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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-07
CITIES AND THE COMMISSION.

The success Of the commission plan
|of city government, for the adoption
|of which a campaign will soon be
started in Ottumwa, has been demon
strated in the smaller cities. Des
Moines, Burlington, Cedar Rapids and
Sioux City are enthusiastic in praise
LOT the results achieved since the sys-
tenn was adopted. Larger cities IN
other states that have adopted the plan
have found is satisfactory. The
largest city now enrolled IN the list
of commission governed cities is New
Orleans and in that city the system
has not as yet been given trial be-
cause 1t was only recently adopted.
Other large cities are watching the re-
suit in New Orleans, however, as IS
indicated by the following editorial
comment in the Chicago Record
Herald: 1@
"By a large majority the voters OF
New Orleans have decided to have
commission form Of government COUP
lied within the initiative and referen-
dunn. The change is noteworthy be-
cause the city is the largest that has
yet adopted the commission plan. In
1910 It had population Of 339,075.
Oakland, Cal, which heretofore has
been the largest commission governed
city in the United States, in the same
year had 15O,174 population.
AT the beginning of this year 2O6
cities, in thirty-four states, had adopt
ed this form Of local government.
Those besides Oakland having more
than 100000 population each are
Lowell, Mass, Birmingham, Ala, Mem
|phis, Tenn, Omaha, Neb., and Spokane,
Wash.
I'm the eleven years since the be-
ginning Of commission government at
Galveston, Texas, it has found much
favor. 1t concentrates responsibility
and authority, and much of the mis-
government of American cities has
come from divided responsibility and
authority The objections that have
been raised to it are based on the
practical diff Guilty Of selecting by
popular vote few men to whom broad
executive and legislative powers may
safely and profitably be intrusted.
"The country will watch with much
interest the progress Of commission
government in New Orleans. That
city has had it's share of the evils in
herent in. government by and for poll
ticians and the success OF the COM
mission form in it may mean much for
other large. cities" s
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-07
SENATOR cUMMiNs BOLTS.

Senator Cummins has issued state
ment In which he says he will bolt
the head of the republican ticket and
rote for Roosevelt for president There
Il no question as to the right OF any
citizen to cast his ballot for whomso.
ever he chooses, but II a United States
senator. who has been elevated to that
high Office by the republican voters,
bolts the party's presidential nominee,
ha certainly should not consider him
self entitled to retain the Office that
was the gift of that party. No man
shnuld hold office in one party and
vote for the candidates of another
party.
the republican candidate for president
Mt national convention Of the party
which was organized and conducted az
all republican national conventions of
the past have been. An attempt was
made by Theodore Roosevelt to secure
the nomination in that convention.
Failing in that Roosevelt bclted the
party and organized new party,
which. he has said again and again,
is a distinct new party that has no
connection whatever with either the
republican or democratic parties In
his Vermont campaign last week
Roosevelt implicitly stated that his
party was not the progressive re-
publican party but brand new
party" Senator Cummins' statement
that the existence of the party de.
ponds upon the defeat of President
Taft. the republican nominee, and the
election OF Roosevelt, who Is attempt.
Ing rule or ruin. is the very opposite
Of the facts.
Senator Cummins has the right to
support Roosevelt or Wilson or Debs
< Re r. desixsA But the people who
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-07
Livestock and Babies.

Mason City Times: Just to prove
to other states in the union that Iowa
Is just as good a state IN which to
raise babies as high class stock, the
Iowa State fair has for the past few
years conducted a baby show, at
which Iowa's most perfect babies
have been placed on exhibit. Further
to prove that Iowa is more interest
ed in its babies than in its stock it
might be added that this exhibit is
perhaps the greatest attended and
the most crowded Of any single ono
on display.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-07
rnE VOICE OF VERMONT.

