Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-10-08
The Eloquent Dollivcr at Extra.

Probably the Hon. j. =. Dolllyer can
add another chapter to the story of the
circuit rider, since he drove thirty.nve
miles through mud and rain from Mas.
sena TO Extra to meet his engagement
Mt Extra Tuesday at p. IN. 10 was
feared that he could not meet the en-.
gagement, but he got there with the
style and spirit of n circuit rider Of old.
He Is the son Of Methodist minister,
and inherits the proyerbial courage and
pluck of that class. The writer has
had the pleasure of hearing him three
times but never when his eloqucnce
and argument were so captivating. AZ
ter music by a male quartet the speak.
er WAS introduced by Chairman VIII.
cult.
The speaker was in good humor and
easily imbued his audience with the
same spirit. He said in opening that
he was Ia favor Of the stump speech, rs
IL brought people aud candidates face
to face, to deal In candor and truth,
and that when truth Is as abundant as
IL Is this year, there is no excuse for
telling n lie. lie then took up the re-
port Of the commissioner of labor sta.
tstiCs and said that IL was document
sent out rs an advertisement Of Iowa,
but thank Providence we do not have
to live up to the advertisement. If the
report Of Boies and Sovereign were true
the people OF lows would already be-
dead starved to death. lie then
showed how the people had come hero
with nothing and had prospered abund-
antly. lie treated the statistics" as q
conspiracy and absurdlty, and a libel
upon Iowa and her industrious people.
An eloquent tribute was paid to our
state and especially the Nismabotna,
upon which he said the Creator had put
some extra touches in soil and climate
after the world had been declared fin
ished. Dolliyer spoke eloquently in be-
half Of the homes Of Iowa In their fight
against the saloon, and showed how the
saloon has increased in number under
the guardianship and with the defence
of the governor. Speaking Of the in
nuences aroused aud at work he quoted
Chas. Sumner as having said that, with
the women and ministers interested in
his behalf he was assured of his popu-
larlty In the commonwealth of Massa-
chuseits,
The speakers argument for protec
tive tariff WAS one of the most profound
ever heard in Audubon county and was
so fully established by illustrations Of
its practical value as based upon ex-
perience as to be unanswerable. 1t was
shown how protective tariff has al
ways reduced the price. While in the
Mckinley bill the tariff had been raised
on some articles to put foreign pro-
ducers to disadvantage home compe-
titiop had invariably held the price
down to the old figure while in many
instances it had been brought even low
er than before. A Carroll democrat
had given $1,000 to induce a knitting
factory to locate there for the benefit
of the town, and this is the policy of
protection to build up and foster do
nestle manufacture. The new reci-
proclty feature of the tariff bill was well
demonstrated in its practical features.
Doliyer was at his best on this occa-
sion and held his audience, which filed
the X p. hall to overlooking, in rapt at
tention, and everybody was in sympathy
with his good humor throughout. His
argument was unanswerable and his
eloquence irresistible. His arguments
are convincing because of the earnest
ness and truth which prevades his every
utt GRANGE,