Ottumwa Daily Courier du lieu suivant : Ottumwa, Iowa • Page 3

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For- Mayor. JAMES K. DYSART. For Police Judge. EMMETT WORK.

For City Solicitor. HUNTER. For City C. A. HAGBERG.

For City Auditor. W. R. WARREN. For City Engineer.

C. R. ALLEN. For City Assessor. JOHN T.

SMITH. For Ward Aldermen. 'st WM. O'MALLEY. cond E.

HALL. FIEDLER. urth H. P. KEYHOE.

th CHADDUCK. rth COOK. venth W. S. PUMPHREY.

For Aldermen at Large. SAMUEL JOHNSON. GEORGE WITHALL. For Park Commissioners. J.

A. PALLISTER. 8. L. VEST.

W. W. CUMMINGS. CHECKMATED AGAIN. 5ne of the positively absurd fea- es of the municipal campaign is the irt of the city administration (after ung appropriated practically every- ng else in sight) to try to delude voter by claiming credit for Mr.

Underwood's waterworks The fact is that while 1 administration was standing nmd talking in subdued whispers out a receivership and trying to dele what to do next, without really mg anything, just as has been the for the past two years, Mr, TJn- ttood made a single move and" the ministration lambs were checkmated Mr. Underwood secured -the pomtment of his own man as recelv- and the business is in the hands of federal court, which has been uni- mly friendly to the water company. the city administration won a mous victory" in securing such eceivership. This matter, however, only accord with the record that administration has made on this lol waterworks business. What Ot- needs and what we believe the Ple of Ottumwa propose to have, a business council with the ability to" do UUacs aid right, tter ilMMld be doae.

If the 'ot Ottumwa elect toe republican ticket next Monday, there will be an end Bueh foollfthaett'ta has marked th entire record of the present council with reference to THOSE MONTHLY FINES. The Courier has now in its posses aton a list 'of fifteen gambling house in this city, all ot which we are posi tlvely informed, are'running; also list ot ten, houses of prostitution, no counting the places of this charade in the district known as "Smoky Row. These lists indicate that the figure given in a communi cation published in the Court er are substantially correct The taxpayer stated that there arc fourteen gambling bouses in the city and probably fifteen houses of prostitu tion and that if $50 each is collecte from the gambling houses and from $20 to $25 from each-of the houses prostitution, there should be at leas $1,000 turned into the city treasury monthly, whereas the record for th past year shows that the highes amount turned in during any one month, was $645, and that the average is $533. The natural inquiry of many is, if the full amount is collected, why is i not turned into the city treasury, and If it is not all collected, why' is rank favoritism, shown? So far as. the Courier is concerned however, we are absolutely opposed to the whole wretched-business.

It is il legal and vicious, and even from thi mere money standpoint, cannot bi checked or safeguarded in any manne: whatever. But it is the principle the system that at, and no the money. The less money the city of Ottumwa receives from such source, the better. There is something exceedingly the though of sworn officials of the law going about each month among the prosti tutes and saying, "give us money, mon ey money. If you do this, you cai continue your illegal business withou molestation." Think of such money go ing into, the city treasury.

The sou involuntary revolts and erys out "un clean! unclean! unclean!" Whose daughters and whose sons let us ask, are going to perdition in legalized brothels? When one investigated and goes to the bottom of this matter the situation is simply horrible, and no amount of money paid to the municipality can ever compensate for the awful evil that is being done in this community. Talk about money. We wish we could say that not a dollar of this blood money goes into the city treasury. Not a dollar of it goes there legally, and before the law of God and man, this city has no more right to filch such tribute money from the vicious or unfortunate than has any individual. At the election next Monday the people will decide whether this system is to continue, or whether an administration shall be put in power which has made the following, plain, and unequivocal utterance in the platform upon which the present city campaign is being conducted: "We are unalterably opposed to the city government entering into partnership with vice, with a system of licensing gambling and prostitution by means of monthly fines or assessments.

We believe that 'these evils should be reduced to a minimum and should never exist with the expressed consent and protection of the municipal government." The Courier reiterates the statement that the system now in vogue in this city, of licensing gambling and prostitution by means of monthly fines, collected by the chief of police, is a vicious and illegal from whatever standpoint it is regarded The republican city convention declared in no uncertain terms against a continuation of this wretched business. The present administration is pledged to the system and if again placed in power will continue it for another two years. OFFICE OF THE CltY COUNCIL January 1901 to February 1902 MR. TAX PAYER, DR. FOR GROCERIES OOOOOOOOOCOOOOOQOOOQOOQ PEOPLES PULPIT 00000000000000000000000 To Mayor T.

