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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-29
A COMPARISON.

On October "a, 1896, the following
prices were paid for corn on the OF
tumwa and Chicago markets:
OLtumWa ......... LIZ
Chicago ...........I 10 10 zoc
The factories were not running:
On, September "a, 1912, the follow
ing prices were paid for corn:
OttumWa ..... 80. oVS
Chicago ..:......;.....S..,; 81 TO 6Sc
The factories are running ,f b
!. There u.s. the same difference be-
tween the prices paid for cattle and
hogs today as compared with those
lean years in which 1896 is included.
These figures are not given In a
partisan spirit. They are given as
historical facts. as an evidence that
there can be no reason why anyone
should want to 60 back to the. low
price level of 1893 to 1896 when the
farmers offered their produce for sale
at one-third the price they get today
and then could not flnd a market be-
cause the factories were not working
and the people did, not have the
money to buy the farmers product
at any price.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-29

work can be done in a city than in
the country The country districts are
sure to suffer under such an arrange
ment.
st. Louis, Kansas City and st. Joe
would absolutely dominate Missouri
Under such a plan the river cities and
Des Moines would legislate for Iowa
It is a scheme that would positively
work against the rule of the majority
1t is in favor of the city and against
the country.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-29
RUNAWAYS ARE
ARRESTED HERE

Two Youngsters Of twelve years Of
ape Who gave their names as Teddy
Mccoy and Howard Gear and their
homes in Des .Moines were arrested on
Monday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock at the
union station when they stepped from
the east bound Rock Island passenger.
The youngsters are contentedly con-
fined in the city jail and will be held
until their parents arrive. The boys left
their homes yesterday morning for
school and when they did not return
for dinner the parents became uneasy
and notified the police. A search was
made for them and it was discovered
that they had purchased tickets for OF
tumwa. The lads stated this morning
that they came to this city to visit with
an aunt.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-29

V0lC out In the campaign LOT inc uOHl-
nation. but who refused to follow him
in a bolt from the republican party,
and of Ormsby McHarg, the man who
brought most of the contests for the
Roosevelt managers, but Is now sup
porting Taft. disposes Of the claim of
fraud. This cry Of fraud" by the
way, was only useful as means of
giving an excuse for the Roosevelt
bolt. There was no attempt to prove
the assertion that Taft had not been
fairly nominated and when men who
had been Roosevelt followers In the
convention took the Taft side after
the nomination had been made and
gave their testimony as to the dele
gate contests, the Roosevelt forces
practically dropped the question as an
issue, as 1t had served its purpose IN
giving Roosevelt an excuse to run,
and turned to other issues.
The fact that Gov. Hadley Is sup
porting President Taft in this cam
paign is a blow to Roosevelt's hopes.
Gov. Hadley was the Roosevelt floor
leader at the Chicago convention. He
argued the Roosevelt contests IN the
convention. But Gov. Hadley realized
that the method of selecting delegates
to the Chicago convention was the
same that has been followed since
Lincoln was nominated. He opposed
that method, particularly that of CIV
ing so much power to the southern
delegations from states that never
cast a republican electoral vote. Many
other Taft supporters firmly believe
that this system is wrong, but they
=
Is no justice in opposing President
Taft, the nominee Of the Chicago con-
vention, because of any faults IN the
methods of selecting delegates to
that convention, when those metnods
were adopted by the party years ago
and had been followed at all national
conventions. President Taft had no
part in securing the adoption OF such
methods of apportioning delegates to
the convention and there can be no
Justice in attacking his nomination
when the fault lies, If there is fault
in the convention procedure for which
all the political parties are to blame.
as all follow the same methods.
Gov, Deneen's decision to support
President Taft, after supporting
Roosevelt for the nomination In the
convention is an added vindfcation OF
Taft's claim to reelection. Governor
Deneen has openly declared that
Roosevelt never had a chance OF So
curing the nomination at Chicago;
has stated Roosevelt admitted to him
that he (Roosevelt) only felt there
was merit in mere handful OF the
contests, and finally took the position
when he came ont for Taft that
Roosevelt could not ask republicans
to follow him in a bolt from the re-
publican party when there was no pa
sis for such bolt except that Roose'
Welt did not get the nomination by
the republican convention at chi
cago. @
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-29
THE COUNTY DEBT.

