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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-03

Ia the answer, cut from the pages Of
the report of the steel investigating
committee Of the house of representa-
tives: .a's4 ~s.G,
Director OF the United States Steel
corporation.
Chairman Of finance committee and
director Of International Harvester Co.
Director Of Astor Trust Co.
Director of Bankers Trust Co.
Director OF Cincinnati, Hamilton &
Dayton Railroad Co.
Director Cincinnati New Orleans &
Texas Pacific Railway Co.
Director Erie Railroad Co.
Director German-American Insurance
Co.
Director German Alliance 1nsur'
ance Co.
Director international Mercantile
Marine Co.
Director Marquette & Bessemer
Dock & Navigation Co.
Director National City Bank OF New
York. .
Trustee of New York Trust Co.
Director of Northern Pacific Railway
Co.
Chairman Of board, Pere Marquette
Railroad Co.
Nearly all of these companies con
troll or own q large number of other
companies.
Mr.. Perkins is q shrewd man. He
has millions of dollars Invested IN
the various corporations and trusts
above enumerated. Several of them
are now being prosecuted by the Taft
administration. Is he financing Mr..
Roosevelt'ss campaign In order to nave
in the white house a friend or an
enemy?
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-03

DR.. Frank w. Gunsaulus in the Chi
cago Record-Herald yesterday SAID.
"The danger of the hour is that, IN
quoting Abraham Lincoln, we may Tor
yet that his faith in representative gov
eminent was, at root, a conv1cuon
that the mass of the people could
selec FOR a crisis, such as was the
crisis in whose midnight he was the
steady star, a man who would 90 pet-
ter for them with the assured time 70
mold public sentiment into a
deed than they would likely 40 TOT
themselves. There is no raise
and brilliant sentiment than this:
Everybody is wiser than anybody,
This conglomeration of all OF us called
everybody was not wiser than FRANK
lin or Edison in the matter OF cleo
tricity: everybody was not wiser IMAM
ANYBODY in the matter Of the relation
Of the planets when Galltleo saw the
swinging lamp of Pisa, or an earlier
Copernicus supplanted Ptolemaic ira
dition. There was not a moment IN the
revolution of 1776 or in u revolution
Of 1861 when Washington or Lincoln,
with time enough to turn things right,
was not wiser than the whole lot OF
evarvhodies at the moment Of their
~displeasure.
"Numbers do not make truth and
corraq unless numbers r truthful
and courageous. If we are to have the
adjudication of the masses OF the peo-
Dle. so-called, and with c mel
lifluous patronage, We must put our
people on such a new plane of right
that they will do right on the
inst. Then let the affairs of our God,
"a than the platforms Of partner
shh we the attention of the min
tstry u Christ. He was the greatest
statesman of all time, because he
trusted nothing but the presence of
God in the human heart to make a
man fit for government, by his having
first led to self-government, through
divine help"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-03
RUSSELL.

Isaac Hockey Of H~emingsford, Nebr.,
who has been visiting friends for the
past ten days, returned home Monday
afternoon.
Mrs. Esther. Werts left Monday aft
ernoo for Garland, Wyo., for IN ex-
tended visit with her son Jake and
family.
Miss Belle Wright who has been
visiting her sister Mrs. Stephen Sher-
man of Tracey returned home Tuesday.
Rev. E. A. Griffith of Woodburn
stopped off at Russell between trains
on Monday evening on his way to the
United Brethren conference at Vinton.
Rev. Corhford and wife left Monday
for the conference Of the u. B. church
al vinton. Mrs. Mary Butcher went to
the Russell church.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-03
PAckWOOD.

