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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-24
TALKS TO PIONEERS
SENATOR s.. II. HARPER DELIVERS
BRILLIANT ADDRESS BEFORE
LAWMAKERS
EuIoaizes. the Abilities Of the Early
Legislators-Refers to System Of
Free Schools and State House Made
Possible by Those Public Servants.

Senator s. H. Harper addressed the
to the state senate at Des
brilliant manner. The speak
present lawmakers of the state owe
those whom they succeeded, and it was
with enthusiasm that he referred to the
good government, the excellent sys-
TEN of free schools and the magnifl-
cent state house made possible by
those lawmakers of pioneer days.
Senator Harper's Address. 4
Senator Harper's address is COM
plete as follows:
f''It is fitting that we should stop
the wheels of legislation for a few
minutes in this ball bearing. age; in
this age of lightning changes and rapid
transit, and pay honor to the pioneer
lawmakers of Iowa. We owe them a
debt that we can never pay. Mr..
President, my acquaintance with an
early lawmaker, carries me back lit
tie more than half a century to my
home in Wapello county. In the early
f1fties our people elected a member
to the lower house Of the legislature,
which then convened in the old capitol
building at Iowa City. In those early
days there were no railways in Iowa
and no excess of country roads. Our
member, few days before the legis-
lature met, saddled his horse and rode
over to Iowa City, He went to the
for four days, he observed, he heard,
4 ~ 1n
not conquer.
Returns to His Home.
cat the end of four days he went to
the speaker and said: Mr.. Speaker,
! have come to the conclusion that
will never make a statesman, that
am not cut out for legislator. | OBJ
. serve that a half dozen men do all the
talking and want to do all the bust
ness. AS far as I am concerned they
can do that l feel that l can make
hay better than can laws, that car
curry horses better than can curry
favor with the speaker and the chair
). men of the committees. Therefore,
will bid you goodbye and go home.
I He went to his home and the mex
spring he received warrant for his
salary. He returned it and had it con
verted back into the treasury. Now Mr.
President, in view of some of the bill
that have been introduced into rccen
legislatures, will ask If this mar wa
) not a good legislator?
Z "He certainly possessed good Jude
5 ment and fine discrimination. ] kney
him in later years. He was man 0
sterling integrity, man that was re
spected by his neighbors. !. He onl
passed away few years ago. TIL
! moral to this story can be inferred
Debt Of Gratitude.
"Now, Mr.. President, we owe
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The Bulk Sales Bill.

0SlCuIIOuS.
The Bulk Sales Bill.
The bulk sale bill will have hard
shedding in this legislature, again, it
is believed.
1t has been reported favorably by
the senate judiciary committee, but
simultaneously with the report there
appeared the Central Law Journal, an
authority on the court decisions of the
country, calling special attention to
the fact that the court of appeals of
New York, in October last, decided
that bulk sales bill there passed
was unconstitutional
1t is supposed that this fact will
be sprung on the senate when the
bulk sales bill is called on the floor
for consideration, and in all probable
ity will end it.
There is some feeling among some
of the members that the legislature
ought not to be asked to protect the
wholesalers from the retailers, and in
turn the retailers from the wage earn
ers who do not pay their debts for
necessities But that is what the
bulk sales and the wage exemption
laws, now pending in the senate, mean
in the opinion Of some of the sena-
tors.
Restraint Of Rights.
The decision referred to was in
Wright VS.. Hart, and involved the
constitutionality of a law passed in
1902. Judge Werner wrote the opin-
ion and in the course of it said that
no one will have the temerity to sug-
gest that this drastic and cumbersome
statute is not in restraint of the
rights of liberty and property as those
terms have been judicially declared
to have been used in the state and
federal constitutions"
The New York court held that the
statute was so tt roughly unrelated
to the probable object of its enact
ment, and in others so cumbersome
burdensome, unreasonable and un
workable, as to violate. every one OF
the constitutional provisions under
which it is challenged
| The theory that 1t was police pow
er, was dismissed by the New York
court. The statute was held restrict
i've of the right of contract between
buyer and seller. as equivalent to talk
ing property without compensation
and as restrictive of liberty.
Leon Brown.
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Abba.

