Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-08

sDAY, AUGUST S, 1901.
lions from all quarters of the state.
truly represents the feelings and the
desires of our people. Our material
growth would seem to exceed the high
est flights of Imagination. The free
education of her children is the great
est gift state can bestow upon her
people. for education is power; and
Iowa gives to each of her children
liberal education, free as the air they
breathe The per cent of illiteracy In
Iowa is but three and five-tenths. We
have in this state 1861 school houses,
containing 1881 school rooms, pre-
sided over by 2S,7S9 teachers, with an
enrolment of 566,223 bright, promising
bows and girls. The institutions
wherein we care for our unfortunates,
the blind, the deaf, the dumb, the in
sane and the incorrigible, are all that
science, wealth and humanity can sug-
cyst and produce.
| 1.-The value of Iowa farm lands in
1895 was $1,0SS ,063,06S The annual
value of farm products in 1900 was
1929, ,O59 The corn crop in 1900
aggregated 353, 365,000 bushels. The
other cereals, wheat, oats, rye, barley
and flax, 175,475,000 bushels. The val
us of live stock, tcattle and swine,
$13S, 100000. The amount of butter
produced in the state, 175,000,0OO
pounds, valued at more than $37O00,-
900.
Iowa Is All Right.
Verify we are nation of farmers,
and are proud of it. When my friend
Late Young, or any other Iowa editor,
asks in the columns of his newspaper,
What's the matter with Iowa?' let the
farmers of this state rise in unison and
say, What's the matter with Iowa?
Nothings the matter with Iowa; she's
all right Did you ever hear OF an
Iowa bond being on the market? Do
you know of any warrants issued by
the state of Iowa. in the hands of mon
ey changers? She does not owe sin
gle dollar of debt The last report of
funds in excess of $1,50O,000. which is
ample to meet all just obligations.
Can we conceive of more splendid
SuOWllS VI plOSpClllJ thoAi
our state can make?
"To what political party can these
incompatible results be attributed?
The state of Iowa, during almost all
the prosperous years of her statehood
has been under the continuous control
and direction of the republican party.
From the great war governor elected
in 1861, down to the present able, con-
or,,D ',
the exception of two short terms when
the republicans of Iowa went away into
idolatry and followed after false gods,
the state has been under the guidance
of republican governors and republican
legislators. Has not the party right
, to be proud of its craftsmanship?
Our Citizens.
But the products of Iowa in which
we take our greatest pride are oul
Isplendid men and beautiful women.
Have you ever contemplated the con
trolling influence the state of Iowa ex
. ercises in national affairs? Go to thai
| grave and reverend body the United
5 States senate, and ask for the wises1
, and the most eloquent member of that
| body. and the senior and junior sena
tors from the state of Iowa will be Sc
: lected. Go to the more turbulent ant
: democratic body. the house of repre-
! sentatives. and ask which member O.
| that body exercises the greatest power
and influence upon legislation, ant
: you will be told that the member o
S that body who controls it's Legislation
and at whose beck and nod laws are
e enacted or prevented, and who in ma
ING uin n \
/ the president himself, is a gallant ant
/ popular son of Iowa. Our representa-
S tiyes in congress, individually and a!
f a delegation, are the equal in influ
y ence, power and wisdom, of any in tn,
4 union. In the cabinet of the presi
h dent sits son of Iowa whose energ.
and discretion in the conduct of hi
department is winning for him tn
@ praise and commentator of his coun
!. trymen In the diplomatic service Ic
r wa has furnished many great names
# and positions on the bench, in pres
+, Dental cabinets and in the army am
Q navy have been filled with honor b.
# illustrious men from this our prosper
: Gus and beautiful state.
d We Are Satisfied.
u 1--WE believe that the republican pan
; ty of Iowa may rest with pride an
,, satisfaction upon its record in the pas
: and fearlessly challenge scrutiny o
: criticism from its adversaries in tn
= splendid management which it has e,
- hibited in state affairs: and it's recor
- in the past has set high standard 70
- its conduct in the future. We are a
= republicans. We are republicans III
? on principle We are republicans bt
= cause we believe that the history {
= our peerless party in the past is a
= promise of its performance in the fl
- ture We are republicans because j
= the last forty years it has been tn
-, party of progress, because it is tn
- party that has stood for commerciS
. honor, for the sanctity of our contract
., at home and abroad, because it ha
! believed in and stood for the equi
4 rights of all men. When this CONVEX
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