Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-22

one sees on the doors of all passenger
coaches, Passengers are not allowed
to stand on the PLATFORM But he /
might as well have used the old-fash. |
toned sign and stated that 1T is dan
gerous for passengers to stand on the
platform
Assistance.
He is confident of the wisdom of |
laying aside the national issues found
in the Kansas City platform" So am
l. The question is, how best to do it. !
If he wants a platform, the republi-
can platform is broad enough to sup
port all the republicans, joined by all
the courageous democrats. If he is
confident of the wisdom of laying It
aside" there are thousands of repub.
licans, joined by thousands of coura.
geous democrats, who will help him to
lay it aside. not only for this cam
paign, but forever and ever.
l remember that | am speaking sim
ply to whet your appetites for royal
feast which you are to enjoy SOON /
do not intend entering into discus,
sion of the questions SO eminently fit
for discussion by our junior senator.
But cannot leave an Iowa audience
without expressing my joy at facing
Iowa men and women. I have lived
in this state about one-third of cen
fury, and l have at heart everything
that helps to make Iowa higher
among the states of the nation. You
could not find grander, greater. bet
ter state than Iowa. The only fault
| No ofi ~
yields too easily to the labors of man.
It's great characteristic is not that it
wants for supplies but that it creates
and women want but it produces men
and women who want everything.
IoWans.
am not a Wanting partisan when
/ say that in the Judgment of the
whole nation the men and women of
Iowa are truer to the essentials of
good government than are any other
body of men and women in the world.
Hers are the most kingly men and
queenly women who ever gave i'm
pulse to commonwealth. But if we
are true, then whatever responsible
ties of the state that are heaviest
must be borne by us, and the glory
gained in the manner of handling
these responsibilities will be ours Let
me congratulate you upon being citi-
zens, not only of the best republic in
the world, but of the best state in
that republic.
Despair not of the future, have the
courage of your forefathers AS they
solved all the problems which came
before them so will you. You cannot
{ do more than by writing across the
{ political sky of Wapello county the
story of the greatest republican vic
tory in the history of the state. Ibid
t you goodnight.
7 Introduces Dolliver.
Mr.. Siberell then introduced Sena
tor Jonathan P. Dolliver to the audi
ence, speaking of him as "our own
senator" Mr.. Dolliver said in part:
The Senator's Address.
Ladies and gentlemen: 1t is a very
great pleasure to me to have the OPP
portunity which l have enjoyed sc
many times, of making politica
speech in this city. l am little sor
2 ny that my pleasure in listening tt
e my friends eloquence was disturbed
e by the occasional thought that i
l. would be my turn next, and while
j. thank him for the speech and thu
i kind words regarding me. ] believe h,
;. did me more harm than good, becaus,
t the man would be vain indeed whit
r would seek to disturb the good impress
v sion created by the address just Civ
t en-.
i, A Luxury.
t Never before in my twenty years ex
a
J. speaker have heard political ad
3 dress presented upon level so lofty
u For myself, I came and expected tina
d the luxury of hearing a politica
e. speech, something l had not done thi
e year until tonight. But neither MI
n Cummins nor myself are out of pol
I tics. At any rate, he is not.
v A. 3. cummins.
l. have a deep interest in this can
'e paign. Along with all Of you l wal
lie to see A. B. Cummins elected COVE
re nor of the state of Iowa. He was Dor
lie on the edge of the state of Pennsy
to vania, on the edge of Virginia, scarce
ly days walk apart. He came her
and has become one of the leaders {
rs the bar, and 1 doubt not that he wi
| become one of the foremost politician
We of Iowa.
to A Personal Interest.
er Mr.. Cummins spoke of the legisla
y. IRE. Now, you arouse distinct int
ed est in me when you speak of the legi
n lature. / have had experience vii
an legislatures. I recognize the impc
Ill lance from republican standpoint
the election of Mr.. Harper and Mr.. b
chanan to the legislature this year.
es am not selfish altogether 1t may me
es ter very little what happened to m
In but it matters much whether you Ike,
he in the senate that leader of republica
he ism in Iowa and in the entire Unit,
or States, William B. Allison.
A Higher Plane.
Ia I was impressed as Mr.. Cummi
I'm spoke, with the strange surroundin
of of this campaign. thought it best
ue emphasize some of the sentiments
pressed in his address. In the Ia
ur- four weeks have had an opportuni
to to read all of the speeches made
do the late William Mckinley. COT