~ NAV be little too cary, say
lYt,a At Louis Times, ITO hand ColoneI
roosevelt lis hat and inquire INTO Tie
cause az his hurry, but the result IN
Vermont Yesterday would seem ~
maxi the beginning Of the end--H lne
nravio.,a vote In Michigan did no'
achieve this result. ,o,,+
..rhere is really nothing to say apou'
Roosevelt. His follies have nau In 10
.sssct at creating follies among people
for his clownishness and greed.
.,ho m,pht to be too sober-minded 10
ia aeitated by mountepanks. le
hasn't had a leg to stand on since ne s
nchieyed the yellow distinctlon VI
quitting the party that made MIN, on
~ ground other than that the party IN
a,,astion would not continue to stano
aT,hare is. in truth, nothing more 10
.au If Col. Roosevelt than there Is OF
Sas satellites. who have turned their
hacra nnon republicanism for mucn
.".na cause az that which actuated
their idol. ~. .,,,roes
Of popular Mysteries have passed. e,,. lno
amazing primary results III llllnos,
Pennsylvania and elsewhere, previous
"a the Chicago convention, are torso.,
ten. they were the result OF 'ne
roosevelt trickery- the result Oh
shameless cry of frauds in the soutn,
sn instances where Roosevelt ana MS
henchmen knew no frauds had oeen
committed. .1,+ !.
Tho Vermont result shows that a
condition of normality 1s returning.
Rooseyelt Is properly disposed Oh:
There remains only the necessity OF
convincing voters everywhere OF tne
fallacy Of the scattered vote Inere
are only two men in the race 1or the
presidency. The problem now 10 oe
Considered is whether the country pre-
sers to have, at the helm OF pubic al
fairs. ! man like President TAFT. whose
record has not yet warranted single
serious charge from any honest ana IN
tal,ieent source or man ike fro1.
5Wilsnn his one rival, who STANDS TOT
those untried and euphonlously
nhrased theories Of which the Amer.
can people have had enough ana TO
spare"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-07
A Hint 70 Bio Business.

Springfield, Mass. Republican: Mr..
Perkins sees in the progressive party
the only hope for big business, said
interest being at present between the
devil Of Mr.. Taft's dissolution policy
and the deep sea of the democratic
policy, as outlined by Gov. Marshall,
of charter forfeit for corporations H.
legally consorting together. Is Mr..
Perkins to be understood as limiting
that it behooves big business to come
across" and that 1t may be assured
that embarrassing disclosures will be
guarded against?
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-07

To an Ottumwa crowd yesterday
Roosevelt said: ITO change one set
of bosses for another set of bosses Is
unwise" "And then,' says the Bur
lington Hawk-Eye, "he urged Iowa re
publicans to turn down William H. Taft
and take up Boss Roosevelt, Boss
Finn, Boss Perkins, Boss Mccormick
and Boss Munsey."
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-07
FIX IT. NOT DITCH 1T

Cedar Rapids Republican: II some
thing goes wrong with my automo.
BILE said a farmer the other day, Il
do not ditch it along the road. stop
and fix it. That's all the comments
have to make on the republican party
If something has been found wrong
with it's machinery, ! am not ditching
the party itself. I'm for fixing it up.
know it is a good machine, and, If
anything is wrong 1t can easily be
fixed. There Ia no machine that may
not go wrong sometimes. We've heard
SO much about things that are wrong
with the republican party that many
of us have come to believe it needs a
little mending. Well, we can do the
mending inside the party"
II knew a man once" said another
one. "who wanted to run q certain
thrashing machine, but the owner Of
the machine had decided to hire an
other man. The man who didn't get the
lob that he wanted was very mean
man and we always suspected him Of
having thrown a wrench into the
cylinders, which smashed some Of the
teeth. Returning to the political ma
chine. do not like men who try to
throw monkey wrenches into the ma
chinery the moment they find they can
have no more jobs from the party.
There are such men. Some Of them
are big and some OF them are little.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-07

woman's suffrage Is not making
such inroads in the east as in the
west. Ohio in voting on It's constitu-
tional amendment yesterday turned
down the proposition Of giving votes
to women by two to one vote. The
Chicago suffragists( failed yesterday
with a petition for suffrage amend
ment by 10000 votes.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-07

elected him also have some rights
which he should not ignore or over
ride. If Senator Cummins Is deter
mined to lead a fight against the
head of the republican ticket ne
should lead such a fight as private
citizen, and not use the power given
him by the republicans of Iowa In an
attempt to wreck the republican
party. rs
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-07
Compensation.

