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REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.
Governor B. Cummins.
Lieut. Governor John Herriott.
State Superintendent J. F. R'ggs.
Judge Supreme Court Chas. A. Bishop.
Railroad Commissioner D. J. Palmer.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY TICKET.
A. W. Buchanan
J. H. Cremer.
R.
P.
Dana.
Miss Emma Nye.
C. R. Allen.
F. W. Mills.
John McElroy,
VOTE THE STRAIGHT REPUBLI
CAN TICKET.
"Vote the republican ticket straight
this fall and thereby put men in office
to manage your state and county af
fairs, who belong to the party that has
always championed the cause of hu
manity, that has always stood for equal
rights and Justice to American citizens,
whether white or blacK. Vote the re
publican, ticket from top to bottom and
thereby assist in keeping Iowa the
proud leader of republican majorities
among the states. In this way demon
strate that you endorse the just and
fearless administration of President
Roosevelt and that you propose to see
fepsft to it that Iowa rolls up a big majority
'¥1*
'n national election next
year. This was the gospel of republi
canism preached by Hon. Geo. H.
Woodson at a meeting of the colored
voters of Ottumwa held at the colored
Baptist church last evening and receiv
ed by his hearers with unusual enthu
siasm.
A There was no room for doubt
ing the sturdy quality of the republi
canism of Mr. Woodson and the force
ful manner in which he set forth poli
cies of the republican party greatly
Impressed his hearers. He brought
forth unquestionable proof that the re
publican party,, throughout its manage
ment of the affairs of the national
government, his always been the friend
of the wprkincman and has always
stood for policies that conserved the
.jr..-. interests of the whole American pea-
Ktlfplo. He vividly contrasted the condi
tions of the country under republican
rale with Its resulting prosperity and
employment at good wages of all the
working men, with the destitution, idle
ness and want that has invariably fol
lowed the inauguration of democratic
policies in the national government. He
reminded his hearers that during the
last administration of Grover Cleveland
liilllons of American citizens were
without work. Forced to walk th&
/streets of our cities depending on char
ity for the little they could get to eat.
He called to mind the fact that right
here in Iowa the mines at many of our
now thriving coal centers near Ottum
'wa, were shut down or run with two
days work per week, that through this
fair state of Iowa, with all its natural
abundance, marched an array of desti
tute workers, thrown out of employ
ment by the working of democratic
policies.
He .showed how the democratic par
ty has deceived the voters of the coun
try in 1892, making them believe that
it was not a good thing to have a sur
plus in the national treasury and
brought to mind how a few months
later President Cleveland prepared an
issue of bonds to iirovide for the run
nlng expenses of the government.
How the democratic party was a party
of promises, but how it had failed to
make any of its premises good with
the exception of the one contained in
those Bible words, "Come unto me all
ye that labor and arc heavy laden, and
I will give you REST."
Mr. Woodson exposed some of the
misrepresentations that are being
made by the democratic party in Ot
tumwa and effectively impressed upon
the minds of his hearers that it is of
vast importance that every voter in
this city should be sure to vote right
by casting his vote for the republican
candidates.
Never was more earnest or sin
cere tribute paid to candidates for po
litical office,than the words of this emi
nent colored speaker in referring to
the nominees selected by the republi
can convention of Wapello county.
"Men of the highest integrity and abil
ity have been placed upon the republi
can ticket of Wapello county and they
merit the vote of every citizen of Ot
tumwa in favor ol' preserving the pres
tige of the county and the economical
government of'its affairs."
OttumwanB are glad of the opportun
ity given them last evening of hearing
republican doctrines from one so capa
*, ble of presenting them.
THE RAILROAD VS. FARM TAX IN
WAPELLO COUNTY.
The misrepresentations ol the dem
i. •ocrats of Iowa regarding the relative
lax levy on farm and railroad proper
is but a sample of the misstate
nts made by them on other ijues-
So far as Wapello county is
j'l3erned the democratic contention,
|t the taxable value of farm proper-
aiias
been Increased during the past
years by a larger per cent than
the taxable value of railroad prop
is absolutely false, according to
ecords of the assessors' returns
in the county auditor's office.
1
-ominence given this question
Ifl democrats in their canvass of
HR"h
1,1)1 make
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inquiry into this
it affects Wapello county,
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a matter of unusual interest to the vo
ters of Wapello county.
