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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-08-31
SURVIVORS OF 32ND
MEET AT NEVADA

Nevada, Aug. 29.-The joint reunion
.of the survivors OF the thirty-second
Iowa regiment OF volunteer infantry
and the Story county veterans of the
civil war opened here today with a
large attendance and will continue
throughout tomorrow. A banquet was
held after which addresses of vel
come and responses were made A.
camp fire in charge Of Col George NJ.
Barnes, will be held this evening. The
business session OF the meeting win
be held tomorrow morning.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-08-31
JUSTICE FOR TAFT.

LET US do justice, at least not blind,
gross injustice, to President Taft for
his official course lately. He has GER
tainly not been playing politics In his
notable official acts in connection with
congress-" The, Sioux City Journal
makes that request in reviewing the
presidents recent record. The Jour.
nal says the president has been put
to severe test, as severe as any presi-
dent in like case ever was, by the
measures sent up to him from con
gress. Yet he has proceeded as Tear
lessly and independently to perform
his duty as If he had not been q can
didate or as II presidential election
we're not pending. disposing of bust.
ness because 1t ought to be disposed
of, and frequently in direct opposition
to his personal campaign interests
The Journal goes on to say:
and the iron and steel tariff seized.
ule bill, for examples. Each OF
those measures was such q com
posite Of descriptive and destructive
provisions affecting vast multi
plicity Of industry and labor that
they would have infallibly caused
alarm and protest which would re
act in the campaign potentially to
President Taft's advantage. Many
another man, less true and big and
patriotic than he. would not have
failed to seize the opportunity to
put his opponents In hole. There
is no doubt that they knew the man
and counted on his bigness and
patriotism when they concocted
those measures and sent them to
him.
Nor did he disappoint them OF
the country. He vetoed the bills
without moments hesitation. Thus
while he saved business a severe
blow he cut himself OFF from a big
political advantage, performed duty
and did not play politics. In al
this there is nothing spectacular, nc
self advertising publicity. no pos
ing Of splurging- plain, single
minded performance Of duty as 9
matter of course. President Taft
has often been criticised or twittet
on the score of failure to spot light
himself for popular exploitation
But, after all, ought not that criti
cism to be a supreme, at least
substantial merit in president o.
the United States in the eyes o.
thinking men?
Men of intelligence, irrespective
Of party, are showing some signs o.
taking note of the sincerity, the
fidelity, the matter Of fact honesty
of the president as his whole course
is being reviewed, and in the ligh
of many acts performed in the face
and amidst the temptations of the
political campaign now approaching
its crisis. If it should after all re
suit In justice to President Taft, i
would not be the first time In his
! tory that Misrepresentation, cal
umny and treachery, however, sue
cessful apparently for a time, hae
| failed in the end.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-08-31
RECALL Is OPPOSED.

The recall OF judges and the recall
" judicial decisions, two of the main
hatures Of the Roosevelt program, are
vigorously denounced in report made
- = special committee of the Amer
ran BAR association at the convention
f that body In Milwaukee. The re-
snrt il signed by f1fty-four lawyers,
Nth every state in the union repre-
anted. showing that the opposition
= these dangerous prosposals Is in
= wise sectional. The report at the
,utset recognizes that there are de-
ects In the administration OF justice,
Ia there are In all lines Of human en-.
leayor. but these defects are held to
consist mainly Of delays and expense
Incident to trials. It Is pointed out,
,owever, that the judges of the United
states supreme court have taken steps
= reform the rules of practice and In
mis- endeavor they are receiving the
hearty assistance Of the bar through.
nut the country. It is added, too, that
he cumbersome procedure and prac-
ice In many courts, which 1t Is now
proposed to reform, Is more the fault
IL the lawyers than the Judges. The
eport states that the bar associations
Il many states have taken action on
mis- question and that such action has
Ieen universally opposed to the prin-
nnle Of judicial recall. Continuing
he report denounces the recall prop
,sition In strong terms as follows:
1--WE maintain that the recall applied
b Judges will tend to deprive the
public Of Judges Of ability, character,
aieh sense Of duty and due regard
o enlightened public sentiment and
hat such judiciary is absolutely nee
Issary to the existence Of a constitu
nonal democracy.
sShall we continue the form of gov
srnment which has met the approval
Ind received the encomiums OF the
gisest Statesmen of the age, has stood
he test Of trial for more than cen.
mry. has survived the perils Of civil
var. or shall we go back to those
pure, unlimited democractes which
have been tried at different stages Of
he worlds history and have ended
lther In anarchy or despottsm?
1.-THE application Of the recall to an
ordinary Official may be a question OF
sxpediency, but it is not fundamental
" wrong. To apply it to the judic
AIRY is in violation of these principles
II government which ages Of expert
Ince have demonstrated to be wise
b the states and in the federal gov
ernment we have the right of impeach
nent, and in several Of the states the
light of removal Of a Judge by the leg
stature. If the right of Impeachment
b not sufficient, an adequate remedy
IAN be created for the removal fol
conduct inconsistent with the of1ce
lfter complaint and an opportunity
10 be heard in his defense. In this
way the independence Of the judiciary
b maintained and a judge is removed
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-08-31
simply for incapacity or misconduct in
Deny Popular clamor.

