Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-07-17
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.
The Indianola Herald predicts that
Iowa republicans will yet get together.

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1t Is not safe to count the chickens
until they are Matched Is Just as true
a maxim In a gubernatorial contest as
It is in the chicken industry" says the
Eldora Herald.
AS matters are left" says the AL
gona Upper Des Moines- Republican,
there is no alternative but for the
delegates, to do the work of organizing
itself and then stand by the results,
whatever they may be-"
IF either one of the three candidates
has secured delegations by democra tic
votes, thus overriding and defeating
the republicans of county or coun-
ties, he ought not in Justice to receive
the votes of delegations thus secured"
contends the Marion Register. Captain
Rathbun's paper. THE majority of
the republicans should rule"
The Manson Democrat says that IL
one-half the stories told about Tom
'Taggart in connection with gambling
at French Lick Springs are true, MI.
Taggart should be decent enough to re-
sign as chairman Of the democratic
national committee.
The only effect Of a democratic con-
gressional victory this year will be to
throw the machinery out OF gear" says
the Cedar Rapids Republican. THAT
is what the trusts want. II they can
get that they have Roosevelt shorn Of
his strength an impotent giant"
of course the reticence of Grover
and Alton may mean merely that they
r, n Mob, - -,
the unwelcome embarrassment Of SIT
ting on q stool and looking pretty for
two years." says the Sioux City Jour-
nal.
If the alienists are no more success
full in proving to a jury that Harry
Thaw is insane than they are in con-
yincing Thaw himself their value to
the defense as expert witnesses will be
Of a questionable quality" says the
Council Bluffs Nonpareil.
iowa may not be paradise, but it
Is such mighty good imitation that
many people could not tell 1t from the
real things" says the Cedar Rapids
Gazette.
The Cedar Falls Record SAYS that
Senator La Toilette spoke for three
hours and ten minutes at the Waterloo
chautauqua, and it estimates that L.
500 people left the auditorium before
he concluded his address. Consider
ing the brevity Of human life, Senator
La Toilette" the Record suggests.
ought to condense his remarks into
reasonable period of time If he wants
people to hear him through"
Bryan now says he'll take nomi-
nation if offered" notes the Washing
ton Press; Strange! The cats also
say they'll lap fresh milk If given to
Them
Mr.. Bryan says he is not seeking
the presidential nomination, but 1t is
plain to be SEEN" says the Keokuk
Gate City, that he isn't running away
from 1t. Mr.. Bryan is not coward"
Senator La Toilette Is not content
with being an honest man." observes
the Des Moines Capital. "He knows
the people will never know 1t unless
they are told about it.. In his chau-
tauqua addresses he tells about the
surprise Of the negro porter who learns
for the first time that the senator
travels on mileage book bought with
money. How would the people learn
these things If La Toilette did not tell
them? The senator from Wisconsin is
progressive and up to date. His hon
esty is not matter between himself
and his God. but between himself and
s2o,ooo00o Of people, and behold how
he wins"
Lyman J. Gage explains that he is
trying to lead the simple life" I'm
this connection it will be recalled that
the word simple has more than one
meaning" says the Sioux City Jour-
nal