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2 Serni-Weekly Courier Entered OUttmwaas Sccond Class Matter. Founded 8th August, 1848. By A. W. LBEL Published1 Remliwcckl.v oh Thursdays. CIRCULATION. The Ottumwa Courier has a larger circulation than any Otiumwn r.ewsr paper, ever hail. Larger in the city larger outside. BHPI'MICAN STATE TICKET. a For Govcp:or, L. M. SHAW, of Dcuisou. Fo% Lieutenant Governor, j. c. milllmAn, I ZhiS- •i'K- l2' ''i ,40v $ v,../ sflT "•Hfer Tuesdays and "OlHoe: lli'Soutli Market Street. 'leleplumc {editorial or IiukIiicsb office) No. 44. Address tlits Courier Prtiulujj Co., Ottumwa, la SUBSCRIPTION KATES. Itaily Courier, 1 year,'by carrier. .$6.00 Daily Courier, 1 year, by mail.... 5.00. •Semi-Weekly Courier, 1 year ... 1.5( be.''Trag edies of the Klondike," "Admiral Dew ey's Pejt Dog," "The Heir to ithe.'Kus sian Throne," "The First American Battleship," "Where King Alfred Was Buried." and others, all of which are nrofusely illustrated. The story pages contain the third installment of the serial, "In His Steps, 'or What IVould Jesus Do," besides a number of Short Stories. This serial has, we hope, more interest to Courier readers •than any published for several years. intensely interesting and the Couriering, already had many requests S" for the supplements alone. These can not.be procured without, subscribing for theSemi-Weekly Courier. Tosubscribers I these Thursday feature pages ai oabso lutely freehand besides the serial "In ,vj His Steps," it is the intention ti lol fSV Ww with other serials even more inter eating. The character of the short i. stqries will also be improved each week. -i OUR LANGUAGEf^-'®^ -. The Courier publishes la .tliis week's issue, a communication fitoni Hon. John W. Lewis, of this city, in which he stakes umbrage at some edi torial comments which have appeared in this paper relative to the so-called anti-imperialists. Mr. Lewis -objects because the Courier called the men who arc opposing the course of the ad ministration in the Philippines, "Amer ican Malays," and insinuated that cer tain of their acta were tinged -with treason. He asks if "such language is calculated to. justify the president's course, or to win votes to the republi can party." The Courier is truly sorry that. Mr. l#wis has taken its comments so' to heart. As to justifying the president's course, we are glad to say that, Mr. McKiuley's policy needs no justifica tion from our litpubh', pen. The confi dence cf his people .- n-l thiyknowledge that'he is iii the right, are justifica tion enough for the able executive of the United States. As to winning voters to the republi can party, the Courier begs leave say that, though it is a strict party paper, it is not always engaged in the business of winning voters to the re publican party. It lias other objects, and one of these is to express its hon est convictions on the issues of the day.. .Inasmuch as Mr. Lewis lias criti cized the Courier's language, he will, perhaps, Mf.S allow us to call attention to some of his. In his communication, Mr. Lewis said: "The war which we ure now carrying on ugaiust the Fil ipino, is largely the individual enter prise of the president and his advisers." Does Mr. Lewis believe that state ment?. If he does believe it, does he think that 'anyone who troubles him self to consider the matter shares the opinion with him? We can hardly think Thai statement means that President McKinley is betraying his trust*to the American people, and that he is break his oath of. office. To accuse the pres ident. of a republic of carrying on war as an "individual enterprise," is to accuse him of making himself the government, of creating a dictatorship. Surely Mr. Lewis does not mean to say that, this is what President McKinJey is doing. We prefer to believe thattne statement referred to was a slip of the pen, or was unintentionally extrava gunl. We are, however, not finding fault? with Mr. Lewis. He is at liberty, in common with all American citizens, to hold whatever opinions he chooses, or ,£"i .*'^1 u- Sjtfalfy himself, with whatever class of men or party tliat may s,uit his views. Yvc do, however, contend that we, also, have a right to our opinions, and -to Hip. fi ee expression of them. If the cause of the anti-imperialists is so we'ak that plain language can httrt, it, then it is too weak a cause to command respect. ft of Logan. For Supl. of Public Instructlo SR. C. BAHBETT.,2 •£!*{', of OsaRl:. 