office.
Deny Popular ciamor.
1.-THE advocates of this system claim
that it is In the interest. of the com
mon people. This we deny. For more
than 300 years the greatest bulwark
for the protection of the mass of the
people has been the courts. There
never was time in our country when
any man, however poor or humble
could not apply to the courts and be
assured of protection.
lis it any reproach upon the courts
that they have extended the same pro-
lection to the rich and powerful, when
assailed by popular prejudice? The
same law which would deny protection
to the rich or confiscate the property
Of corporations might take the cottage
or the liberty of the humblest citizen
You cannot attack the courts and take
from them the independence of judges
without endangering the foundations
of personal security"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-08-31
PRESS OINTMENT.
IF NO. CANDIDATE is ELECTED.

Chicago Record Herald: So much
Interest is manifested in the POSSIBLE
ity Of an indecisive vote at the presi-
Dental election in November and the
further possibility Of deadlocks there
after that brief showing Of the
chances is here presented.
To make the vote in November dec1-
sive it is necessary that one OF the can
didates should have majority Of the
electoral vote. II no candidate has a
majority the election will be thrown
into the house OF representatives. The
vote there must be by states, each
state having one vote, majority of
all the states being necessary to a
choice, and the choice must be made
from the persons having the highest
numbers, not exceeding three, on the
list OF those voted for as president.
| II at the November elections no can
didate for vice president succeeds IN
winning majority Of the electoral
vote the senate must choose the vice
president from the two highest num-
bers on the list, and "a quorum for the
purpose shall consist Of two-thirds OF
the whole number Of senators. and q
majority Of the whole number shall
be- necessary to q choice.
If the house shall not choose presi.
dent whenever the right Of choice de
wolves upon it before the fourth day
of March next following, then the vice
president shall act as president, as In
the case of the death or other constitu
tional disability of the president
If neither president nor vice presi
dent should be chosen by the time the
new presidential term begins the sue
cession would 60 to the secretary OF
state in the administration that had
lust come to a close.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-08-31
Former Iowan Dies In Alaska.

Boone, Aug. 29.-Mrs. Potter Haze
let. wife of the mayor of Cordova,
Alaska, and formerly a prominent
citizen of Boone, is dead at her home
in Alaska. according to word received
by relatives here. Mrs. Hazelet was
q leader in social and musical circles.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-08-31

II said last December that this ses-
sion of congress would last longer and
do less than any other regular session
in recent years." said Representative
James r. Mann, leader of the house
minority. my forecast proved cor
rect
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-08-31

The complexion should be unlocked before ana
the
welbred would sooner think Of
mpedmena than would OF holding
he
prejudice against
dustproof automobile
releasing its hold
with patent complexion renovators
saow skin
life with inherited complexion
station for the untrd
inexn erenced . !. ~
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-08-31

