Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-27
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

tive" says the Sioux City Journal.
Legitimate life insurance is a bench
cent thing, and inasmuch as did a
great deal to promote it's spread, he
did great deal of good. Let it be
hoped that this good was sufficient
far to counterbalance the evil, and
that John A. Mccall closed his eyes
and faced his maker as he declared,
with clear conscience"
The loud protest against the ac-
quittal of Pat Grove in Omaha seems
to indicate that there are still some
people in that town who do not UNDER
stand the form of government under
which they are living says the Coun-
ell Bluffs Nonpareil.
Market reports quote "Limburger
cheese, choice II to IL cts; off grade,
6 cents" The Marshalltown Times
Republican wants some one to ex-
plain what an "off grade Of Linn
burger cheese could possibly be like.
The question has been raised by the
Oskaloosa Herald whether an automo-
bile which runs 1877 miles an hour Is
to be classed as a vehicle or pro-
jectile
I'VE are shouting glad, it is all
over" says the Keosauqua Republic
can. THE overburdened newspaper
columns can now have rest. Alice
and Nicholas were made one on last
moon. May blessings, both divine and
human, follow and be with Them
Apparently it is up to Governor
Cummins to explain what he knows
about railroad lobbies," says the Gin
ton Herald. HE has said they exist,
and the legislature wants to locate
them"
Now that Europe has lost It's "fath-
er-in-law in the person of King Chris
tain, the Iowa City Republican thinks
perhaps some American Millionaire
WITH houseful of daughters will vol
uni~er to take the job.
Genuine heroism is not thing of
the past by any MEANS" declares the
proof: "A matrimonial alliance has
just been made at Iowa Falls in which
the new husband becomes the STEP
father of seven children"
Every time you make voting harder
You make your voters fewer" says the
'oskaloosa Herald, referring to the
EiSpSoCo III AiAol lcWs
The Waterloo Reporter states that
IL has failed to find anything in tho
proposed primary law that will make
man vote IL he isn't interested in the
action to be taken. THAT was always
& weakness of the caucus" the Re-
porter continues, "and the political
purity provision called the primary
can't change fixed habits"
i & Is
The Marion Register thinks it Is en-
tfrely appropriate for the state to
build hog pavilion on the state fair
grounds, for the reason that the hog
has made the farmers Of Iowa, as a
rule, prosperous and rich. In Iowa, the
Register points out, the farmers are
IT.
"A modern university costs money
but money thus expended brings man
fold returns" says the Burlington
Hawk Eye. 'Towa's university should
be the best in the west. Let the gem
oral assembly give 1t a proper encour-
agement to become so.'
There is slight probability the leg
islature will be able to agree upon any
sort Of primary law at the present SEES les.
sion" says the Sioux City Journal. "A
failure to agree will be much more
desirable than agreement upon an Ill
considered and possibly mischievous
measure"
The Waterloo Reporter says that
many republicans who have supported
Governor Cummins in his previous
campaigns will not be with him for a.
third term. not necessarily because
they have lost confidence in him, but
rather they have strong convictions
against lengthening the period of
power given to the incumbent Of a high
executive office.
The Des Moines Capital contends
that Governor Cummins has failed ut
why he should be given the honor of
third term. Stripped of sham pre-
tension, Governor Cummins' state
ment." says the Capital, Simply
means that he Is in the throes Of an all
consuming political ambition, and that
he understands that the most prac-
tical method of furthering those ends
is to be in a position where he can
maintain a machine"
Happy are or ought to be the mem
bers of the state democratic party"
says the Cedar. Rapids Gazette. "They
are not worrying over candidate for
governor"
The Washington Press holds that
both the newspapers and their read
ers were responsible for the mass Of
stuff that was printed about the
Longsworth- Roosevelt wedding. "The
editors says the Press, OWNED that
the public. being asinine, wanted to
read lot of slush about the clothes
and SO they drew on their fancy and
not on their information. It must be
confessed that the public is often a
good deal OF niny, and the newspa-
pers undertake to cater to their silly
tastes Blame the editors, not the girl,
CT, rather, blame the readers"
UP TO MR.. cuMMINs.
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