1 \VM. GARRISON AND THE SAVAGE. ..The Hon. Wiu. Lloyd Garrison, in his speech before the gathering of anti 'mperialists at Mystic, Conn., the other d&y, denounced Governor Theodore Roosevelt of New York as a savage. It seemed to trouble Mr.' Garrison be caflse so niiiny people show a disposi tion to iidmire this sort of savagery. TO most people, however, it is a little difficult to see how they can do any thing but admire it. Vhcodorc Roosevelt was born with extraordinary opportunities for a life of luxury. Instead of taking advan tage of these opportunities, however, he wpnt. immediately after his educa tion was complete, out into the world, lie has led an ncthv life among all classes of people. He has been a cowl boy on the western plains, a soldier in Cuba. and-has filled with ability, a high official position at Washington. He iias, in short, mingled with the vtff'ions kinds of life of this growin. eoii.nl ry as: have few other men. :jlr. Chivrison. on the other hand, born witli much the same opportunities educated at the same university, has, led an entirely different life. He l'.4,s For Kallroad Conmtiasioitor. k£. 13. A. DAWSON, yf. «f Waverly. For Supreme Judge JOHN C. SHERW1N, of Mason City s? THE FEATURE PAGES. There is even a better treat in store forCourierreadevsin the Thursday fea ture pages, for the coming Thursday, than in those heretofore published. The illustrated humorous page is bet ter than last week, and the illustrated general news -page contains much in teresting matter. Some of the subjects treated on this pagp will confined himself to his study. He lias learned much from books, but very li^4e from actual contact .with thfi real world. The difference in the'point of view (teyelopinl by the courses which these Hyp men have pursned is well illustrat ed by their attitude on the Philippine question. Theodore Roosevelt is* an expansionist. He believes, that this liottntry Should not stop in its march of Droirress'but should assist the Chris tian and enlightened nations in spread ing civilization throughout the world. This is the outcome of his life of ac tivity. William Lloyd Garrison is an anti expansionist. Awed by the tremen dous complexity of the problems which a policy of expansion presents, he wishes the United States to shirk her duty to the rest of the world, and to continue selfishly in her old well-beat paths. This is the natural view of a timid man of sedentary habits. It is'. ilOt ne point of view of a man of pron-rets and enterprise. Undoubtedly. Mr. Garrison" has a ri"ht to his opinions, and, provided he guards the expression of them so that the.V ^'ill work no harm to his govern ment he should not be molested. Nev ertheless he should also realize that Theodore Boosevelt and the many Who think as he does, have a right to itheir vi :ws. If Mr. Garrison applies the term 'savasre" to Mr. Roosevelt, neither he nor .Ins friends should be offended if sometimes harsh terms are applied to them.'''", -A'.: THE PIONEERS From Thursday's Daily. The annual reunion of tnc Wapello County .Old Settlers' association which is being held.,today in Fullen's grove at Agency,'brings' together a class of splendid citizens. They are the men and women who built up this county and this state. They came here when the country was an absolute wilder ness.f Many of them knew these prai ries when they were obliged to share them with the Indian and the wolf. They meet today to talk over old times and.to congratulate themselves, as well they may, upon the splendid outcome of their thrift and industry. Too. few of, os realize the debt vve ovifa these pioneers. They are a hardy race, combining many of the virtues with few of the faults of manhood and womanhood.: The task that lay before fhem, when they entered these wilds, has been nobly discharged.. In spite of all obstacles, ih spite of all discour agements, they kept steadfastly at work until the- problems which con fronted them were solved. Their watchwords were "progress" and "en terprise." They believed in going ahead, in never saying die. The result Of their efforts is before us. We, who are sons and grandsons of these men and .women, should profit by their example. Their thrift, their industry aud their integrity should be inherited hv us, and become a part of the lines upon which we model our lives. We sliould be proud of the pio neer blood which flows in our veins, and should endeav9r to be worthy of it. Let us be glad to honor the pioneers of Wupellp county, for in all the world tliereais no more honorable Dame than that of "Pioneer." MR. CUMMINS IN EVIDENCE. -Burlington Ilawkeye: From the in eipipney o^ the senatorial campaign in this state, iu fact long before it began, as far back as the last session of the ftfneral assembly, the "managers" of the Cumminp campaign both in and out of season have sought to subordi nate evbry party interest to their can didate's, advancement. They were om nipresent. No move could be made, no step taken until they had taken coun sel as to its effect' on their chief's am bition. -.The appointment of a state house janitor never failed to involve a "Cummins victory" or a "Gear defeat." At the outset they prepared to carry the senatorial question into every leg islative district, until commanded to stay their ardor and permit the peo ple 'to'manage their home affairs. Next they sought to substitute the voice of the state-convention for the deliberate action of the legislature, until they dis covered that an overwhelming public sentiment opposed the plan and the constitution prescribed the method of electing a "United States senator. The foregoing are but instance of many of the startling innovations by which these wiseacres sought to consummate that which they most devoutly hoped for. Btjyond furnishing considerable kitmseineht to those whose allegiance to the party antedates 1887, not much of .serious consideration was given to any of their harum scaruur notions, They were rather regurded as the in nocent-diversion of boyish enthusiasm. Not.atj^ny time was it imagined that they were sanctioned, least of all in- to spired by their candidate. But the latest development- would seem to in dicate that both propositions may be true. We refer to a remarkable inter view with Mr. A. B. Cummins, pub lished in the Chicago Tribune of the 28th inst., where, with one breath and iu evident full command of all his suavity and nonchalance, he kindly re lieves the members of the next Iowa house of representatives from, all re sponsibility or voice in the organiza tion of that body. The report says: '\Mr. Cummins spoke freely concern ing the organization of the house. He favors W. L. Eaton, of Osage, for speaker, and said: "I am inclined to believe that his selection will be as good as made within the next lew weeks." If Mr. Eaton entertains any idea of being a candidate for. speaker, that most estimable of gentlemen is pecu liarly unfortunate in the manner of announcing his candidacy. Thiuk of it. on the 27th of August, one with no expectation of being a member, upon whom both good taste and judgment unite in enjoining silence, heralds to tiie world the name of the presiding officer of a body, forty-two (nearly a majority) of whom remain to be nom inated, and all of whom are yet to be elected, and which will not convene un til the second Monday of January A. Dm 3900. We can imagine the cfEect of this pronunciamentoou those forty-two dis tricts that have yet to choose their candidates: we can conceive the recep tion it will meet with at the hands of ft body every member of which remains to be elected. In the light of this latest "personal" and "official" declaration of their can didate, we are prepared to absolve the "managers" from responsibility for many of the things we have charged up against them. ABOUT WATER RATrs From the "Tabulated statement of water rates reported by the leading cities of Iowa," compiled by II. F. Brown, water commissioner, and dated March 1, 1800, it appears that the aver age rate for those cities that enjoy municipal ownership is, figured in onc hundredihs of a cent, for 100 gallons daily or less, .38. For those cities which have their water furnished by private companies the rate for the same daily quantity is, on the aver age, .35. The municipal companies' average rate for from 100 to 500 gal lons daily is .36 ,the private compa nies* rate for the same quantity is .34. When it comes to larger quantities the difference in the rates is even greater. Municipal companies charge an aver age of .17 for from 4,000 to 5,000 gal lons, while the private companies1 charges average only .13. DESERTING DEMOCRACY. The tide continues to flow away! from democracy, and almost every day brings news of the desertion of the party by some prominent member. One instance is that of ex-Mayor Wil-, liam R. Grace, of New York, formerly! one of the most prominent and pro-}did nounced supporters of the free trade policies of Grover Cleveland/ In a re cent conversation with a party of prominent New York democrats, Mr.! Grace dropped this bomb into the dem ocratic ranks: "I, myself, within the past year, have changed my views completely, and I say to you that I api now con vinced that the prosperity and stupend ous growth of this country is due in no small measure to the principle which is at .the bottom of the policy of protection." This was bad enough, in all con science, but when pressed by his friends for an explanation of his change of front on the tariff question Mr. Grace, neatly finished the job by saying in the presence of a reporter, and with the knowledge that lit would be printed: "Yes, I did tell Gen. Tracy thai, and I have recently felt free to say it io others. I was never ashamed of my coemptions wlien they were in per fect sympathy with .the tariff views expressed by Mr. Cleveland in his famous message and with those held by the great body of the democratic party, and I am not ashamed now to say