The first test of the strength Of the
bull moose party came at the Michi-
gan state primaries yesterday and the
vote cast for that party was so light as
to be hardly worth counting.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-08-31

The lowest order of complexion Is worn by men,
who allow 1t to collect whiskers, moles and other
debris T.
In setting out to organize complexion which will
be weatherproof and non-combustible only the best
quality Of white and strawberry extract should
be used. These are inexpensive and can be applied
with mop although trowel makes neater and
more durable Job.
The old fashned natural complexion, which stayed
in one place year after year and didn't have to be
decorated with anything except soap and water has
become so that everybody Is trying to trade
it off for of the drug store patterns.
A very neat warm-weather complexion can be
OF aniline dyes and liquid glue laid up IN ven
eered strips and trimmed with talcum powder. After
a man sees his wife in one of these complexions
plural marriages will have no attraction for him.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-08-31

The moose ticket only polled ten
per cent of the vote cast in the De-
troit primary. The overwhelming
popular demand for the colonel seems
to have encountered set back.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-08-31

The jury sometimes refuses to con-
vict on circumstantial evidence, an
exchange says, but the neighbors
never do.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-08-31

Trouble hunters, says a 1912 provert
maker, never come home empty
handed.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-08-31
Sidewalk Sketches
Bv Howard T.. Ram
THE COMPLEXION.
night and b

The complexion is that part of the human face WI
night and hume in place Immediately after breakfast
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-08-31
RoNAPARTE.

Mrs. o. Harlan and son Orlando
Revere. Mo-, visited friends here ]
The Detroit times., 1912-02-15
He Needed the Dictionary

Franklin Matthews represented
newspaper during the Russo-Japanese
war, and one day succeeded in break
iLg through that remarkable hedge OF
news censorship and reaching Field
Marshal Oyama. The interview was
brief but extremely courteous, and
the jubilant correspondent hurried
back to prepare the story for his pa
per. In the course of IL ne used this
cxpression: Marshal Oyama is a
brickn
The letter was duly passed along to
the official translator. and presently
Captain Kanaka, of the marshals per-
sonl staff, called upon the correspon-
dent.
Marshal oyama presents his com
pliments," said the captain, suavely,
"and regrets to inform the esteemed
correspondent that his honorable let
ter can not be forwarded as writ
ten"
why, what's wrong with it?" cried
the amazed war scribe.
Captain Kanaka explained with polite
gravity.
Marshal Oyama," he said. objects
to having the great American public
regard him as baked mud"
For that is what the extremely lit
era. translator had made of brick
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Detroit times., 1912-02-15
Who's Who In The Comics
ny FRED sCHAEFER.

Mr.. Skygack Is experiencing the
same difficulties as did Gulliver among
the queer creatures encountered In
his travels. We must be very puzzl-
ing to him. For instance, when we
refer to big Smoke" how Is he to
know whether we mean forest fire,
Jack Johnson, Pittsburgh or a nickel
cigar. Our exery action puzzles him.
When We shake hands he doesn't know,
whether we are rubbing our antennat
or trying TO pull each other limb from
limb. Street cars to him are just
little sardine boxes into which we
rashly swarm, only to emerge from
just as distractedly. False teeth are
strange thing to him-he suspects
that all OF us can take ourselves en-
tirely apart II we have a mind to.
And what must be his Impressions
when he dissects q mince pie?
Naturally scientists take q lively in
terest In Mr.. Skygack. Prof. Dope
moutsky Of the University of Raw
hide, has written paper which argues
that Mr.. Skygack's feet are SO ex-'
ceedingly fiat from .. standing on
canal boat and polling 1t through ca
nails on Mars.
The Detroit times., 1912-02-15

