Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-03-30

fight the Democrats as soon as they
would the Republicans IL the Demo-
Gratis opposed them.
You hear a great cry about tho
bookkeeping going on. If thirty OF
forty men were out here stealing in
plain day light every day they would
be arrested. Ii there are thirty or
forty boot-leggers here, where are our
policemen? It's not their fault. Don't
blame them for it all. With very few
excel tons | can take this present poll
lice force and keep this town clean.
They'd love to do 1t themselves, but
they have their orders. The respon-
sibility rests with the man who says
You enforce the law or I'll take off
your stars"
Foster says "Rats."
| Upon being called for, T. d. Foster
arose and addressed a very few words
to the audience. He dwelt upon the
Importance of electing aldermen along
with Capt. Emery who would help him
In the policy, he has undertaken Mr..
Foster referred to the article In last
evenings Courier which showed Judge
Kirby's figures of moneys received
from licensed law-breakers
Every man that helped elect this
administration helped bring about that
| awful showing OF the sale of morals
and crime for money" Mr.. Foster said
! AS sure as there was the downfall of
oouoin ana CoNlOTTan, OF greece ana
Athens SO shall we run into @ condi-
ton that shall be disgrace not only
| to the city but to the state.
Rats! ] say rats because / want
| you to show me rat that ever walked
back into n trap after 1t had caught
| him once! LobBters! Why lobster?
A lobster will keep crawling back into
the flsherman's trap after being
thrown out numberfess times for be-
ing too small. After while the lobster
| has grown large enough and crawls
into the trap again and Is kept and
Looked. Men OF Ottumwa, let's don't
walk back in this trap again or they'll
| get us and hang on to u.s."
Emery Urges Work.
Capt. Emery addressed few words
\ to the audience, urging every man To
| get out and work between now and
Monday. II don't want to be elected
mayor of your city unless you give me
! aldermen to support me-" said Mr.
Emery. AS mayor l can do but lit
| tie, without aldermen who are in sym
| pathy with the movement"
/ j. *. Dysart was the last speaker
and said only few words. He renter
ated what had been said by the pre-
ceding speakers and expressed his In
dorsement of their views
Local Bank Figures.
In his introduction, Capt. Hutchin-
son took occasion to speak of actual
4 bank conditions in Ottumwa which
/ We're revelation to many of the yot-
ers at the meeting
II have the exact figures here of
four banks. SO far as they refer to
their savings deposits said the cap
tain, showing the increase In Deposit
ors since December % to the present
i time as compared with the number of
depositors they had during the three
months prior to the 22nd day of De-
cember when the saloons were closed
by q petition. From the other three
banks I did not have time to secure
the increase, but doubtless the Same
proportion will be shown in each OF
the other banks
"One bank shows gain of 100 de-
positors In that time, another shows O
gain of 81 depositors In that time. an
other shows q gain of 80 depositors in
that time, and still another gain Of
30 depositors-rnaking total gain of
ESQ savings bank depositors.
This says nothing about some of
the temporary accounts in each Of
the banks which have come and gone
by means of persons depositing money
for a few days, with which to transact
business. and then withdrawing it,
every business man will understand
, this and how 1t occurs.
This is simply. 1t is believed, a
i. proof of what the closing of the sa-
, looms is doing for the man who saves
his money to put 1t in the savings
, banks"