Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-08-20
Editor Courier

notice that some of our friends
who think they are republicans say
they will vote for the terrible Teddy.
They think the terrible Teddy will get
elected-almost. But they think one
Woodrow fill beat him to it by just
about the length Of one Missouri mule.
They think that William Howard, oW'
ing to his excessive weight both as to
avoirdupois, and also that he has re-
fused to cast away his honor, integ.
rity, habit Of fair dealing, thought and
honesty, all of which seems to nam.
per man in a race OF this kind, VIII
finish sour third. They think they
want the terrible Teddy, but think
that If they can't get him, which ol
course they can't, that they ike
Woodrow the best anyhow. Ihey
think that they are not afraid that
Woodrow will carry us back to the
good old times of '92 and '96, IT you
confounded newspaper men Will only
keep your mouths shut and not 60
hollering round. When the demo wipe
the last vestige of the robber tarln
from the statute books, wipe out the
tariff commission, wipe out the civil
service system, remodel the currency
system, kick up row with England,
Russia and Japan, but refuse to ap
ropriate any money for the protec.
ton OF our coast and the Panama
canal, and perform few other gym.
nastics, they think that the sea Will
still be smooth and that the grand ola
ship of state will continue to glide
along as serenely as she would If the
old tried and trusty pilot were at the
helm, If only you newspaper men don't
20 hollering it round, all OF which is
very interesting.
But we rise to remark that for the
last three years there has been
whole lot of newspaper and
whole lot of cheap lingo tin horn
statesmen hollering, barking and
Swapping at the heels Of the present
administration, and we can't discover
that with all of their yelping they
have affected our present prosperity
in the least. But of course as the
darky says that's different"
But why should anyone want . q
change? We are having very good
times and have had for some time. We
have very bright prospect for con-
tinuance Of good times and all we need
to do is to continue to have our laws
administered by safe, sane and honest
representatives Of the people. But the
terrible Teddy, undisputed and un-
riva1ed king Of all the tribes and de-
scendants Of old Ananias wants to be
king and dictator here below; and
in his mad and drunken craze for
power he has proved himself to be
one Of the most colossal and monu-
mental specimens OF unbridled egot-
ism. bigotry, insincerity, hypocrisy
and falsehood that 1t has ever been
the misfortune Of the American peo-
pie to have to gaze upon. False to
his pledged word, false to all sense
Of honor; false to his friends; false
to the party that made him; false to
his country, he stops at nothing in his
blind fury that he thinks can wiring
him votes from any corner. Yes, we
are lust like some others. We would
rather see Woodrow elected than King
Ananias. Yes, we would rather see
even that poor old sot OF Debs: yes,
even his satanic majesty himself
would be preferable to this once re-
spected but now fallen hero of San
Juan. Almost before we would fall
down and worship at the throne Of
this aggregation of falsehood, hypoc-
risy, insincerity and double dealing:
before we would bow the knee and
kiss the big toe OF this colossal ag-
gregation that claims to have gone in
to partnership with God Almighty.
with himself at the head of the firm,
we Woukd rather become heather