The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-10-26
Visit of Hon. James O'DOnnell-
Synopsis of His Speech before
Mckinley and Roosevelt Club.

. During his visit in this county the re-
publicans of this city were fortunate
enough to get the Hon. James O'Don.
nell for at least few minutes talk
in this city and although it was only
for a talk at noon meeting on Tues
day at the republican club rooms, yet
the occasion proved to be decidedly
enjoyable and profitable one.
Mr.. O'Donnell had spoken the even
ing before in the court house in Corun-
ma to crowd which filled every avail
able niche in the old court room in spite
of the pouring rain which those who
attended the meeting had to pass
through. A good sized delegation from
the Mckinley and Roosevelt club in this
city had gone over to hold torchlight
procession in his honor and had been
compelled to seek shelter in the build
ing as soon as they reached the city.
The next best thing that they could do
for themselves and at the same time pay
another compliment to the eloquent ex-
congressman from Jackson was to get
him to consent to make few minutes
talk at the club rooms.
The talk was as all of Mr.. O'Donnell's
are, treat to those who listened tho
but the barest outline of it can be given
here. He had been around the the city
during the morning, he said, and COM
plimented the city on the appearance
of prosperity especially as shown in the
condition of her school buildings He
then spoke of the school tax and showed
that while the county paid some S44, 00C
state tax it also received back from the
state over $4,000 in primary school
money.
He did not blame men four years age
he said, for being willing to try almost
ANYTHING to better their condition but
times are different now. He spoke Of
the generous course which this govern.
ment alone of all the governments Of
the world had pursued toward the Beers
| and then in referring to the Filipinos
said that they would find that the e
called star of empire was for them in
reality the star of hope. We too would
receive pay for all the trouble they will
cost us Just as soon as the election o!
Mckinley stopped the instruction there
and civilization sets in. The future il
indeed grand and hopeful. The trusts
can and will be controlled but they will
be controlled by the republican party
1t is the republican party alone which
has ever attempted to do anything tt
control them anyway.
The great balance of trade in favor O
the United States during the years o
the Mckinley administration, 81. 400, 900
900, or more than three times what /
had been for the whole hundred year
preceding that administration, was
pointed out and with it its connection
with labor which the speaker declared
was the dynamo of the industrial sys
tenn. Labor was the most importan
thing of all to look out for and next I,
that the farm. The farm and factor
should 60 hand in hand. The full din
ner pail is, in spite of all the attempts t
sheer it down on the part of Mr.. Bryan
an important issue. 1t is the grea
issue. The consent of the governed
was touched on with good effect as it i!
applied by the democrats in North Care
tlina. The charge that the republican
had been extravagant in their appro
priations was emphatically denied wit
the statement that the appropriation
during this administration had been Il 9
than before on everything for which az
preparations have been made except 1,
the single matter Of pensions and thu