that in the light of recent events I have completely changed those views and now see, a& I believe, clear ly, that the amazing' growth iu all that makes for permanently prosperous conditions and in all influences that have so recently established the United States as a first power among the na tions of the world, not only politically, but financially and commercially, is due,in great measure to the policy of protection. I never dreamed that tji« time would come when I would be willing to make an admission of this kind.""" WORK FOR THOSE WHO WANT IT. Davenport Democrat: Not in years has the call for labor been more gen eral or more widespread than it ia at this time. In the cities and in the countries it is the same there is work'for men who have the strength and willingness to do it. Of course, there is not the particular job'thu* everyone would select, nor is the pay just what t,he workman would make it if he could have it his way but nev er since the world began has there been a perfect millennium. Perhaps^ accordiug to population, Davenport, Bock Island and Moline come as near being an exception to the rule.as any locality in the north west, and times have been much worse here than they are now, and many more have been out of employment. The reason for this state of affairs is in the limited work don? at Rock Isl and arsenal. A year ago nearly 3,000 hands were on the rolls today thgre are hardly one-fifth as many. The war made rush work ami this brought hundreds of both skilled workmen and, everyday laborers to this center. Some of these have remained* and possibly not all of them found other desirable places. But the plow factor- THE OTTPMWA COUBIEBi TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1899. ies and otlier industries in'the three ment has reported, exonerating Mr. cities are much larger employers of Evans, saying the criticisms against labor than they were a j-eav ago. And, him were unjust. This U. V. V. imag so the. loss on the one side may be ines to influential it must be nearly made up on the other. a political organization, but it will find In speaking of the call for. labor ref- this will be its weakness, because if it erence is made to Iowa as a whole, raises its hands against every man, ev Our exchanges are complaining almost ery man's hand will be raised against without exception about the shortage, i-t. The quiet influence of the G. A. The Odebolt Clarion says:. "The farm- a non-political organization, is and ai d's can't find men to help theip har-|ways will be ten-fold grpater than vest." And other papers may be quot- so-called organization devoted solely to politics. The people never stand un- pers ed to the same effects Schaller Her ald: "Carpenters are in so great de mand that it is next, to impossible to iget an odd job of any klrid done.'* Cedar Rapids Gazette:* "The man who pretends to be a common laborer has to ,y .r™,!, if Celar Rapids." Orange Colonel Bryan says that "the'outlook for success in 1000 was never better than at present." No one will dispute the colonel. 1 It is apparent from these figures that water is furnished to Iowa cities. far mor.e cheaply by private companies than by public plants. Does Ottumwa wish to tax herself heavily to build or buy a municipal water works plant,: and then, in addition to this, pay a higher rate for her supply of waterf •. IOWA PRESS COMMENT. ij» ix A Novel Experiment J, Iowa Capital: The democrnlie paity is claiming that the people of lowh are opposed to President McKinley's policy and in Sympathy with Aguinal do. If democracy desires to put that claim to the test let the party attempt to name one of ithe towns along any of the new lines of railroad in the state in honor of the rebel 1—chief.* N O in a Davenport Republican: The new William Lloyd, Garrison is not the original, nor even a shadow of the grand old patriot. The new editiop does not reach the reepeotable shadow the sun would cast on a cloudy day. It is to be regretted that "Benedict" not suggest itself when his parents were debating, a mime for him, Finding Fault. Keokuk Gate City: And now some body is undertaking to find fault with Governor Shaw because Rush Lincoln is a brigadier general! Rush Lincoln was appointed because he was the man enthusiastically asked for by the Towa National Guards. To raise the point that in his youth.he was a confederate when one considers the applause given to Fitzhugh Lee and General Wheeler, is wholly discreditable to any one who makes that objection. Financially Independent. Turlington Hawkeye: It is said that the customs receipts in the Philippines, even under existing conditions, are large enough to balance the-expendi tures of our government there in lime of peace, and that they will soon be equal to war expenditures. Of course, the war is only of a temporary charac ter, and when peace comes trade with the islands will be greatly increased. There is no occasion to worry about the Philippines,, for either financial or political reasons. Uncle Sam is going to have his way there. '5 Some Ooraparl.oni. MarshalltownTimes-Kepublican: Com parisons between the democratic and republican tariffs show striking dif ferences. It is five years since the Wil son tariff law went into effect, after ten months spent in its preparation. During the fiscal yea# ended on Juijl! 