Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-04-07

that it is no more than right that he
be appointed a. member of the commits
sion to conduct the investigation.
Don't cuss the mud too hard" says
the Oskaloosa Herald. Remember
now and still "risin'." How much do
you suppose Iowa soil would be worth
If 1t didn't make good mud?"
The Spirit Lake Herald says that al
most any day you can hear a demo-
GRAFT saying "Cummins is a good
en-. ugh democrat for me-"
Noting that Governor Cummins will
make a>series of addresses in the
eighth or reservation district this
week, the Cedar Rapids Gazette says:
More sleepless nights at Burlington
and Sioux City"
The Washington correspondent of
the New York Evening Post states
that Senator LaFollette is plainly en-
address the senate. '"This is interest
Ing news" remarks the Des Moines
Capital. Few people ever dreamed
that embarrassment was possible t.
the .pompadour statesman from Wis
consin."
The Sioux City Journal submits that
no man ever gained by trickery such
fame as a stump speaker as Secretary
Shaw now holds. mo man ever earn
ed a reputation as an effective cam
paigner by saying M thing and
meaning another" says the Journal.
"There has never in the history Of
the state been a more deliberate at
tempt to foreclose judgment against
a legislative committee, without Civ
ing 1t a hearing, than has been wit
messed in the past six weeks" says
the Des Moines Register and Leader.
1.-THE educational institution lobby has
flooded the state with one-sided re-
ports, in advance of the full report Of
the committee; has written thousands
Of inhammatory letters, a greatly
excited many who do not know the
facts, and has not been without In
huence on the floor of the general as
more persistent more adroit n more
effective lobby than the educational
institutions have been able to furnish.
The railroads are not entitled to nom
orable mention in comparison"
eve should think" protests the
Washington Democrat, Governor
Cummins would grow so Internally
tired of see his name eternally in
the papers that he would quit politics.
We will be glad when this cruel war Is
over, just so we won't read SO ever
lastingly much about Cummins."
In the opinion Of the Eldora Herald
"the good old republican party should
be saved regardless of who or how
many men be relegated to the rear in
the battle for the salvation Of the
grand old fundamental principles upon
which the party has always rested.
AFTER all is said and DONE" muses.
the Carroll Herald, IL. M. Shaw car
get nearer to the people than any mar
we have had in public life in Iowa
since the days of Samuel j. Kirkwood.
There is no posing or masquerading
about Shaw; he knows the people and
he knows how to go straight to their
understanding"
The Perry Chief notes that "the vote
on the park question Monday in Perry
by the women indicates that they do
not care to exercise the right Of ballot
when opportunity affords. Perhaps"
says the Chief, 'it was not generally
understood by them"
1He washington EISsS Thinks uio
man who put formaldehyde in milk In
order to keep it sweet and then sells
it to innocent sick people and babies
is a fit subject for the public whip
ping post, and 1t could be used to adj
vantage for some other misdemeanors
Instead of a reform In spelling
there should be more attention paid to
spelling. reading and grammar in our
schools. There is no part Of a child's
education SO important as these three
studies and one more neglected" is
the opinion Of the Manson Journal