Abba, March 2s.-Bert, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Warwick Watson, died at his
home north of Abba Thursday, March
%, at p. M, of tuberculosis, aged
25 years, 10 months and % days. He
has been critically i'll during the past
winter and despite an unusually
strong physique succumbed to the
ravages of tuberculosis in short
time. About o'clock Thursday ev-
ening he became unconscious, remain
ing in that condition until about 9
o'clock Friday morning, when he
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terial on the ground for the erection
Of fine dwelling in the place where
the old one burned last winter.
The school will have its spring
vacation next week.
Moulton is having coal famine.
The price is around 18 and 20 cent? =
bushel and difficult to get at that The
Wabash railway has quite large
quantity piled on the ground In the
yards and the Electric Light company
have enough coal to last until the
first of September.
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BUTLER.

Butler, March 22.-J. A. sarvis was
i'll Fremont Saturday.
Mrs. Van Wrinkle is on the sick list
Jud Mullenix hauled hay to Ottum-
wa Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. ]. Burgess spent
Sunday at the home of ]. A. Davis.
Rev. and Mrs. Groomes are visiting
at the parental ]. w. Woodward
home.
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the label. Use only a powder
whose label shows it to be
made with cream Of tartar.
NOTE. Safety lies in buying
only the Royal Baking Powder,
which is the best cream Of tartar
baking powder that car be had.

debt Of gratitude to the pioneer ,law-
makers Of Iowa that we can not and
never will be able to repay. We owsS
them debt Of gratitude for dedicat-
ing this great state in the early days
to freedom and forever prohibiting
within our borders human slavery.
Free School System.
I'VE owe them debt Of gratitude
for establishing one OF the best free
school systems in the state Of Iowa
that was ever established in any OF
the great middle states, and for pro-
viding means for its maintenance.
This system that they established has
placed Iowa in the front rank Of intel
ligence. 1t has given us a high stand.
ard of citizenship.
1--WE are indebted to the pioneer law
makers for their liberal laws, for their
encouragement OF internal improve
ments, for their encouraging the build
ing Of railways, for their encouraging
emigration from the eastern states and
from Europe. We are indebted to
them for their patriotism during the
Of the rebellion, for their generos-
ity in sending us aid in the way Of
surgeons, nurses and supplies to the
battlefields, the hospitals and the
camps In the south. These pioneer
law makers blazed the way which we
have followed.
Established the State.
They established the roads which
we have Travelled, they sowed the
fields which we have garnered. They
planted the trees and the vines, the
frvy{f ~ xrrI,f oI> I. u
These pioneer lawmakers established
this great structure of state. They
laid its foundation deep in honesty
and integrity. They built It's walls
broad and strong in Justice and
right and now my fellow citizens
and senators what material
shall we use In continuing the build
ing of this great structure Shall we
put into it factionalism, partisanship,
graft and greed? No, God forbid, but
let us put into this structure honesty,
justice, equal rights and those things
that were put into its foundation by
the early pioneers of this state. Lei
| this building be continued without q
| flaw, without spot, without blem
ish, let 1t be beacon light to the
shipwrecked mariners, let it be ha-
ven OF rest for the weary traveller. Let
it be haven of refuge fort home.
less wanderer."
Elect OFFICERS.
The officers named are:
! President-T. B. Perry Of Abba.
I Vice presidents -First district, Hill
| Trimble; second district, Samuel Nc
Mutt, Of Muscatine; third district, w
{. j. Moir Of Eldora; fourth district, Will
liam Larrabee, Of Clermont; fifth dis
trict, w. B. Thompson, Of Cedar Rap
4 ids; sixth district, F. NJ Epperson, o
Eddyville; seventh district, M. "A
Dashiell, of Indianola; eighth district
i W. S. DUNCAN. Of Charlton; tentl
4 district, j. A. Erisson, Of Boone
eleventh district, Rodney A. Smith, O
Spirit Lake.
secretary-1saac Brant, of De-
MoiIes.
Assistant secretary. M. Davis, 0
Des Moines.
Executive COMMUNICATION. T. E
Haines of Altoona; Judge C. c
Nonrse of Des Moines; Col. Georg
: L. Godfrey, Of Des Moines.
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The Platform.

