Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-07-15

Mr.. Pepper should not build his hopes
too high. He Is at present closely as
ISOLATED in Iowa politics with a prom
inent democratic leader who tried to
capitalize and realize on the friend.
ship of the enemies OF Cummins, and
SO far from becoming governor, Mr..
Porter cannot now become United
States district attorney.
Kansas City Journal: An eastern
minister suggests cooling period Of
three months to elapse between the
hearing Of divorce cases and the
formal granting Of the divorce. It Is
not new suggestion, by any means,
but one that has often been made In
one form or another embodying the
same idea-that Of preventing hasty
remarriages. Abundant experience
has shown that very large proper
ton Of divorced persons remarry and
the short period which intervenes be-
tween tho issuance Of the divorce and
the new marriage license Is proof
positive that remarriage was the chief
reason for getting the marital bonds
severed.
Keosauqua Republican: The Abba
Republican in its last weeks issue
says:
Governor Clarke. 1t is stated, will
make trip over the state, expressing
himself about the extension Of the
capitol grounds. Who Is going to pay
for the junket?"
Permit us to suggest to our Abba
contemporary that the "junket" ex-
pense might be paid by the Des
Moines Commercial club. That body
rewarded Curator e. r. Harlan for
his legislative lobbying for the capitol
grounds extension by paying for his
junket to Europe, and. as 1t Is patent
over the state that Governor Clarke
was as active, II not as indiscreet. In
lobbying legislators for the 100000
Des Moines playground purchase as
was Harlan, naturally II can be taken
for granted that the same commercial
club will anti-up tho expense for the
chief executive junket the Abba paper
mentions as in prospect. It's . great
game, you see, this campaign to annul
the constitution Of our state for the
benefit Of certain Des Moines property
owners, real estate agents ct al.
Cedar Rapids Republican: Some one
In Iowa Is going to open DR.. Fried
mann cure institution. The promoters
OF this cure in Iowa must evidently.
believe that the people have not heard
that DR.. friedman made something
OF a failure OF his own cure. In cur
ing people great deal Of credulity
abides forever.
Burlington Hawk.Eye: The secret
for w. ]. Bryan's willingness to be-
come secretary Of state has been re-
vealed. BY so doing he became acting
president Of the United States the
other day. SO near fulfillment of his
life's desire was worth taking on the
burdens of the secretary ship.
Sioux city Journal: The Omaha
World Herald admires the bold stand
taken by Senator Hitchcock; but the
World Herald desiring to maintain
some reputation of it's own for bold
ness, refrains from speaking confident
ly of the prospect for success OF the
senator's plan at this session of con-
gress.
Keosauqua Republican: Picking at
the currency law! And yet no country
in the world ever had currency con-
dition equal to that Of the United
States for the past quarter Of CEN
fury. Reform on top Of reform and
with what result? Certainly not for
the betterment Of conditions, as the re-
suit shows This applies as much to
the state Of Iowa in recent years as 1t
does to the nation at large.
Davenport Times: At Philadelphia
an agreement has been reached be-
tween the railways at South Philadel-
phia and the city to spend $1S.000,000
in improvements that will eliminate
grade crossings and change harbor
conditions for the promotion of trade.
How much better 1t would have been
to have planned the placing Of tracks
and the making of street crossings
right in the first place becomes ap-
parent now that so large a sum OF
money has to be spent to correct the
initial mistakes.
Fairfield Ledger: The Burlington
Hawk-Eye thinks that the enlargement
of the capitol grounds at Des Moines
would advertise Iowa." We don't
know about that. II we are looking
for new home 1t occurs to US that we
might avoid state whose governor
and legislature had practically con-
spired to set aside the constitution to
make a purchase like this, and had
led the counties and cities and dis
tricts to run past the limit Of indebted
ness and never see 1t.
IOWA PASTOR TO FRISCO
Iowa City, July 12.-The vestry Of
Trinity Episcopal church has accepted