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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-29
sTENsLAND AT JOLIET

Paul o. Stensland, the president of
the badly broken Milwaukee Avenue
State bank, has entered upon an indie
terminate sentence in the Illinois peni-
Tertiary at Joliet.
He had said that he was coming back
to Chicago to clear things up, that he
was not as black as he was painted,
but he had not been in his home city
but few hours when he went before
the Judge and pleaded guilty to two in
dictments for embezzlement Under
the law in that state the judge has no
power to fix the term He, with the
states attorney, makes full report of
the case and places 1t In the hands of
the board of pardons, and when that
body thinks the prisoner has served
long enough he is released
The maximum term for embezzle-
ment is fourteen years, but there are
enough Indictment hanging over
Stensland to keep him in the peniten-
tiary the rest Of his life. The two
under which he pleaded are sufficient
for that, Whether he gets out is left
are shown in his favor If Herring or the
Unless some amazing circumstances
are shown in his favor if Herring or the
directors come for trial, it is not proba-
BILE that the board will be very easy
with the prisoner, on account of the
magnitude Of the suffering and num-
Der Of deaths and insanity cases that
have followed the wrecking Of the in
stitution.
Except as the litigation that follows
drags his name into print, Stensland
will now drop out of sight. With him
at Joliet are John w. War; Of Moline,
who ran for mayor of that city and
posted innumerable Autographs with
the advice, "Vote for an honest man."
while he was Systematically robbing
the factory laborers in building and
loan association, and Dougherty Of
Peoria, who was too honest to be even
suspected of any crime, while he was
wrecl1ing bank and padding the rolls
of school teachers Of the city.
Yes, stensland is in good" COM
pany.
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THE NEXT HOUSE.

ST. Louis Globe Democrat. the
indications point to the continuance
of republican control Of congress,
though By smaller majority than
the abnormal ia lead won in the
Roosevelt canvass of 1904 That ma
jority is little unwieldy. The repub-
ll,ans could spare lone of it without
injury, but the fewer the seats which
will be lost the letter the party In
general will be pleased. Many Of the
present republica- member of the
house won their seats by comparative
ly small margins for tidal wave year.
Twenty-six of tb m had smaller plu-
ralities than 1000. Thirteen Of them
had margins under 1000 Seven had
less than 500. Two-Bennett, of Ken
lucky, and Murray, of Missouri-had
less than 100 of a lead. 1t is to be
presumed that Mr.. Sherman's commit
tee is giving special attention. to these
twenty-six close districts. In order to
win the house the democrats would
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have to gain tifty-eight seats which
are now occupied, by republicans.
Manifestly, this gain is decidedly i'm
probable But the fact that many
seats now filled by republicans were
won by narrow margins will give the
democrats encouragement to work to
capture some of these. 1t Is to the
advantage Of the republican party
and also of the country, that the re-
publican majority in the house soon
to be elected snt-ll be large enough TO
carry through the republican program
Of LEGISLATION without any deals with
the democrats. The party is bound to
lose a few seats. All parties in con-
troll Of the government lose some
seats in the presidents second con-
gress. Sometimes the dominant
party loses enough seats to put the
other side in control of the house
through the second half of the presi-
dents term. This happened to Grant
In his second term, to Arthur, to Har-
rison, and to Cleveland in his second
term. Happily, no disaster of this
sort Is in sight for the republicans
Oregon's and Vermont's congressman
recently elected, had their usual ma
jcrities, and the falling off in Maine
was due to the disturbing issue Of pro-
hibition. 1t is the duty h, 1ever, of
the republican campaign managers to
wrok as If the result we're in doubt,
and thus to keep the patty majority
up to the highest possible figures.
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THE HARTMAN RAILROADS.

New York World:-If, as Wall
street believes he will, Mr..
Hartman becomes the purchaser
OF the Pennsylvania's Baltimore g.
Ohio stock he will at one stroke add
4,397 miles of track and the control
of S392,000,000 of securities to his vast
railroad groups" He will acquire a
more extensive railroad property than
any Of the primitive systems which
made the names of Gould. Garrett and
Vanderbilt household words to a form
er generation.
With the acquisition of the Balti-
more & Ohio the Harrim IAN Kuhn-L och
aggregation Of railroads will extend for
27,340 miles, with capital stock Of
$l,7O0,000,0O0. 1t will be the most i'm
portant OF the groups into which 80 per
cent of the nations 211,000 miles Of
steam railway are parceled out. 1t
will approximate in length the Could
Rockefeller group, in which the Wab-
ash, the Lackawana, the st. Paul. and
the Missouri and Texas Pacific systems
are included. 1t will exceed the Van
derbilu lines by some 5000 miles and
the pennsylvania group by $4,000. It
Will be more powerful combination
than the H1ll-Morgan groups since the
dissolution Of the Northern Pacific
merger, or the Moore-Rock Island
group, with its $4,000 miles. The Har-
riman holdings will be 5000 miles in
excess of the mileage Of Great Britain.
They already equal 1t.
Mr.. Hartman by his control, in addi-
ton to the Baltimore & Ohio, Of the
Union Pacific and Southern Pacific sys-
tens. the Illinois Central. the Chica.-
& Alton and the Kansas City Southern.
becomes Americas first "transcontin.
entail railway king, who over his own
lines could run "coast-to-coast" lin
tied from New York to San Francisco
Not the least remarkable feature of the
achievement is that 1t has been accom-
plished by one who is not practical
railroad man.
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STOP THE SHIPPING.

