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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-10-09

however, that carriers may carry an
open account with publishers and that
publishers may carry an open account
with carriers for advertising and that
these accounts can be balanced period
ically. The balance, whatever 1t may
be, must be paid in cash. The trans
action must be devoid of previousl
agreement.
Special reduced rates may be made
for federal and state troops and of
ficers and employees of the United
States geological survey and reclama-
tion service in the future as in the
past. The words of the law excepting
Inmates of hospital and charitable
and eleemosynary institutions and per-
sons engaged in charity and Missionary
work. from the free pass prohibitionsI
are held not to apply to doctors and
other employees.
Nuns, sisters of charity, missionar.
| les, evangelists, national or state OF.
ficers of religious organizations, teach
ers and pupils in Indian schools, Of
ficers of the Salvation army and Volun-
teers of America, it is said, may be-
given free transportation.
| Special rates for theatrical compan-
les, baseball clubs, ETC., are held to be
discriminatory. Special rates for army
and navy officers and their families,
which always have been made in the
past, are held unlawful for the same
/ reason.
1t is held that free transportation
may not be issued to members of rail-
way employees unions who are not In
the employ Of the railroad company.
These regulations, 1t Is understood,
are founded not merely nor even prin-
cipally. upon the anti-pass provision
Of the law, but upon the law in its en-
tirety and especially upon the spirit OF
the law, which forbids discrimination
Only obscure and doubtful points are
touched upon in this report. The res
port seems to attempt to point out ex-
ceptions In which passes and reductions
may be granted rather than exceptions
| In which passes and reductions
may not be granted That Is, the
major premise Of this position of the
! railroads appears to be that the law
forbids passes and other discrimina-
lions, such exceptions to be carefully
guarded and closely scrutinized.
The report quoted implies that passes
may be issued to railroad employees
and that is understood to have been
the intention Of congress. At the time
the pass matter was under discussion
In congress the disposition of the law
makers-after they had heard from
home-was to put livestock caretakers.
going to and coming from market, on
the same basis with employees. The
anti-pass provision finally decided up
on has this in view, but whether the
railroads may not take the same posi-
ton that the anti-discriminatory sec
ton of the law makes this arrange
ment impossible seems to be a ques-
ton. 1t the regulations here quoted
are to govern the stockmen here would
appear to be without especial consid-
Grafton.
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don't they stand for, but what do they

don't they stand for, but what do they
stand for?
1t is true that the republicans have
to a great extent made Roosevelt
the issue, but he is only the issue in
that he stands for all the things the
republican party stands for and
against all of the vagaries forced into
campaigns by the democrats. If he
was not for protection, II he was not
for sound money, If he was not for the
dutiful guardianship over the Philip.
pine islands and Cuba, he would not
last long as the issue o. the republican
party.
Talk as one may of men, the prin.
ciples of the parties are greater. Talk
as one may of made issues" there is
no getting away from the fact that
prosperity is made by protection. sub
stantial trade bases by sound currency
and possible material reward and Ger
tain satisfactory reward in the guild
ance of the little brown people to a
better. freer, more independent and
profitable way of living.
These are the things the republican
party and Theodore Roosevelt stand
for These are the things the repub
lican party is willing to make it's cam
paign on. Are they democratic .thun
der?"
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BIBLE GODS WORD.