Mrs. Martha Searle Of Ottumwa
was an over Sunday visitor at the
home of her brother, c. w. Norman.
Mrs. E. A. Grafton and Miss Lizzie
Killmer of Charlton are guests Of
relatives here.
Mrs. e. Oliver and daughter OF
IChiuicothe are visiting Mrs. divers
motherin-law.
The remains Of Miss Amanda Turn
bull, who died at the home Of her sis
ter, Mrs. Chas. Davis, near Eldon,
were taken to Blue Point cemetery,
north Of here. for burial. Deceased
was the Oldest daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. James T%urnbull, and was born
in this vicinity in 1858. OF late years
she made her home with his sister
near Eldon. Her death, which was sud
den, was a great shock to her rela-
tives and friends here.
Mrs. Norrine Wheelock Of Los An
gels, Cal, and Mrs. Cynthia Donald Of
IHedrick visited their cousin, Mrs. E.
III. Woolman, last week.
David Roth and +. D. Snider of
Fairfield were guests Sunday at the
IC. D. Chandler home.
Revival services are in progress at
the M. e. church. Rev. Roussel Of
,Libertyville is assisting the pastor,
~. X. Holiday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Slater and Mrs.
Tx. Davis of Farson were business Wis
Iitors here Monday.
Mrs. C. s. Adams is visiting rela-
itives at Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Luther Duke. OF Tren-
lton, Mo-, are guests Of their daugh-
tier, Mrs. e. H. Woolman.
d. H. Jamison has returned from a
visit with relatives and. friends at
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-03
Humorous Comment
1t 10 Always In Fashion,

. -. O." a 'H
A politician said in New York the
other day: r.
"Superfluous millions will only buy
s%uperfluities. Money is not the whole
of life. I can only one suit OF
clothes at a time, eat only n meal
at a time, and when l die I can't take
a dollar with me-"
This remark was quoted to Samuel
r. Johnson, the Columbus capitalist.
by a reporter, together with |Thoreau's
famous saying:
men labor under a mistake. The
better part Of the man is soon plowed
into the soil for compost. BY a seem
ing necessity they are employed, as
it a y in an old book, laying up treas
ures which moth and rust will corrupt
and thieves break through and steal.'
Mr.. johnson listened with a smile.
He stood In his office in his shirt
sleeves, studying the tape that
streamed from a ticker.
THAT is all good, straight talk he
said, land every syllable Of 1t is true.
but you can take my word for It,
young man, money amt going out OF
fashion just yet, all the same. "-Wash-
ington Star.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-03
HOW SENTIMENT CHANGES

Clinton Herald: It was seemingly
only a few days ago that 1t was no
dificult task to find the man who was
ready to declare that Taft had no snow
in the coming election. -
All this has now changed. 't>'
Not only is 1t now being generally
conceded that what was claimed early
in the campaign by the few that the
race would be between Taft and Will
son, but evidence from every part OF
the country more and more strongly
with each succeeding day points to
the reelection Of President Taft.
This does not especially indicate
that Mr.. Taft personally has succeed
ed in finding a warmer spot In the
hearts Of the American people, but
because he is the nominee of the re-
publican party, the greatest factor in
the past in bringing about a prosperi-
ty that never has been equalled by
any country on the globe.
When you begin to propose that
which gives promise OF providing a de-
terrent to the business Of the coun-
try, reaching as it does every class
Of the citizenship of the land, you
are doing something that sooner or
later is going to arouse the people
to the true situation. The people are
likely to become blinded for a time
and be carried away by a c~onsidera-
ton of extraneous things, but In the
end they are going to get right down
to brass tacks and take a look at both
horns Of the dilemma.
The people now are beginning to
come to q full realization Of the fact
that Mr.. Taft however, he may be re-
garded from a personal standpoint,
after all has been said and done, is
more than an incident. His per-
sonal victory Is not OF supreme Inn
portance to any one. But the success
Of the republican party is Of the
greatest Importance. And republican
cannot be realized in it's full
est extent without the election Of Mr..
Taft.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-03
EDDYvlLLE

Mr.. and Mrs. William Allison came
down from Ottumwa Saturday to visit
Mrs. Allison's father. who has been
quite i'll.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Barnett returned
Saturday from a trip to Rochester.
They will leave Monday for their
home at Jonesboro, Ark.
Miss Alta Miller, who Is teaching In
the primary department Of the Grafton
schools, spent Sunday at the parental
John Miller home in E~ddyville.
Mrs. Dora Harding went to Kellogg,
Ia, Saturday for q short visit with
relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. Johnson, John
Lafferty and W. s. Keller were among
the number who attended the Abba
fair on Friday.
Mrs. Peter Barr returned Saturday
from a weeks visit with relatives IN
Pella.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Kussart, who have
been visiting relatives in Abba, re
turned to Eddyville Saturday for a
few days visit before returning to
their home in California
Mrs. J. Nymeide Of Muscatine Is Wis
iting this week with her sister, Mrs
F. B. Mansen.
Miss Eva Miller, who Is teaching
school near Ottumwa. spent Sunday al
the parental J.. 8. Miller home n
Eddyvtlle.
Miss Irene Moline of Greenridge IL
spending the week with her sister
Mrs. Ida Albaugh.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs John Evant
|of Lakonta, Friday, September II.
daughter. Mrs. Evans is the daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Harding o.
Eddyville.
In the corn contest which was helt
at tho Peter Baer cigar store on Sat
urday, Cecil Shields received frs
prize for the perfect ear and G. H
Johnson received first prize for thu
largest Bal
Fred Elliott came up from Ottum
wa and spent Sunday with relatives IL
Eddyville.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-03
TWO MEN