The following platform was adopted:
I'VE, the republican electors of the
city of Eldon, Iowa, in convention
here assembled, do hereby declare our
selves in favor of and pledge our can
didates to the enforcement Of the state
laws and city ordinances for the pro-
per regulation of the liquor traffic as
far as possible
1--WE favor the total suppression Of
all gambling and gambling devices OF
whatever name and nature, slot ma
chimes included.
1--WE denounce the policy of the
present administration in boarding the
public moneys Of the city, and the cul-
pable neglect, disorder and impassi.
bility of streets and crossings, and we
pledge ourselves to the proper expen'
diture of such funds in the building
and repairing of permanent street
crossings, the improvement of the
streets themselves, the extension Of
the water mains, and other improve
ments as they may be required ano
present themselves.
eve openly advocate no further con
cession whatever in the matter of rail
road crossings, but on the contrary
publicly advocate the securing from
the railroads of such additional cross
ing facilities as will do away with
present menace to lives and property
Of our citizens, and that will attrac
trade to the city instead of driving i
away.
81. E. varnum,
III. E. Ritz,
re. T. Roland,
Committee"
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JURY SELECTED TO TRY
WHISTLER MURDER CASE
CONTINUED from Page u.

Guided from the court room this morn.
ing, took great interest in the case,
watching each juror intently as he
was selected.
Witnesses Are Excluded.
Just before Attorney Henry Taylor
began the preliminary statement for
the prosecution, this morning, the
council engaged in an argument over
the exclusion of the witnesses. The
states attorneys asked for the en-
forcement of the rule as to exclusion
of witnesses and requested the court
TO allow John Ogden, a brother of the
late Frank Ogden, and a witness for
the state, to remain in the court room
for the purpose of consulting with the
attorneys forthe prosecution. This was
granted by the court and all other
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4 DAYS q DAYS
SPECIAL SALE
s Fl Q S

Best quality $3.50 value in Ladies'
fine Dress Shoes, at ..........S $500
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at ............. ..... ......... LIS
Up-to-date style in $3.50 Ladies'
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Odd sizes in Ladies' s1.25 Shoes
at ............. .............. CSC
Mems $3.50 extra fine solid Shoes
at Z.9S
Best $500 value in Mems fine
SHOES at ................ 2.50
SIPS and $3.50 grade in Mems
fine Shoes at ................. 1913
Mems $500 Shoes, all solid. neat
last, at ..........:s....... l.fo
Mems $3.50 Shoes, odd sizes, at !. 1.25
In mems heavy Work Shoes we can
please you.
Boys long lasting $500 Shoes we
offer at I15
Boys all solid SITS Shoes at -. las
Boys s1.5O Shoes, sure to give sat
lsfaction, at ............... LBS
Boys regular s1.25 Shoes, at -. CSC
Misses and Children's all solid up.
to-date School Shoes at cut prices.
I He T AIR
11S E. Main St,
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TICKET IS
COMPLETED
REPUBLICANS OF ELDoN NoMl-
NATE THEIR CANDIDATES
FOR CITY OFFICES

Eldon. March 23.-(Special) The
republicans Of Eldon have just COM
pleted their city ticket.
Mayor-W. o. Bagley.
Solicitor. 3. .Varnum.
Treasurer-H. e. Ritz.
Assessor-John Rogers.
Aldermen.
First ward-Frank Hartman, 9. H.
Brookshire.
Second ward-A. J. Baldwin, H. S.
-. ward w. Moore, >. >.
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WANT BILL LAID OVER.
CONTINUED from Page ~.

suggested that II the bill as framed
were to become law it would result
as outlined. Whether it would or
not could not be determined except
by actual experimentation at the in
situations.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-10-23
An APPEAL
FOR HELP

Tho following appeal is being sent to
Catholics and others In Honolulu By
Father Maxine OF Kalaupapa:
A sad accident has destroyed the
Catholic church of the poor lepers OF
Kalaupapa. Molokai.
Most likely fire from the censor OF
the afternoon service OF August ~ has
done the mischief. Nothing has been
saved
1t takes perhaps ten thousand dollars
furniture.
VIII you not send us a dollar to help
to build 1T up again?
When the news of the San Francisco
disaster OF last April was learned here.
the poor inmates OF the leper settle
ment at once, without being solicited.
started a collection In favor of the
stricken city.
Now they have been visited by ca
lamity themselves and ask your help
for rebuilding their church; will not
you help them?
Gifts can be sent to Rev. Father
Maxine. Kalaupapa, Molokai. or to His
Lordship Rt. Rev. Bishop Libert. Cath
Ollie Mission, Honolulu.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-10-23
HAWAII CLAIMED
FOR DEMOCRATS

s. X. Kaloa, who accompanied Il. B.
McClanahan, Democratic candidate for
Delegate to Congress, to the Island OF
Hawaii. writes as follows to the Aloha
Alma, under date Of Volcano House.
October 16:
"As arranged by the central commit
tee we have carried out our campaign
in Hawaii and the people are giving
us grand reception where we have
been. For Kalapana and Waipio, we
have those two strongholds for us and
the populace are made glad by our
speeches. --~N
THE Republican candidate, Prince
Cupid, and Charles Motley, the Home
Rule candidate, are not carrying out
anything like clean, honest campaign.
We will tell you more of their doings
on our return.
I'VE are to carry the campaign to
kau tomorrow and on Thursday we
will do the Konas.
II can say the Hawaiians on Hawaii
are with US In this campaign. Our
meetings are successful and well at
tended"
The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-10-23
TO BRING
BAND HOME
tFrom Sundays Advertiser.J


