Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-24


stripe fluttering in the air. 1t tells |
of period of uneXampled develop |
ment and magical prosperity in which
ships We're launched, railroads were
built, mines were opened, factories
were established and cities founded.
In which prairies became farms and
deserts became gardens. In which
wealth increased; in which the popu
lation doubled: in which education
was universally diffuscd; in which
Christianity spread; in which Uncle
Sam" grew to manhood, str ding past
the slow marches of other ma
tons. until this giant of the New
World was leading all the earth to-
ward the high destiny of the human
race The same old flag tells of a
time when it was carried at the head
of the American army and fluttered on
the masts Of an American navy in
crusade for humanity, time full OF
honor and full of glory. for when it
was furled again in peace the lash that
we had laid upon the back of the ty-
rant had drawn the line OF American
territory along the furthermost shores
of the Philippines.
81 love the flag for what it has been,
tories would love it in defeat, but
thank God it has never seen defeat.
| love it for what it means in the re-
construction and upbulding of
the world love it be-
erty, the symbol of equality, the bow
of promise. of all that is best in hui
manly. and above all. and embracing
all &c A. Of mi
ed States, the NOSE perfect govern
men. There is no phase Of political
opinion, however wild and visionary,
that should not be discussed with en-
tire amity and good feeling, but can
not abide the skeDtic who prophesies
| the ruin of his country and the de-
struction of her institutions: and |
/ have the profoundest pity for him who
constantly shivers before the problems
of tn, future If there be such man
before me, he will be offended for |
will be singing the songs of victory and
hope while he is chanting the dirges of
despair These pessimists, if any still
remain, can find congenial souls only
in that rapidly-fading remnant of re-
/ ligious fanatics who find in happiness
.
and who know they are wholly good
only because they are wholly miser,
able
MI Cummins then turned to the po'
litical issues which are of interest to
the voter this year, and as his address
was of full two and a half hours dura
ton, it is impossible to give in a sin,
gle newspaper article, more than a
brief synopsis of his remarks. At the
outset he directed attention to the i'm
portance of electing two republican
United States senator's, which could
only be done by the election of re
publican legislature. This, he said was
: of more Importance than the election
J of a republican governor. On the sill
yer question, he said in part:
"The Kansas City platform is
gross libel, and did not believe that
!, convention of Iowa men would ever re
publish it. While from a selfish point
of view, it was of advantage to me as
a candidate, | believe that was patri
! otto enough to hope that its exploded
heresies would never again be Endorsed
by responsible convention. AS cit
izen of Iowa | shared the humiliation
: experienced by the strong minorit.
which SO courageously resisted the de
;. termination to pledge the Iowa democ
: racy to the seditions promulgated a
! Kansas City a year ago. | am no
l thinking alone of the demand for TIL
!, free coinage of silver However hon
= est it's advocates originally were, am
y doubt not they were perfectly sin
. cerc, the history of the last five year
:, have stricken down every argumen
,. raised to sustain it, and those VIII
= really expect or desire to see the doc
= trine become part of our financia
: system are hardly more numerou
: than the disciples of infant damnatio
!, in religion or of unlimit and IRE
= deemable paper money in politics.
: is no surprise that substantially ha
= the members of the democratic part
= openly repudiate the platform, and
! congratulate them upon their self-r'
Z spect, their courage and their patrio
. ism. AS to the other half. have sti
Z, faith enough in them as men who low
, their country, to believe that the
!. would shiver all over with fear if the
Z thought that the principles for whic
= they stand would ever become tn
e controlling forces of our national az
!. ministration. Respecting the reite
II ated demand for the free and unlimi
y ed coinage of silver, there is menac
!. in it, which should not reappear in e
&c cry campaign and at every election
u There will be in the future, in the vel
~ nature of things there must be, periot
u of industrial and commercial depre
n sion. There are conditions now exis
IS ing in the abnormal value of stock
80 bonds and other commodities whic
u give concern to every intelligent o
u server. Let us not aggravate the 81
Us uation as it is now or as it may
rs next year, by the remotest suspicic
le that our money-our standard of We
u, u ue-can be juggled with. 1t was Il
; ~ :, fear that a dollar might become
~ cents that made the panic of 1893 Il
y. most destructive that ever ravagt
: the business of America. When tn
citadel of honor and safety is assaile
les disaster spreads to every home in tt
6: land. In such a storm no man is S
!ys cure An industrial depression can
Ice quarantined. A financial panic gro