In statement in yesterdays Cour-
Ter, Supervisors Hall and Patterson
say that at the present rate the coun.
ty will be out of debt in fourteen years,
The official statement Of the county
auditor for this year shows that the
county debt has increased at the rate
|of s65,OO0 year for the last three
years. While Messrs. Hall and Patter-
son have not been In Office during all
that increase, the part Of their state
ment referred to, lacks nearly a mil.
lion dollars of being correct
4 the county debt should increase
each year at the rate 1t has increased
for the past three years, In fourteen
years it would amount to over million
dollars.
When you are offered anything free
contemporary advises, look for the
string
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-29
M'coRD FOR CONGRESS.

M. A. McCord, the candidate fol
congress on the republican ticket, Is
one OF the youngest soldiers of the
civil war. He has been resident OF
Jasper county for many years and has
made his own way in life. He is one
of those rugged, sterling characters
that are always value to any com.
munity where they are found
straight, honest and at all times ready
to speak his convictions and do his
best to live up to them. He is man
who will appreciate the votes cast for
him and if elected to congress will do
what he believes is right at all times
irrespective of any effect 1t may have
on his political fortunes.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-29
SAINT KIRKPATRICK SHOULD NOT
BE ELECTED,

The constitution of the United
States says that a man cannot be a
in congress unless he
Is an inhabitant of the state in which
he is elected. ls
Mr. Kirkpatrick is not an 'inhabitant
of Iowa because he does not live in
this state and has not lived in it for
many years. Furthermore, he does
not intend to live in Iowa. His home
is in North Carolina.
1t is almost unbelievable that a man
will try to get himself elected to a
national Office, when he knows that his
election would be in direct violation
of the constitution which he would
have to take oath to uphold. Most
certainly the people of Iowa do not
want a man of that kind representing
them in congress-: The constitution
of the United States would have to be
violated to seat him IL elected.
Mr.. Kirkpatrick does not seem to
have any faith in Iowa. He buys
property in North Carolina, but not in
Iowa. He buys property in st. Louis,
but not in Iowa. Why is it that he is
prejudiced against this state?
Mr.. Kirkpatrick takes an active in
terest in local politics in his home
town Of Greensboro, N. c. That is his
privilege, but If he wants to run for
congress-, why does he have to go
1900 miles away from his home to do
SO? There are democrats who do live
in this state and district, who are as
we'll qualified to represent this district
as he is. '-t.- ,l,r
People in his home town write here
that they were utterly astonished to
hear Kirkpatrick was nominated for
Office in Iowa."
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-29

THE INITIATIVE AND REFER.
ENpUM IS BAD FOR THE SMALL
TOWN AND FARMING DISTRICT.
One OF the most vicious features Of
Roosevelt's platform is the so-called
initiative" s..r ~.
It is always difficult to get people in
terested sufficiently to vote on meas
ures that are submitted to them at an
election. Only few. pay any attention
n a question that is left to them to
settle by ballot. They will vote for the
men, but will throw away or ignore
the proposition that is submitted on
! separate ballot. The biennial cleo
ton law was adopted in this state
not by a majority, but by default. 1t
received a majority of the votes cast
for and against it, but only small
per cent Of the voters at the election
at which it was submitted paid any at
tention to it at all.
That is one of the factors that
makes the initiative" a dangerous
.pyoposition. The adoption Of such a
scheme would place the people OF
states that have large cities at the
mercy OF the scheming, demagogic ele-
ment OF those cities. For illustration:
Certain interests in Chicago, Peoria,
and Springfield, Illinois, may want GER
tain legislation. They could in a quiet
half.hidden manner, start their propo-
sition. carry it through the necessary
channels to have it referred to the peo-
plo. not five per cent of whom would
nav any attention to it. A few days be-
fore election they would get their or.
eanization at work, and, being in big
centers of population, they could soon
have a force working that would carry
their measure through by safe ma
jority. .
Men in the big cities can meet and
organize in greater numbers than is
possible in the smaller towns and
i Z Il Z Z - = /. i. q ~
farming dis....cts. Much more personal
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-29
When Did He Changer