"As a matter OF fact" Chairman Geo
w. Smith said last night "the Board
of Supervisors could not have exacted
a bond for the return or the Hawaiian
Band, any more than It could have
done 70 II Mr.. Cohen had undertaken
to take away gang OF road laborers
instead.
1.-The band is an integral part of the
National Guard OF Hawaii and. when
the Legislature failed to, make an APP
preparation for its support, the county
was asked to take over the band, which
1t did.
1.-The members of the band are free
agents and their contract was an In
dividual one with Mr.. Cohen.
"As matter of fact, this idea of o
bond comes up from the old law of the
monarchy, which required a permit and
a return bond for every native Hawai-
ian leaving the islands"
There was a great deal of discus
sion in town, yesterday, of PROPOSE
tion that the San Francisco relief fund
should be drawn upon Tor the passage
home OF the members of the band. This
seemed to be widely favored by the
business men who contributed the bulk
of that fund.
1t was considered to be in harmony
with one OF the set purposes of the
fund, which was to send home from San
Francisco any people belonging here
who might have been in distress on
account of the earthquake and fire.
James F. Morgan, the special agent
of the local relief committee to handle
the fund in San Francisco, on winding
UP the business to go east deposited
s25OO of the fund with Alexander &
Baldwin there to the order of the ex-
ecutive committee here. Whether OF
not this amount has been disbursed
could not be ascertained yesterday. but
it was stated that somewhere about
$4,000 of the fund still remained on hand
in Honolulu.
committee of bankers is the inner
custodian of this ba.ance. l.. Tenney
Peck being the treasurer c. M
Cooke, chairman, returned from a TRIP
abroad only the other day. Whether 1t
is the bankers committee or the gen.
'eral committee, very numerous body
which has the say on the question OF
spending any of the fund to bring the
musicians home is not quite clear
There is no doubt that the smaller
committee has the power to decide on
a matter of the unquestioned purposes
of the fund. Whether it's authority eX-
tends to a new subject of relief may
he problematical.
Governor Carter will, at all events
call a meeting of either the general
or the executive committee early this
week and have the matter settled.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-10-23
WHAT 1T WILL DO.

A woman buys a sewing ma
chine tor what it will do; not as
an article of furniture. A man
carries watch to tell him the
time; not as an investment of
surplus capital. The same prin-
'ciple when one is i'll. We want
the medicine or the treatment
which will relieve and cure. The
friend IN need must be a friend
indeed, something, or somebody,
with a reputation. There should
be no guesswork in treating dis
case. People have the right to
kn0w WHIT a medicine is, and
what it will do, before they take
it. 1t must have behind it an
open record of benefit to others
for the same diseases, series
OF cures that proves its merit
and inspires confidence. 1t is
because it has such a record that
WAMPOLE'S PREPARATION
is bought and used without heci-
tation or doubt. Its Good Name
is the solid basis for the faith
the people have in it; and good
name has to be earned by good
deeds. 1t does what you have a
right to expect it to do. 1t is
palatable as honey and contains
all the nutritive and curative
properties Of Pure Cod Liver
Oil, combined with the Com.
pound Syrup of Hypophosphites
and the Extracts of Malt and
Wild Cherry. In Scrofula, Ane-
mia, Nervous and General Debil-
ity, Influenza and Wasting Com
plants, it is to be thoroughly
relied upon. Doctor j. L. Car
rick says: 81 have had remark
able success with it in the treat
ment of Consumption, Chronic
Bronchitis, Catarrh and Scrofu-
lous Affections. It is of special
value in nervous prostration and
'depraved nutrition; it stimulates
the appetite and the digestion,
promotes assimilation, and enters
directly into the circulation with
the food. 81 consider it marvel
GUS success in medicine. = Every
dose effective. "You cannot be
disappointed in it," Sold By
shemists throughout the verdi
The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-10-23
Can't Be Separated.
Some Honolulu People Have Learned
How to Get Rid Of Both.