H. Pickler To Alderman Deeds To Alderman Barnes Total $1,608.79 1,509.92 687,89 $3,806.60 All the other grocers of Ottumwa were permitted by the city council to furnish groceries to the amount of $409.92. been able to get proofs to contradict it The moment they go into it they are met with the fact that free trade has invariably killed about everything else in a business way except the trusts. During hard times trusts find a greater degree of prosperity than they do when the times are good. It is then that they absorb weak and struggling competitors, and when good times return they control the field and have a largely increased property value.

That is what free trade does to the trusts. The tariff, or more properly speaking, protection, encourages domestic competition, gives the weaker and concerns a chance to live and opportunities for labor and aids all lines of industrial progress. The tariff stands as a promoter of national and individual prosperity, by giving all an equal chance to win. The products of cheap labor foreign countries cannot congest our maikets and cripple the earning capacity of American labor. With active competition at home, trusts do not form and expand as they would were smaller competitors out of the way.

Business stagnation serves as an incubator of trusts. During the hard times from 1893 to 1897 the foundations were laid for many of the worst trusts now in existence, but with the return of prosperity and the opening of the factories and nulls which were idle for years, and the jeturn of men to work which brought back the demand for products of the farm, the trusts have not held their own, which shows that the tariff' does not form a nucleus around which trusts can build. it should be. The first thing to be considered in the settlement of our unoccupied domain should be that actual settlers be given the, first chance and encouraged to use it by the enactment of wholesome state laws so that taxation does not eat up the surplus they create. Large railroad grants, which were the popular methods some years ago to secure railroad extensions are in a measure responsible for conditions as they now exist.

Speculators saw their opportunity and quickly took advantage of it. Another thing that has contributed largely to the lands passing into the hands of speculators developed some years ago, especially hi the northwest. As the railroads opened up new and unoccupied territory people flocked into these unsettled regions and took up homesteads, pre-emptions and tree claims. Many of these early settlers as to her guilt in poisoning her bus band, who was an Englishman, and in the minds of others there has been a feeling that he deserved his fate be cause of the brutal and inhuman way he treated his wife. There are even British people who 'take these two views.

Her release will give general satisfaction in this country. The Ameer of Afghanistan has issued a decree that no man in his king dom shall have more than four wives at the same time. The old chap had quite a herd on hand at one time, but only keeps four of his original con gested household. The women he has let out can remarry if they desire, but those who are tired of matrimony and do not care to tackle it again will be provided with sufficient means to live on. This is more than some civilized men do when they abandon theii were without'means to pay their ex- wives.

penses until they could secure titles, and after remaining on the land for the six months required by law, proved up by paying $1.25 an acre on their homesteads and pre-emptions, and borrowed the money from mortgage companies to do it with. In this way they secured a few hundred dollars above what it cost to secure titles from the government. Some remained on their land and tried to pay the debt, but thousands abandoned their farms and returned to their-former homes, and the mortgage companies got the lands by foreclosure. These' com panies are for holding these abandoned farms speculative pulposes, and are securing contiguous property at" as low prices as they can get it in order to make their holdings as large as possible in one body. The lands thus held by speculators do not contribute to the material wealth of the respective commonwealths through agricultural products, and because of the wild state of the land taxes are light.

As a result actual farmers bear larger burdens- than they should and these new states suffer in comparison witlTstates where the realty is in the hands of men who till 'it. Fortunately for Iowa the area held speculators is very small, and what Is held is cultivated. Small, well tilled farms are much better than large farms. A quarter section on which a man makes his home is better for a state than a whole section in the hands of one man which contains but one home. PROGRESS OF A RACE.

Archbishop Ireland in a recent address to a delegation of colored men who called to thank him for the great nterest he is showing in their behalf, said that the stars and stripes had no meaning whatever unless they mean brotherhood of man. A man, he said, is a man, and that is all that the American constitution requires. He urged his callers to have patience, and said, that with the march of civiliza- ion would result in full recognition their civil and political rights. He also expressed the opinion that there was not in the history ot the world an example of similar progress made by any people of any color, and race equal to that made by the col- ired people in the forty years since "resident Lincoln declared them free nd independent. What the distinguished and patriotic archbishop said is true.

The ne- aro race has had to face conditions terworks WQre heW baek? which were the outgrowth of prejudice' Eyen jf rf Qf ty hat were never the lot of any other ttey should nol be held oyej unm aft ieople. When the race was given its, er the ectlon reedoin and independence it was un The desperate straits to which the city democracy is being driven in the present campaign are indicated by the word that has gone out to the democratic ward workers to do any thing and everything that can be done to elect the mayor. Trade anybody is the instruction. Well, PJckler needs all the trades he can get, and needs them badly, but they won't do him any good, for the people have fully determined that his grocery business needs his entire attention on and after the first day of April. In a communication to the Courier recently John T.

