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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-04-02

in each one, that he was diff1cult
problem to sum up. What always
could be said certainly of himSwas that
always he was the biggest man in any
company of which he was member
Wherever Sam M. Clark sat, there was
the head Of the table. He loved all
knowledge and reveled in 1t, and in that
participation of 1t with other folk
which is the chief joy of the thinker
when he places pen to paper or stands
upon the public platform. Sam Clark
lived long, lived wisely, and was a
great benefaetor Of his kind through
out all of his eminent career as an edi-
tor. 1t would be easy now to find in
the great bulk of his writing whole vol
umes of essays that bear testimony to
the dizziness of his pen end to the rich
sources Of knowledge which character
lied his mind Mr.. Clark is the Iowa
classic, and 1t never Is safe to leave
him out of any estimate to be made of
Iowa men or affairs, provided you wish
to conserve the best and noblest there
is or has been in our prairie life.
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THE GREATEST OF THEM ALL.

Burlington Saturday Evening Post
Judge D.. M. Anderson has been hold
ing district court In Van Buren, county,
and after term at Keosauqua he In
dulges in some rather fine reminis-
cences which are printed in the Abba
Union and other papers, Judge Ander.
son notes the propensity of Van Buren,
county to give birth to great men, It
really is amazingly fruitful in this par
ticular. 1t has furnished a splendid
collection of jurists, statesmen, for
tune builders and captains of industry.
Men who have gone out and measured
themselves against the best and great
est and with no cause to feel abashed
over the results. Judge Anderson emu
merates nearly all of the list, passing
them in brief and sober review, but the
greatest mind OF all to the credit Of
Van Buren, county he has unwittingly
overlooked. This man was a great
journalist, a scholar, a philosopher, a
poet, statesman. He had SO many
sides to his mind and was SO proficient
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-04-02
II WAS ALL A JOKE.

1t has leaked out at last. Mayor Ben
nett Of FIT. Dodge was not suffering
from brain storm WREN he introduced
his now famous ordinance in the coun-
Gil. providing that bachelors and spin
sters between the ages Of Is and 45
must marry or pay fine. He was
merely joking. He says he only per-
mitted the affair to go on fer the bene-
fit of the local correspondents in order
to make their strings" larger at the
end Of the month. The executive Is
weary, he says, of having the fair name
of the city dragged in the mire and he
asks that the newspapers cease their
attacks on the town.
Mayor Bennett should never read
George AIDE or Joe Miller's joke book
again. Such literature goes to his
head.
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HERE'S THE MAN FOR PRESIDENT

New York Tribune.-All this third
term agitation may now be regarded
as at an end since the news has come
that western member of congress
has saved $1,000 out of two years.
salary and allowances. With that
statesman as president, and
his economical methods carried
into every department of the
federal government, the surplus
that would soon roll up would make
Rooseyeltian prosperity look tawdry.
In times Of peace. our warships would
do duty at ferries at every port and net
tidy sum, while the army might be
put to road making with profit. Doubt
less room could be found for few
boarders too, at the White House, and,
If they didn't object to eating at the
second table, the diplomatic represen
tatives of foreign powers would surely
be glad of the opportunity to help out
poor, struggling government by pat
ronizing the place.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-04-02
TEE HoNpuRAN MULE.

Forlorn of ages, can it be
That time repenting Of the past,
Hath tardily accorded thee
Thy due at last?
The heavy burden and the load
The world hath heaped upon thy
t back
Have found reward in cuss and goad Il
And sounding whack.
The horse hath pranced through
rhyme and song
(Een one of wood at Troy got
fame,)
But who hath tried In history long
To boost thy game3 s.
But now across the wires we're told
OF how little thief with burgious
tool
Attacked stable, pinched an old
Hondural- mule.
And how the Nicaraguan who
Purloined that mule unclaimed tia
door
Which freed, although he never knew
The dogs of war. n
So dusky braves shall soak the earth
With brunette gore in many a puol-
And all to demonstrate thy worth,
Illustrious mule!
Philadelphia Ledger.
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Bohemian.
JACK DooLEY FINED.
Pleads Guilty to Charge Of Assault and
Battery in Justice Court.

