Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-04

MIR. Mahon touched on the large in
crease in the amount of money in the
banks today as compared with the
amounts deposited in 1896. He men
toned the public ownership of rail-
roads, ETC., which is in the populistic
platform, and in conclusion he said:
ut seems that our friends, the enemy,
are in peculiar position, their every
prophecy has been disproved We are
living in a period of prosperity never
before experienced in the country. The
battle is set. The republican party is
opposed to combination of parties
comprising the democrats, the popu-
lists, the silver republicans, the So
cialists and the prohibitionists. Every
voter should see that he votes right,
and above ALL do not mix the vote.
The congressional ticket should be as
much republican as the presidential
ticket.
Capt. S. H. Harper.
Mr.. Harper devoted some of his
time to answering some of the state
ments made by A. G. Steck at Bunch,
last Saturday evening. He read the
statement made by Mr.. Steck that four
years ago employers told their en-
ployes that they could work no longer
if they did not vote the republican
ticket and said in reply that when Mr..
Bryan was in Ottumwa four years ago,
the employees of John Morrell & Co.,
a firm which would have been injured
greatly by the election of Bryan, were
excused from their work to hear the
candidate speak. He cited several
others who employed large numbers of
men and who he was sure did no.
make any such statement as Mr.. Steck
mentioned.
Another statement of Mr.. Steck's
which Mr.. Harper took exception to
was the one about the four raises in
the price of wire and the information
regarding these raises which was re-
ceived in advance by the jobbers He
positively stated from his own expert
ence that no such information was
furnished, and thus knocked in the
head another of the arguments made
by the opponent of Mr.. Lacey. This
was not all, however. Mr.. Steck said
he could deposit $4,000 in bank, get
a certificate of deposit, deposit the lat
ter in another bank, and thus have
$4,000 to his credit with an outlay of
but half that amount. For the truth
of this statement Mr.. Harper could
find no backing whatever.
Passing to the issues of the cam
paign, Mr.. Harper spoke in part as
follows: Our democratic friends say
that the paramount issue of the pres
ent campaign is imperialism Now
fhnir lot
make it appear so. In it they en-
dorse the Chicago platform of 1885, in
Guiding the free silver plank, and add
a special endorsement of that certain
plank. This is the only plank to
which they give double endorsement.
Not only this, but the Sioux Falls con-
vention of the populists contained the
same plank. and Mr.. Bryan is the nom
inee of that party on that platform.
Mr.. Bryan, in one of his addresses,
said, If you do not believe in abolish
ing the gold standard do not vote for
me, for will surely do away with it
as soon as possible
eff Bryan is elected, he will prove to
be nearer an emperor than any pres
ident the nation has ever mad.
He would, if elected, leave nothing I'M
done to obtain his end viz: the act of
giving this country the free coinage of
silver at the ratio of 16 to l. If the
democratic party carries the election
this fall, there will be in this country
one of the greatest financial panics
it has ever known. You can remem-
Der the panic of 1898. We do not want
a repetition of that calamity.
Many of the members of the demo-
cratic party say there is no prosperity
at present. Others admit reluctantly
that times are trifle better than they
We're four years ago. Here are figures
to show that they are much better.
In 1894 there were deposits in all the
banks OF the United States $2,975, OOO,-
900, while in 1899, there were $4,6OS,-
100000. This shows a great increase.
In 1896 the average deposits per cap
tia was 1916, while now it is 1891.
Imperialism is an issue that they
have manufactured. There is nothing
in it. 1t is simply man of straw, a
DOGGY man. 1t has risen
out of the fact that the Philippines
have come into our possession by the
fortunes of war. Those who have
been in the Philippines say that the
natives are not yet capable of gov
erning themselves. We do not yet
know the destiny of the Filipinos. We
will do all we can for their enlighten-
ment, and let time develop the nature
of the government that will eventually
be instituted in the Islands. 1t is not
the purpose of the administration to
suppress the Filipinos. The republi
can party has always been on the side
of the oppressed. Its foremost presi.
dents came from the lowly, Lincoln
a rail splitter, Grant. tanner, Gar
field, canal boy. The republicans
however, are opposed to the imperial
ism practiced in the southern states
where the colored people are deprived
of their vote"
Republican Dates.
The following is the present SEIZED
ule of meetings for Ottumwa, Wapellc
and adjoining counties to date:
October 5-Hon. H. L. Waterman
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