Burlington Hawk-Eye.-The Des
Moines Register and Leader which is
close to the republican state central
committee, and is supposed to official
ly represent it in the publicity bureau,
and in a general sense to reflect the
views and wishes of the committee
continues to publish good deal Of
matter, editorial and rerrint, whose
tendency is to heap up a state Of irri-
t. ton among republicans which it is
the announced desire OF tn, committee
to allay 1t was in compliance with the
judgment and prof sed wishes of
tho state central committee that The
Hawk-Eye and m my other republican
papers have been careful to exclude
from their columns much that would
have been more or less irritating to
one element OF the other OF the party
and since the state convention the
Hawk-Eye editorial columns have been
free from criticism of Governor Cum
minis and his following. It's conduct in
this respect moved Chairman Woods
to unreservedly comr end the course
Of this paper. OF course the Hawk
Eye, the same as the governor, has
nothing to recant;" 1t has simply in
the interest of the party harmony re-
Trained from discussion which would
not promote republican unity. The is
sues in dispute will go to the polls for
the verdict Of the voters; there let the
matter rest.
But it is hardly equitable when a
large section Of the republican press
of Iowa has needed the wiAhes OF the
state central conn ittee I'd abstain
from that frank expression pf views
that prevailed before the state CON
vention, that such papers shall keep
quiet and contribute to party harmony
even II contrary to the Wisaes Of a
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large number Of their readers, while
the Cummins papers, as the Register
and Leader, Sioux City Tribune. Mar.
shalltown Times Republican, Boone
News, Waterloo Courier, and other so
called "progressiyes" continue raking
fore and aft the stand-pat press and
s St republicans, calling them
"bolters," corporation TOOLS" cop
perheads," railroad politicians" and
other epithets intended to be oppro-
brious. This sort Of thing has gone on
long enough, and 1t is time for the
state central committee to call a halt
II 1t expects to restore harmony in the
party this year.
There is not much doubt that an
earnest word Of admonitlon, or en-.
treaty, from the state central commit
tee would have the reslred effect. II
no., the committee owes 1t to itself
and to the decently behaved republic
can papers to disclaim all responsible
ity for the guerrilla warfare carried on
by the bushwhacking papers that per-
slst IN sn1ping along the late fractional
firing line. 1t is impossible to toler.
alto vendetta under the cover of a
flag Of truce
Lats Sunday the Register and Lead
er published the @. w. Johnson let
ter, which attacks the Iowa Congress
sional delegation. 1t has been in cir
culation for several weeks. The Hawk
Eye took OCCASION to criticise 1t as un-
wise and unjust. And now the Regis
ter and Leader reproduces it at this
late day without a word of dissent
from or protest against the attack
upon the congressional delegation.
What is the object of the Influences
in and about the Register and Leader
office in puryeying suggestions against
the election of republican congress
men? That paper md Its kind ought
to drop their machetes OF else pull
down the flag of truce
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ENROLMENT DECREASES,

Reports come from some of the in
situations that have placed the ban on
football to the effect that there Is a
decrease in the number of young men
enrolled in comparison with the pre-
vous year. 1t Is natural that the two
circumstances should be connected
The fact is, there Is nothing else In
particular, except the absence of the
college game, by which this decrease
may be accounted for.
An institution, through its board Of
trustees, may say that none Of its
students can participate in the sport,
but it can not compel the young men
that those who love football better
than they do their schools will go else
where where the lid is not on SO tight.
Young men, especially those who
have had a taste Of college life, have
a tendency to wish to make the most
out Of their years at school. Ordinary
rules do not brighten them. 1t would
be no fun to go to a school that had
no rules, for much of the amusement
comes In the breaking. But football
is not played around table in some
fellow students room, and game can
not be arranged in fifteen minutes. 1t
is played in daylight, after long prepar-
alton by hired coaches and it is not a
success unless everybody knows about
1t AMI joins in.
There is no chance to break the
rules abolishing football and when the
trustees say it must go, 1t goes. With
it many Of the students. Something
may be found to take It's place, but
unless there is substitute the col
leges that furnish the snort and the
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REPURLIcANIsM VS.. YELLoWs.

