Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-09-20
The Campaign Opens.

The speaking campaign of Harrison
county was opened by Senator DOlllver
delivering All address upon 1.-The para
mount issues to all immense audience
i'll the opera house in Missouri Valley
last evening. The committee had dec
GRATED the house in All elaborate man
ner with the national colors, and ev-
eryWhere the eye met the portraits of
the men who no longer belong to any
party, but are claimed by sll Ameri-
cans as we'll as those of the repnbli-
cans who lead the vanguard and whose
names are the shibboleth of their
party. A special train from the east
brought nearly 500 persons from the
nelghboring towns. The Woodbine
band, uniformed in scarlet and gold,
rendered the music, and Woodbine's
Mckinley marching club occupied
seats upon the platform. At an early
hour every available space was filed,
many going away for lack of entrance
room, but the crowd was orderly and
quiet. Men and women, regardless of
religious faith or political utilization
elbowed each other and invaded their
neighbours precincts with the utmost
good nature.
AT eight o'clock Chairman Dewell
suggested three cheers be given for the
present administration, which was
done with a hearty good will by large
part of the body. Mr. Deliver was
mes with storm of enthusiasm as he
stepped upon the rostrum. A large
portrait of Mckinley slowly lowered
until 1T hung directly over the head of
the speaker again called forth much
display of enthusiasm. Lieut-Gover-
nor Milliman in brief speech intro
duced MIR Dolliver, who spoke for
nearly two hours upon what he dem
onstrated the paramount issues of the
campaign.
Mr. Dolliver referred pleasantly to a
previous visit to Missouri Valley, and
thanked the audience for its display of
enthusiasm, but called attention tOthe
fact that while enthusiasm was al
ways good thing it was by no means
Everything aud would not take the
place of coed, solid, hard work in a
political contest. He said political
apathy was always current in good
times and that any party in power was
in danger from the apathy of its adj
herents, they too frequently being too
sure of results and satisfied with their
surroundings, while the safety of flu
lture civilization lies i'm the general
content of the mass of the people, there
was a wide difference between content
and apathy. Mr. Dolliver classified the
political issues as paramount and OBJ
selete, and drew strong distinction
between what he regarded an issue
and political clamor. lie defined the
actual issue of the present campaign
to be the maintenance of the colo
standard. MIR Dolllver regards mill
tarlsm, Imperialism, trusts and othe
i positions taken by the President in TN,
l}oer war, as new clamors, whose sig
sion with the money question. III,
trusts, during which lie declared no
one trust is supported by or stand
upon the authority OF the nationa
law or the permission or approval o
he national government. Mr. Dollive
said his party made no apology for thu
position taken in regard to acquisition
of territory and that III his mind as h
passed i'm review the question of tn
United States entering into war h
was convinced that the voice of tn
people had been wiser than the hes
fancy of the counsellors at Washing
ton. MIR Dolliver closed by saying tn
true life of nation is its ability t
help the world, to assist the needy an
care for the weak, and that Americ
was rapidly taking place in the fror
as the helper and refuge of the need
of the whole world.
Mr. Dolliver is very pleasar