Bishop Williams of Detroit was
quoted as saying that he did not be-
lieve that the bible was the word OF
God, Bishop McCabe replied, when
shown the alleged quotation, that the
whole of the Christian teaching was
contained in the book of Genesis and
now Bishop Williams repudiates the
purported quotation, saying that it
was not correct; that he did not say
what was attributed to him.
That is a good question for the
bishops to argue, perhaps, but it will
not strike the average person very
forcibly. If every word is inspired, as
some believe, it must be conceded that
it is very good book If the church
made the bible as some contend, in
stead Of the bible making the church,
as others contend, an equal concession
must be made. And the average man
admits that whether partially or who'll
ly inspired, it is the best book in the
world for a guide.
People do not attempt to carry in
their heads all of the decisions of the
supreme courts in order to be guided
right in their every day lives. They do
not ask whether it is municipal,
state or federal law that governs.
They do not study deeply the statutes
unless they deal with some particular
point where forms are prescribed and
technicalities involved. The law is
accepted, and those who comply are
seldom convicted in innocence, and
while not all laws are enforced, if pub.
lie opinion demands it, they are The
bible is accepted as divine law, and
those who obey it receive their reward
while those who do not usually get
their punishment even before they
leave this world.
The book is studied for flaws and
for inconsistencies. Arguments arise
as to what portions are to be taken
figuratively and what ones are to be
taken literally, but the conclusions
reached, if, indeed, any are reached
are satisfactory only to the person
reaching them. Ones chances of con.
vincing others to his way OF thinking
on all matters of biblical references
are few. There is an easier way
through it all that is plain. Man fell
the world became sinful, a saviour
was born and gave his life to save the
world, and the plan Of salvation is
made plain. If no part of the bible is
understood but the Ten Command
ments, the one who fails to thus un
derstand need not search farther. In
them there is nothing to confuse. They
are much palmer than man made laws
and are far more likely to be enforced
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HAD TO PLEAD GUILTY.

Ernie Johnson, W. A. Stanton and
Homer Whitehall pleaded guilty in
Centerville to robbing the Udell bank.
The net work of testimony was appar-
emily wound around them so closely
that there seemed to them no escape
and they accepted the inevitable,
throwing themselves upon the mercy
of the court. But that will not stop
the robberies and attempts at robber-
les. Other young men ambitious in
this direction will say that this trio
made bungle of the job, that the
work was coarse. The others satisfy
themselves that they are the real
thing by getting away with one per
Torrance of the kind. and think they
are smooth, but they will be caught
ultimately.
Dime novels and yellow journals
will continue to lead young men in
this direction, and it is strange that
they can not see their end-which is
always theprison walls. The cleverest
of them reach this point If they are
clever at first, they become bold and
coarse at last, and the end comes.
In the case Of these men on trial at
Centerville, clever alibi was attempt
ed, an effort being made to show that
Stanton was in Ottumwa on the night
Of the burglary, and they came mighty
near establishing it. but if the man is
guilty there is nearly always someone
who knows the truth, and if it does
not come out at first, it does ultimate.
ly. In the case of Stanton there was a
woman at Udell who identified him as
! - I, Il .x.1.
ed the location of blacksmith shop.
Blacksmith tools were used in making
the entrance to the bank That ended
the case and the three, one who had
been tried and in whose case the jury
had disagreed, one who was then on
trial and one who was yet to face the
jury, came before the Judge and plead
ed guilty to the charges against them
There are more ways than one of
robbing a bank. and more ways than
one to talk after the deed is done.
Stensland had different way of ef-
fecting the robbery and had more
elaborate means of escape, but
that made no difference In the
end he did just as the three men of a
lower strata of life did. He walked in
before the judge, pleaded guilty and
went to the state penitentiary.
Nipple of the Philadelphia bank did
his robbing after the Stensland man
ner, but he sought a different way of
escape. He acted as his own judge
and jury pronounced his own sen
tence and acted as his own execution
err.
And yet with all of these examples
before them others will try to do what
smarter men have failed in, what bold.
er men were unable to accomplish,
and what has sent more experienced
men in this line to the penitentiaries.
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WHY LA TOILETTE WAS DE.
FEATED.

ST. Louis Globe Democrat Senator
La Toilette of Wisconsin has just Civ
en-, unconsciously very good reason
for his recent defeat in trying to put
up radical against conservative re-
publican governor. In a speech made
in Newark, N. j., La Toilette came
out in favor of Bryan's government
ownership of the railways. The Wis
consin man has been stumping New
Jersey in the interest of his brand Of
so-called republicanism. Incidentally
he has denounced the two republican
senator's of that state, Dryden and
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A sEND-oFF FOR HEARST.