Topeka State Journal: No matter
how active and verbose the politicians
are, they don't succeed in crowding
the baseball news out Of the papers.
And for this mush, large portion OF
the reading public Is undoubtedly tru-
ly thankful.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-07

Mr.. Hilton, the English golfer, was
defeated by an American lad IN the
amateur golf championship yesterday.
We Just can't help beating our broth
ers across the sea.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-07
Getting Ahead Of Kansas.

Denver Republican,: It took 100
men six hours to find child lost in a
South Dakota wheat field the other
day. Kansas seems to be 90 busy
with politics that it is letting the Da-
kota press agents get big lead In
crop stories.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-07
rwenty-four Aours' Grace.

st. Paul Pioneer Press: The first
advantage of the new law calling for
the closing of the postoffices on the
Sabbath will be to delay those please
remit letters that otherwise might
arrive next Sunday.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-07

diana, in 1874 and Immediately began to pick up
bachelors degrees such rate OF speed that by the
time he hired out to Uncle Samuel people couldn't
call him by name without tripping over his suf1xes
der and ndexed according to the nature of the crime
Early in life Doc Wiley ran into attack of ptomaine
poisoning when e looking for something else, and
since that time he has fought bacteria with reent
less zeal and both hands tied with red tape He can
meet bacterious without wanting to hit It first
Whenever he few bacteria gathered together in
catsup for the purpose Of picking the ultimate
consumers he culls a number Of compact quotations
from profane history and hurls them at their heads
This is about violent he Is allowed to become.
Doc" Wiley is the only in this country who can
detect the unfermented essence OF formaldehyde in
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-07

Several inches Of snow fell in Car
son City New, yesterday. It was the
earliest snow fall in twenty-five
years, which is another indication that
anything may happen this year.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-07

Why is 1t, asks an exchange, that
no political party has adopted plank
favoring readjustment of the school
year so that 1t will open IN October
and close in July? The old idea that
September is a fall month ought by
this time to be thoroughly worn out.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-07
A shockina Inference.

There is absolutely no use to talk
to me about woman suffrage"
Really, old man, l cannot under
stand why you oppose 1t so strongly"
"Well, I'll tell you. was in q
clothing store last week looking at
some neckties, when a woman came
in and told one of the clerks sshe
wanted to buy a collar for her dog.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-07
Humorous Comment
Perfect Agreement.

Hokus-"T oothache, Ell? I'd have
the blamed thing pulled II it were
mine"
Pokus--"so would I. II 1t were
yours. Puck
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-07
Courage Exceeds Discretion.

st. Louis Globe-Democrat As the
campaign progresses Prof. Wilson is
becoming venturasome. In his latest
speech he makes bold attempt to
elucidate the tariff plank of the DEM
ocratic platform.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-07
A Mere Formally,

Chicago Tribune: 1t would simplify
matters and save unnecessary trouble
If Mr.. Debs would take occasion,
while he is about 1t, to signify his ac-
ceptance Of the presidential nomina-
ton for the campaign of 1916.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-07
Who Can Ansvver7

Mitchell Republican: It is long po-
litical argument that has been started
but 1t will be finished long before the
answer is given to the question when
a woman becomes old.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-07
Hearty Endorsement.

II think I will take my phono-
graph along when l take my vaca-
tion," said Mr.. Homely.
That's a good idea," assented Mr..
Nextdoor. ut certainly needs a vaca-
ton" Cincinnati Enquirer.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-07
Ear and Few.