The taxable value of the railroad
property in Wapello county appears
on the records at the court house as
follows:
1901 $622,011
1902 680,636
1903 764,548
A little subtraction shows that in
1903 the taxable value of railroad
property in this county was $83,912
greater than in 1902 and $142,537 in
excess of the taxable value in 1901.
The taxable value of farm proper
ty as returned by the township asses
sors for the past three years follows:
190
1 $2,215,800
1902 2,228,286
1903 2,160,135
Here is shown a decrease of $68,151
from 1902 and of $55,665 from 1901 in
the taxable value of farm property in
Wapello county for 1903 as shown by
the assessors' reports.
In considering the returns of the as
sessors of the various counties for
the purpose of fixing the tax levy, for
1903, the state executive committee
raised the taxable value of farm prop
erty in Wapello county 5 per cent.
This fixes the taxable value of farm
property for the county at $2,268,141.75
for 1903. By comparing this sum with
the values for the past two years it is
at once seen that the increase for this
year amounts to $39,855.75 over 1902
and $52,341.75 over 1901.
By a comparison of the figures giv
en above it is seen that the taxable
value of railroad property in this
county has increased more rdpidly
during the past two years than has the
taxable value of its farms.
Passing from the relative values of
farm and railroad properties in the
county to the state and county tax
levy it is seen that the assessment
is .5 of a mill less for 1903 than for
last year and .3 of a mill less than it
was in 1901. The levy ,for the past
three years follow:
Mills.
1901 19.6
1902 .. 19.8
1903 19.3
Here are facts and figures that vi
tally interest the taxpayers of Wapel
lo county and are final proof that the
railroads of this county have experi
enced a greater increase in tax on
their property than have the railroads
of the county. Keep these things
in mind when you go to the polls on
election day and cast your ballot for
the party and officers who are thus
looking after your interests.
IMPORTANCE OF PRESENT CAM.
PAIGN.
Citizens who fail to vole at the
coming election will not only forfeit
their voice in the management of
county and state affairs, but will work
injury to the party which stands fori
tne national policies in which they be
lieve. Congressman B. P. Birdsall
in his opening campaign address at
Green summed up the importance of
this matter in the following brief:
statement:
"While the pending campaign in its
immediate results, affects only the ad
minsitration of the state government,
is is perfectly Apparent that in its
wider scope it involves great import
ant questions effecting national af-l
fairs and in particular the prosperity
of all the people of our country. In
truth, the campaign so far as its af*
fects local issues is to be submerged
by the greater national policy and na
tional issues, foreshadowed by it. The
administration of state affairs is prac
tically unchallenged, because the de
mocracy of Iowa has come to acknowl
edge that of all the governments with-:
in the United States none can present
a cleaner or better record than Iowa.
That the republican party in Iowa has:
presented a clean and faithful record
of its stewardship, that under the
leadership of our able governor the
administration of the laws and poli
cies of the state has been for the best
interest of all the people, are facts af
fording a source of confidence as well
as gratmcation to all. Albert B.
Cummins has met the expectation of
his friends and of the people in his
administration of state affairs and has
grown in their confidence and lo,ve.
Aloof from the sordid occurrences of
life and unsullied by its intercourse
he has brought to the consideration of
publi6 question a mind rich in re
sources and a heart in touch with aU
that is best, purest and noblest in
public and private life. To say that
there is any danger of his re-election
is to doubt the good judgment and
sound common sense of the people of
Iowa. No such hope is entertained by
the democracy of Iowa and the earnest
battle that they are waging is not
with the expectation of success, but:
only for the purpose of influencing the
national campaign next year."
Here is the situation in a nutshell.
The democrats of Iowa have absolute
ly no hope of being successful in the
present campaign, but are pushing
their battle this fall for the purpose of
gaining what prestige they may in the
canvass of next year. In this howev
er, they will deceive no republicans,
who propose to declare themselves by
voting the republican ticket, from top
to bottom.
WHY NOT RESPONSIBLE NOW?