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
George Harvey, EDITORS of Harvey's
Weekly and the North American Re-
view, has in the current number Of
the latter publication a calm and dis
passionate" statement of the Simple
facts" regarding William Randolph
Hearst. The presentment Is as fol-
lows:
"As a journalist, though keen. enter
prising and resourceful, he Is a burn
ing disgrace to the craft.
las a politician, though shrewd and
at times. even sagacious, he is no more
scrupulous than the basest of those
whom he stfgmatized as criminals.
AS partisan, though earnest and
efficient in appealing to the masses, he
is traitor.
"As an office holder he is pre-emin.
ent in shamful neglect of his duties.
AS an agitator, his delight consists
in reveling in the excitement Of evil
passions.
AS a dual personality, though pos
sessed Of many engaging qualities, he
is so utterly devoid Of character, SO un-
steady in even his own recklessness,
SO faithless to his protested ideals, so
scornfully disregardful of moral re-
sponsibility, SO addicted to detestable
practices in efforts to crafty his am
billions, SO sinfully persistent in stir
ring the caldron of discomfort, envy
and hatred, as to be a living and glar-
ing reproach to American civilization"
Mr.. Harvey Is put down in who's
Who" is an independent democrat.
There is no doubt Of his independ-
ence, nor Of his brilliant ability as an
editor, nor of his high ideals in poll
tics. In the last named particular the
stuff of which he is made is shown by
his boom for Woodrow Wilson, presi-
dent of Princeton university, for the
democratic presidential nomination in
1908.
1t Is out of the ordinary for high
class literary periodical like the North
American Review to tell so plainly
what it thinks of a man prominent in
political activities. But the provoca.
ton Is great, the sense Of duty is pow.
erful, and the portrayal is true to life.
Mr.. Harvey is quite right in character.
izing his analysis as calm and dis.
passionate" 1t is the cold truth. The
Hearst episode is indeed "glaring re.
proach to American civilization"
And evidence that it is to be only
an episode" is rapidly coming to the
front. The ink in which the Buffalo
proceedings are printed is hardly dry;
yet there is already a revolt among de
cent democrats, as among all classes
of good citizens, against the abomina
lions which are offered to the people
of this state from the soiled and cor,
rupting hand of Hearst.
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WAS POOR THUNDER.

Two things must come forcibly be-
fore the public as relating to President
Roosevelt and the democrats In this
campaign. One is that Bryan has
been saying that in dealing with the
railroads the President has stolen his
thunder, but now the Nebraskan
comes to the front with the govern
ment ownership proposition saying
that he does not believe the present
plan will be equal to the emergency
thus, In effect, RELOCATING his thunder
to the rear, as Speaker Cannon sug
gested in his speech, as mighty poor
stuff.
The other is that the democrats
have been saying that President
Roosevelt was more democrat than
republican, that he has adopted all
democratic policies, and that he must
have a democratic house of represent
atives to support him in carrying out
his further plans, the allegation being
that the continuance Of a republican
house, such as upheld him in his
measures in the last congress, will ef.
feet a cessation of the policies OF
Roosevelt. While on top of this comes
the democratic campaign text book
which charges Roosevelt with being a
corporation tool" which is another
way Of saying mot on our side" and
that he has allied himself with Ger
tain railroad companies, and has favor
ed certain corporations in the islands
Are all these democratic policies
that have been stolen" from them :
1t seems that President Roosevelt has
not stolen all of the thunder" Of
Bryan and the democratic party. Their
main stay is left That is the brand
ing of every man Of the opposition
party as corporation tool While
their sweet dreams bring no shadows
of Jim K. Jones, Senator Bailey
Chairman Nixon Of New York and the
rest Of them.
The democrats could far better
make the issue plain. Do they stand
for free trade or protection? Do they
stand for free silver or sound money!
Do they stand for government owner.
ship or government regulation of rail
ways? Do they stand for democratic
or socialistic or populistic principles?
Those are the issues that they can
not get away from. SANDER Roosevelt
as they may. the question is not what
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Kean, as being tools Of the railroads,
and says they are disgrace to the