Pleads Guilty to Charge Of Assault and
Battery in Justice Court.
The case against Jack Dooley,
charged with assault with intent to
commit murder has been dismissed
by Justice Ayres, the
court deciding that there was not sui.
f1cient evidence to mold Dooley. Dool,
ey is the man, who it is claimed made
an attack on Alva Younkin one night
in the latter part of November, with
a club or ak handle. Immediately up.
on the dismissal of the case Dooley
was arrested again on the charge Of
assault and battery. To this charge
he pleaded guilty and was fined by the
court. Attorneys Duke and b. r. Nit
chell conducted the. case for the state
and Davis and Ballard acted for Dool-
ey.
The Gaze of the State VS.. Wayne
Rupe, charged with threatening to
commit a public offense was dismissed
yesterday in Justice G.. B. Melick's
court upon the motion of the attorney
for the prosecuting witness. The
prosecuting witness in the case was
Alva Younkin
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MORE REFORM FOR CITIES.

Cedar Rapids Republican.-The
state senate has passed the measure
known as the Gilliland municipal bill
making radical revision of the meth
DDS OF governing cities and towns.
The measure was introduced at the
instance of the Iowa League of NUM-.
cipalities. 1t Is said that the house
Is sure to adopt 1t and II this pro.
phesy proves true we shall have some
decided changes in city matters wheth.
er government by commission prevails
or not The following is an outline
OF the chief changes contemplated In
the measure:
Increases power for mayors:
Gives him authority to appoint ply.
sician, chief Of police, and, in cities
over 10000, a board of public works
without confirmation. 9
Adds one year to terms of alder.
men whose term expires in 1908.
Prohibits city officials for accept
ing favors from public service corpor.
atoms.
City engineer is made an ex-oficio
member Of the board Of public works,
with vote only in case Of tie.
In cities and town where there is
no police commission the mayor may
appoint policemen.
The mayor is given power to re.
move such officials as he appoints.
Provides for old aldermen from each
ward and two aldermen at large in
cities and for only five aldermen in
towns.
It will be noted in the first place
that the mayor has made the whole
thing practically in the matter of ap.
pointments and 1t is on this point that
there will be much difference of opin-
ion. The claim is often made that
mayors dominate in city matters more
than they should, and though the pow
er OF patronage compel aldermen to
do their bidding to the detriment of
good government. This claim is con.
stantly made in Chicago-and there is
something in it without doubt, On
the other hand a mayor of independent
mind and honest purpose would Ger.
tainly have his power for good increas.
ed by this arrangement. 1t you'll
all depend on the character Of the
man who held the Office of mayor. 1t
is generally conceded that monarchy
may result In an almost ideal govern.
ment If the monarch is all right-but
few there be, In this country at least.
who would care to take the chances
on getting an ideal monarch every
time q
The provisions which prohibit city
officials from accepting favors from
public service corporations, and which
make the city engineer ex-oficio a
member Of the board Of public works
are excellent provisions. Cedar Rap
ids already has the one alderman from
each ward system now and that is Ger.
tainly an improvement over the larger
representation.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-04-02
CONGRESSMAN HEPBURN on
WALL STREET.

Pueblo Chieftain.-Colonel "Pete"
Hepburn, member of Iowa's delega-
ton in congress and one of the spon-
sors of the recent rate law, refuses
to consider seriously the furry in Wall
street of few days ago, Mr.. Hepburn
has evidently kept posted on events
there through the newspaper dis
patches. He has observed that stocks
jumping Jack fashion. But with it
all the colonel refuses to become dis
mayed regarding the future of the
country as result Of the reported loss
of millions through the fluctuations of
these self-same stocks. His views
expressedEin a recent interview are
of more Than passing interest.
"Why, all this railroad stock panic
is not going to cause the country at
large even to sit up and take notice.
Wall street can perform any contor-
lions 1t pleases, and the country will
be perfectly oblivious to its spasms
In fact, Wall street could go to smash
and be wiped off the map, and the
country at large would be affected
in the slightest degree. Wall street
is a very small fraction in the great
big equation Of the country's prosper
ity. In fact, Wall street is merely
allowed to exist through the generos-
ity of the rest of the country. If it
were not for the money the west lends
in Wall street, l wonder where the
much pulled up little district would be
anyhow? You hear some talk every
once in a while about the west need
ing money to move its crops That's
all bosh and nonsense. The west is
today lending Wall street millions
upon millions of dollars at 2 or 211s
per cent
ITO put it plainly and truthfully,
Wall street is of that class which tolls
not and spins not It merely grabs
and the sooner the country becomes
convinced of that fact the better off
the country will be-
Colonel Hepburn does not use
gloves when he holds this conceited
embodiment of predatory wealth up
to the gaze Of the public. His state
ment will go far in helping to remove
the halo that has in the past encircled
Wall street in the minds of unsophis-
ticated' But this is not the first time
Colonel Hepburn has subjected himself
to the criticism and attacks Of the
money interests of the country. When
the rate bill was before congress this
fighting. representative from Iowa was
one Of it's warmest supporters, and
he has little to fear that the Wall
street denizens will be able to injure
him with the residents of his district
or the people of the country.
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pAILlPpINEs MAY De COSTLY.