The democratic fallacy that the pro
tective tariff is responsible for what
ever trusts may exist in the United
States is being emphatically discred
ited by the almost daily announce
ment that various trusts are going to
pieces. There have been many charges
made against the protective tariff/
It has been held responsible for almost
everything but the utter falsity of the
charges against it was never more ap
parent than the one of its being the or
iginator and protector of trusts. The
Cedar Rapids Republican succinctly
shows up the rottenness of such an
argument. It says:
"If the protective tariff laws a few
years ago were responsible for the for
mation of trusts or sheltered the
trusts as alleged, is it not now by the
same reasoning, responsible for the
trusts going to pieces. If it sheltered
th^m two years ago, why doesn't it
shelter them now to the extent of
saving their existence? As a matter
of fact there was never a more rotten
proposition advanced in American pol
icies than that tariff is the shelter of
trusts. The tariff has been held
responsible for almost evei-ythiue but
it has been able to survive all its ac
cusers and defamers until today, it is
being advocated even in England,
which for sixty years has been experi
menting with free trade until is is now
sorely
(reduced."
As the Cedar Rapids Republican
suggests. England has been struggling
along with free trade for the past six
ty years. Its markets have been op
en to the world. During the early
part of this period England was not
harmed by. the competition in her own
market inasmuch as the factories in
other countries were not putting out
sufficient goods to do a large export
business. In recent years, however,
tbe business of the protection coun
tries of the world, including Germany
and the United States have increased
so rapidly that England has been
driven to desperate straits and is now
considering turning to the protective
tariff policy as a means of relief.
Trusts have been doing business in
England for many years, aud in the
consideration of the protective propo
sition question of its being a shelter
to trusts is receiving absolutely no
consideration. This is evidence
worthy of consideration that a protec
tive tariff is not necessary for the
growth of trusts.
It is now lip to the democrats to de
monstrate to the satisfaction of the
voters of the country why the tariff
does not prevent trusts from going to
pieces before they can expect the vo
ters to believe that the tariff is re
sponsible for their growth.
RAILROAD THROUGH THE COUN
TY FARM.
Wapello county is $200 ahead and
has the right of way of the Milwau
kee cut-off 400 feet farther away from
the county buildings as the result of
the work of the republican board of
supervisors since J. M. McElroy, re
publican candidate for re-election, hap
been a member thereof. At the time
the survey for the line was made a
condemnation jury visited the county
farm and after carefully going
over the land they fixed its
value at $2,800. The board of
supervisors however, did not believe
that the sum awarded by the jury was
a just consideration for the land given
up by the county and steps were at
once taken to open negotiations with
the officials of the Milwaukee line.
The efforts of the board of supervis
ors were successful and after listening
to the statement made by the repre
sentatives of the county, the officials
of the Milwaukee agreed to pay $3,
000 "for the right of way privileges
through the county farm. This sum
was paid into the county treasury on
December 10, 1902, through the coun
ty auditor's office, as the records at
the ourt house will show.
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But the board secured other conces
sions from th? road in the shape of a __t. «.
new survey for the right of way **2^
through the county farm. By this
survey the road is 400 feet farther dis
tant from the county buildings than it
was in the first survey and thereby is
of benefit to the property of the coun
ty. !t is plainly evident.that it is
to the interest of the county and tax
payer to have r. board of supervisors
in charge of'the county affairs that
thus discharge.' its duty to the public.
BIG GAIN IN CIRCULATION.
This seems to be a year for es
tablishing new records. It is with
considerable pride that the American
people have witnessed "the men be
hind the guns of the navy," demon:
strate their ability as marksmen. It
is with great interest that these peo
ple have witnessed American bred
trotters and pacers establish new
world records for the mile. All of
these are well enough in their places
and are matters in which the people
of the country may rightly take mark
ed interest.
,°yer "l?,r
IflE OTTUMWA COURIER
toward free trade. That is the point
to be kept in view: Under whose
scheme of tariff making, that of the
protectionists or that of the free trad
ers, has this country prospered most?
That is the issue now, just as it has
been the issue even now, as it has
been the issue every time the demo
cratic party has undertaken to regain
control of national affairs, just as it
is going to be the issue next year. It
is well that men of Congressman La
cey's great ability should make genu
ine, orthodox republican speeches.
The country needs them, "Lest we for
get."
FIRST DUTY OF CITIZENSHIP.
