Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-03

window glass is commanding better
prices than for some time.
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.
THE full import Of the triumph of
Senator Dolliver over Senator Aldrich
cannot be estimated at this distance"
says the Des Moines Register and
Leader. Senator Aldrich is account
| ed on the whole the most influential
member Of the senate. At least he d.
vides the honors> with Senator Allison.
1t was a daring thing for younger
senator to throw down the gauntlet to
him. It has been years since he suf-
fered such an overturn, and 1t is pos
sibly not to be wondered at that he
! Is peppery."
Noting that an Indiana man claims
to have successfully organized suf-
f1cently large number Of farmers who
will hold and demand 81 per bushel
for their wheat, the Council Bluffs
Nonpareil pauses to say: Lets see;
a certain Mr. Letter had little ex-
perience along that line once upon a
, time did he not?'
Bourke Cochran, 1t Is rumored, Is to
ing this, the Clinton Herald observes:
THE great orator will now find that
eloquent sophistry may impress an
audience of ordinary people, but 1t will
have no effecfIpon a sensible wife"
The editor of the Grinnell Herald
was astonished to see two prominent
the Iowa legislature stand leaning over
Denny Rally's bar in Des Moines tho
other day in a spirit of perfect har-
| lrlony. Now the interesting ques-
ton" in the opinion Of the Iowa City
Republican. is, how did Editor Ray
come to see this incident"
There seems to the Sioux City Trib-
une, to be a flaw in the theory OF
President King, Of Oberlin college.
that one can love more than one per-
son at time. 1.-THE women's clubs
would seriously object" says the Trib-
une, "as they did when Reed Smoot
was elected to the senate"
1T isn't necessary to have an inves-
tigating committee in Des Moines."
says the Cedar Rapids Republican.
Investigating committees are gener-
, ally jokes, long drawn out and non
conclusive. But If Governor Cummins
knows of any man who has either
given or received money in connection
with legislation in Des Moines, let him
say so.''
ut takes a veteran Of the war of
'61-'65 to adequately express the vir-
tues of man like the late beloved
Col. D. B. Henderson," says the Mason
City Globe Gazette, land he will have
a worthy eulogist in Comrade George
.. Perkins"
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The vinton Eagle observes that
every democratic newspaper in Iowa
is In sympathy with Governor Cum
Minis self imposed campaign for a
fourth term"
Couldn't the governor have boiled
It, down a bit and simply stated that
he was after the nomination because
he wanted it?" asks the Fonda Times
What scampering for the tall
timber there would be-" says the
Manchester Press, "if some Of the
ren who are bowling like coyotes
about the free pass evil were asked to
turn their pockets inside OUT
Whom the gods would destroy they
first prompt to make unfounded and
unjust charges against honorable
o.
The Cedar Rapids Republican says
that the question to be determined in
the Cummins third term contest is
really whether man can succeed in
Iowa politics by fighting his own
party.
ut is a noticeable fact" says the
Atlantic Telegraph that Governor
Cummins In his address at Fort Dodge
paid high tribute to but one of
1owa's senators. He ignored the grand
cid senator from this state who is to-
day the leader Of the senate. Senator
Allison should never be ignored by a
public speaker when reference is MAIDS
to Iowa's two senators in Washington
His name should always come first"
"A big effort is being made in Iowa
just now" observes the Harlan Re-
publican, ITO create the idea that the
name of Roosevelt and Cummins
should always be mentioned In con-
cert There Is one marked difference
between the two men. Roosevelt
promptly announced at the end Of his
first term, which was a partial term
at that that he would under no cir
cumstances be candidate for third.
I Applying the same rule as to partial
terms, Cummins Is now working over
tine to secure a fourth"
I'm 1904" recalls the Cedar Rapids
Republican, "the governor demanded
majority nominations and designated
plurality nominations as q weakness.
In 1906 he demands plurality nominal
tons. The weakness which he saw n
1904 has passed away, and whoever IS
not considered strong for that which
he then looked upon as weak Is an
enemy Of the common people and A
tool Of the money power. What caus-
ed the governor to change his mind 81
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The Des Moines Capital expresses
the hope that II the legislature enacts
a primary law 1t will be in the interest