Brady, democratic candidate for city surveyor, referred to the present city council as a "wind jamming" body. The "wind-jammer" seems to be at work again in trying to make the voter believe the council has got just what it wants in a waterworks receiver, appointed at the request of Mr Underwood by the federal court The people are pretty tired of this whole "wind-jamming" business. Carter H. Harrison, present democratic mayor of Chicago and candidate for re-election, is- finding more trouble than he bargained for. Miss Stewart, daughter of the republican nominee, is stumping the city for her father, and her speeches are said to be eloquent and convincing.

As a result present mayor is facing a condition and not a theory. MOKE BILLS FOR THE TAXPAYER. Why is it that those bills the wa- ducated and poor, and not well fitted cope in many ways with white men These attorneys will have to be paid The taxpayers will have to foot the bill and the council sught to at least, be willing to let it Coming out of bondage the negroes be known what the amoun ig the tax carcely knew how to use their free-I payer win have to dig and has They were thrown upon their wn resources in a section where pre- udice sought their ruin and at a period our national history when the choas war made it more difficult for them start in on their new lives. But as pointed out by Archbishop reland, the negroes have made erful progress within forty years. success has surprised the world nd put to rout the people who assert that the colored man would never CERTAINLY NOT.

The Oskaloosa Herald asks in all seriousness: "Did free trade ever kill a trust or did the tarjff ever form a nucleus around which one was built?" There is no record that either has occurred. As to the first part of the question history furnishes negative reply and democrats have never how the development necessary to American citizenship. Instead of tandmg still or retrograding, the col- red people have done all in their pow- to elevate themselves and catch up fith the spirit of our institutions, heir progress is being applauded by le best men in this country, and may lace continue to go forward with a edoubfed determination to not only win, but live down the prejudice that has been a serious handicap. LANDS AND SPECULATORS. It is reported on what seems to be good authority that government public lands are passing into the hands of speculators at the rate of 75,000,000 acres a year.

This Is land enough to give 160 acres each to more then 156,000 families. The condition is not as turned out that this expenditure was absolutely useless and amounted to nothing but expense to the citizens. But that is all that this council has been able to do so far with this whole waterworks question--make expense bills for the people to pay. But the council should not get so highly indignant when the taxpayer simply asks what it is he is paying for. The man who pays the bill certainly has a right to see an itemized account whether it is for the waterworks farce or groceries.

will be taken on The President is It is rumored in Washington that President Roosevelt will call congress in extra session prior to October 1, at which time action the Cuban treaty. not satisfied with the way the senate treated that important matter. He is a man who does not believe in shirking responsibility or in placing burdens on the shoulders of others he should bear himself The pledge of this nation has been given to Cuba and the President proposes to have it fulfilled. People in the United read with pleasure the news that Mrs. Florence Maybrick is to be released from an English prison.

In the minds of many there has always been a doubt The Honorable T. JS Phillips gave he city democrats the "glad hand" and the "merry ha, ha" by getting on the train Saturday and going off to Illinois on "important business." In the meantime the democratic city campaign can go to the demnitlon bowwows for all that Mr. Phillips cares. The republicans of Ottumwa never utilized the present disorderly house ordinance in a single case against a gambling house or a house of prostitution. They never conceived that this ordinance could be used as the means of licensing open and shameless vice this city.

Jiy didn't the city council to the sewer in South Ottumwa when it was notified- If it had been attended to Vihen it should have havp covered the expend a job which will now cost several thousand dollars. "Effle Argo" can't vote, but she can hold rft'ce, and have her say about Uic rovtrnment of the men, 'Vim'en anl cr.lUren of this city. Minnerpolh vasn't so very much ahead of Ottum- Senator Tillman says that Bryan will dictate what is done at the next democratic national convention. This is probably true, and it worries a great many democrats. One of the surest signs of spring in a general way is the increased volume of baseball talk throughout the land.

A woman by the name of "Effie Argo," Came to Ottumwa from North Fargo, And in her wild determination, To help the city administration, Paid forty a month, "Effle Argo." From Mayor, Editor notice that last evening's Courier enters into the question of the that I am expejct- ed to make in case of my election as mayor, to the office of chief of police and night captain. Realizing that the positions named are perhaps the most important that mayor will be called upon to fill, and that by reason of their importance the public a right to know who the appointees are to be, I desire to say that I have no hesitation whatever in announcing that in the event of my election I shall re-appoint both John W. Gray and Peter Gallagher to the positions now respectively held by them. Yours very truly, T. H.