United States Senator w. ]. Stone
in the course of a speech here recent
ly at the monthly dinner of the Knife
and Fork Club, said:
III we are ever to have serious trou
BILE with any nation, 1t will be with
Japan. Japan wants the Philippines
l am not sure whether 1t would not be
best for all concerned If she should get
them. but one thing is certain, and that
Is she will never get them with our
consent. But We may have trouble in
keeping them. Japan would seize the
archipelago In a week and we could
only send over a big enough fleet to
wipe Japan from the sea. That would
be huge and costly task.-Kansas
City Journal
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BRYAN AND GOOD ROADS.

Philadelphia Inquirer.-At last we
have found Mr., Bryan on platform
which we can heartily endorse When
1T comes to good roads he is sound in
his conclusions, though some of his
premises are tinged with demagogy.
In view of the results of the last ten
years 1t is very tiresome to hear the
perpetual presidential candidate talk
about the poor farmer. If the farmer
is poor now he will never be better of.
He has had ten fat years, and we all
know that as rule he is comparative
ly well OF, far beyond the average man
of the city. But 1t is true that the far
mer ought not to do all the work of
road building, partly because he isn't
able to do SO, and partly because the
benefit is not solely his.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-04-02
SENATOR BAILEY AGAIN.

Senator Bailey of Texas lost much of
the respect the public held for him
through the recent disclosures concern.
ing his relations with Standard Oil,
though in some quarters the feeling re-
mained that the charges had mot been
conclusively proved. But Mr. Bailey
when discussing his chances for the
democratic presidential nomination
makes the assertion that he teaches his
grandchildr their grandfather, who
wore the gray, was eternally right" and
that he would not tear down the por-
trait of Jefferson Davis that hangs in
his home for the presidency Of this ma
ton, he goes to an extreme that will
divorce his few remaining supporters
Speaking at a popular reception ten
dered him at his own town recently,
Senator Bailey said:
II know that I can never be presi-
dent Of this nation, but that is not true
because of anything that they CHS en-
emies) have said or done; it is true be-
cause of things I have said and done
CA voice: You have too much con-
federate blood in your veins.O All,
that is true, my dear Senator Kellie.
In my modest home over there hang
three pictures, the picture of Thomas
Jefferson. the picture of John G. Cal
houn, and the third, the lineal descend
ant and successor of both, Jefferson
Davis. wild applause and cheers.)
know and know 1t as we'll as any
man who lives knows it, that no man
of my generation will ever be elected
president of these United States with
a portrait Of Jefferson Davis hanging
in his home. But, so help me God, my
countrymen, would not take that por-
trait down for the presidency of this
nation. wild continued applause.)
II have no sectional prejudices; I
have never found it in my heart to
hate the soldier that wore the federal
uniform; my grandfather was union
soldier; he fought in the same battles
with my father, who wore the confed-
crate gray: we have no sectional pre-
judice at our house, but wo do have
sectional devotion I do not teach my
boys that their great-grandfathe was
wrong, but do teach them that their
grandfather, who wore the gray, was
eternally right.( Wild applause and
cheers.l"
Commenting on the speech the Des
Moines Register and Leader asks If
the grandfather who wore the gray was
right what was he right about? Ger
tainly, it says, he was not right about
slavery. Not even Senator Bailey dare
defend that.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-04-02
WHICH is a PLAGIARISM