Des Moines Capital: Some maya
zine writer has provided long-wind-
ed article showing when Theodore
Roosevelt began to change his views
and to realize the necessity Of q
new party. The date is given as the
time the colonel was governor Of New
York. There must be something wrong
here somewhere, for it is only two
years ago that the colonel gave q
warm endorsement of President TAFT
and less time ago than that in which
in a letter to a Pittsburgh editor he
gave assurance that his own nomina
ton would be "a national calamity
It seems SO hard to keep history
straight these days!
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-29
DON'T DROP A WRENCH IN THE
CYLINDER, hE

The merchant, manufacturer, farm
.er and workingmen are now all getting
along in a successful and substantial
manner-all are more prosperous than
ever before-all are enjoying good
return for their effort. All depart
ments are running smoothly and
swiftly.
Don't drop a wrench in the cylinder.
Present conditions are too good to
take any chances of change.
Vote for President Taft and keep the
wheels humming.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-29

historian, for statement Of the demo-
cratic menace to prosperity and a
testimonial to the efficacy Of the re-
publican remedy.
Twenty years later the nation again
stands where 1t stood In 1892, and the
question again confronts 1t:
"Shall we bankrupt prosperity"
II the nation listens to Woodrow
Wilson, historian, instead Of Woodrow
Wilson, candidate. 1t will answer most
emphatically:
NNotS
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-29
WOODROW WILSON ON DEMO-
CRATIC HARD TIMES OF 1895.

Orators who paint for us the golden
prospects of low tariff pass with haste
over the tariff tinkering that brought
upon this nation the lean years Of 1893
to 1896.
The reason is that that is a tender
spot with the democratic party, bit
of history to be avoided, bitter
memory to be suppressed, in these
DAYS Of prosperity. No democrat will
Iinger on the recollection OF starva-
ton and souphouses, Of the silent mills
and the cold furnaces, that made those
years desolate waste In our national
life. No campaign spellbinder who
seeks to extol. the virtues OF demo
cratic candidates is intrepid enough
to point with pride" to the demo.
cratic record Of suffering and despair
Woodrow Wilson, candidate, Is no
Drawer than his followers, In this be.
half. No exultant paeans OF praise
ring from his scholarly lips to win
votes by revealing that record Of demo
cratic achievement. Woodrow Wilson,
candidate, is silent-eloquently silent
on the history of those hungry years.
woodrow Wilson, however, was not
always candidate. There was q
time when Mr.. Wilson could remem-
her those years, and speak vividly of
their desolation and their despair.
This is his description Of those fatal
democratic years from 1893 to 1895,
as he wrote of them in his History
of the American People" (vol. ", PIP
1850:
"A great poverty and depression had
come upon the western mining regions
and upon the agricultural region OF
the west and south. Prices had
fallen. =" Men Of the poorer sort
were idle everywhere, and filed with
a sort Of despair. All of the larger
cities and manufacturing towns teemed
with unemployed workingmen, who
were with the utmost difficulty kept
from starvation by the systematic
efforts Of organized charity"
And in succeeding paragraph OF his
history he paid this tribute to the
resuscitating powers Of republican ma
tional. administration:
mot until the year 1897, when the
republican administration came in, did
Il the crisis seem to be past.
So We appeal from Woodrow VIII
son, candidate, to Woodrow Wilson
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-29
Lower Prices.

Nav York Tribune: The prosperity
!. ataLa in this election is not merely
,o,,;ra1 If industry is not threatened
thara will not only be more employ
nnart fnr. the people, but their wages
will buy more than thehy nave oou Isa.
IN recent years. Big crops nave q. go
brought check to the aoVance ~ -.
cost OF living, and Preslaent -.
with the statistics prepared W ny y
secretary of agriculture before MIN, 10
ahle TO announce. the belief tnaA mo
inward tendency is at an END. Govern
ment estimates show that the mouse
hold bills OF the nation Will pc 4ouV,-
600 900 lower this year than last. rlo o'l
10 already 80 cents barrel lower AZ me
Mills than it was year ago. record
corn crop and the CONSEQUENT loWer
nrice for that cereal is expected 70
hr;ng cheaper meat. Potatoes are 50
n,uch more plentiful than they We're
last year that the consumers VIII save
emo 900 900 on them in the coure OF
the year. !. - !. a,.-
tnrh the confidence of business, Inc
wage earners Of the country Will soon
he more generally employed and at
"a time when their money VIII 80
further than it has gone In recent
Years. Thus 1t is a very real prosperity
that is threatened by the uncertainty
which will prevail IL the democratic
party is placed in power and begins
It's work of destroying the protection
which American industries enjoy.
with the cost Of living coming down,
the one element OF weakness IN the
economic situation Is clearing up.
Lower prices, which seem at last In
sight, will afford a sound basis ZOE
lasting prosperity
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-29

