Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-08-09
crow diet is not the best tasting fruit,
but 1t seldom proves fatal

The Council Bluffs Nonpareil says
that there is ample time before cleo
ton to patch up the somewhat frayed
garment of the Iowa republican party
and make it look as good as new.
TT is simply a waste of time to ar
que religion or politics." says the
Hampton Chronicle. ''The other fell
low believes you are in the wrong as
strongly as you know he isn't in the
right, so what's the use?''
o.
1T would probably be a triae prena-
ture for Senator La Toilette to speak
just yet for the Iowa delegation to the
national convention of 1905" suggests
the Des Moines Capital.
1.-THE time will come, says Mr..
Rockefeller, when all of us In this
country will be better acquainted with
one another AS matter of fact we
have been better acquainted, haven't
we, since Ida Tarbell and Tom Lawson
commenced writing for publication? 2"
the Sioux City Journal queries.
Editor Dave Brant, of the Iowa City
Republican, is displaying considerable
interest in the democratic nomination
for governor. Dave is a standpatter,
but once In a while a little reciprocity
is not distasteful to him. says the
Sioux City Journal.
at is customary in some quarters to
depreciate estimate of Shaw, but Shaw
invariably makes good" and leaves de-
tractors wondering which way to take
next" observes the Eagle Grove Eagle.
at is a deplorable circumstance that
on Iowa leader should be hissed," says
the Boone News, a o-Cummins pa
per. THE man who is made up Of
stuff which causes him to insult a man
who has different political views is not
very much Of a man. The world would
be better off without such men. Sec
rotary Shaw has had a brilliant career
and has been signally honored by the
President. 1t is a shame and a dis
grace that he should be reviled in a
republican convention"
Now what will the harvest be?"
asks the Britt Tribune.
The Des Moines Capital says 1t is
time that there should be peace in
Iowa until there is something worth
while quarreling about
IL Is lue eGSlSSI llllllS III LllS Wolld
to write republican editorial" says
the Denison Review. "All one has to
do is to fill his lungs with Gods fresh
air. drink in the beauty of the hills,
let the mind rest upon the great men
and the great deeds of the past half
century, mix all these with hope and
faith and confidence and energy, and
the republican editorial writes itself"
Thank goodness, it's two years until
another G. o. P. scrap can be pulled off
in Iowa." says the Cedar Rapids Ga
Zette.
The Waverly Independent says that
the voter who votes for Father" Cof-
fin, the prohibition nominee for gov
ernor. will do nothing very bad.
There are thousands of us in Iowa"
continues the Independent, "who are
proud of the fact that we can call
Father Coffin our friend He is good
man from the ground up"
The DEBORAH Republican says that
Father Coffin will win votes no other
Iowan similarly situated could secure
adding: THE fact remains that while
the ideal method of controlling the II
quor traffic has not been reached In
Iowa. it is true that condition has
been secured that satisfies more vot-
ers than any other that could be en-
acted, and the large majority prefer
to let well enough alone Any in
crease of votes will be purely compli-
mentary to the good man who accepts
the prohibition party nomination."
o
The Centerville Citizen says that
President Roosevelts thrice repeated
declaration that he will not be a can
didate for denomination ought to be
sufficiently definite, but the President
is In the hands Of the people of the
nation, end if they say he is to be
President again he will have to ac-
quiesce.
The Des Moines Register and Leader
has smashed the vitriol bottle, and is