New York Evening Post: Few things
that Gov. Wilson said or'did, in his tour
last week, evoked more immediate and
positive comment among those who
read the newspaper reports OF his
speeches, and were more promptly
recognized by the ptess, than his refer
ences to President Taft. Mr.. Wilson,
speaking at Minneapolis, in a part Of
the country where Mr.. Taft is confess
sedly unpopular, had criticised the
policies Of the republican administra-
ton. But he added, speaking from the
purely personal point OF view:
I want to pay my tribute OF respect
to the president of the United States.
/ do not believe that any man In the
United States who knows his facts
can question the patriotism or the
integrity of the public purpose OF the
man who now presides at the execu-
tive office In Washington.
We doubt If there was a single listen.
er to that utterance, OF a single reader
of it the following morning, who did
not say OF himself: This Is a magnan.
imous campaigner, and a gentleman.
We are impelled to call the incident
to mind, in the light of the comment
made yesterday on the president OF
the United States by another opposing
presid entail candidate. Observing,
from his platform at Springfield, Mo-.
a campaign banner bearing the name
of the. president Of the United States,
Mr.. Roosevelt said 1--WE quote from
the report in his New York organ:)
Any man who supports the receiver
of stolen goods stands on a level with
the receiver Of the stolen goods. He
is a dishonest man, and Is unfit to as
sociate with honest men.
We wonder how many readers OF
this remark said to themselves, when
they laid the paper down, this may be
an energetic c%ampaigner. but is he q
magnanimous campaigner, and Is he
quite a gentleman? .
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-03
Press Comment.
GEORGE w, CLARKE.

Des Moines Capital: Hon. George w.
Clarke, Of Abel, Is the republican can-
didate for governor Of this state He
a the choice OF the voters Of the
party under the provisions OF the pri-
mary law. If there Is any party spirit
left, If there is any disposition to re-
spect majority expressions Of choice,
and to discharge the obligations as.
sumed at the June primary, when the
November election rolls around Mr..
Clarke should be elected by q sub
stantial majority.
Mr.. Clarke is a good citizen. He
has honorable service to his credit in
the Iowa legislature. as member,
speaker and later lieutenant governor.
Upon his record and his merits he is
entitled to a square deal at the hands
of the republican party In this state.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-03
WILL A CHANGE BENEFIT YOU?

WILL A CHANGE Benefit YOU7
The general condition of the people
Of the United States, financially, ply
sically and morally was never as good
as 1t is now. People and capital are
employed, business is good and the
only people who are dissatisfied are
those politicians who want a change
that will put them in Office.
Will the change they are trying to
make benefit you? That Is the ques-
ton every person should ask-apply it
to yourself.
People will have to work to live-no
administration is going to make 1t
possible to live without work.
Is a change likely to better your
condition? It might make 1t a great
deal worse.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-03
WhA THE