and says they are disgrace to the
senate.
For several years La Toilette had
great strength in Wisconsin. He car
ried the state for governor time after
time, and then, last winter. he got
himself elected to the senate. From
Washington he attempted to dictate
the local policies of his state. He tried
in the recent primary, to put up a
radical for the republican nomination
for governor against the present con-
sentative occupant of the office, and
was overwhelmingly beaten. But he
does not know what the rebuke means.
He is travelling through the country
making speeches which read like dem
ocratic spellbinders' rant In New Jer-
sey he surpassed his recent record in
socialistic follies.
But the man who has been called
the republican Bryan" is not likely
to make many converts to his radical
fads. II he wants gov ernment owner
ship of the railways he will have to
go over to the democrats to get any
chance to have it. The democrats will
declare for ownership In 1908, and put
Bryan on that platform II they car.
ry the country an attempt will be
made to put Bryan's fad into opera
ton. If La Toilette keeps on talking
ownership he will qualify himself for
the second place on the Bryan ticket
There is no place in the republican
party for man who believes in put
ting the 100000 railway employees
under the control of the government
at Washington and who wants to In,
crease the governments debt to the
extent OF $16,00O,0 100000 in order to get
the privilege of tossing the railroads
Senator La Toilette will soon have to
make his decision as between repub
lfcanism and Organism. No Bryanites
can be allowed to pretend that they
are members Of the republican party
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OBITUARY..
William Haning.

On Tuesday, Oct 2, occurred the
death of William Haning at the home
of his son, E. Haning, in Green town
ship. Mr.. Haning was born In Ohio
but had been a resident of this COM
Inunity for many years.
At the time of his death he was'
about "a years of age. He was an
honest citizen and had the respect OF
the community. Ills wife died many
years ago. He is survived by eight
children. They are DR.. William Han
ing of Bellevlile, Kansas: DR.. Lot Han
ing of Browning, Mo-; DR.. Harry Han
ing of Purdin. Mo-; Mrs. Charles
Green Of Missouri; u. Haning and Ira,
Haning, who reside near Amador. and
Mrs. Alice West and Albert Haning,i
who reside in California.
The funeral services were held from,
Russell Chapel on Thursday afternoonj
at Q o'clock, after which the remainsl
We're inferred in the Wellman ceme-i
terry
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rupting the voters of New York and
the nation. he can aspire and set him
self up as a boss and bolt everyone
who refuses to SO recognize him, and
he can align himself with the organi-
cation of Tammany Hall. the leaders
OF which he mas characterized as men
worthy only of the garb of the felon
in the cell. All this is purity and con
sistent with his policies Of the uproot-
ing of corruption and the overthrow
of the bosses. But this is studiously
avoided mention in the article by
Arthur Brisbane.
1t is said In this article that, of
course, it is impossible to conduct
nine publications and not have things
appear In some of them for which
the owner is sorry and for which he
may often express regret. People who
are so overcome with sorrow at the
appearance of articles in their publ
cations are sometimes moved to make
corrections and PREPARATION. But who
ever heard of a Hearst paper apollo
glzing for falsehood? If Mr.. Hearst is
so touched at heart by these things
now is a good time for him to com
mence making corrections. A fitting
place would be in connection with the
falsifications concerning Senator ALI
son in his magazine. In fact if he had
any care as to the truth it never would
have appeared, for he knows full well
the misrepresentation that are con
tanned in the series of articles tina,
have been running in this connection
Lies and lies and lies may make a
man governor of New York, but truth
crushed to earth will rise again.
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Congressional Ticket.