New York Commercial. Asked at
Pittsburg to explain, for the benefit of
the public. in what respect or particu-
lars his own attitude toward the rail-
road companies of the country differs
from that of President Roosevelt or
If his belief in ultimate government
ownership and operation goes any fur
Their than the presidents rock-bottom
convictions, William Jennings Bryan,
editor. farmer, thrifty publicist and
professional '1yceum orator." at
somewhere around $50 minute, in adj
vance, made prompt answer:
Il will not discuss any national is
sues President Roosevelt has express
ed his opinion on these subjects, and
If / did say anything might be charg-
ed with plagiarism
Our one time, "boy orator Of the
Platte and si&seen-to-one evangelist
is far too modest. His modesty
amounts to self negation, to absolute
self efacement. Robbed of his politi-
cal thunder, shorn of his stock in trade,
and conscious of the risk of total loss
tEat he daily encounters In needlessly
exposing his roll" Of radical texts, he
still has no formal charge to make
against a suspect known to have some
of the goods on him" and he angeli-
cally refrains from making any com
ment on the circumstances through a
fear that he might become the object
of counter charge for having laid
violent hands on his own stolen prop
erty.
sociologists, apatomists, aeronauts
and Pullman car porters should watch
Mr.. Bryan closely. He may sprout
wings any day and fly off the earth In
search of the noble army of martyrs
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-04-02
WARS STARTED BY TRIPLES.

Philadelphia Press. Countries get
ready to fight. Grudges accumulate,
principles are arrayed on each side and
each puts chip on its shoulder. To
dislodge it only requires trifling In
cident. Not many wars have had the
spectacular prelude which went with
Americas whirl with Spain. The des-
truction of the Maine sent a flame
rushing over the country which nothing
but avenged deaths could put out. 1t
was Hike the immortal shot fired at
Concord bridge. But for every inter-
national war that has had such thun-
derous introduction, a dozen have been
set off by the merest trifle.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-04-02
SENATOR TELLER MoURNs.

Senator Teller of Colorado is grow.
ing anxious about his seat. Two years
from now his term will expire, and he
fears that another than Teller will be
sent to Washington So deep is his
anxiety that it moved MIN to tears
when addressing conference of party
leaders in Colorado recently as he lie,
nounced what he termed the ''shame
of Colorado In selling seat in the
United States senate to Simon Gug.
genheim, head of the smelter com.
bine." Referring to the recent cleo.
ton Of Guggenheim to the senate Mr.
Teller said:
We have sold the great Office that
l have felt nonored to hold-sold it
for money. That ought to make every
honest man ashamed. No party ties
has created such indignation and criti.
cism all over the country. Two years
from now you will repeat the sale un
less the state is then democratic
state. You will again sell a senator.
ship, perhaps to some man who has
merely been fortunate enough to dis.
cover rich mine. Awaken the honest
republicans to the enormity of such a
crime as selling senatorship and
we can carry the state, for there are
many honest republicans who are dis.
gusted."
The burden of the senator's talk is
that if the people can be awakened
to the enormity of the Crime we can
carry the state" and if 1--WE" carry
the state Senator Teller will be re,
turned.
Mr.. Teller's apprehension is not
shared in Colorado, at least not by
the great majority. Neither is it ad.
mitted that there has been a crime
that the senatorship was sold. Gug-
genheim spent money in his campaign
for the senatorship, most men seek,
ing Office do. For instance ne gave
$4,000 to build mining building at
the State School of Mines. But when
the minority talk of the crime of buy.
ing a seat in the senate the people are
inclined to smile as they remember
how few years ago that Thomas M
Patterson when stung by the senator,
ial bee bought the election by pur.
chasing two of the four daily papers
in Denver and tnen by self aggrandizes
nent and abuse of the other canii.
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a RoosEvELJ STORY.

Atlantic Monthly. One night in
camp he told us the story Of one of his
Rough Riders who had just written to
him from some place In Arizona. The
Rough Riders. wherever they are now,
look to him in time Of trouble. This
one had come to grief in Arizona. He
was in jail. So he wrote the President
and his letter ran something like this:
Dear Colonel am in trouble. l
shot lady In the eye, but I did not
intend to hit the lady; was shooting
at my wife"
And the presidential laughter rang
out oyer the treetops. To another
Rough Rider. who was in jail, accused
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-04-02
TREE WORTH FORTUNE.

