.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-17
! SCHEME OF ADVERTISING.

The southwest is advertising itself
and has organized an industrial and
development association for the pur-
pose of making the advertising extern
sive and keeping it up Systematically
ST. Louis is to have a permanent ex-
hibit of the agricultural and industrial
resources Of Oklahoma, Indian Terri
tory, Texas and the other states and
territories Of the great southwest.
The people Of the southwest are
wise. That portion of the country
needs to advertise the resources and
capabilities Of its locality, and the best
point at which this can be done is ST.
Louis. That city Is the gateway to
Arkansas, Oklahoma, Indian Territory
and the rest of the great empire
stretching onward to the gulf of Mex
leo and the Rio Grande. Commercial
ly all that region is tributary to st.
Louis. Most of It's purchases are made
there. The leading railroads stretch
ing through that region have their
headquarters there. Nearly all the
gatherings of representatives of the
southwest are held at st. Louis. The
proper place to have an exposition Of
lahoma, Indian Territory and Texas is
in st. Louis.
The st. Louis Globe.Democrat, re-
ferring to the plan, says:
"No other locality in the country Is
growing with the rapidity of the re-
gion between Missouri and the Rio
Grande and the gulf. More miles Of
railway have been laid there in the
past half dozen years than in any 9th
er part of the country. More are con-
tracted for in 1905 than in any other
section. The number Of homeseekers
passing through st. Louis to the south
west over all the railways entering
that region is greater this year than it
ever was in the past. The railroads
are jubilant over the situation They
are offering special inducements for
the settlers to go to that locality. The
chances for making comfortable homes
for themselves are much better there
than they are in the newer parts Of
Canada, to which many Americans are
drifting. All this is becoming better
known to the country every year.
But the campaign Of education In set
ting forth the resources and the adj
vantages of the southwest ought to be
prosecuted still farther, so as to give
them wider publicity. When the
Southwestern industrial association
establishes its permanent exhibit in St.
Louis new boom will be given to all
of Missouri's neighbors of the south
west"
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dead. The wife of an overseer died,
without medical attendance, while Vo-
Iva and his assistants prayed for her
recovery. Dowie said it was because
she Joined the rebels. At the same
time he called attention to the case Of
woman whom he had prayed for and
who regained her health. It Is dis
graceful scene that is being enacted
IN the name of religion and one that
promises to increase in nauseating
features until it is stopped by the
proper authorities.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-17
THE WORKINGS OF PROTECTION.

1900. S~'sAsNsiNNS Vt nv CS lONs
1t is interesting to note the workings
OF protection and its effect upon vari-
GUS lines of business. A writer In
Leslie's Weekly, discussing the bene-
fits of protective tariff to the fruit
growing industry of California, has the
following to say:
Those who rail against protective
tariff as the mother Of all monopolies
and the source of almost all our indus
trial troubles, as system which works
invariable for the benefit of the rich
and TO the detriment of the poor. must
leave California and other sections Of
the union where semi-tropical fruits
are produced, out of the reckoning
when they make such statements
California citrus-fruit growers are a
unit in declaring that their industry,
which represents today direct invest
ment Of over s50,O00,000, could not
exist but for the protection afforded
under the tariff against the citrus fruits
of the Mediterranean coast. II these
were admitted free the low coast of
production in these countries and the
cheap ocean freights would render the
growing of oranges and lemons In Cal
ifornia a wholly profltless enterprise.
AS 1t is, the tariff on these fruits sim
ply insures to California fair and liv-
ing proflt-nothing more. The same is
true, proportionately, of raisins, olives,
and prunes, all of which were imported
a few years ago, but under the tariff
protection are now being raised in Cal
ifornia on a fairly profitable basis. In
view of these facts it is not surprising
that California stands stoutly by the
protective system as something on
which her industrial prosperity now
and in the future largely depends. AS
state she ought never to forget her
obligations to the republican party as
the promoter and champion of protec-
ton"
More could have been said than the
above. The writer in Leslie's might
have said that the protective tariff
system has built up thousands of man.
ufacturing industries throughout the
United States, and that these firms are
furnishing employment for a great
army Of men and women, who in their
turn by and consume great portion
of the surplus product Of the American
farms. There are arguments for pro-
lection to be found in every state and
territory, and it is very improbable
that this system will again soon be
made an issue in political campaign.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-17