The duty of every citizen to vote is
one of the cardinal principles of the
great American party. Whatever
may be the tenets of the various po
litical organizations that have exist
ence in the United States the founda
tion of the life of this great republic,
is the jealousy with which they exer
cise their franchise. It was the de
sire of our forefathers, who brought
into existence this free nation that its
citizens should have a voice in the
management of its affairs. It was,
therefore devised that the officers to
execute the laws and the legislators
who make these statutes, should re- leBs,
ceiver their authority from the mass of
people.
The right to vote, therefore, is not
a matter to be exercised or disregard-
ed at the nlonanro r,f th» vntor it 1=
ed at tbe pleasure of the voter. It is
a sacred duty, transmitted to the peo
ple of today from our forefathers,
through each succeeding generation,
and is one that we of today must pre
serve inviolate for succeeding gener
ations. Republicans have a duty to
perform on election day they must not
forget.
THE "CHEAPEST MARKET."
Here is what the system of "free
trade," or "free imports" means:
For the man with money in his pock
et—the advantage of "buying in the
cheapest market" but
For the man who lives by the labor
of his hands—the risk of loss of em
ployment and wages.
What is the benefit of buying in the
cheapest (foreign) market to you, vot
ers of Iowa, if you are thrown out of
work or put on half time?
Voters throughout the county who
have been misled by the misstatements
and misrepresentations of democrats
regarding the administration of J. M.
McElroy as county supervisor, are
learning from facts and lignites in the
county records that Wapellov county
never had a more faithful or etii
supervisor. Citizens who believe in a
business administration of the county
affairs propose to repudiate these false
accusations at the polls on election day
return
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months aS°,|pello
which amounted to $29.64. .Judging nothing to gain by a change in the coun
from the increase noted it is probable: (y administration and they propose to
that the per capital circulation will
reach $30 before the end of 1903.
According to the figures presented
by the treasury department the ag
gregate circulation of the United
States has increased during the past
twelve mouths approximately $129,
000,000 and the per capita has shown
a gain of $1.11. In 1896 the per cap
ita circulation was $21.10. In 1880 it
was $19.41 and in 1879 it was $16.75.
In that year a business activity was
stimulated to a degree never before
known and it seems reasonable that
the present proportionate circulation
will prove adequate for all legitimate
needs of the country's business.
LACEY'S GREAT SPEECH.
The .American Economist refers to
the speech of Congressman John F.
Lacey delivered at Allerton. October
13, as a "fine, old-fashioned straight
away republican speech." It classes
this address of the sixth district con
gressman as one of the great group of
speeches, including the opening
speech of Governor Cummins and the1
address of Senator Allison delivered at
Clinton. That Mr. l^acey's speech
should be associated with the efforts
of these other prominent Iowans and
classed as one of the great political
efforts in Iowa Is a compliment to the
ability of the sixth district congress
man in political affairs. The Econ
omist says further of Mr. Lacey's
speech:
"Mr. Lacey devoted himself wholly
to the practical issue of the republican
tariff making versus democratic mak
ing. He sketched in bold outlines
our tariff history from the organiza
tion of the government up to the pres
ent day, and clearly demonstrated the
invariable value of the protective pol
icy and the invariable blight and curse
attienilinu out occasional lapses into or1!off on the right road. Day by day since
ste"
McElroy to his present
Hon. Ellsworth Rominger of Bloom
field, stirred up the republicans of
Kirkville last night to a pitch of en
thusiasm for the state and county re
publican ticket. Kirkville voters are
not thinking that a change in the ad
ministration of the state or county
would be of any benefit to the people
and are desirous of polling a big re
publican majority as an endorsement
of President Roosevelt and an indica
tion of what they propose to do for hiin
in the election of next year.
From every part of the county comes
words of appreciation and
commendation for the capable
manner in which Sheriff Cre
mer has conducted the affairs of
his office for the past two years. The
voters of Wapello county like J. H.
Cremer, the man, and are more than
pleased with the record of J. H. Crem
er, sheriff. They believe that he should
have another term in that office and
propose to insure it to him by casting
There has been a record established their vote for him.
recently that is of more substantial!
benefit to the people of the United Republicans of Wapello county
States, and which cannot fail to' gjjould realize that in its wider scope
arouse universal interest.
amount of the country's cash. At the
beginning of Ootober there was in
the
069. Estimating the population of the republican ticket from top to
country at 80,831,000, this a per cap-j bottom. Every candidate is worthy
ita circulation of $20.75. This is the! loval sunTiort
highest actual circulation and the!
highest in pioportion to the popula-j Mr. Woodson's reference to the coun
tlon ever experienced in this country. ity republican ticket was one that
Previous to this record, the highest
Tt is tlip'TC iil" vi r, moans of a troubled spirit. He sees
A®
county realize that they have
put the republican candidates in office
with a big majority.