aWhat's the matter with the United
States under Tafts administration
ANYHOW" That is the question put
by the Abilene (Kan.) Reflector. And
It is a very pertinent inquiry. There
are loud and vehement wailing about
.eyils" and "wrongs'' and slavery"
and the people are being told that
conditions ar so bad that nothing
less than a complete reversal of pres
ent policies, a practical revolution in
our system Of governm ent, can cure
them. But is that true? Or is it
mere hysteria, the vain imaginings OF
men who are "out" and want to get
.in?' II you can't answer those
questions, suppose you ask a few OF
the people you meet
Ask the farmer. He will tell you
that the crops this year are worth
g. 900 .OOO, 900. That is at least $780,
100000 more than any farm yield in
any other year and in any other land.
Ask the iron and steel makers
They will answer that more tons of
cosl. coke and iron r being convert
ed into finished steel than in any pre-
yious yea in this or any other country.
Ask the railroad president. He
Will u0ll you Iu0I I1oAAS i LIN a.
the record-breaking point for all time.
Ask the car and locomotive build
ers. They will answer that they are
employing three times as many Ia
borers as they were a year ago.
Ask the shipbuilders. They will
1aswer by pointing out the number of
vessels on the ways-a sale for every
berth, some of them to foreign own
ers.
Ask the laborer himself. He will
answer that his average wage is now
greater than ever before and that his
hours Of work are shorter.
Ask the banker. He will point to
c~learances that mount higher and
higher week by week, a sure barom-
eter for the swelling tide in all kinds
Of business.
ASK n one except the profess
sional agitator, and the answer in
evitably must be: The country is
richer and bigger and happier and
healthier than it has eve been be-
fore.
So, then, what's the matter with
the United States under Taft any
how?
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-03
ROOSEVELT AS A DoDGER.

when Theodore Roosevelt, suppos'
eddy afraid Of no man and no non
on earth, invited questions from his
hearers in Chicago and one man tool
him at his word and called, What
about the liquor traf1c!" he replied
20. go to a primary SCHOOL," He was
afraid to discuss that issue, AFRAID 10
saw whether he favored the protec
ton of the home against the saloon,
even afraid to say whether or not
the local laws of the people should
be respected by the peoples federal
by Aaron
S. Watkins, prohibition candidate for
vice president.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-03

The kicker 10
q person who
wouldn't be sat
isfed in heaven
unless he could
regulate the eli.
mate and lead
the band.
Some peo-
pie never kick
except at epo-
chal periods like
house cleaning
time, while 9TH
r start before
breakfast, and
kick on every
thing from the
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-03

texture OF tne pancakes 10 d way
their bed is made up. ~
1t Is impossible to please the kicker
who is impelled by a high n Of
duty and q dark yellow crouch. This
kind always wants a soapstone in his
bed, on cold nights, and II he burns
his feet on it he will declare 1t was
slipped in between the sheets when
he wasn't looking.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-03
Maynard.

Maynard.
Mrs. Chas. Cormick has returned to
her home at Mt. Pleasant after a
weeks visit with her parents. Mi.
and Mrs. John Samueslon..
Mr.. and Mrs. George Dickens Of
Farson were recent callers at the G.
w. Norman home.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-03

Roosevelt has at last defined a pro-
gressive a little more definitely. from
his standpoint. It is tariff revision
downward, according to him.-Water-
loo. ILL.,, Republican.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-03

AS a rule, mans a fool;
When it's hot he wants 1t cool,
When it's cool he wants 1t hot,
Always wanting what is not.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-03
Hamilton

In 1887 Madison and Hamilton
wrote:
Tyranny has oftener grown out Of q
defective constitution than out of the
full exercise Of the largest constitu-
tional authorities" And again: 1T is
a truth which the experience Of ages
has attested, that the people are al
ways most in danger when the means
Of injuring their rights are In the pos
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-03

Are you going to move! or are you
going to make a present to your mar
ried daughter Of a piece Of furniture
that has pleasant associations for
her? Then you want to be sure to
send for US and let us pack 1t so that
1t car be shipped without damage.
That's our speciality.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-03

The ability Of the people to pay
taxes, is regulated to a great degree
by the amount Of money in circulation
and the activity with which it circu-
lates. ,as<s4 s.a
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-03
Roosevelt rREE TRADER

n firmly believe in Tree
trade with Canada for botn
economic and political rea-
snns,-From . letter written
Nv Theodore Roosevelt to
Presadent Taft dated New
York. January II. 1911.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-03
MR.. TAFT is NOT THE PARTY.

Cedar Rapids Republican: We
know that some do not like Mr..
Taft, but Taft is not the republican
party. He is only a servant in the
party and if his service has not been
all that you might have desired 1t to
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-03

If tariff is removed lessened wages
will make cost of living less-neces-
Straightforward CO., Reflector.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-03

A Journalist is something we've
all heard OF but never met.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-03

A vote for Taft means a continuance
of the present prosperity.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-03
His Escape Was Timely.