solved was issued. "a complete VIC
tory for the government are the
words used by Attorney General Moody
In discussing the case
The General Paper company was or
ganized to control the print paper
trade In the west 1t acted as exclu-
stve selling agent for twenty-three
mills and was enabled to fix the price
OF paper as absolutely as the Standard
Oil controls the price of oil. After its
organization there was a big advance
In the price of paper but as result
of the suit there has been a consider
able drop and with competition be-
tween the mills once more established
further cuts may be expected.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-17
CONGRESSIONAL CONVENTION.

At a meeting of the committee repre-
senting the republicans Of the Sixth Con-
gressional district held in Oskaloosa April
"a 1t was decided to hold the
congressional convention In Oskaloosa,
Wednesday, May %. The ratio Of repre-
sentation will be one delegate at large for
for each zoo votes or fraction OF one hun
dred or over cast for Theodore Roosevelt
for President at the general election No
vember s, 1904 The representation to
which the. various counties will be entft-
led is as follows:
Davis ......... ...S ............ 10
Jasper $3.50. $3.50. ....... ....... n
Keokuk -. (. .. ....... ............ 16
MahasKa ...... ....... ............ q
MONROE :...... ............... ~
Poweshfek -. ......... ......... II
apello $3.50. SEQ. ...... ....... ~
io'ai Ei;LiIL.swwiojRRTHi RoMiNGER, 20
Chairman 9th. Cong. Com.
WIN. REECE, Secretary.
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Total delegates :.

Total delegates ........... .221
The various primaries outside Of the
city of Ottumwa will be held at the
usual places on Saturday. May 10, at
2 p. M, unless otherwise ordered by
the precinct committeeman Those in
the city Of Ottumwa will be held at
the usual places on Tuesday evening.
May Is, at p m.
BY order Of Central Committee,
I. H. Hammond, Chairman,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-17

o.
The Carroll Herald expresses the
hope that Iowa republicans will re-
cover from their fever Of infatuating
isms before the time arrives to con-
struct the state platform. TT may do
to carry caucuses and conventions
with the big stick" continues the Her
aid. "but such spirit will be fatal
In the preparation and adoption OF a
party platform. Radicalism must be
checked before we go before the peo-
pie in sober second thought"
IF the republican party is not rent
in twain during the present state cam
paign it will not be the fault Of Mr..
Cummins and his camp followers"
says the Eldora Herald.
The Cedar Rapids Republican pre-
diets that "the present craze for rip
ping UP things" will have it's reaction
after awhile. "They found some
things that needed bettering,' it says,
"and they proceeded to go crazy to
such an extent until it Is now hard for
many men to believe that there is any
honesty or even decency left in the
world"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-17
ABoLlsHiNG HIGH SCHOOL
TRAITS.

Des Moines Register and LEADER
Chicago is having the same trouble
with fraternities in the high schools
that he's disturbed Des Moines. and
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-17
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

A Des Moines correspondent sends
out description of a boy in that city
who changes color three times a day.
"He will probably make capital poll
tician," says the Burlington Hawk
eye, ''but there are many in Des
Moines who can beat him at that
trick"
1t is an observation Of the Keokuk
Gate-Cit-y that California is all
cracked up, but not what it is cracked
up to be.
The Dunkard society of Indiana has
decided that the telephone is "a de-
vice of satan" The Oskaloosa Herald
says that any man in a hurry will
agree with the Dunkards, when told,
1.-THE line is busy just now
"Uncle Joe Cannon has passed his
seventeen milepost," remarks the Az
bia Union. and adds: 1T is a. clear
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-17

Capt. Richmond P. Hobson probably
feels that after all there is some con.
solution In getting nominated from
q yellow dog district" in the opinion
Of the Davis County Republican.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-17

Nothing seems to make the neigh
bors quite so impatient as the happy
trusting confidence woman has in a
husband who doesn't deserve it," OBJ
serves the Monroe County News.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-17

case of increased wisdom with age.
The speaker of the house was never
SO popular as he Is today and all re-
we're and honor him"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-17