Hon. Charles Emory Smith said In
his speech at Independence that "Ev
ery republican in the land takes his
hat off to Iowa." That's because Iowa
republicans refuse to go daft on tariff
"reform" and other democratic fads
and isms.—Keokuk Gate City.
The Gate City has well said.
Democrats are attempting to show
that the republican policy creates dis
content among the American people,
but they forget that the democratic
policy of free trade put in force causes
desperation among all classes of citi
zens.,
Every indication points to the fact
that all republican soldiers in Wapello
county who have not already done so
are lapidly deserting the army of Gen.
Apathy and are enlisting in the forces
of "Old Business."
Voters of Wapello county acquaint
yourselves with the names of the can
didates at the head of the editorial col
umn, and you will not miss it by vot
ing for them at the coming election.
Republican farmers of Wapello
county (and the majority of the farm
ers in this county are republicans
are planning to attend to the matter
of getting out the vote this fall.
It is conceded that in any event the
republican majority in Iowa this fall
wijl'be large, but voters should remem
ber the larger the majority the better
|c will be for the party.
The republican state convention on
July last started the old reliable wagon
•"M
that time it has been gaining in mo
mentum that will not be stopped until
it rcflls up to the polls on election day.
one of those regulation Iowa republi-i
can majorities.
The activity of the republican cam
paigners throughout Iowa is arousing
great enthusiasm among the voters
for an off year.
The school house campaign that is
being carried on by local republicans
is arousing great enthusiasm through
out the county.
Major Lacey will be in South Ottum
wa October 30. Do not fail to hear
him speak.
Republican harmony is of the "all
wool and a yard wide" sort.
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.
"We sometimes think that a pri
mary election law woulrl be a pood
thing," snys the Rockforil Register,
"but when we see the expense and
cussedness which follow in its wake,
the eld dejeg:tte system, badly as it
sometimes works, is in every way bet
ter."
"Love is a fine thing, but unless It
is based on common sonse it is worth
says the Iowa Falls Citizen.
"The alarmist is always with us,"
says the Mt. Ayr Record. "He Is til-
his
u,n.cluI
tower and with
sharpened eyes is apt to see
things which do not exist. If even
one-half of the direful disasters visit
ed our earth that are predicted by
these fearful souls in a single day our
little planet would soon be blotted out
of the universe, or at least become un
inhabitable."
Council Bluffs Nonpareil.—It is a
matter of no little comment that
Hearst's Chicago American instead of
the Chicago Chronicle has been called
upon by the Iowa committee to flood
the state with political literature in
support of Mr. Sullivan. The silver
men seem to have something to say
after all,
-"If deep rivers flow in silence, then
this unusually quiet campaign means
a deep snow-tinder for somebody,"
says the Burlington Hawk-Eye.
—o~—
"The general tendency is to stand
pat for annual elections," says the
Keokuk Gate City. "The weight of ar
gument is undoubtedly in their favor,
as against elections once in two
years."
1§he Council Bluffs Nonpareil fore
sees that by and by it will be more
desirable to live in jail in South Caro
lina than outside, and safer, too.
—o—
Burlington Hawk-Eye.—The secre
tary of the treasury has paid off six
million dollars more of the public debt.
This is so contrary to democratic prac
tice that the secretary is being sharp
ly criticised by the press of that
party.
—o—
Oskaloosa Herald.—Replvfng to the
Burlington Gazette, which, falls on
Governor Cummins to explain the
state's debt, the Dubuque Times says:
"Modesty forbids. The governor is
not the man to express t/ie state's
obligations to the republican party
for an administration with which the
opposition can find no fault."
campaign this fall is but prelimin-| untroubled countenances but searches
ary to the national contest of next for lines of care. He says the tariff
year. Therefore, it behooves
every
circulation, according to the ligurGS of republican voter to allow no discon~j the parent of want. He starts
the treasury department, 52.404,617,-!
tented
tented one to deceive him, but to vote'
brought forth
circulation per capita was on June 1,! among his hearers. The voters of Wa-
JERRY SULLIVAN'S SPEECH.