Pickler, Mayor. More on the Smallpox The United States dally army ration per man consists of one pound flour, one pound fresh beef or three-quarters of a pound of pork, beans, rice, desiccated vegetables for soup, coffee, tea, pepper, salt, canned vegetables and fruits. The ration is more than an average man can consume and costs United States about 20 cents per ration. According to the record, the city council issued in the smallpox cases in groceries and provisions the equivalent of 21,500 rations. This would keep a family of six persons for 3,600 months, nearly ten years; it would supply twenty-five people about 860 days, or two and one-third years; it would supply fifty people for one and one-sixth years, or fourteen months continually.

As Mayor Hckler's grocery furnished about one-third of the amount of groceries, he therefore delivered groceries sufficient to keep a family of six persons for over three years, or twenty-five people for 287 days. Is it credible that the equivalent of this number of people were fed for any such length of time? The question is, what became of the groceries? Taxpayer No. 2. IOWA PRESS NOTES. A Cold Trust.

Cedar Rapids Republican: In Dei Moines the ice companies have combined and formed a very cold hearted trust, wonder what tantf duty the Iowa idea cranks- in that city will propose to repeal to cure that trust? Which" Is It? Keokuk Gate City: The Sioux City Journal remarked the other-day that "some newspapers can't even go into the matter of defining 'stand pat' without getting excited about it," And now a whole lot of people are wondering whether the Journal intended the remark as a critical observation or a Why They Were Fired. The Cedar Rapids Gazette claims that the City council of Vinton recently fired all the members of the fire department because they were too efficient. Vintbn has an exceedingly disreputable court house and when it caught fire recently the department made the fatal mistake of saving it. Wrong This Time. Council Bluffs Nonpareil: The Des Woines Capital intimates that Fred Russell, the newly appointed pharmacy commissioner, knows nothing about Jharmacy.

If the Capital were to the trouble to examine the state jharmacy records it might discover sometimes it is mistaken and that this is one of those times. Chance for Argument. Sioux City Journal: The river could put up a great debate with Mt. Pelee over the relative amount of damage done by fire and water. A Big Job on His Hands.

The Emmetsburg Reporter concedes hat the governor is a brilliant orator, rat in setting out to incorporate the owa idea in the national platform it relieves he has undertaken a bigger than he will be able to carry mt No state idea, but only the broad irinciple of protection to American ndustries and American labor, will je found iirthe next national republi- an platform, the Reporter prophesies. FARMERS If yon are thinking of purchasing; Gang or Sulky Plow it will be decidedly to your intereat to examine the DEFIANCE GANG OR SULKY The Flexible Beam makes them the lighter draft. 1 also have the Emerson Gang and Sulkys with the famous foot lift. These Plows are all the rage la localities where they are known. Iowa farmers have weighed these Plows In the balance and found them not wanting.

Call In and see them. Very Truly Yours, Ceo.W. Davidson. TUESDAY, MARCH 24 Clus. H.

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Write for booklet "Dvspp Itn Cause imcl Can." Short Story Magazine free If You Have Anything lo Sell, Rent or Trade or if you wish to Buy, Trade or Rent. "Want" columi- will help you. LEGAL-. Certificate Re-Extending Charter. Treasury iH'iinitmeot Office of Coinnliollei of the CuirCMp, Washington.

1) February 24,1903. Whereas, lj tatisfiutoiy evidence scntcd to the unOcisigned, it hns been mnde to appear that the First National Rjnk of OUiiinwn. located In the of Ottnmna. tho eountj of Wapello, nnd state of Iowa, has compiled with nil the piovislon 1 of tho mt ol "to enable National Hanking Associations to extend tlieli i i i existence, jnil 'or other pin poses," appioied Jnlv 12, 1SJ2. ns amended by thf act, appjoved April 12, 190'-'.

Now. therefore. William B. Itidgely, comptroller of the cuireney. do hereby rer- tlfy that the National Bank of Ot- tnmv.li, located in the City of Ottumwa.

In the (oinity of Wapello and -tate of Iowa is authorized to f-neet-f--irn foi the period spe ificrt in Us amended articles ot association narmly, until close of bnsl- ues on Febnury 24. 112P, In testimony uheieof witness my hand, ami seal of office, this twenty. fourth day of February. 1903 WM IUDGELY. Comptroller of the Currency.

Charter No. 107. Extension No. 101..