Detroit News Tribune.-M. Gale,
north of Yakima, Wash, has freak in
the way of a peach tree that may be
the means of bringing him fortune
1t is understood he has been offered
$16,0 900 for his place on account of this
fruit and has already refused $4,000 for
one tree. The variety of the peach Is
not known, but it is new one entire
ly, which came as the result of pol
lenizing a peach with the flower Of an
apricot. The fruit grown on this tree
is said to be sweet. The fruit ripens
and is gone by June /. Gale got the
fruit in Il shipment of peach trees and
from one plant he has budded other
trees.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-04-02
A BAD BREAK.

Sioux Falls Argus-Leader.- In de.
,claring that both the senators from
Michigan are tools Of the corpora
tions'' Senator La Toilette was guilty
not only Of very bad manners, but also
of telling an untruth. Senator Smith
says 1t is a downright lie" and the
historical senator from Wisconsin has
thus made two more lifelong enemies,
and has done SO without doing any
body any good. A man who talks so
much as doessLa Toilette and with so
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-04-02
WILL FINISH DOCKET.
Court in Session at Alhia--case Of
Mltenburger We Kinder q Coons.

Abba, May 3o-Judge vermilion
was at Abba yesterday hearing the ar
guments Of the attorneys in the case
.of Miltenburger VS. Kinder & Cooins
for violation of injunction. The EVIL
dence. was submitted at tho regular
ments were not heard. Judge D. M.
Anderson will finish the docket to-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Humeston re-
turned this week to their home In Ok
lahoma, after several days visit here
with relatives and friends.
c.. A. Barthalow, civil engineer on
the Waterworks, and Mrs. BarthGlow,
went to Yaless yesterday morning to
spend Easter at the Barthalow home
Mrs. Barthalow will not return, but
Mr. Barthalow will come back and re-
main until the waterworks have been
thoroughly tested and accepted by the
city council.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Hunter haye
returned from Moulton, where they
were attending the funeral Of Mrs.
Hunters father, John Russell.
The 8. U. l. alumni at Abba held
day evening to meet DR. Horack Of the
political science department at the
university, who Is one of the instruct-
or sat the normal.
Rev. William Porter Is at Wash
ington assisting Rev. Massey Of the
Associate Presbyterian church in the
communion services.
Mrs. Mitchell of Drake university
gave highly instructive lecture lat
the institute yesterday afternoon ION
the subject of Cup to the Highlands,
F. D. Everett was called to Bloom
field yesterday in answer to SUM
mons from his mother.
Ralph Mason was business visitor
at Loyilia yesterday
DR.. Horack visited his work at the
institute nd left for Iowa City yester-
day.
J. T. Davenport was business vis-
itor here Friday.
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TOO MUCH FoR HARTMAN.

. Kansas City Star.--Regardless ofthe
ban placed upon him by Mr. Hartman,
stuyvesant Fish is again rising in the
railroad world. Keeping down a man
whose wife gives the sort Of dinners
which Mrs. Fish is famous for Is rather
more of Job than even wizard" is
equal to.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-04-02
PURIFYING THE JUDICIARY.

New York Tribune.-The passage
by the assembly of a bill prohibiting
our municipal court judges and city
magistrates from engaging actively in
politics as leaders and delegates will
be welcomed as a step toward ending
a public abuse. Judges should avoid
the hurly bruly of partisan activity,
and the spectacle of magistrate
marching atthe head of ward or dis
trict club is neither edifying or becom-
Ing. This is an age of specialization,
and when politician becomes a judge
he should cease to be politician.
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PRAISE FOR CLARK.

Keokuk Gate City.-The Wash
Ing Press has only words of praise for
Frank Clark of Ottumwa, the new
United States marshal for southern
Iowa. He is druggist by occupation
and a good fellow. I'm the precon.
yention campaign" says the Press.
The was a standpatter to stand still"
This is high compliment and 1t is
fortified by the declaration that "lf
you ever knew Clark you can't help
but like him." Mr.. Clark Is obviously
all right.