Muscatine Journal—The Honorable
Jeremiah B. Sullivan visited Musca
tine Tuesday evening. He delivered a
speech at the Grand opera house and
as the mouthpiece ot his party tulked
free trade as the paramount issue.
He told the farmers they are paying
too much for farm machinery on ac
count of the tariff. He touched on
trusts and blamed the tariiff for their
existence. It was not his business to
turn the picture over audi direct the
gaze of his auditors to the rosy glow
in the coloring of the scene he could
have found. He did not want them
to see the vine of prosperity heavy
with the fruit of satisfaction, shaded
here with the leaves of plenty and
kissed there with the sun of peace.
From any angle, in any light or at
any distance, Mr. Sullivan's picture is
that of a pessimist. He hears the hum
ot factory wheels but shuts his ears to
the sound. He is conscious of sighs of
content but mistakes them for the
is the mother of trusts and knows free
one to deceive him. but to vote!w:^,"5 ,,
The people have sense and having
been burned once will not play with
fire again.
unbounded enthusiasm
AS TO SOLDIERS' MONUMENTS.
Colonel L. B. Raymond, commander
of the Iowa G. A. R., in (".he Hampton
Record.—We notice in some of our
exchanges that the ladies in some
communities, and the people them
selves in other localities are agitating
the. question of erecting soldiers' mon
uments. The spirit that actuates the
erection of monuments is to be com
mended but we have always held to
the idea that to erect monuments to
the memory of a man is after he is
dead. We always l'eit that 'the sol
diers' monuinftnt at Des Moines was
built fifty years too soon. It is said
by some that If we who were soldiers
do not see to it that monuments are
erected to our comrades no one else
will. This is not true, and the history
of our country effectually disproves it.
For us veterans of the war who are
alive to participate in the building of
soldiers' monuments, excepting to
those who are gone, looks too much
like building monuments to ourselves.
It savors of the idea1 that we will not
be forgotten when we are gone. So
long as so many of our comrades are
in straightened and needy circum
stances, we would much rather see
the efforts of those who are charitably
disposed directed to alleviating tliei'i'
condition than to erecting monuments
or stately obelisks in remembrance of
their heroic deeds. Let us look out
for .our comrades who are alive, and
need assistance now and posterity will
care for our memories when we are
gone. Of course, this does not apply
in the case of a memorial to some sol
dier who has passed away, but to
those monuments that ornament public
squares and are built in deference to
patriotic public sentiment. Let the
community that is agitating the build
ing of such a monument investigate
the condition of the veterans of the
war and their families in its own vi
cinity and be sure that the wants of
the living are cared for. and the
chances are tjiat they will find that
after money is expended in buying
bread it will be time enough to talk
about buying stones.
A FALLING MARKET.
Des Moines Capital.—Business wilt
be transacted during: the entire year
1904 on a falling- market. One set of
men -will complain about this and say
that it is caused by a high tariff. Oth
ers •will complain and say that It
IS
bfi-aunp of the agitation relative to a1
n9wstarilt *v^9ili4te .Neither bUteroew
will be entirely correct. The fact is
that speculation and high prices had
gone so far there had to be a halt. The
Northern Securities suit, ordered bv
the President, if it caused the halt in
speculation, did a good thing and pre
ented a greater calamity than the
season of liquidation which it may
have helped to bring. There had to be
a halt. The Northern securities suit
is a convenient thing to charge it
against. But since the investigation
concerning the steel trust and the ship
building trust, disclosing such rotten
ness, there is not so much said about
the Northern Securities lawsuit as
the thing that stopped the rushing
business.
^THINGS MR. SULLIVAN OMITTED.
Burlington Hawk-Eye.—Mr. Sulli
van is either artful, or blissfully inno
cent. He called attention in his
speech Monday evening to the advance
in price of harvesters and other farm
machinery after the adoption of the
Dingley tariff. There are two other
points he omitted to mention:
1. He made no reference to the in
crease in the prices of farm products
in the same period as the result of the
revival of our industries, trade and
commerce under that law.
2. He failed to call attention to the
unnaturally low prices of farm prod
ucts during the three years prior to
the Dingley tariff when the democratic
tariff law had the country by the
throat.