When Frank King returned from
the Spanish-American war he was
asked to tell of some Of his expe-
riences.
"How long we're you in the hospital
when you were shot?' he was asked.
Stayed just five days, couldnt
stand 1t any longer"
"Why so? Were you not well treat
ed?"
"Well, you see, when I went in there
were six patients. The first day they
buried one"
well. what Of that?"
Nothing, only the next day they
buried another. I knew my turn would
come in time. I went in on Monday,
and I knew I would be carried out on
Saturday. So I packed my knapsack
and left on Friday. If l hadn't IA
surely been buried on Sunday. Six
a each day. / couldn't
stand that."-Kansas City Star.
Her Fighting Clothes.
A certain matron alludes to a Ger.
tain gown Of hers, as ner 'quarrei
dress"
II always wear It," she explains,
when I have had a quarrel with my
husband"
but why do you call it a quarrel
Dress"
Because it is the only gown have
that doesn't button in the back. Conse-
ouently I don't have to call on the old
crouch to help me" Louisville
Courier Journal.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-03

It is becomming more evident every
day that Wall street Is against Presi-
dent Taft. H.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-03

be, Is 1t not true that 1t has been
pretty good, after all has been said?
Now Is not a time to destroy the
party because Of this or that man.
but now Ia the time to grid UP the
loins of the party for all the future
years. Four years from now we prob
ably. will not have these d~issensions
to go through with. For better or for
worse. the selection Of all candidates
by that time will probably be made
in primaries. We will simply have to
count the votes and abide by the de-
cision.
AS a republican you want the party
to be strong then. Well, the way to
make 1t strong then is to support 1t
now, to maintain its entity and it's
integrity. The party in power. how
ever, progressive you may be, will be
an easier vehicle than the party out
Of power and the affairs of the coun-
try in other hands.
As a businessman, or a wage work
or or a farmer, you have nothing to
gain at this time by upsetting the es-
tablished order, and the prevalent
prosperity to embark upon a series
of experiments. #
Stand together and stand for what
We have Of prosperity and law and
order.
IT'S TRADITIONAL POLICY
Anamosa Eureka: The demo
cratic party has a traditional policy
protective tariff system has been
indicated by sixteen years Of trial,
and the s%pellbinder who seeks to
benefit you with lower priced pro
duce must admit that In the end there
will be failure to deliver those lower
prices unless there is a corresponding
decrease in the things you have to sell
whether they be the products Of field
shop or hands. You cannot hang onto
prosperity for the things you have tc
market, and knock 1t out Of the things
you have to buy. An equation Is bound
to follow whether the economic tone
be pitched high or low.
HE WILL SUPPORT TAFT
Clinton Herald: James Campbell
mu1ti-milrionaire, president OF the
North American Co., said to be st
JZOulo llClCoJ S1J1AOAS oAAu 6oAiOA -
known as a sound-money democrat
was quoted recently as saying that HI
intends to vote for William H. Tai
and the republican national ticket a.
the November election, on the be
lief that Governor Wilson, the demo
cratic nominee for president, II
without sufficient experience az {
statesman, and that his program fol
drastic tariff retrenchment Is calcu
lated to upset the business interests
of the country.
Campbell is also quoted as say
ing: ." have heard some very vel
informed Judges Of the situation
say Taft will get as many demo
cratic votes as Roosevelt will repub
lican votes. If that be true, Tar
vii. win"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-03

OF course you will pay a debt OF
honor"-but do you pay the grocer
and the butcher?
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-03

session OF those Of whom they enter
tain the least suspicion" .
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-03
PRES. TAFT UNsMIRcHED.

New York Herald: There Is one
prominent republican who stands u
clean and unsmirched. III
is William H. Taft, president OF
States,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-03

WHO is Mr.. PERKINS?
Who Is Gc@=ge w. Perkins? Here |
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1912-06-06
PASSED AWAY WEDNESDAY.

Mrs. Geo. w. Marshall died at
her home one mile north of
Grangeville on Wednesday morn
inc at six O'Clock, aged 46 years.
She is survived by her husband
and one daughter, her aged faith
er and mother, several brothers
and two sisters. all of whom are
expected to attend the funeral.
To know Mrs. Marshall was to
love her and she bore her suf-
fering with christian fortltude,
and passed peacefully away.
Funeral service to be held at the
Presbyterian church on Saturday
at 2 p. m. by Rev. H. A. Wicker,
of Charleston.