Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-13

When the rate bill is up in the
senate there will be real debate. 1t
will be earnest and vigorous, and for
the purpose Of affecting results" says
the Des Moines Register and Leader.
'The house should return to the days
when it was a deliberative body in the
true sense, or 1t should abolish these
interminable displays of set oratory."
In view of some Of the propositions
which the Iowa general assembly is
being called upon to consider it may
populism is Dead" says the Des
Moines Capital.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette foresees
that there is going to be more politics
to the square inch in Iowa in the year
1905 than the Hawkeye state has ever
seen.
That's positively the first tins Mr..
Hartman has taken over the Illinois
Central this year." says the Sioux City
Journal.
The Clinton Herald Gazette foresees
that there is going to be more politics
to the square inch in Iowa in the year
1905 than the Hawkeye state has ever
seen.
Look up the history of George D
Park1ns, read all you may find about
him that comes from unprejudiced
minds and you will find that he is not
and will not be controlled by any cor
poration, neither does he want to
break into the United States senate
says the Atlantic Telegraph.
"It has been wisely suggested that
the closing of saloons at 5 o'clock Sat
urday evening would send a great
many pay checks home that at present
drop into the saloon cash register
says. the Marshalltown Times -Repub-
lican.
of the pure food bill at Washington, is
sick with appendicitis. can entirely
unnecessary Intervention of fate"
says the heartless Council Bluffs Nom
pareil. 1.-THE good senator will die Of
old age before his appointed mission
is discharged
IF Colonel Mann had devoted him.
self to editing wedding invitations for
New Yorks newly rich he would not
now be on the road to prison." says
the Sioux city Tribune.
ut it about an even thing between
wards Of Chicago and holding the
position of messenger on an express
car-liable to be held up and robbed
at any time is the way the Iowa
State Register sizes up the situation.
Editor Candidate Rathbun, of the
Marion Register, states that he is
ton as to the governorship nomina :
ton.
"There is going to be more politics
to the square inch in town In the
year 1905 than the Hawk-Eye state
has ever SEEN" predicts the Cedar
Rapids Gazette.
The waterloo Reporter says that the
proposed change to the primary law,
so far as the rural voters are con-
cerned, looks like throwing away all
the influence they have and getting q
large lump of nothing in return"
The Iowa City Republican asserts
that the proposed primary law is dead
and that the farmers have sealed its
doom, adding: The legislators are
hearing from them"
AS to removing the circle from the
ballot, the Algona Courier, DEM, says
II would be better il the whole Aus
tralian ballot were abolished ut is a
handicap to voters and has been SO
since its adoption" continues the Cou-
rier. "As many voters make mistakes
now as on the first year 1t was in use,
and 1t is likely that they will continue
to blunder indefinitely. We would
abolish the Australian ballot, but
would retain the booth and the 100
foot law, and make the latter more
stringent II need be. We would give
the voter the simple old ballot that
he could mark as he pleased"
The Dubuque Telegraph says that
the extent Of the movement from the
farms to the cities enforces the need
for raising vigorously the cry, Back
to the farm"
IF there is any doubt that the bust
ness Of the country is prosperous. It
will be decided by the beginning of
big strikes" says the Fort Dodge
Messenger.
ut may be all right to make some
reasonable appropriations for the
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