Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-08-19

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emptorily challenged and the jury box
filed with the "unprejudiced' then we
can dismiss court, call of the legis-
! latures, abolish the sheriffs, discharge
the police and all Join hands and
| tango.
Keosauqua Republican: There is
abundant proof that the Mexican Ques.
ton is a hot number, when Secretary
Bryan cancels his lucrative lecture
dates and President Wilson condo.
sends to call In republican senator's
for consultation. And this has all
recently happened.
. Des Moines Capital: The senseless
| and inhuman fad of docking horses Is
to be ended in England by law. In
the house Of commons bill to that
effect has been introduced and al.
though few jockey clubs and kind
red organizations are whinneying their
protest it is gratifying to learn that
the success of the measure seems as
sured.
To aid the cause the British war
ONCE has directed that beginning at
q certain date no more locked horses
shall be purchased for the army.
II the English will end the fad per-
haps their Anglophobian echoes In
this country will follow the example.
For purposes Of beauty and utility
the noble horse has right to It's own
tail and it ought to be against the
law in every civilized country to de-
cree otherwise.
Iowa City Republican: Des Moines
defenders OF the capitol grounds ex-
tension grab are busily circulating a
story about the small tax per capita OF
the improvement. Let them digest
these facts. The share Of each county
would build and equip county hos
pital for tuberculosis. 1t would build
and equip an agricultural high school
in every county. 1t would build
club house for boys In every city Of
the state. The tax would provide a
district system Of reformatories and
prison farms covering the whole state,
with enough left for q central convict
farm Of 1000 acres. It would preserve
and reforest the headwaters Of the
streams of Iowa. 1t would carry out
any Of the magnificent state enter
prises which are needed to alleviate
suffering, eradicate disease and make
Iowa q better place to live in, which
are prevented now by lack of funds
and lack of vision. Instead, the state
is asked to squander $4,000, 900 In pre-
pairing to squander other millions to
help Des Moines real estate specula-
tors.
Marshalltown Times-Republican:
Judge Hunter says the Webb law is
unconstitutional, but the supreme
court still has its guess coming.
Cedar Rapids Republican: Talking
about a more elastic currency, how
would 1t do to get currency elastic
enough to meet the demands on
every pocketbook in the land? Isn't
that about the idea that the average
man has in his mind In discussing this
question?
Council Bluffs Nonpareil: John Lind
went right on through to Mexico City
Just as though there were no dogs Of
war barking at his heels. But John
knew he had good backing. Like the
had been rolled away and he was per-
mitted to see the hosts and chariots
of flre beyond the clouds. Evidently
the Mexicans also saw some things.
Burlington Hawk-Eye: There 10
great complaint by housewives OF the
excessive cost Of every edible to be
found in the markets. Was not the
high cost Of living to be reduced under
democratic administration? Do we
forget the drouth and its effect upon
farm and garden products? All, no;
but the democratic party forgot In the
last campaign every economic cause
and effect and made fiat promise Of
reduced cost Of living. These few
lines OF comment are guided by the
promises OF the democratic platform.
Des Moines Capital: Iowa is COM
ing into her own as producer Of
wheat. Reports from harvest fields
indicate that In many sections wheat
has been going from forty to fifty
bushels to the acre and probably the
average will be twenty-five bushels
Per acre, At this figure DR.. Chapel
OF the Iowa crop bureau estimates a
wheat crop several million bushels
ahead of last year because the acre
age is bigger Iowa is essentially q
corn state, but her ability to grow
wheat successfully serves to en-
phasize her versatility. Next year, 1t
! Is hoped, enough alfalfa will be grown
| in Iowa to make 1t one Of the apprec-
liable crops Of the Hawkeye state.
Sioux City Journal: When speech
Of some interest Is made In the senate
notation is pretty sure to appear in the
Congressional Record that 1t is held
for revision and will be published here.
after. The senator who occupied the
floor may feel that he had let some
things escape him which should not
have been uttered, and he may feel
that his grammar should have careful
revision. And, for another thing, he
may have suffered Interruptions and he