30. 1895, the exports were $807,533,105 and the imports' $731,909,965, an in crease in imports but a decrease in ex ports under the operation of the demo cratic.law. When, President McKinley and a republican congress came into power the Dingley tariff was substitut ed, and since then the imports have decreased and the exports rapidly in creased, until during the last fiwnl yeurs the imports of merchandise were $010,049,054, "While the exports were $1,831,483,330, nearly double the amount. The jmarket for American goods abroad is now over $500,000,000 to year greater than it was during the first year the Wilson tariff was iu cf feet. !Hiirpliy. OpIufoiiN. I Vinton Kagle: The Union Veterans' Union is afraid. it won't be noticed un less it shies a few bricks. The loudest mouth ranter of the lot is a fellow -,vho has held office under the government ever since the war and has forgotten that he is not ^tlie only soldier who survived. The resolution condemning "Tama .Tim" Wilson because he di'l not accede to Gen. Dyrqnforth's ftlie U. V. H. commander) demands will be denounced by soldiers generally well as citizens.' This may also be said as to Governor Shaw and President JlcKinley, and the pension department. Colonel Henderson endorsed Pension tating to. City Herald. *Tvo dollars and $2.o0 sufficient prominence in New llamp per day for harvest field hands, and at|sWe ner the crops." sibley Herald: "The concrete gang at Little Rock has been induced by harvesting farmers to quu $1.50 ner day jobs and go into the fielas at $2." Spencer Reporter: "Have you seen anyone lately who couldn't get work?" Council" Bluffs Nonpareil: "Verv material evidence of the scarcity of workingmen was seen yesterday at the transfer.*' And scores of other papers could be quoted to the same effect. There is good reason to believe that the state of Iowa will pay the ex penses of the Fifty-first from San Francisco. The citizens of Iowa should see to it that the volunteers are provid ed with employment. Every person who can do so sjiould put a soldier boy in the way -pi a job. It Is true that many of the ^ojtmteers will find their old positions open to them, but it is also true that many will be compelled to seek work immediately they arrive hern. The volunteers have not made money in the Pii^ppjnes their services were patriotic and not remunerative. I hey should not be without employ ment after havifig- made such great sac rifices for their country. Editors of expansion papers are blamed for. referring- ^o the anti-im perialists as "American'Maleys while at the same time George Dj 'Horron is calling President MeKinifcy•.•?& traitor," "an oppressor" and "a perjurer,"-and William Lloyd CJairison is referring to Governor Roosevelt as "a*savage?i^|i^ I Samuel Merrill. Des Moines Xews: Korty-thrce years .. ago there came to McGregor, Iowa, a dodge very lively to keep out of the y011nfr rmul of sterli wolTti,. Hc wag a nativc of Maine g„t riBpn to to be t.ll0S(.n a ot its ]eL LeSe. cannot be is|at„re. Teacher, farmer, merchant, secuied. Forest City Ptpes: The j,e showed the adaptability of tue tv universal cry is for more help to gar- ni,.a| fto .„"i.,,.i pieal New England boy business af fairs. He became a wholesale mer chant at Medregor and built up a great biisiness. When the "ivi 1 war came on, he was soon at the front, commanding a regiment as cjlonel and distinguishing himself courage, fi delity and capacity. After ilie war,'iu 1807, he was elected governor of !o ya, serving the state ably and well from •18GS to 1872. Then a long career of good citizenship in private life at De= Moines an-J l.os Angteles, ami now, ap parently, the end. .Samuel Merrill is reported to be dying of paralysis at Los A nireles. Honored in life, Samuel Merrill will be honored and remembered in death. He was a.febod man in all the public and private relations of life 'lie loved humanity and roved his generositjvin many. ways. He had high sense of duty. Be knew how to handle large matters", but was wise enough to at tend carefully tp details. He was thor oughly conscientious. If, not one of Iowa's greatest governors, no one wili dispute his better title of'one of its good ontfs. "A Plain, Blunt !Uan." Sioux City Journal: Perhaps .Mr. Reed would have resigned earlier if