Toronto Mail and Express: When
Col. Roosevelt asked George w. Perk.
ms why he was supporting him for
the presidency. Perkins answered that
he had as much money rs he wanted.
The solid vote Of the people who have
made all the money they want won't
help the colonel very far.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-07
Why Not7

Omaha World Herald: The crops
are almost big enough to make us
think there should be railroad side
track to every farm.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-07
Peculiarly Accountable.

Artist-1'd like to devote my last
Critic-"Why not give 1t to an in
stitution for the blind?'-New Or
leans Times-Democrat.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-07
Kidnapped.

Chicago Daily News: No wonder
Senator LaFollette is piqued. Colonel
Roosevelt kidnapped his baby and
taught the infant to call the colonel
papa. ......
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-07
Vile Men.

What we want" said the eloquent
lady, lis higher and more refined
ideals
cot course" said Farmer Corntos-
sci, YEARLY Its shame the way us
rough men get out and hustle for
corn and potatoes when we might be
slippin' geraniums and trainin' Grim
son ramblers." Washington Star.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-07

It doesn't take a very large trouble
to worry a small mind. some
philosopher observes.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-07
Hasty Inference.

Bob, if we're going to see ball
game tomorrow want to know a
lot more about the game than do.
Tell me some Of the fine points Of
it,
Cali right, Myrtle; I'll begin with
what's called the squeeze play. and
"No you won't. I'm talking about
BASEBALL"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-07


h with ctr
preambles
adulterans
Who'll if unpalatable, truths (.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-07
An Ant Punil,

New York Tribunes Hes a liar
says "Bill' Finn. Like master. like
man.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-07

Some mems idea Of luck, according
to bill collector, is to owe more than
they can pay.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-07
An Old Proverb Revised.

Lincoln Journal: Better is a dry
crust with contentment than cham
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-07
Sidewalk Sketches
~ Howard l.. Ram
WHY WHO'S WHO.

subsidized
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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-09-14
BOARD OF WELFARE
STARTS GOOD WORK
Arranges for Meetings Next Week
With Expert Social Center
Worker,

The Board Of Welfare has arranged
toll have e. ]. Ward Of the University
Of Wisconsin at Madison, who has
charge of the social center work there,
to come to Duluth for Friday and
Saturday. next week to help promote
the campaign for social welfare work
in this city.
Mr.. Ward Is the man who put the
social center work Of the United
States on its feet by rousing cam
paign at Rochester, N. Y, some three
years ago, and in which he won the
support Of Governor Hughes. Mr..
Ward will meet number of Duluth
social welfare workers at the Com
mercial club on Friday evening next,
at which he will deliver an illustrated
address in. the auditorium at the
Central high school.
The coming of. Mr.. Ward is the
opening of the campaign by the Board
Of Welfare to make Duluth a better
place in which to live. Every loyal
and patriotic citizen should see that
Mr.. Ward receives a royal reception
while in the city.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-09-14

DR.. G., F.. McComb is a candidate
for the Republican nomination Cor
county coroner. to- succeed himself.
DR.. McComb- has been a resident of
Duluth for 2S. years. He served as
county coroner: two years ago, but
has not since taken an active interest
in politics nor has he. been seeker
for POLITICAL office. When DR.. Nc
Cuen resigned to become. mayor OF
Dull nth DR.. .%McComb was elected by
the county commissioners to succeed
him and since his election he has
made good. Y.
Perhaps no member of the medical
profession In Minnesota is more wide
ly and more favorably known as a
physician than DR.. McComb, and par
ticularly among the members of his
profession. He has served as presi-
dent of the State Medical society and
also as president of the st. Louis
Medical society. He was appointed by
two governors as a member Of the
board OF health and has attended sew
eral conventions of the American
Medical society.
DR.. McComb is one Of the few men
In this portion Of the state who rec
ognizes the Importance of the office
Of county coroner. Under the pres
ent law the coroner can only examine
and investigate the cause Of death
due from casualties. He has no pow
er under the law to investigate indus
trial accidents where it may be mani
fest that death to a workingman or
woman was due to the criminal negli-
gence Of some one. DR.. McComb be-
lieves the law should be amended to
give the county coroner power to in
vestigate such.
After he was chosen county coro-
ner by the county commissioners, DR..
McComb won his way to popular ia
vor by the high character of the men
he selected as his deputies. They
were taken from the best members
of the medical profession of this city.
Through a mistake for which DR..
McComb was not responsible, his
printing was done in a non-union
printing office. The matter has been
thoroughly explained and since then
all Of Dr.. McCombs printing bears
the union label. This statement is
made by the editor of The Labor
World SO that DR.. McComb may he
set right before the union people Of
Duluth. .
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-09-14
{, G, HALL. ELECTED
7TA: VICE PRESIDENT
International Cigarmakers' Union
Honors President Of Minnesota
j Federation of Labor,

