Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-01


overwhelmed with the free silver
craze. Free silver literature was
spread broadcast. The theory was dis
cussed on our street corners, in our
homes and everywhere. But at the
polls the people decided that 16 to 1
was not what they wanted.
Consider the Result.
Have you ever stopped to think
what would have been the result had
this democratic doctrine prevailed?
One-half of the insurance companies,
ou.' railroads, and our merchantile es-
Establishments would be PROSTATE and
bankrupt turnout the country. The
same question is being agitated today
by our democratic friends even in the
face of this present prosperity. Their
idea of 16 to l means that you can
take SO cents worth OF bullion to a
mint and get it coined into dollar
that will pay 100 cent debt. Now is
that right? Do you believe in that
kind of money?
ut is true that you can go onto the
streets of Ottumwa most any morning
ana meet few people who are with
out means, or who may be without en-
ployment. Yet this has always been so
and always will. You have
no indication as to the
condition from this. wish to call
your attention to the fact that there
are over five million six hundred thou
sand dollars deposited today in our
savings banks by men who save from
$50 to $500 per year. Their savings
each year amount to over two million
dollars. No other nation in the world
saves as much. Great Britain, with
all her educational advantages, her
wealth, and her population, only saves
one-half as much. Now this is not
such bad state of affairs is it?
Bryan No Democrat.
emf Bryan is no democrat.
He is at heart a populist.
Ex-President Cleveland, in a let
ter to Don M. Dickinson, formerly a
member of his cabinet, which was
published in the Chicago Times-Herald
today, denounces the doctrine OF
Mr.. Bryan and comes out squarely for
sound money. The democratic and
populist platforms this year declare for
free coinage of silver at the ratio of
16 to /, which means that 16 ounces
Of silver are equal to l ounce of gold,
when in fact it takes almost 80 ounces
of silver to equal l of gold. The demo-
Gratis argue that the per capita should
be increased. That is exactly what
the administration has been doing. In
1896 the per capita was about $40,
while on July 1, 1900, it was $24.4O
which is gain of over 81 per head.
Trusts.
Il wish to say something in regard
to trusts which we hear SO much about
at present. l am opposed to trusts in
all forms which break competition,
hamper the manufacturer or control
the value of any product The rebup-
lican party has been accused of pro.
noting trusts, yet you will not find an
antitrust law on our book today but
that was passed by republican con-
gress and signed by a republican pres
ldent. Trusts have grown up in
our country to such an enormous
magnitude that the present laws are
inadequate to cope with them. Yet l
trust in the republican party to settle
this question to the satisfaction of the
American people.
The Philippine Question.
The United States flag floats only
where it goes honestly. The red.
white and blue which you see here to-.
night, is symbol of our boys in the
philippines, who are CALAMITY defend.
ing the honor and dignity of our coun-
try There is where American MANHOOD
comes in. When Mckinley was called
upon to declare war in the interest of
SUFFERING humanity, you were all with
NIP And now after our boys have
sacrificed many of their lives in de-
tense of their country's honor, 10 YOU
believe in throwing away the fruits of
their labor? No, you do not.
I'm speech at indianapolis, Ind.
Just after his nomination for president,
Mr.. Bryan made public his ideas for
the disposition of the Philippines, or
what he called an honest solution of
the question: First, he would estab.
fish a form of government for them !:
second, grant them their independ-
ence, and third, protect them from the
outside world, or establish a protector.
ate over them. Now how would Mr.
Bryan give them their independence
anu .iAoA Aoiu d pIOLeCLOTdCe over
them? This shows tue absurdity of
his theory Today the administration
is forming government among the
natives as Mr.. Bryan said he would
40. And they intend 20 keep a pro.
tectorate over them as the admins.
tration realizes that as new nation
they are too weak to mingle with the
other nations Of the world on their
own defenses alone.
Now, my democratic friends, do
you believe that the boys from Ottum
wa, from Iowa, and from the adjoining
states who offered their lives in de
Tense of their country during the Span
ish-American war are trying to make
an empire of this country?
''In 1854 the democratic party in its
platform declared that war was a fail
ure and must be stopped or the coun
try would be ruined. George Wash
ington in the revolutionary war was
censured for fighting the Tories and
they declared he desired to be at the
head of this country as an empire
The same cry of imperialism was
heard during the war of 1912, just as
your hear it today"
Capt. Hutchinson closed his remarks