it had not been necessary to put the resignation in writing and. scud it to the governor. But when he got to it this was all he said: "I hereby resign tnc position, of member of congress), from the First district, of Maine, to* take effect this date, .Sept. 4. Very trulv vours, "I'! U. Heed." To some men that woul.l not have seemed 'adequate. Mr. Seed is singu larly free of gusli in nil dealings with himself. Most men, if they have been long time in one place, feel some Hashes of sentiment when they come to leave it, and are likely .to disclose themselves to the public if they have occasion to speak or wFitc about it. It rather seems gracious to say tliut kindness ami confidence ihiit have been unterrupted for years and years are remembered and will always be. That is the way most men find apolo gy for speaking of themselves under the circumstnnees of parting. But Mr. Reed '.ir.s never done anything in this line, and he-probably never will. He is Hot a suppliant. lie revor holds out his hand to invite charity. He goes on ay main strength. Ke can be mad and he can be jolly, but he could net Hobsonize if his life denended on it. 4 Protection For Trainmen* The Rockwell City Advocate, refer ring to the murder of b'rakemen near Marshalltown, says: This brings up a-point raised by a Northwestern brakeman in conversa tion with the writer a couple of months ago. He said that the lives of the men arc in constant danger from the hoboes who want to ride. The company gives strict orders to put all such off the train, but at the same time brakemen have no authority to carry weapons to defend themselves in an emergency, such as this case pre sents. The brakeman made a strong protest against the injustice of the sit uation. He said that if he allows tramps to ride he is likely to be dis charged, but if he takes extreme measures to put them off he may be killed. It would be no more than jus tice to allow trainmen some measure of protection in cases of this character, and the tragedy near Marshalltown last week forcibly emphasizes the gerat danger in which they are placed- Is not this a proper subject for legislative actiou'1 Former Ckalrmau Ilancock. Burlington Hakwcye: liv reason of his owfl choice and in spite of tnc en treaties of his friends, and republi cans generally, to remain, Mr. Han cock has surrendered the chairmanship Of the republican state central com mittee, pleading as his excuse for so doing the imperative demands of his private business upon his time. His renunciation of leadership is especial ly regretable at this time \vhen it w?s hoped to have the benefit of his' past experience in campaigning. Whilst he was not a self-heralded Napoleon of chameleonic brilliancy, he brought to the state committee the ripe experi ence, broad knowledge and sturdy ability requisite in a leader of men. He is entitled to the thanks of the peo ple of Iowa, irrespective of party, for his self-sacrificing devotion to duty in giving of his time and talent for their good. It is a matter for gratula.tion that, though retiring as its head, he- will continue on the membership of the committee, and to this extent lend his advice and ability to the cause. We need more C. T. Hancocks in active politics. Small Comfort. Sioux City Journal: The always alert antis have been trying to get a little comfort out of a reeent report that Gen. Fred Funston had decide^ to come, home after all. A reeent letter from Knnstoh to the editor of the lola (Kan.) Daily Register has again dash ed the antis'^ hopes, ft appears that the gallant Kansan liVid beeu wounded iu the hand and had been sent back to Manila, under protest, for surgical The letter winds up #-ith the cure, following characteristic paragraph, out of which the antis-are welcome to get- Commissioner Evans, und since then fill the satisfaction that they may the committee appointed by the (i. A.1 "On general principles I am not an R. to investigate the pension depart-j expansionist, but 1 believe that since "llrtrn we were by an unfortunate train of circumstances thrown into this thing, we should stay with it- to the bitter end, and rawhide those bullet headed Asiatic ruffians until they yell for mer cy. And1 after the war lI want a job as professor 0# American history in Luzon university, when they build it. And I'll warrant that the new genera tion of Filipinos will know better ttian to get in the way of the band wagon of Anglo-Saxon progress and decency." This vigorous language shows what an honest and courageous man,-whose sympathies were not originally in fav or of expansion thinks of the present situation after having been mixed up in it for a little while. Quantity vs Qnallty. Keokuk Gpte City: Senator Stewart is talking on the money question again. He says: "The question of the quantity of money is all