When the farmer could not sell his
products at a fair price in 1894-95 and
'96, he was not in a condition to buy
much farm machinery. He waited un
til the times improved. The Dingley
tariff went into 'effect July 24. 1897.
Then began a demand for new machin
ery to replace the old and worn out.
After awhile the factories were unable
to supply the demand, and as wages
ind the prices of materials advanced,
the inevitable effect was an increase
In the cost of manufacture.
But did the farmer wear crepe? Not
at al\. His products advanced in value
far more in the aggregate than the ad
vance in what he had to buy. So he
smihkl and put money in the savings
banks, or bought more land and made
improvements upon the farm.
And when he reads Mr. Sullivan's
plea for a return to a policy of "tariff
for ievenue only." he laughs out loud
and goes on gathering corn and ap
ples, and voting the republican ticket.
AGAIN.. THE BIENNIAL.
Marton Register.—The coming ses
sion ol' the legislature should give the
biennial question a rest. A general
discussion in the newspapers of the
state has conclusively shown that pub
lic sentiment is radically opposed to
it. The Waterloo Reporter says:
"Those who profess to believe that
there would be less politics if elections
were less frequent are invited to con
sider the condition of things in Illi
nois. ?n that state they elect a gov
ernor only once in four years and at
the intervening election only the slate
treasurer and superintendent of pub
lic instruction are chosen, but political
agitation is perpetual throughout the
state. Although the next election for
gpverr.pr does not take place until
November, 1904, there are already
eight or ten candidates in the field, in
cluding the present incumbent, and
some of these have been at work for
many months organizing their follow
ers into clubs and otherwise seeking to
promote their political prospects. Iowa
may well be a little cautious about
adopting the biennial elections plan
for the purpose of avoiding "the annual
political turmoil," if the experience of
its neighboring state affords an illus
tration of the probable workings of the
remedy."
MR. ROOSEVELT CAN STAND IT.
Detroit Tribune.—No single feature
of President Roosevelt's public career
has won him greater admiration from
the people than the fact that his en
ergy and foresight were largely re
sponsible for the fact that the open
ing of hostilities found our naval gun
ners trained to the finest point of
marksmanship, and made their record
of effective shooting in battle unpre
cedented. It is pretty well known that
he accomplished this almost in defi
ance of his superiors. Secretary Long
started on a little trip one dav to
his home in Massachusetts. While
his cab was on the. way to the sta
tion Theodore Roosevelt was putting
things in motion to carry out a pro
ject he had long urged, but which the
President and the secretary of the
navy had constantly discouraged, be
cause, forsooth, it would apprise the
public of what everybody already
knew, namely, that the government
was expecting war. At Philadelphia
Long was intercepted with a message
apprising him that Roosevelt was or
dering ammunition upon the ships in
commission and that they were being
ordered to sea for target practice.
Long hastened back to Washington,
but it was already too late to forestall
the wise precautions his assistant had
taken, and the fortunate results of
his opportune action were splendidly
in evidence during the war that quick
ly followed. If Mr. Long can stand it
to have the inner history of the navy
department during those weeks re
vealed, Mr. Roosevelt certainly can.
CUMMINS COMPLIMENTS BOB
BOB COUSINS.
Mason City Globe-Gazette.—Gover-'
nor Cummins spoke at Belle Plaine
Monday night, and among other things
this is what he said: "You can imag
ine," said Mr. Cummins, "that it is
with fear and trembling I appear be
fore a company accustomed to the elo
quence of that matchless orator, Rob
ert G. Cousins. I cannot hope to rival
him in the musterly way in which he
presents the principles of the party
we both represent." This ought to de
tain for a few moments some of the
boys who affect the belief that Con
gressman Cousins grows black in the
face with line frenzy when he talks
orthodox tariff."
HARD TO PLEASE, AS USUAL.
St. Louis Globe-Denfoerat.—Some of
the democratic pupers complain that
the drop in stock will help the repub
lican by making: tlie monev supply go
farther this fall and winter than it
would otherwise do. The liquidation
in Wall street has been of vast benefit
to the administration, they say, by
rendering financial legislation unnec
sary in either the extra or the spe
cial session of congress. Tt is hard to
please the democrats. They are de
termined to keep on letting- the country
know that they will be defeated in
1904.