works are In his department, it's up
TO him To give sthe maximum OF good
service at the consistent minimum OF
cost of operation and with the con-
sistent maximum OF profits for the
people.
II the commissioner, after being
given fair trial, fails to give reason
able satisfaction, the people can do
the same as you could do IL you had
hired an inefficient man to manage a
peanut stand-fre the defective fell
low and try a new one
Under the commission plan, the
people can really rule because there
! Is no insurmountable barrier OF ward
heelers, vote-swappers. chronic ONCE
seekers and boss-bullied officials be-
tween them and the actual admins
tration OF affairs. The commissioners
are directly responsible and must be
responsive TO the general will of the
people and In the event that any
head of a department happens to get
bulgy at the top and lax In his
methods, all the people have to do Is
to swing the recall big stick" and IL
the servant is wise he will heed the
mandates OF his master-the voters.
The commission plan of governing
cities-all cities-as compared with
tho bond-breeding ward system is
! logically legitimately eliminated from
/ the realm of consistent debate. Reas-
onably the two systems are not COM
parable but are contrastable.
The aldermanic plan with its num-
erous superfiuous parts and toomuch-'
ness OF machinery to produce friction
and taxation Is as indefensible as the
| fragrance OF limburger cheese.
Fortunately this Is not matter OF
theory. The system has been proven
again and again and again and then
some by the indisputable test OF
actual experience, and II is in order
for Detroit and every other city to
prove the wisdom Of its people and
get the benefits of the commission
plan of government as soon as pos
sible.
The Detroit times., 1912-02-15
The Commission Form of Government
M eicoRGE A. FERRIS.

II would hardly seem reasonable TO
suppose that any man or woman with
a willingness TO be convinced and a
brain big enough to envelop and hold
an intelligent conviction. could have
listened to the lecture In this city by
John u. White, OF Chicago, without
beng wooed, and won as a convert 10
the cause of the commission form OF
government.
II is such a palpable, plain, plaus-
able, potent and practical proposition.
No wonder Mr.. White took the posi-
tion that IL seemed foolish to argue
for a system 80 simple and with
merits so obvious.
The commission plan Is only an ap-
plication of everyday business horse
sense 10 the management OF municipal
affairs.
Mr.. White called attention to the
fact that in Chicago he had the
privilege OF voting for but two out
OF 40 aldermen and yet he was sup
posed to be participating in self-goV-
ernment.
With the aldermanic system IL Is
difficult to fix responsibility, there Is
liable to be much of jealousy and
playing of politics. and there will al
most inevitably be swapping OF
favors while the taxpayer foots the
bill. Alderman Green says he will
vote for Alderman Browns new alley
II Alderman Brown will vote for his
new-lamp-on-the-corner measure. Both
Improvements" may be entirely
superfuous but both may be needed
as stepping stones TO reelection.
Under the commission plan, each
commissioner is personally and in
dividually and alone responsible for
his particular department. He is a
general manager. IL he doesn't do
good and make good" there Is no
body to be blamed but himself. It's
! up 10 him to show his boss, the peo-
pie. that he understands his business
and II is up to him TO demonstrate
economy and efficiency. II the water
The Detroit times., 1912-02-15
ent, with raised head and never a

ent, with raised head and never a
whine.
That sort of independence is worth
while: ii has good red blood and man
hood for its foundation, and Is the
spirit that distinguishes the American
nation from the lying, cringing, slav-
ish, lick-spittle. whining, begging, de-
generate races of the besotted Orient.
While the mass of the people re-
frse to cringe and whine and live
from the flung pennies of the money
making classes, there is still liberty
and light In q nation. When false"
pride goes, personal independence
goes, and when the mob is servile and
beggarly the way is ready for the
king, his court and his courtiers.
The way out In a free nation is TO
provide job for every jobless man,
enable him to support his family II
he does the best that is In him. and
see to 1t that there are no beggars,
loafers, winners or drones, whether
they be rich drones or poor drones.
The Detroit times., 1912-02-15

Some years ago gentle, inoffen-
sive stranger landed on this terrestrial
sphere with no luggage but note
book. Since then he has tarried with
Us, pussyfooted and unobtrusive as a
Japanese spy, picking up information
and knitting his intellectual brow
ever the incomprehensive things so
different from those on his own plan
ct. This was Mr.. Skygack from Mars.
II Is, however. not clearly known how
long he will continue his earth study
of earth beings at their earth works.
nor how he will get back to Mars
when he concludes to return. 1t will
probably be by the same means by
which he arrived, unless by chance
he comes as a meteorite.
We have conceded that Mr.. Sky
gack Is harmless. His cherubic coun-
tenance, however. has proved to be
very irritating to one OF our friends.
Adolf. The sight OF Mr.. Skygack az.
The Detroit times., 1912-02-15
Gun Play in Washington