E. g. Hall. president of the Minne-
sofa State Federation of Labor, who
was called to Duluth this week on
account of the strike of the street
railway men, was notified while here
of his election as seventh vice presi-
dent &of the International Cigarmak-
ers' union.
Under the rules Of the organization
the international officers are elected
by. a referendum vote. There was a
hot contest over this position and it
was: not until the final returns were
received that Mr.. Halls election was
assured.
The office is a very important one,
but as: Mr.. Hall is an earnest, able
and sincere trade unionist he will
have no difficulty in filing it to the
satisfaction Of the majority of the
members. Of: the Cigarmakers' union.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-09-14
HARRY G0UTH GAVE
FREE MEALS TO 1900
Late Restaurant Keeper Was Man
of Wide Sympathy and a
Large Heart.

The funeral Of Harry Gouth, late
restaurant proprietor, who died in
Minneapolis last week, was held in
this city last Saturday. Mr.. Gouth
had been i'll for several years and
his death was not unexpected. While
not member of organized labor its
members were under some obligations
to him, and the news Of his death
was received with regret by large
number of people in this city.
During the strike Of the miners of
the iron ranges in 1907, large num-
Der Of men were shipped to northern
Minnesota from New York city as
strike-breakers. They were brought
to this portion Of the country under
false pretences. They were. not in
formed that the strike was on, but
that their services were wanted for
railroad work. When they arrived
they discovered they were to be used
to break the strike of the miners.
and about 1900 Of them very prompt
ly refused to go to work. They mad
considerable difficulty breaking the
picket line Of the armed guards about
the mine, but they eventually got
away and travelled by foot to Du-
luth.
They arrived here foot-sore and
weary, with no money and without
having eaten a morsel of food for
two days: They camped on the top
of the hills and sent a committee
down town. This committee was d.
rected to The Labor World office.
It's story was told. We Immediately
canvassed the city and obtained some
money to hastily feed them. When
we approached Mr.. Gouth, then own
er of the Delmonico restaurant. he
listened to our story and asked that
the whole crowd Of men be sent to
his restaurant after the busy meal
hour, and he would see that they
were we'll fed. Each of the men
was given two meals.
About that time the Chicago, Mil
waukee & st. Paul road was building
its extension to- the west. The COM
pany was badly in need of men and
the entire $500 men hired out to this
company. Mr.. Gouth saw to it that
several boxes were we'll filed with
cooked food to tide the men OVER
on their journey to the west. He did
this cheerfully and freely, and few
men. in. Duluth ever knew anything
about it.
So it can be seen that some of us
at least have good reason to feel
deeply the loss of such big-hearted
man.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-09-14
SCRANTON STREET CAR
MEN RECEIVE INCREASE

DETROIT, Sept. 12.-The local union
of street car men at Scranton, Pa,
has secured an increase in wages of
10 per cent. This result was reached
by a board of arbitration, 800 men
being involved. At Halifax, N. S.. the
Amalgamated association secured for
its local union, through an arbitration
award, a Is per cent increase, 40
men being affected. In this latter
case the association secured interven-
ton under the Dominion labor dis
putes act, whereby a strike was avert
ed. The award provides for an arbi-
tration agreement, by which differ
:ences will be settled in the future.