longer considered fashionable to blow on soup for
the purpose of cooling it. hence sensitive guest can
take his choice of being scalded with considerable
pungency waiting until everybody has begun to figure
whether the next course will be veal loaf or fish.
Another fad which has gone out of style Is the habit
breaking crackers into One Of the most flesh
creeping experiences in the world is to indulge in this
practice with great deberation then discover that
everybody else is holding up slim wafer, with the
little finger stuck out at angle of fortyfve> degrees
social parah and is overlooked at the next function
Soup Is made Of anything which happens to be in the
house. and is usually diluted at the ratio OF 1 to l. The
most popular variety is consomme which Is the thin
nest soup on record drink several bowls
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-29
PRESENT CONDITIONS SUIT HIM.

PRESENT CONDITIONS SUIT HIM.
A school teacher in Missouri, get
ting the attention Of the pupils, asked:
who can tell me the name Of the
president Of the United States?
No one answered. s..
Again she asked.
who is president of the United
States?"
No one answered, and she finally
spoke to one of the boys and said.
James when you go home after
school, ask your father who is presi-
dent of this country and tell us when
you come to school tomorrow.
on the scene, carelessly took his
accustomed seat. School was called to
order and the teacher said.
James, did you ask your father who
Is PRESIDENT"
"Yesum.'' & 49,. -
What did he say?"
"He said he didn't know, and he
didn't care durn as long as he could
sell mules for 5000 and cows for 500
and hogs for $780,"
If Roosevelt or Wilson. with their
wild schemes and tariff ripping ideas
get into the presidential chair. the
gentleman will not get 5000 for his
mules or $50 for his hogs. He didn'l
get those prices in 1896, nor in 1907
when Roosevelt for q few months
turned the government over to the
Wall street interests, for the benefit OF
the U. S. Steel Co., and the copper
ings in their fight against F. Augustus
Heinze. t
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-29
Tact HONESTLY NOMINATED.

It must be apparent to all fair oh.
servers that one of the claims upon
which Roosevelt based his candidacy
has been fully disproved. This is the
assertion that President Taft was not
honestly nominated at the Chicago
convention. The testimony of Gov
Hadley and Gov. Deneen, two of the
seven governors who brought Roose
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-29
WILSON FEARS NEW YORK

WILSON tENH0 NE" SSNN
st. Louis Globe Democrat: The mum
Der and the earnestness OF the Appeals
which the democrats are making Tor
the support Of the state of New YORK
are significant They realize that the
current is against them there. Prof.
Wilson has already made several ad'
dresses in New York City. BY an ar
rangement announced yesterday ne is
to speak in Madison Square Garden
on Saturday, November 2, In what is
intended to be a"monster mass meet,
ing" Moreover, extracts from that
speech are to be telegraphed to spell,
binders all over the country, to De
read at meetings which are to take
place on that day This affair in New
York City is to be general close OF
the democratic campaign.
! Not in twenty years have the
democrats been so fearful OF the al
titude OF New York as they nave
been in the present campaign. Ihey
have cause to dread the outcome IN
that state. Not since 1892 has that
state been carried by democratic
presidential candidate. Cleveland won
It in that year, but Bryan, IN each OF
his three campaigns, was far behind
in it, Even Parker, New York's demo
cratic favorite son, who polled a
larger vote in that state than was
ever polled by any other democratic
presidential nominee, before or since
was beaten there by 175.000. The re
publican lead for president in New
York in 1908 was 100000. Although
Dix carried New York for governor In
1910, he did It only through the failure
OF republicans to go to the polls. Dix's
vote was exceeded several times by
democratic gubernatorial candidates
who failed Of election. Thus this soil
|tary democratic. victory In a year II
which more than 100000 republican,
deliberately absented themselves from
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-29