For congressman. !. John F. Lacey
Judicial Ticket.
For judges OF Second district
NJ. A. Roberts of Wapello county.
D. NJ. Anderson of Monroe county.
f. W. Eichelberger of Davis county.
C. w. vermilion Of Appanoose
county.
County Ticket.
Senator'S. H. Harper.
Repres sntative-E. j. Moore.
AUDITOR. r. Criley
Treasurer-W. B. Moore.
Clerk of court-Edwin DUNCAN.
County attorney-W. w. Epps.
Sheriff.. d. Stephens.
Recorder. l.. Swenson.
Superintendent of schools-Miss
Emma Nye.
Surveyor-C. r. Allen.
Corcner-E. L. Scott.
Supervisors-Adam Decker. G. W.
Hatch. j. S. Redfern.
Township Ticket.
Assessor-Lewis Gibson.
Township Clerk-Adelbert Christy.
Constables-J. II. Robertson and l.
M. Davis.
Justices of the Peace-w. j. Berry
and M. L. Kirk.
Township trustees-George Shop
herd and c. H. Prosser.
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HIGHLAND CENTER.

Y
Highland Center, Oct 5.---Mrs. Nora
Greeves and baby of st. Louis are
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. /. M. Elder.
S. A. Buckner of Iowa City is SPEND
ing a few days with friends here.
Miss Dinnie Spilman of Ottumwa
visited at the j. M. Eldar home yes
terday..
Rev. and Mrs. G. ]. Petit were in
Ottumwa yesterday.
Mrs George Reames and daughter
went to North English this morning.
The Ladies' Aid society held pic
mic at the county farm yesterday. Al
fine time is reported. There were about
rs in the company.
Mr. and Mrs j. M. Elder and daugh-
ter, Mrs. Nora Greeves, are spending
the day in Ottumwa with relatives and
friends.
The Ladies' Aid society will meet
next Wednesday afternoon, Oct. &c,
with Mrs. Frank Emery
Il. M. Bowlin and S. A. Buckner
went to Packwood Thursday on BUSH
ness.
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BRISBANE ON HEARST.

Arthur Brisbane has written about
William Randolph Hearst. Of course
the public is interested in knowing
what an employee thinks of his employ
er, but the Brisbane article, which ap.
pears in current magazine, is not
likely to change the opinions of other
people who have been observers Of the
Hearst course since he entered Jour-
nalism and politics.
OF course the Hearst editorial writ
er has naught but praise for his en-
ployer, and intimates that he is a man
misunderstood by the masses. He pre-
diets that he will be president of the
United States, will badly defeat his
enemies and win most of his fair
minded critics to his side of the fight.
There is a thread through the article
that apparently was woven for the
purpose of exciting sympathy for the
man as martyr, picture of high
minded man being shamefully abused.
1t is, however, probably unnecessary
to state that throughout this article
there is no effort made to establish
consistency of the man with the doc
trine he breaches. Brisbane Celebrates
upon the amount Of expense there is
in running the numerous publications
owned by Mr.. Hearst and the millions
of people they reach and the power
and weight they carry and exercise.
This power, he explains, is to be used
in the exposure of corruption and the
overthrow of the bosses.
It is also needless to say that it is
the corruption and bosses as promoted
by other men than Hearst that this
power is to be used to overthrow.
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MouLToN.
In Honor of Mrs. Quinn.

Moulton, Oct. 2.-The Centerville
chapter of the o. e. S. came to Moul-
ton Monday to bid farewell to Mrs
George Quinn, who is soon to leave for.
Muskogee, Indian Territory. They
brought their dinners and the Moulton
O. p IS. turned out with them and
had their lunch on Mrs. Guinn's lawn
After lunch they visited around the
city and then went to the hall and
had some fine speeches and toasts. All
reported fine time. George Steel OF
Centerville brought several of the.
women over in his automobile Mrs.
Charles Elgin and Mrs. Spooner drove
over in carriages.
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REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.

Governor. Alert B. cunmins
Lieutenant governor. =. Warren Garst
Secretary Of state. w. G. Hayward
Auditor Of state. .........B. F. Carroll
Treasurer Of state.s. w. w. Morrow
Attorney general of state. H. w. Byers
Supreme Judges ..................
....E. Mclean, John C. Sherwin
Superintendent Of public instruc-
ton ............ John F. Riggs
Clerk of supreme court ..........
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. John G. Crockett
Reporter of court. .....W. w. Cornwall
Railroad commissioners .........
---.W. L. Eaton. David ]. Palmer
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