Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-08-02

appropriated to themselves the polit-
ical power and influence which the
laws of the nation guarantee to the
southern negro.
Republican Party Can be Trusted.
The republican party came into ex-
istence battling for the rights of man,
and if there is in this country a po-
litical party worthy of being trusted
in dealing with an inferior race, jndg-
ed by it's history, it is the republl-
can party.
The theory that there can be no
just government without the consent
of the governed has time and again
been ignored in our national history,
and was finally shot to pieces by the
boys in blue on the southern battle
fields of the civil war. In that great
conflict the states of the north not
only denied the right of the states of
the south to the kind of government
they wanted.
They said in effect: 1.-THE time has
come when you must recognize the
principles of humanity and the rights
of man in your domestic affairs" and
at the points of bayonets and the
mouths of muskets and at the
sacrifice of thousands of precious
lives and countless treasure decent
Christian government was forced upon
the South against their consent, and
to their great benefit and to the last
ing honor of the nation.
Constitution Not Violated.
In addition to the violation of the
constitution and the Reputation of the
Declaration of Independence the abb
solute destruction of the Republic is
claimed to be our purpose. Govern
ments are conducted by men. The
acts which shape their course are
those of individuals. If the constitu-
ton is being violated, the Declaration
of independence being ignored and the
life of the republic being endangered,
who are the guilty ones and to whom
shall we turn for deliverance and pro-
| lection?
lowa's Great Men.
If the charge of the Bryanites Is
true William B. Allison, the republi-
can leader of the American Senate,
and David B. Henderson, the republi-
can speaker of the national House of
| representatives, supported by that
| splendid representation in the lower
House of Congress from Iowa and
| James Wilson in the Cabinet, are all
enemies of their country and are
conspiring against the life of the re-
| public. And if the democratic con-
! IGNITION is true we must turn for de-
| liverance to Jim Weaver and Altgeld,
Pitchfork Tillman and Tammany Dick.
The people of this great state, regard
less of their party affiliation, have not
ceased to mourn the recent loss of one
of the granlest characters in the life
of this state and nation; a man who
was loyal and unflinching supporter
of the policies of William Mckinley
and the republican party, and whose
! life was devoted to the interests of
the common people, from whose ranks
| he rose to position of commanding
| influence in the nation. Let no popu-
| listic visionary tell an Iowa audience
| that the career of "Old Business
1 closed in an attempt upon the life
| of the nation for which he lived ana
4 died me democratic platform of
1900 is a SANDER upon the spotless liv-
ing and the immortal dead. The re-
public and the interests of the mass
es are safe in the hands of such men
as the republicans of Iowa have given
to the councils of the nation.
| Iowa has great cause for congratu-
lation. No state stands so high in the
| councils OF the nation. No western
state can compare with her in the gen
| eral esteem in which she is held
abroad Under the splendid leadership
OF Leslie NJ Shaw Iowa has has be-
come the banner sound money state
| in the west, His able and business
;, administration of the affairs of the
state and his high repute thruout
| the nation have placed not only the
republicans but the people of Iowa
under the greatest obligations to our
| governor.
From first to last in all things per.
tanning to the Spanish-American war
President Mckinley has shown him
self the greatest and wisest man In
the nation. He more than any one
else tried to avert the war. His far
seeing craftsmanship enabling him to
forecast the possibility OF cohplica>
| lions at it's close and his experience
as soldier giving him a true knowl-
edge of tie horrors of war. Not sincc
&C administration of Abraham
Lincoln has there been one so thor
oily entitled to the approval of all
1 patriotic men and there is much coz
ISOLATION to the thoughtful mind in the
fact that the administration of the
martyred Lincoln was much more bit
terly assailed by the fault-fnding party
than has been President Mckinley. His
1 administration is without parallel in
the history OF the country in the
| promptness and ability with which it
has met every emergency and fulfilled
every promise, His administration has
given us sound money, tariff law for
Americans. lower rates ofsinterest, in.
creased volume OF money, greatest
exports in the history of the nation,
! government 2 per cent bonds selling
at q premium, surplus in the treas.
ury instead of deficit and universal
] prosperity. Against demonstrated eff.
ficieacy, and demonstrated incompe.
tency no doubt can exist as to the re
suit Of this campaign. Coupled with
the matchless personality of William
Mckinley we have that of the man
who is the ideal of every patriotic
young American; the most wonder