Governor Hadley OF Missouri, who
was given such hearty reception
here Yesterday, declares that Presi-
dent Taft needs four years more IN
the white house to carry on the able
administration he has given the peo'
ple, and that he needs republican
congress to pass the reform legislation
he has urged.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-29
SOME RADISH
(. Mascheck Presents Courier With
Japanese Radish; Weight Nine
0ound8

e. Mascheck, 923 North Green street
has presented to the Courier a Japan
ESQ radish which is without doubt
the largest grown in Wapello county
this year. The radish measures over
twenty-five inches in length and
weighs nine pounds. The radish IS on
display in the Courier windows.
THE ISSUE IN THIS CAMPAIGN.
There is only one question that the
voters need consider in this coming
election. There have been arguments
Of every character concerning the can.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-29

losing interest the The most
time after be introduced The Of living
deter mined
distant reati four clip
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-29
Sidewalk Sketches
BY Howard L. Ram
S o u p.

Soup an apology for food which people toy with while waiting tor the
who know when is time to ring off, Soup is po
tied neatly about Its Each nghbor has her
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-29
Press Comment.
rAFTs GROWING POPULARITY

Des Moines Capital: The political
pendulum is steadily swinging toward
President Taft. Nothing can be more
plainly discernible to the careful stu.
dent of political affairs. The feeling
Of unrest and doubt so prevalent two
months ago Is giving place to a sense
Of security and satisfaction. The coun-
try is enjoying an unprecedented era
Of prosperity. Crops are phenomenally
bountiful The banks are full OF idle
money. The timidity on the part OF
capital which usually marks presi-
dental year is not discernible. The
|stock markets are steady, Great I'M
provements are being made in all parts
of the country. Money is seeking
every available avenue Of employment.
Labor is in great demand and good
wages prevail Under these conditions
wise men are asking: why change
political parties?"
Party changes are invariably fol-
lowed by business depression. After
all, political parties are simply crea'
lures Of the people--mere machinery
by means Of which public affairs may
be handled. The demand for political
changes usually comes largely from
the office seekers. The great mass OF
voters, left to Its own way Of think.
ling, cares not who holds Offices II the
country's affairs are ably and honestly
administered.
The reelection of President Taft
will mean continuation OF present
prosperous conditions. It will mean
an end to tariff disturbances. Presi
dent Taft's policy Is saving the tax
payers of the United States sixty.five
millions of dollars year. Our foreign
trade Is greater than ever before IN
the history Of the country. This means
good times.
The laboring men are thinking
There are some who can be controlled
by leaders who thrive on political tur
moil, but the rank and file of the great
TIN bucket brigade Is satisfied to leave
we'll enough alone. There may be
some industrial disturbances, but 9
change in party management will not
settle them.
And how about Iowa? That Presi
dent Taft will receive the electoral
vote of this state Is an opinion that Is
rapidly shaping in the minds Of the
majority. The farmers and the wage
earners will see to that. This Is not
a good year for personal campaign
Principles are paramount. The homes
and the hearts Of the people are full
of plenty and peace. Politics do not
sway the voters as they have in the
past. The dominant idea today is that
of true citizenship regardless Of the
wishes of ambitious Office seekers. For
this reason the average voter is in.
clined to leave we'll enough alone and
allow the ship Of state to move steadily
along through unruffled waters.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-29

County Iiekovs
For Representatives.
W. w. EPPS
FRANK SHANE.
For Auditor,
ALBERT BLUHM.
For Treasurer.
A. A. LEWIS.
For Recorder,
]. c. POULTON.
For Clerk, p
- FRANKT. LYNCH. 2
For Sheriff, !
Z, II. W. MICHAEL
"A For Attorney.
Fl W. A. WORK. y
{ For Superintendent,
f! JOSEPH PARKS.
i For Coroner.
DIR. q. A. SHEAFE.
For Supervisor (191s).
c. Z. NORTON.
For Supervisor (1s14).
g. l. NYE
Township Ticket.
For Justice Of the Peace,
w. J. BERRY
H. c. NOSLER.
For Constable,
JOHN e. CHRISTIE
CLARENCE CRAWLEY.