Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-05-04
MICHIGAN Nan WON
Results Of the Northern Oratori.
col League Contest at
Iowa City.
The Iowa Representative. Otto
Bracket. Of Jefferson. Gets
Third Place.
Work on Memorial University at
Mason City Being Pushed
Vigorously.
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Special to Times Republican.
Iowa City. May Ain the eleventh an
nual Northern Oratorical Association
contest here last evening Michigan Sc
cured first, Chicago second, Iowa third.
WISCONSIN fourth, Oberlin and AIinneso-
Ia tied for fifth, and Northwestern sew
cnth. The contest was very close and
was fully appreciated by vast audi
ence. which was also pleased with the
decision of the judges. Mr.. Story, the
orator for Michigan, was ranked first in
delivery by three judges. The next cons
test is TO be held in Chicago.
The judges on thought and compost
ton were: Hon. Frank S. Monnett. of
Columbus. o.; President James H.
Baker, OF the University of Colorado;
and Hon Aston w. Dana. of Topeka,
Kas. The judges on delivery We're.
President r. n. jesse. of the Y University
OF Missouri; Professor Edwin b. Cush-
ing, of Yankton College, South Dakota;
and Hon. Bartlett Trip, of Yankton.
S d.
Mr.. Otto Il. Bracket, the Iowa ora
tor, was the first speaker. He was born
near Portland, Me-, and moved to Iowa
when boy. He received his prelimi-
nary education in the Jefferson, Iowa.,
schools and entered the university in
1897. Joining the Philomathian Society.
He secured a place on last years home,
contest. He has won medals and dis
tinction as a runner and walker on the
Varsity team. His subject was is
rael's Last Captivity
The second speaker was Mr.. Bertram
6. Nelson, junior in the University of
Chicago His subject was the Test of
Oratory."
Carroll L. Storey was the third speak
or. He is a senior in the University Of
Michigan. His subject was The Min
ister Plenipotentiary."
It. d. Schall, of the University of Min
resoia, was the fourth speaker HIS
subject was IA HERDS Mistake"
Hesse o. Enwall, of Northwestern
University. was the fifth on the program
and his subject was The Power of a
Great Conviction as Illustrated in the
Life of Garibaldi.
Clarence Mills, of Oberlin College.
spoke on The Battle of Saratoga
Miss Louise Loeb. no represented the
University of Wisconsin, was the last
On the program and her subject was
1.-The Triumph of Altrusm.'
= Following is an extract from the win
ming Grafton:
Two years OF our civil war had
passed and the cause of the union
seemed to have lost ground. Defeat had
followed defeat IN quick succession. Ev-
erywtere hostility TO the north was
growing. From the beginning of the
struggle the south was accorded bel
ligerent rights, and now France, Ger
many and England We're about to rec.
ognize it's independence" England hes
itated, because of the influence OF the
laboring class, which had steadily sup
ported the north.
But with the establishment OF the
blockade of3the southern ports importa-
tion of cotton fell, and the facsories
We're closed. The laborers began to
waver in their support of the union at
tfis time all eyes turned TO Henry
Ward Reecher, then sojourning on the
continent.
'Beecher arrived in England misrep-
resented by the press, and the excite
1nent became intense whenit was known
that he wac to speak in defense OF the
negro and the north. The stormiest time
he experienced was at Liverpool. Here
Beecher sees within the hall anarcilistic
placarGa in blood-red letters scattered
about 20 lash the people into frenzy and
insanity. Four or five storm centers
are boiling at once. Thieves and cut
throats. hired for the purpose. are ev-
erywhere present, armed with clubs.
bick-batS and knives, and only await ali
opportunity to change the scene into one
Of lawlessness ard murder" BY pa
thence he gained a hearing for artful
compliments to British citizens. He Dip
cussed from an English Standpoint the
disadvantages of slavery and proved
that southern sympathizers are foes of
British prosperity. Having thus soothed
and placated the audience he faced the
storm.
Amidst a thunder of cheers and
Kisses he declares that every free work.
ingman who is laboring 10 rear up ships
tor the southern cnnf.eieracy is IA boring
to establish on sea and on land the doc.
trine that capital has right to own la
Dor. He denounces the British horror OF
the American war az hypocritical and
inconsistent, when In all the vast do
main of people lands. in the Willis of
Africa, the jungles of India, the islands
of the sea, everywhere, the native heart
stops beating at the sound of martial
snusic leading British soldiery to new
oonquests He rebukes that nation
which, posing as the disciple of reace
at the seizure of two confederate envoy.
had dropped its work. rushed to arms
and called for vengeance To the charge
that the north is insincere in this con.
flict he exclaims: Has love of country
run so low in Great Britain that the rig
ing of nation to defend its territory
its government its flag. Is a theme for
cold aversion in the pulpit and sneers i,
the pew? Is generosity SO dead in
England that she will not admire In he
children the very qualities which have
made her children proud of the mem
cries OF their common English ances-
tors?
Thus grandly. eloquently Beechel
pleaded for his country. Thru him the
misconceptions concerning the north
cleared away like April clouds. TIL,
union cause became the cause of hui
mainly. The sympathetic heart of Eng
lands noblest poor was Won"
.sc.s.
Missionsry Convention.
Special to Times Republican.
NsClearfeld, May 4.--The district con
vention OF the Creston district of tn
Women's Foreign Missionary Societ
adjourned here Friday after the hes