Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-24
ROMINGER AT ELD0N
Eloquent Bloomfield Attorney AID
dresses Voters.
MEETING WAS VERY SATISFACTORY
Several Prominent ottumwa Republic
ans Were in Attendance and Lent
Their Aid to the Success of the At
fair-Mr. Rominger's Speech.

An interesting and enthusiastic re-
publican meeting was held at Eldon
last evening, Ellsworth Rominger, of
Bloomfield, being the principal speak
er of the occasion. Mr.. Romlnger has
a statewide reputation as an able po-
litical speaker, and this reputation suf-
fered none last evening. He spoke in
sincere, convincing terms, and his ar
themselves upon the minds of his hear
ers.
The audience was very satisfactory,
and every one in the room paid the
closest attention to the remarks of the
speaker. A number of prominent OF
tumwa republicans, including some of
the candidates on the county ticket,
were present and did their part toward
making the meeting success. Mr..
Rominger said in part:
Ladies and Gentlemen:-It seems to
me that the present political campaign
is one that can be conducted without
bitter partisanship. One in which men
can reason together, and public ques-
lions may be weighed in the light of
experience, achievement and accom-
plishment it Is the parliament of
reason, questions of public policy and
state, are settled today. formerly men
contested for mastery with the sword,
but the victories of peace are fast
making our own country the the dictat-
or of the financial and commercial cen
tiers of the world. In these victories
every loyal patriotic man, woman and
child in the United States has Just
pride love to know that my coun-
try is growing that it's recources are
being developed. That year by year
under the industrial impulses of the
American people, We record an ad-
vance. "Old things may have passed
away" And We have duty in meet
ing the changes that are wrought by
the activity, energy and genius of the
people.
am frank to say not all the political
organizations that have been RESPONSE
BILE for the management and control
5 of our affairs in the past have been
bad. 1t is true we have passed through
critical crisis, when it seemed that
our form of government would not
survive. But looking back today,
could we have done better? Assume
the responsibilities of the past, take
up constructive legislation upon which
our civil institutions rest, and between
the warp and wool of that work you
will find brains and craftsmanship,
that at once excites our admiration
Without models or presidents to fol.
low, as we have, there were hewed out
new pathways for civilization l do
not belong to that class of politicians
that find nothing but error in the past
True, mistakes may have been made
But say in the main the past has
built wisely. Therefore l believe we
can safely indulge in eulogy this year
At the beginning of President Nc
Kinley's first administration, many
good people had grave fears Of the pol
icies that obtained by his election
They accepted the situation on trial
That was a trying period. Financial
signals of distress foated above every
business interest in every neighbor
hood and hamlet in the land The
low ebb to which values of all kinds
had shrunk placed every thinking
man on the seat of inquiry. Men who
had never before taken more than cas-
ual interest in political questions, be.
came intensely interested in the af.
fairs of government. The entire coun.
try was asking for Moses to lead us