Five OF the nine well-groomed and
gentlemanly private secretaries of
members OF President Taft's cabinet
keep loaded revolvers handy in their
desks every day of the year They do
not often use them, but there are just
enough cranks around Washington
and It's departments to make a re-
,olver feel good to the touch oc-
cas'ona1ly.
Mr.. Robert o. Bailey, private secre
tary to Mr.. Franklin MacVeagh, sec
retary OF the treasury, keeps his even
handler than a desk drawer. II you
we're to step back of the big mahog-
any desk at which Mr.. Bailey works
you would find a small shelf to the
right beside his knee. Upon 1t there
is a business-like looking 3S caliber
revolver. 1t has been there ever since
Mr.. Bailey was visited last summer
by a man who demanded TO see Secre-
The Detroit times., 1912-02-15

gravates Adolf. Mr.. Skygack is real
ly one OF the trifies Of life and Adolf
makes a mistake by noticing him.
Adolf can't get used to the appear
ance of Mr.. Skygack's calabash, which
Is covered with a fuzz like a bath
towel. Adolf is sometimes very bru-
tai towards him. but Mr. -Skygaek-is
invulnerable. Like the Phoenix, he
smilingly rises when you light a fire
under him.
Shopping is Mr.. Skygack's only
fault. But that Is because he has diff
ficulty observing our etiquette. We
can't tell him better. because his lam
euage Is not ours. II Is shrill, bar
baric tongue that sounds like clipping
1nger nails. It's about as musical as
the cracking noise which you hear in
some telephone receivers. Few can
communicate with him intelligently,
although one day a gentleman carried
on quite conversation with him by
fling a saw.
The Detroit times., 1912-02-15
The Fight Described

The following editorial, printed In
the Philadelphia North American, n
progressive Republican paper ought
to be reproduced in every American
newspaper. 1t Is good description
Of the present day contest.
1T is a struggle not to destroy nor
even weaken q single fundamental
function or institution of this govern.
ment. 1t Is fight to regain repre-
sentative government which has been
filched from the people by the eco
nomic system which has developed It's
control Of our politics as well as our
commerce during the last quarter OF
q century.
I'VE concede the honesty Of even
those distrusters OF the people and be-
levers In the fitness of only a few TO
rule; sharers Of the opinion OF the
former United States supreme court
justice, Henry ID. Brown, that: The
practice of allowing the people them
selves to choose their own officers has
been the origin of most OF our woes
We do not seek today TO controvert
denote their bent OF mind.
lne ueepeSl neeu oi Ioudy ID IOr
recognition by the people, that every
man in public life stands with those
who distrust the people, or across the
line OF division with those who oppose
government by a privileged few. There
can be no more stradding OF that line
And the test OF where each stands has
exactly nothing to do with the party
label chosen for wear."-The Com
moner.
The Detroit times., 1912-02-15

tary MacVeagh that he might get "a
license for free speech"
Nh. Bailey was alone in the office
on midsummer day. Into IL dashed
a disheveled individual who had long
neglected the art of the safety razor
and who was plainly looking for
trouble. He rushed up to the desk,
and. crowding close to Mr.. Bailey,
brought his fist violently down upon
the Elotter and shouted:
Il demand permit for free
speech"
AL right" said Mr.. Bailey; go
ahead"
This seemed to be surprise to the
man, who showed a desire TO shoot up
the place He recovered himself and
stepped back a few PAGES. Then he
began an grafton. 1t lasted ten min
utes. At a halt Mr. Bailey put in:
Fine: that's the way. You are all
right"
The crank accepted the verdict.
made deep bow and walked out Of
the room.-New York Herald.