In New York it looks like a fight be-
tween republicanism and the yellows
charles b. Hughes, who was so active
IN prosecuting the Investigation of the
insurance companies in New York, will
represent republicanism in this cam
paign and William Randolph Hearst
will represent the yellows.
Republ1can1sm comes before the peo-
pie with the bosses overthrown and
the Roosevelt men In control, and the
yeilows come before the people with
the original artist in yellow He re-
presents nothing but William Randolph
Hearst and his money and his news
papers. He is out of harmony with
his party on most things that have
been known as its principles, and If he
receives the support of Tammany it
IS because he has the money to spend
and because he is thus the most
available man
lt1s not battle between republican
ism and democracy, even though
Hearst may make the race as a demo-
crat. With democratic principles
thrown to the winds, and as bofter Of
every man whose actions Hearst could
not dictate, the yellow journalist can
hardly come before the people as a
representative democrat. AS Senator
Tillman observed, he seems to be
against everything that the old demo-
cracy stands for. William T. Jerome
made the statement yesterday that if
the republicans nominated a decent
man he would stump the state to de-
feat Hearst. It is not known what
kind Of man will suit Mr.. Jerome,
but it will strike the average individual
that the district attorney will have a
,hance to go to work. 1t is apparent
hat all is not harmony in the demo-
satic camp. On the other hand, while
The republican bosses, the Platte dell
crowd, nave been overthrown, it is
possible to nominate Charles E.
Hughes by reclamation. It is imnossi-
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SNAP SHOTS.

Sioux City Journal.-The wetter It
is the dryer men get.
A dog will quickly adapt himself to
a muzzle.
The sun Is appreciated after 1t has
been away on visit.
A cellar full Of coal looks its best
after it has been paid for.
The man whose credit is good holds
it in high esteem.
Some men are so crooked they can
not sleep in cold room.
A pretty woman when she introduces
herself is a good one to introduce
something else
No man feels exalted by sitting on a
high stool at a lunch counter.
The limelight Is preferred 70 kero-
.sene lamp even where the admission
price is reduced to 10 cents.
When q man thinks he can lecture
his usefulness as a settled pastor is
impaired.
Acquaintance with authors is de-
structive to boolt worms.
People who are compelled to make
their own living can keep warm on a
small amount Of coal.
When man has nothing to do it is
extremely difficult for him to keep his
feet on the floor.
The street loafer is observing the
passing of the summer girl.
A pretty girl with her shoe united Is
among the last to find it out.
A man goes out the front door for a
days sport and comes In the back
way.
When one is real tired 1t is annoy
ing to have the young lady finally con-
sent to play another piece.
When the sun quits playing on the
floor and the air is damp and chill
home gets the worst of it in the fierce
competition of the time.
No one will voluntarily sit up late at
night to take in the real troubles of
other people.
High heels are delicate reminders of
ambition to get up in the world.
One of the sad things of funerals is
the exhibition Of the haste Of dear
friends.
Few youngsters get through high
school without making record for
high old times.
When people cease to be useful to
others few occasions come to them for
a good laugh.
1t is the young lady who is loved
who looks as if an angel had kissed
her.
The man who takes good care Of his
trousers is not without hope in the
world.
One of the trials of our variable eli
mate is to keep in clothes that are ap-
propriate.
There are many men who want to
do good If they can find way that
will pay.
The tongue is the guide to the wag-
on and an instrument Of mischief in
the wagging.
The boy who is getting his first
shave in barber shop looks as if he
had been doing something wrong.
The talk Of people runs in channels
and forms rtlts,
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bic to tell so soon how his nomination
will be taken in New York, but from
this distance 1t looks as though the
party was fairly well united.
The campaign will have to progress
some before the situation between the
republicans and the yellows can be
fully understood. 1t is hard to tell
yet just how yellow the state of New
York is. Whatever the outcome may
be it is not a contest between republi-
can and democratic principles, but be-
tween republicanism and combina-
ton of Tammany and would-be dicta-
tor
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NEW PASSENGER RATES.

