Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-01-20
Press Comment

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Muscatine Journal: The man with
lots Of go may get there, but the fell
low who possesses sticking qualities
seldom has to try to come back.
Waterloo Reporter: Some women as
well as men are money mad. A New
York girl has cheerfully forfeited a
fortune of 100000 in order to marry
plumber.
Rapids City Journal II Texas will
put the Mexican refugee militarists to
work on it's intensive farms 1t will be
a, good thing for the countries on both
sides of the border.
Hannibal Courier Post: What's the
use in getting excited over capital
punishment? Last year there were o.
600 murders and homicides in this
country and only eighty-one legal exc
cutions.
Kansas City Journal: The statement
that Kermit Roosevelt has become a
democrat is not so unreasonable. 1t
will be recalled that his distinguished
father has done a great deal for the
democratic party.
Burlington Hawk-Eye: Any merchant
or manufacturer could make big prifits
if somebody would pay his freighe bills.
That Is what Uncle Sam is doing for
the parcel post; or rather, he makes
the railroads carry the parcels for
nothing Great scheme to make the
P. o. D. "self-sustaining."
Cedar Rapids Gazette: Four hundred
deputy collectors of internal revenue
are to be appointed to take care of the
income tax. That will make four hun
dred persons happy-and d1sappoint
great many more. =
Kansas City Journal: If the Bull
Moosers accomplish anything at all in
Kansas it will be the election OF the
Democratic ticket They did 1t once
and. to the credit of the rank and flle
most of them have determined not to
repeat the folly.
Cedar Rapids Republican: The "pro-
gressives" who held conference In
Des Moines last week among other
things resolved against what they call.
ed invisible government" Are we to
understand that. they are aiming at
God. or at man? Gods government
is also an invisible one, but 1t seems to
be governing the whole universe and
doing we'll with It,
Washington Democrat: Prohibition
territory is INCREASING and the reason
is because nobody can defend the sa-
loon and get away with 1t. Harvey
Ingham gave the saloon keepers the
best advice week or so ago that we
have seen. He advised them to clean
up their business and get out of it.
He told them that it is merely a mat
ter of time when their business Will be
outlawed.
Springfield News: General Villa is
making progress in driving Huerta's
troops before him. He has cleaned up
Northern Mexico and is making prep
arations to capture Mexico City.
Should he succeed in that he will set
up government there, and we have
no reason to believe that 1t will be
any better than the one established by
Huerta.
Should that eventuate what will be
the attitude of the United States to-
ward Mexico?
Des Moines Capital: President Will
son is satisfied with the new tariff law
and with the new currency law-re-
CARELESS of what other views may be
concerning these meas
ures. He has now returned from his
three weeks vacation fully determined
that new legislation for the govern
ment and control of big corporations
and trusts is the paramount duty OF the
hour.
There is reason to believe, however,
that conservation is going to be in
evidence The most enlightened
thought Of the nation is that the elm
nation Of actual abuses rather than
the special manufacturing of partisan
capital is the greatest need.
Sigourney Review: E. T. Meredith,
editor of farm paper in Des Moines,
is likely to be candidate for the nom
nation for governor on the democratic
ticket. So far as we know Mr. Mere
dith is splendid fellow and we'll quail
flied for governor but this is not his
year. He may be nominated and might
be elected but there is no need OF the
democrats making an uncertainty out
of certainty. Any good democrat
outside of Des Moines can be elected
easily a Des MOineS man is an uncer-
tainty. This is not against Mr.. Mere
dith; he is a creature just now OF cir
cumstances over which he has no con-
troll. The fight is bound to be made
on the tax question and just now the
people think they are being held up for
the benefit of Des Moines Mr.. Mere
dith ought not to be the nominee.
MarshaIltown Times.Republican:
The hen fruit of Iowa would 20 a long