Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-01

SO / voted as | thought best. When
the law was tried nothing more was
said against the plan | followed.
Republican Principles.
That is one of the strongest points
in the republican party. 1t has al
ways done its duty and trusted to sub
sequent events to prove their correct
ness. 1t has progressed always. The |
mill connot grind with the water thatI
| is passed. To do anything there
must be an effort. Mckinley took the
Philippines and could not let go of
them. We We're placed in that posi-
tion by circumstances We could not
control. We could not shake the is
lands loose if we would, and in due
course of time we probably will not
want to do so.
Cuba's Government.
Cuba has, unfortunately for Cuba,
become independent and has arrang
ed government providing for six
elections each year If this does not
give an opportunity to work off the
Spanish zeal they can make it seven.
This goes to illustrate the lack of
knowledge of republican form of
government and what it should be.
The Cubans for three years sat upon
the lap of Uncle Sam. He fed them
with a spoon. He has made Cuba
. healthful and given her an object les
! son any sensible country would follow,
but we must remember that Cuba I'M
; derwent 800 years of Spanish tyranny.
She will do the best she knows with
her opportunities, but will never be
very successful soon.
The Spanish-Americans have never
been successful to high degree. Diaz,
!, while nominally president of Mexico,
rules with an iron hand. The army is
supreme there. 1t controls the coun-
try and preserves order. There are
no lynchings in Mexico. The law
5 travels upon the wings of the wind.
1 But we would not stand this. We in
; sist that the form of the law be car
5 ried out. The murderer of Mckinley
r was not allowed to plead guilty under
a the laws of New York, because the
h penalty of his crime is death. Every
i law protects the anarchist in the same
/ degree that it protects the presiding
t elder in this country. We should not
S chy. Club law was used here in for
f mer times, but higher standard has
been reached
Need of Two Parties.
, 1t is good that there are two par
:, ties in America. The power of self
i government is inherent. 1t comes
7 from our ancestors thousands of years
= back, and the American people are
= full of it, If the democratic party
:, had no other use it would be valuable
- to keep the republicans in line. There
:, must be two parties, one going ahead
! and the other pulling back. The
"a brakeman on train is just as neces
=, sary as an engineer or fireman, but
! in 1892 we tried to run the country
~ with the brakes by putting the demo
a. Gratis in power, and the experiment
n was highly unsuccessful. This viii
- always be the case. but between the
+. two we will get along well.
C We meet tonight as we will all ovel
80 the state during the next four weeks
. to determine which of the two parties
q shall govern us for the next two years
y, You feel better than before. | coult
a talk to my democratic friends nov
=, without offending them They nigh
-, - not vote for me but after I had tolt
them what I think about politics the,
would laugh and say, We'll old fel
low, you are all right and if you
III ideas were not wrong I would vote 70
re You" But I know that am right
Id From 1856 until the present time Ger
T. tain lines of policy have been right
s. The party that advocated them is RICH
he and when any one brings up anythin!
ut better. let's try it. but do not try
ar until it is known to be right
IN No Argument Needed.
90 This country has passed the stag
40 when argument was useful. Argumen
~ is not wanted now. There are fact
~. to govern the course of the people
=, The best of all arguments is furnish
~ ed in the events which have transpii
- ed in the immediate memory of tn
~ people of the present day. Turn you
" minds to these events, get your his
81 81 tory "on straight" and you will b
~ ~ sure to cast your ballots right in NJ
- vember.
~ Expansion.
10. Now, word on expansion. EXpar
sion has not been all of our own seel
"a. ing 1t was not of my personal desire
all but no one knows the results of wal
ho When once started we must go on an
ke win. We may throw ourselves into
oh torrent, but we must stay in the Gu
ne rent and let it carry us where it viii
ne So it is with nation. Ours has bee
MT a nation of expansion. Under dem,
"a cratic rule the purchase of the teri
mr. tory of Louisiana was made, but Je
ferson and Monroe were denounce
:. when they gave Napoleon Bonapart
at three and three-fifths of a cent pc
en- acre for the country of which Iowa
80 now part.
,a+ All Criticised.
to Every addition to the territory {
of the country, has been criticised, an
ng none so much as that of Alaska, whic
'ry was paid for at the rate of lit cen
Try per acre. We bought the rocks ar
MS seals and gold of Alaska for almo
wv nothing. A ship which returned fro
Of there yesterday brought half millic
in dollars worth of gold. The day b
on fore the amount was $750,000. Ar
yet Seward was criticised for neg
tiating the purchase. The result
~ our expansion has always been GOO
~ thus far, and now our growth is lea
~. ing ont upon the ocean We cann