Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-07-26
undertaken In restraint Of trade. The
signing of the bill II a distinct dis
credit 70 President Wilson.

undertaken In restraint OF trade. The
signing of tho bill 10 a distinct dis
credit 70 President Wilson.
Kansas City Journal: Get ont the
democratic book Of discipline, likewise
the confession of Jeifersonian faith,
and excommunicate couple Of dis
tinguished statesmen who are danger
ously unorthodox. Here is Congress
man Dorsey w. Shackelford Of our
own imperial commonwealth brazenly
federal subsidy OF state
roads when used rs mail routes, in the
thin disguise Of yearly rental OF 30
mitch mile. Time was when the
mere mention OF q subsidy to a demo-
cratic statesman was like displaying
the traditional crimson cloth to the
male bovine. sufficient to provoke an
ebullition of oratorical indignation
that could be stopped only when the
suggestion was withdrawn--the orator
never ran out Of indignation. From
a time when political memory runneth
not to the contrary 1t has been card
inal tenet of the democrats.
Chicago Inter-Ocean: It's safe ia
say that Secretary Bryan will keep
right on with HE tchautauqua lee.
lures. He needs the money and he
must keep close to the dear people
because OF 1915 and 1920. etc, etc.
Keokuk Gate City: Recent solar dis
coveries promise that experts will be
enabled to make accurate forecasts.
extremely valuable to farmers.
months In advance. But conditions
will not be perfect nor the public
satisfied until some way Is discovered
Of controlling the weather.
Cedar Rapids Republican: Perhaps
the lobbyists are the man who put
those "jokers" into Legislative bills. A
Joker is trick phrase which may
afterwards be Interpreted differently
from the way It reads casually They
have generally been attributed to the
Of law makers, but they.
may be the cleverness Of the lobby
lists.
Centerville Citizen: Husbands who
do not believe that wiping dishes for
Q weary wife is proper work for
man should read the thirteenth verse
OF the twenty-first chapter Of Second
Kings, which indicates that In bible
times the men did the dish washing.
The verse reads: "And will wipe
Jerusalem 40 q man wipeth dish,
wiping 1t and turning 1t upside down"
Same old way!
Waterloo Courier: It will besa sur
prise to many to learn that the re-
cent presidential election was Incl
Jefferson. This Is the excuse given by
Postmaster General Burleson for
ordering the discontinuance of the
Mckinley postcards and the issuance
OF card bearing the likeness Of the
author Of the declaration OF indie
pendence. 1t occurs, however, that the
majority Of the voters In the last
presidential election we're opposed to
the democratic party.
Dubuque Telegraph Herald: Newly
enfranchised women signally failed to
avail themselves Of their new right in
the city election held the other day at
Geneva, ILL.,, notwithstanding one OF
the propositions voted upon was the
establishment Of a free kindergarten
It appears that the reason for the
women's failure to vote was not that
they were busy at home putting up
currant Jelly, but that somebody
started the report that the election
would be strictly a dress affair. !" The
rumor was Of course, the invention of
a Aoalawag who. 1t Is to, be imagined,
takes delight in hollering Rats"
whenever he sees Az assembly OF
women. The report, however, availed
to keep most Of the women at home.
for when they recalled what Mrs. So
and-So had worn at the towns most
recent and "sw4llest" social event,
they decided they had nothing fit to
wear"
Here clearly, ID; suggested need of
safeguarding the ballot In woman's
hands. Assuredly there should be a law
making 1t penal offense for anyone
to circulate rumors designed to scare
the fair sex from the polls on election
day.