there is in the gold or silver question, and as long as metals are used there will be a'conten tion to adopt the metal which is scarc est and dearest, because.the dearer the metal in which the debt is to be paid, the more property and labor it-will re quire to pay. the debt and the richer the creditor will be and the poorer the debtor." But the fact is that the quality of money is still more important than its quantity, and Mr. Stewart and his school disregard that. Ijarrabee lUlsreperaentid.' Iowa Capital: The democratic press keeps an eyo put for any expression by proniinent republicans that can be wnrped into criticism of the adminis tration, and the same is seized upon by them with great relish. Ex-Governor Larrabeo lhas been made a victim in this respect, the democratic papers claiming that he would recull the troops and leave the island to Aguin aldo. Governor Larrabee does not fa vor the lowering of the flag hile it is under fire. He wants order restored at any cost and wants the island left in the hands of the natives. He docs not argue, as the democrats would make believe, that this government should acknowledge its error, apolo gize to Aguinaldo and withdraw its army. GENEIIAL LINCOL •Gen. Rush Lincoln, for whose ap pointment Governor Shaw was so se verely criticised by the Union Veter ans' Union was a southerner and fought in the confederate army hence the criticism. But after the war, Mr. Lincoln settled in the north atid ac cepted the result in good faith. For twenty years he was military instruc tor at Ames, giving the school un in ternational reputation as to military tactics. When Mie war for Cuban lib erty began, hc offered his services to the government, although he was well along in years. He told his friends that he was willing to die for his country this time so that the past mip-ht be wiped out entirely. There was no question of his patriotism, and none as to his ability. He not only did that, lnit three" of his sons enlisted in the same war to obliterate the past.— Oskaloosa Herald. '4/1 Because Gov. Shaw tried to please the Iowa boys of *98 by appointing .T. Rush Lincoln brigadier general, that narrowly partisan organization, the U. V. U„ makes ai exhibition of its jealousy and tries to kindle hnew the former strained but now pleasant re lations between the' north and the south. The U. V. U. has a whole, lot to learn .vet and if it ke'eps on at.the present gait it will learn faster than it wants to.—Maquoketa Excelsior. Th'ere is no use spending time dis cussing the attitude of the national encampment of the Union Veterans' Union relative to Governor Shaw. He recommended the appointment of Gen. James Rush Lincoln of the State Agri cultural college for brigadier general and President McKinley appointed him. At the agq, of 10 Gen. Lincoln enlisted in the confederate service from the state of Virginia. After the war he came to Iowa and ever since has been a worthy citizen of thik state. We do .not know bis politics. He has never been a partisan or a politician. He has reared a family and thr^e of his sons are in the army, one in th6 regular. He is regarded as a fine military man, the best there.is in the state. .He was recommeuded by all the regiments of the National Guard. Major Olmsted, for thirty-two years an officer in the regular army, says that General Lincoln is the best drill master hefc has ever known. For over thirty vears he has fulfilled .every obligation of the citizen aud met every duty of the soldier, when a duty could be per formed. and what -more can be asked. Governor Shaw did right in recommend inig General Lincoln, and the president did right in appointing him, and nine ty-nine' out of every hundred people approve the appointment.—Clinton Her ald. The T6wa veterans declare that no comrade of .their order should support for oflice any man "who will give his support and influence to a confeder ate." Well, after a while, Mr. McKin lev will be renominated as the republi can candidate and then what will these insulted veterans do? According to their own interpretation the president has heaped insult after insult upon them and then, as the phrase goes, rubbed it in. Can these veterans, in the ardor of their dementia (we .can give it no other name) make fish of SLaW. and foul of McKinley?