Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-31
found that will produce men who can
bring about equally good conditions.
The Senatorshin.

well stated by Mr.. Buchanan, who is a
candidate for the legislature. the next
legislature in this state will have to
elect two United States senators.
Now let me say few words about
one of these, William B. Allison. Hell
is the greatest man in the United
States senate. For twenty eight years
he has represented Iowa in that body,
the greatest legislative body in the
world, and today he stands at the
head. He leads. He is consulted
more than any other member of the
senate, regarding questions of impor-
lance. He represents Iowa most ably
And now, if the republicans are elect
ed, the legislature will return William
| b. Allison to the senate. If the demo-
Gratis win the election who will they
send? They will not vote to return
Allison, the greatest senator Iowa ev-
er produced. Neither will they vote
! for his younger associate but no less
brilliant man, Senator J. P.Dolliver,
one of the brightest young men in
the entire country.
The Real Question.
l will not be disputed by any one
when | say that the question is, "Will
you have a good man." No one can
tell who will be sent to the senate if
the democrats are given power at the
election this fall
Free Silver.
l don't know what will be the pol
icy of the United States senators if
they are democratic and are sent to
| Washington. l suppose they will take
n Ctoo6 ~, eli n1,nctinp Now
/ | will not discuss that. | will not in
suit the people by taking it for grant
ed that they know nothing about sill
YER And anyway. someone says that
the silver question is dead Well, it
ten enough. And yet, | will point out
lust few points among the many.
In 1896
You remember that in 1896 they
talked it all over. They made it APP
pear that the only way for the miner,
the laborer and others could become
prosperous was to put into effect the
silver policy Were they correct?
Was not the real state of affairs just
the opposite. Now, is that good
judgment? Is that the kind of states
mansbip you want?
| will not discuss tariff The dem,
ocrats blame tariff for the existence
of the trusts in this country. This is
something that | cannot understand
and which is entirely wrong. In free
trade England there are trusts OF
enormous strength aud capital Tariff
surely cannot have anything to do il
that line.
No Issues.
: AS l said in the outset there are nc
issues. Issues require the existence
of different ideas on different sides
If the opposition has different idea!
; from ours they fail to come up, ant
for that reason we decide that the.
are afraid to bring them out. Now
understand that the democratic nomi
I nee for senator says that he is in ia
$ vor of manufacturing bill and tina
|, if elected, he will vote for one. H
ought to know that there is a lay
which covers the. ground which h
t proposes to cover in. this bill. If 20
:. remember, two years ago he. promise
|. the people that he would, if elected
II do certain things. This year he soc
y to the people and Says that he ha
. fulfilled all his promises but one, tina
u antitrust law He says that he wen
Il to Des Moines and found that an ant
: trust law was already on the statut
Z books. Now if he will look the matte
up he will find that there is a mani
featuring law on the statute book
# ALSO
s. The Governor"
e In Ottumwa we are honored by ha'
l. ing the democratic candidate for go
- ernor He says that the campais
o. must be fought on state issues. II
! has even kicked the silver plank cles
u out of the platform. What state i
. sues are there? There are no nation
!, al issues. The republican party he
u managed the affairs of the state If
- the past forty years, and has done {
5 well as any state and much bette
81 than many. What issues can the
y raise? Nothing except local optic
~ and equal taxes. There is no diffe
d. ence among the people in regard
=, taxes.
X The County Ticket.
II AS to the county ticket. there
lie not break in it, Scan it and yc
1T will find the names of men OF honest
sobriety and industry. They are a
III worthy of your votes. If you find or
w that is not of that kind, then do NJ
s. vote for him. but do not know whel
re he is to be found.
e N. {. Carpenter.
ID N. e. Carpenter followed Mr.. We
10 erman, and spoke for several minut
az on the Importance of polling the vo
q. in the country. setting forth the n
of tional Importance of the state elect1t
10 this fall. He then mentioned the ca
didates on the republican ticket,
- ginning with A. Is. Cummins and CO.
ing down through the county tick
He pointed out the fact that the re
ord of the republican party in t
state and county is perfectly clea
and followed the history of the sta
and nation from several years as
showing that the policies advocat
by the republican party have alwa
been right and beneficial to the COZ
try