WELL TIMED.
Philadelphia Press.—Some of the
democratic .newspapers are running
George B. MeClellan for president. This
is Just the time for that. A month
hence there may not be enough of
that Tammanyite left to run for any
thing.
DODGED THE MAIN QUESTION.
Chicago Record-Herald.—Mr. Cleve
land carefully refrained from saying
that he would under any circumstan
ces consent to accept the reKponsibil
II" it' it were finally deposited upon his
doorstep.
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Railroad Time Tables
TRAINS LEAVING UNION DEPOTY
W. S. Parker, Ticket Agent.
BURLINGTON ROUTE, C, B. & Q,
No. Going East. Depart
12a—Chicago, Dubuque, & Quiney 2:10 a. in./.a
02b—Local Freight 1:45 a. in
16b—Biirllngton & St. Louis.... 7:35 a. m.•
10b—Peoria, Dubuque & Qulnry. .11 -so a. in.
6a—Chicago Limited 1:25 p. n*,' '1
4a—Chicago, St. Louis & Quiney 7.10 in,
8a—Knat mall :. 8-37
2a—Chicago, l'eol'ia Hockfoid 11 -45
Ft. Madison accommodation, daily excepfiiJftfl
Sunday, depart 7:10 a. m.: arri\e 8-00 nuvjy
Going West.
0a—Omnlm. Council Bluffs
Nebraska 12:55 a. m«
]5a—Fast mail 2:4!) a. in*
01b—Local freight D:3Ua. m«
8a—Omaha, Kaunas City, Denver
Hot Springs. Dead wood.
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OK-
tleu. Portland & California. 7:45 a.m.
7a—Fast mall 8:52 a. in,
91)—Peoria to Creston ........ 1:30 p. m*.
13a—Limited 3:28 p. ra«
lib—Chicago to Ottumwa, arrlvo.l0:00 p. in.
la—Denver & Omalia 11:35 p. in,
a. daily b, except Sunday. .No*. 7, 8 n»4"
15 ilo not carry passengers.
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CHICAGO.ROCK ISLAND & PACIFI
No. Going East. Depa:
206, Keokuk. Kansas City, Cali
fornia aud Southwest 10:45 a. m.
202 Keokuk 3:27 p. m,
204 Elflon, Davenport & Chicago 10:36 p. nu
Going West.
203 Des Moines, Uuthven, west
and northwest 7:00 a.m.
201 Des Moines and Omaha 12:10 p. in.
205 Des Moines and Omaha ... 7:05p.ra.
Unless otherwise spccltleu, all trains art
dally except' Sunday.
TRAINS LEAVING JEFFER80N
STREET UNION DEPOT.
A. J. Packard, Agent.
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST.PAUl}
Arrive. Depart
Chicago. Dubuque &
Milwaukee d!2:13a. m. b2:35a. inj
Chicago. Cedar Itap
irtss etc .bl0:10 a. m. 5:05 p. in,'
Kansas City & rM
Southwest b2:30a. ui. .i2:23a. m,
Kansas City and
local b4:55p. la. 1)10:20 a.
No. 102. freight, east, leaves ... 7:20 a. m,
No. 64, freisHt, cast, leaves 10:03 a. in,
No. 01, f-eighl, west, lewes 7:00 a, ra
No. CI. freight, west, leaves ... 1:00 p. ra,
Ottumwa-Muscatlne Cut Off.
Arrive. Depnr{
Chicago, Davenport, Mus
catine 1)7:00 bl2:30 p. in.
No. 02, freight, tast, leaves 0:30 a, m.
No. 02, freight, east, leaves 0:00 a. in.
a, daily b, except Sunday d, except Mon.:.
day.
Freight trains arrive at and depart fronl
Ottumwa Junction.
rv. WABASH.
Arrive.
Kansas city & $t.
Louis a6:15|L m.
Kansas City & St.
#1
Depart
a6 :2Q p. in,
Louis a7:00 p. m.
Freight trains carrying jassengers he
tweeu Ottumwa aud Moulton:
Local freight b8:00 p. fl.liOO a. m.
Fast freight ... al2:10 p. m. a2:30 p. uu
a8:25 a, in..
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dread flisease and it certainly must
contain much to give hope to thosa
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