Backache and kidney ache are twin
brothers.
You can't separate them.
And you can't get rid Of the back
ache until you cure the kidney ache.
If the kidneys are wei and strong.
the rest of the system Is pretty sure to
be in vigorous health.
Doan's Backache Kidney Pills make
strong, healthy kianeys.
s. Hanoland, Of this city, is Gus
tom House guard. He writes: "Having
been afflicted with an aching back for
some time, l procured supply OF
Doan's Backache Kidney Pills at Hol-
lister Drug Co. 3 store, and used them.
The results were most satisfactory and
know that the pills are valuable
medicine Tor a lame back"
Doan's Backache Kidney Pills are
sold by al druggists and storekeepers
at so cents per box (six boxes $500 or
will be mailed on receipt of price by
the Hollister Drug Co., Ltd, Honolulu,
Wholesale agents for the Hawaiian Is
lands.
Remember the name Doan 3 and take
no substitute.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-10-23
AT VOLCANO HOUSE.

The following guests registered at
the Volcano House, Hawaii, from Oc-
tober 6 to IS:
Lord and Lady Playfair England.
Miss Edna Towle, Miss Susie Mott.
Oakland, Cal.
David Haughs, Robert Cation and
wife, Prince Kuhio. j. l.. Kalukou, NJ.
]. Harvey, G. II. Mayer, e. b. McClan-
ahan, CAB. *. Keawehakue, Sam X.
Kaloa, Honolulu.
S. l.. Desha, j. ID. Lewis. w. S. Wise,
J.. X. Hale, II. L. Shaw and wife. DR..
IT, b. Elliot, G. II. Pierce and wife.
Miss Alice Pierce John r. Pierce. Hilo.
Eben p. Low. Kohala; sam Kauhane.
Waiohinu; c, w. Backeberg and wife
and two children, ookala: William
Walsh and wife. Miss +. Sperling
Puunene. Maui; s. w. Wilcox and wife,
Miss NJ. L Wilcox. Lihue, Kauai.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-10-23

presencs of witnesses he denied abso-
lutciy that he h.d made the remarks.
but further evidence shows plainly that
he aid mako them despite hIs deninls.
The charges made by him arc infa-
mously untrue In every particular ~
y. n McClnnahan, waiakca. Monday
night last.
OUT FOR H'CLANAHAN
The Hawaii Herald comes out for
McClanahan ms follows;
"The address OF II. II. McClanahan
TO the voters OF this Territory. printed
In this Issue. offers food for sober
thought not only to the planters and
the business community at large. but
to those OF our citizens who earn their
bread In the sweat OF their brows, as
well.
1--WE may be Democrats or we may be
Republicans or what not here at home.
but to the very last man, We have
certain interests In common and we
should have the patriotism to put our
shoulders together and resist common
foe The only question involved is as
to method
1.-THE time Is ripe for quick and ener-
getic action, and whatever the outcome
o. the election of Delegate, let us ut
once pursue the then only available
course, and do so with solid front.
"This paper believes in the plan sug-
gested by McClanahan. We consider
him the best qualified man and the
most logical representative of the d.
vers interests of this Territory that
has yet been nominated on any ticket
for Delegate to Congsess.
Hawaii has mighty scant represen-
tation at best, merely one delegate to
the House and without any vote Under
these circumstances. ana with the In
terests we have at stake. 1t would seem
that what we need in delegate Is
something more than merely good
fellow and a man greatly beloved here
at home, but a man OF marked energy,
trained reasoning power and broad per-
spective-one who VIII see the dangers
to be guarded against, will know the
defenses to set up and will be quick
of action in doing So"
The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-10-23
STORY BY HILo WRITER.

The October issue of Harper's Bazaar
contains a story written by "Ednah
Proctor Clarke" Mrs. DR.. Hayes, OF
this city. It is entitled "A Special
Messenger" and treats of the influence
of the life of a child, suggesting the
saying: "Out of the mouth Of babes
and sucklings hast thou ordained
strength" but more particularly the
lines from Wordsworth's ode on i'm
mortality: 1.-THE soul that rises with
us, our lifes star, hath had elsewhere
it's setting, and cometh from afar," etc.
Mrs. Hays work could none of 1t be
mediocre, and this story contains an
idea that only a master hand could so
we'll weave into the finished fabric Of
a story.-Hilo Tribune.