The corn planters are making mu-
sic these days, and it is an inspiring
tune they are playing" says the Ida
Grove Pioneer.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-17

Senator Aldrich is gradual,
shrinking to the size of the state h
represents" says the Council Bluff
Nonpareil.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-17

facts and kindly omit editorial com
ment and bias from his report he
would besentitled to asniche in the hall
Of fame.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-17
HEALTH RESTORED
BY YOUR RlITERS

is the gist Of the thousands Of testi-
moniaIs received from grateful people.
With such proof to back 1t there is no
logical reason why any man or wo-
man should remain sickly. Get bot
tie of . :.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-17
HOSTETTER'S
STOMACH BITTERS

today and let it restore your health,
too. For Indigestion, Dyspepsia,
BIoating, Sour Risings, Headache, Cos
tiveness, Female Ills or Malaria it is
excellent.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-17

The Davenport Times says that II
some enterprising newspaper corre-
spondept would sum up the political
situation In Iowa on the basis Of the
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-17

"The net result of progressive states
manship in Iowa to date is increased
taxation" says the Keokuk Gate City
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-17

Affections come high in Chicago
remarks the Marion Register, adding:
Zone of its physicians is defendant II
100000 breach of promise suit. Be
a four dollar bill he will be in favol
OF a revision and lowering Of thu
schedules"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-17

The Upton Advertiser suspects tina,
In the event he cannot land the nomi-
nation himself, Maj Rathbun will not
feel very badly If Gov. Cunmins is re-
nominated.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-17

The Burlington Hawkeye says 1t is
no laughing matter when man of the
standing Of H. H. Rogers calls Presi-
dent Roosevelt falsifier, and 1t thinks
that he ought to be made to prove his
assertion If he is able to do so.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-17

4'If you count John Herriott out of
the race you may be disappointed"
says the Marion Register.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-17

"The dove Of peace has long since
left the republican cote in Iowa." says
the Cedar Falls Gazette, land the
democrats are using every vile to
capture the startled bird for their own
use land thew may do it before the re-
publicans fully realize that it is abso-
lutely necessary to their success"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-17

The Keokuk Gate City has noticed
that lots of people get drowned in
crossing streams before they come TO
them
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JUDICIAL CONVENTION.

George R. Eastabrook. Secretary.
Des Moines, Iowa, April II, 1908.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-17

The Marshalltown Times Republi-
can, referring to the part the Iowa
senators are taking in rate legisla-
ton, says that right now eff we were
electing United States senators by the
direct vote of the people Allison and
Dolliver would run on a primary al
most as we'll as Cummins.'
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-17

AS matters stand now, the Clarinda
Herald judges that good deal Of tick
ct scratching will be done in Ringgold
county as a result of the present po-
litical strife. mo matter who Is nom
mated, Cummins, Perkins or some
other man." says the Herald "the BIT
ter feeling that has developed will I'M
doubtedly not be forgotten until the
other election, and somebody will be
pIInished"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-17

The Mason City Globe-Gazette
oints out that there were several in
of the Polk county prim-
ry law and that the fellow with the
lost delegates interpreted it his own
raw
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-10-05

also gives thorough work In nature
study and elementary agriculture.
During the past school year the
enrolment in the correspondence
course in elementary agriculture ct
the agricultural college has been .
little over 100. A large percentage Of
these students completed their work
in a very satisfactory manner. Most
of those who took the course last
year are going to teach elementary az.
riculture in the public schools this
year. The work was presented in q
much more practical manner than 10
common in the regular correspondence
schools, as samples Of grasses. grains.
ETC., were sent out in great numbers
to illustrate the work. In fact so
much illustrative material was sent
to those taking the course that their
work approached resident work In
thoroughness.
The course is offered again this
year and many teachers are now en-
rolling. The professors in charge
would like to have as many as possi-
BILE begin this work about the first Of
October SO as to get much of it out OF
the way before the heavy work of the
winter term begins. The enrolment
fee is only so cents and the price OF
the text book 81. Samples are fur.
nished free to those taking the course.