—Atlanta Constitution. yvjri Politic. In Iowa. From the New York Sun. The Hawkeye state of 'Iowa is the only one of' 1h? five states "outside of New England which votes for a gov ernor iu the year preceding the presi dential election,- in which the demo •crats'have nothing to loseliy a. defeat. Maryland and Kentucky have been found generally heretofore in the democratic column. Mississippi is overwhelmingly democratic: Ohio, al ways contested, is often close. Hut Iowa, never doubtful, has'been car ried by 1lie republican party in every presidential flection since the birth of that organization. Being a reliable re publican state, any democratic experi- "tfxirik of Ease But Work On/1 If your blood is impute you cannot everi think of ease." The blood is tht greatest sustainer of the body and kuheh you mak^it pure by iakfyg Hood's Sarsa parUla you h»roe ihe perfect health til which even hard work becomes easy. ments in the line of platform declara tions do no liftrm In Iowa. This -view of the case appears to reg ulate, regardless of any considerations, consistency, principle or patriotic obli gation, the view bf the Iowa demo crats. Holding Iheir state convention in the year preceding the national election, they can declare for any pol icy which seems promising. If it is well received as a means of votefget ting the national convention may take it up. If it is not well receive'd, it Is abandoned. The Hawkeye democrats experiment with principles as chemists do with poisons or explosives—and the republicans carry the state. Ill the year 1895, preceding the last presidential election, the democrats of' Iowa declared "for the use of both gold and silver as the standard money of the' country and for the coinage of both gold and silver without discrimination against either." They insisted in their platform, that year upon the adoption of this policy as "specially necessary for the protection of the farmer and laboring classes." This declaration was not very successful. The candidate nominated u]on it was defeated in No vember by 00,000 majority. Two years ago there was a furious and unseemly controversy in tlic'demo cratic state convention in Iowa., IIor-J acq Boies, Uncle Horace, had .beenl twice elScted governpr, running on a] democratic ticket, with republiconj support,'-^s the candidate of those who! opposed the stringent prohibitory! liquor law adopted in January, 1884,1 Iowa lias a considerable foreign bornl population, including 130,Q00 Germans,! 75,00ft Scandinavians, 12,000 BoKemiana anil 8.00b Hollanders. Few among these favored such un extreme raeas»5 i^re of .prohibition, or would give theii support to- candidates approving it For this reason the republicans 'of Iowa suffered in two successive state contests and the democrats, became,3 the champions of more liberal excise! regulations. In the state convention* of two years ago the populists, many! of them prohibitionists, refused tosifp-jg port the democratic ticket unless th# party agreed to abandon its liberal ex-' eise views and to stultify its former^ declarations. The matter was consjd-i' ered on the ground bf political advanT-'?*! age only, and after a controversy of several hours' duration, the platform eomlnit.tee of the democrats yielded.to the populits and nominated for gover nor Fred White, of Keokuk, wild" was defeated by 30,000 majority. On Tuesday, ait their Des Monies run- 1 vention, Mr. White, the defeated candi date of two years agbj was renomina ted, and another experiment in the line of platform-making wns tried by the tacit- abandonment of silver, by si lence as to those state issues in which the voters of Iowa are naturally inter ested, and by the adoption of a declar ation of party faitli which ascribes the' present existing rMolt in the Philip pines to Great Britain, and protests against the enforcement of American authority ou the extraordinary ground that it will, "disrupt the friendly rela tions which have heretofore existed be tween the United States and Ger many.", The Des Moines platform is an cx perimcnt, and a most ignoble and dis creditable experiment, in its effort to test the advantages of a fusion for jsfoo between the populists and the "Ger man-Americans," ^vho are opposed gen erally to free silver, l'f the plan doesn't vvork no great harm can eome of the declaration. The question whether Mr. White is to be defeated by 30,000, as he was iu 1897, or by-a larger majority, does not dusturb the, demo crats of Iowa much. No patriotic American, democrat or republican, can withhold'his contempt for such a trans parent bid for the support^ on' Un American grounds, of th*. naturalized voters, a? was made by, the populists corn 'sWttii tiritbtiit deht, with '.credit unexcelled, witli more liYiesiof raifroad in successful operation than all .the states of New, England, w-ith its "high standi^ St education and low per centage of criminals, a state of'Amer ican.. hifimeg and farms, will not faltcc in lt^'ailegi'ftnce to the government in defttns? fit Hthicli 75,000. IoWa trbops wep^-.tflf thas ftpnit in the civil waiand wMS& hos bceja represented honorably, bomin Cuba, ftnd the Philippines. r'-. ,T— IlAal'nei. Cannot bo Cured liy'local applications, as Ihey caunot reach, iba diseased portion of th. ear. 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