Two and one-half cents per mile is
the rate that the Central Passenger
association has adopted for the traffic
east OF Illinois, in which the legisla-
ture OF the states have not already
placed the maximum at 2 cents. This
afecrs tho whole state of Indiana and
some other portions of the district.
michigan and Ohio already have laws
placing the maximum D half-cent lower
than is fixed by the passenger associa-
ton.
This action takes effect November
l, and it is believed that the agree
ment was reached in order to head off
any further movements in favor of the
2 cent rate. The railway officials
evidently believe that the concession
is sufficient to hold back the action
rection
1t is a little early yet to secure tho
rate In the western states, but It is
going to come. The concession just
made will mean difference of many
thousands of dollars to the companies
involved, unless the cut rate serves as
stimulus to passenger traffic, and the
traffic officials say that If they are CON-
pelled TO go down to 2 cents III VIII
mean the absence of the usual excur-
sion rates offered ever year.
With the bringing of the movement
westward that is thing that has to
be taken into consideration. Every
body wants as cheap railway transpor-
tatfon as can be secured but no one
desires such a business to be carried
on at loss. Illinois will probably
come next and then will come Iowa's
turn. Iowa is covered with railways,
there being hardly point in the state
that is more than twelve miles from
a line, but the reduction in rates has
to be judged by the amount of traffic
and the ability Of the lines to stand it
and still make fair profit. With the
abolition of the passes it is possible
that this stage may be reached at a
comparatively early date.
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Dreak or laWleSSneSS was an expression
of racial hatred and the perpetrators
were well aware that they were muir
derins guiltless victims. While the
frenzy was on the members of the
mob they were maniacs, obsessed with
the idea of Strengthening any man of
black skin. They knew no reason, lis
tened to no counsel and felt no human
sympathy Expressed in their acts
was a long smoldering antipathy
against negroes which required only a
few conventional negro crimes to fan
into action.
For the members of those cruel mobs
there is no excuse or palliation They
should be arrested and punished But
1t is unlikely that anything will ever be
done to them. The court and it's Of
f1cers make make elaborate show of
Investigation and there may be arrests
and trials, but this outrage is probably
destined to go down In history with a
long line of similar events where JUS
tice failed.
The reason of this is obvious. While
the great majority of the negro race is
composed of honest and Industrious
men and women, there are in almost
all southern and western communities
class of "bad niggers" for whose
crimes their innocent fellow negroes
too often suffer. The bad Niger Is
pest that knows no respect for law
or morality. A man of this class Is
worse than the average bad white man,
because his instincts are lower and to
him there Is no disgrace attached to
arrest or sentence for his crimes. In
fact, chad niger" is rather proud
Of the distinction of being hailed into
court. AS long as the ordinary pro-
cesses of law have no deterrent effect
upon such criminal he becomes bold
er and his crimes become more wan
ton.
Kansas City has experienced re-
cent epidemic of the bad niger" and
at times this community has been dan
gerously near just such disgraceful out
breaks as those which took place in
Springfield and Atlanta. Unless some
way is found to deal legally and effect
lively with the depraved negro criminal
no one can say when a community
may not become inf1amed by some I'M
usual atrocity to acts Of murderous re-
prisal. The most deplorable thing
about such uprisings is that a mob
knows no Justice or humanity and the
good negroes are made to suffer with
the bad.
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REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.

Governor. ........ .A,:oert B. Cummins
Secretary of state. LEV. G. Hayward
Treasurer OF state. -. w. w. Morrow
Attorney general Of state. H. w. Byers
supreme Judges Observation-Disclosures.
-. b. Mclean. John c. sherwin
superintendent Of public instruc-
Clerk of supreme court. ..........
Reporter Of court. w. w. Cornwall
Railroad commissioners .......
....W. L. Eaton, David J. Palmer
Congressional Ticket.
For congressman 49, John r. Lacey
Judicial Ticket.
For Judges of Second district
Wapello County-M. A. Roberts.
Monroe County-D. M. Anderson.
paws County,. W. Eichelberger.
County Ticket.
Senator'S. H. Harper
Representative-E.J 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
Hmma Nye.
Surveyor-C. r. Allen.
Coroner-E. L. Scott.
Experimentation Decker, G.. W.
Hatch, ]. s. Redfern.
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rather the competition Of the products
OF their low priced lands should be
placed in the market against the pro-
ducts of the high priced lands of Iowa
They would rather sell their farm pro-
ducts in the American market than to
ship them to England And that is
just what is being urged in this coun-
try by the foreign" party.
American theories have suited
American conditions in the past, let us
trust American theories in the future. y
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Agency Township.

The republicans Of Agency township
will meet in convention In the town
hall in Agency city, Sept. 20, 1906, at
2 p. m for the purpose Of nominating
the following officers:
Two justices Of the peace.
Two constables.
Two trustees for two years.
Two township clerks,
Two township assessors.
John Springer, Committeeman
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THE ATLANTA RACE RIOT.

Kansas City Journal:-Of course no
intelligent and dispassionate person
would attempt to defend the awful ac-
ton of the mobs in Atlanta, where
many innocent negroes were killed or
terrible beaten in revenge for the
crimes Of other negroes. The out
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spirit will probably gain by the losses
OF the other institutions.
It is long wait from September
until spring time when the track ath-
letics and base ball begin, and there is
a lot of surplus energy brought in from
the farms and the country towns that
has to be worked off in some way. The
boys will find the way.