Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-10

visit their Office, the entrances to
which are guarded, are, you will find
when you reach their presence, men.
whose hands show the unmistakable
signs of toll. l remember a man who
had been working for s1.50 per day,
and who was injured by the prema-
ture discharge of cannon. One hand
was blown away at the wrist and the
other a half inch in front of the thumb.
That man, as he got WE'LL began edu-
eating himself. Now he is president
of bank in larger town than OF
tumwa, bank with $3,000,000 on de-
post.
Bryan's Old Cry.
There was a man four years ago
who went UP and down the country
crying that the dollar was being rails
ed above the man. Tell me, one OF
you old men, what wages did you draw
thirty-fye or forty years ago? Can
swer, twenty-five cents per day.')
Yes, and at that time $4,000 was a
neat fortune. Now wages have adj
vanced to several times the amount
paid then, and the woman who is left
with only $4,000 must still work hard
to keep the wolf from the door. But
the man with nothing but his two
hands was never better off than he is
now There was a time when there
was not much to do. Now man can
find work at some honest employment
with very little effort.
Period Without Politics.
Now let us keep this history
straight In 1892 the democrats tried
tax for revenue only: in 1896 they tried
free and unlimited coinage of silver;
| in 1900 they tried trusts, but with
| these not much could be done, and SO
! they went to the war for an issue.
Now, | want to talk little about the
war For a few months we had no
politics. The period commenced
when the commission appointed by
congress reported that the Spaniards
were killing the old Cuban men and
defenseless women in veritable slaugh
i ter pens in Cuba. God had rolled a
great responsibility upon the shout
ders of the American people. Presi
j dent Mckinley, having investigated
the matter, went to congress one
morning and asked for an appropria
ton of $50,000,000 to equip an arm!
and navy for service. We didn't have
powder enough then to load the guns
we didn't have fuse enough to mine
the harbors. Before night McKinle.
had been given the amount he asked
by unanimous vote of the two
, houses. No politics was in this.
Citizen Soldiers.
Then Mckinley bought powder, fuse
: clothes, guns, and fitted out an army
, and during that time he was doing al
| he could to see what could be accom-
l plished by means of diplomacy. !
few days later he came back to con
gresS, and said: Il can see no way t.
prevent it. The matter is now in you
5 hands. Do as you see best" And be
fore nightfall the soldiers had been di
e rected to take up arms. McKinle
1 called for 100000 men, a small army
2 Five times that number responded
e Who were those men that came t
r this call? Did the rich come? Yes, an
:. the poor. Did they come from FIT
D avenue? Yes, and from the plains
t They came from the armies that ha
S followed Grant, and those that ha
d followed Lee. They were your son.
olu SOlulSlS.E alOuuu
u had been sung old battle songs. Thei
e boyish ears had heard the stories {
war from your lips, and there was nc
t a boy in the whole country but burr
d ed to show his patriotism and hi
}, readiness to serve as defender of hi
e country. / do not believe that ther
t We're ever 100000 men gathered O
earth whose hearts were so filled wit
patriotism as was that little army
They were mustered in seedin
). time, armed at complaining, and the
q went to Cuba, whipped the Spaniard
;, and we had them back in time t
I gather the corn. Never was the1
=, such condition of affairs before, an
. | do not believe there ever will b
= unless another war arises.
d Spain Forced to Terms.
70 Spain was forced to our terms. U,
e Gle Sam had his fingers on the Spar
y iard's throat. When Mckinley pr
le posed commission of five American
e and five Spaniards to meet and writ
3 a protocol Spain said Alright" M
i Kinley chose as one of the commissio
old Samuel Gray of Philadelphia,
O. man who said he was a democrat an
II was opposed to this country ownir
IL the Philippines. That made no diffe
O. ence to Mckinley. He wanted him {
e. the commission. Well, the commi
re sion met in Paris. The member
NJ found out all they could during IL
Il next ninety days. and when this W;
r. over every American was in favor
IN this country taking the Philippi1
Dr. archipelago. There was nothing ell
IL to do. They all agreed on this poir
1e Bryan Joins Hands With Mckinley.
he Accordingly treaty was drawn u
lg and then was the time when Villa
is Jennings Bryan took off his uniforl
which he had worn with honor, we
to Washington. and for the first tin
ne joined hands with President McKinl
lie in working for the ratification of tn
| treaty. Bryan and Mckinley did
nd they possibly could do for it's rattle
or ton, and finally, by means of tn,
id joint efforts they secured just enou
it votes to do the work. If one of the
ed votes which Mr.. Bryan secured for t
us ratification of this treaty had been IL