The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-01-30
ADDRESSED BY DOLLIyER.
JUNIOR SENATOR TALKS TO THE
LEGISLATORS.

JUNIOR SENATOR TALKS TO THE
LEGISLATORS.
Address Before the Joint Convention
| Which Had Reelected the
Two Senators.
| Des Moines, Jan. 23.-Following is
the address of Senator Dolliver before
the joint convention which had just
reelected Senators Allison and Dol
liver to the United States senate:
MIR. President: Senator'S and Representa-
great pleasure to me to have the opportunity
| for q few moments before the convention for
the purpose of acknowledging the honor
distinction OF my life. You have not only
elected me to this great office, but you have
strength of all the ambitions and purposes
that are in me l here promise you and
half of which you have acted, to be dli-
gent and faithful SO far as in me lies in their
| service.
| :, 1T is fortunate thing to represent state
| like ours. 1t has for more than gen.
GRAFTON had "a distinct leadership in the af-
ship is no new thing 1t dates almost from
the entrance. of the state into the Union. In
owe our unbroken record largely to the in
| fuence of the man now grown venerable in
our service this day for the sixth time hon
of public service has never lost sight of the
| land marks of common sense.
whep many na Of the
have looked upon us with more or less ques-
on II Not Not suspicion aI and yet When the
| to- repudiate at least a part Of the public
debt, the state of Iowa was standing stead
treasury Of the unted STATES Oh WseP the
state OF Ohio, torn by political rivalists was
following the wild notions Of Geo H. Pen.
| Iowa was quietly recording its opinion In
| favor of the. resumption of special payment
and we'll ordered government in the United
States
| when the state of Massachusetts, was
chained to the triumphal chariot of Gen. Ben
have been admitted to be historic prestige in
that commonwealth. this state of ours was
quietly gonig about its political business with
| And so it is to me gratifying to be called
| upon to- speak for commonwealth with /.
We have for more than a generation
borne steadfast, and may say unfailing wit
we inherited from our fathers, which in our
| own time, before the eyes of all men, has
wrought the present day miracles of indus
trial and commercial progress.
many OF the eommunits ties had IN the schedule
prosperity of the American market places
an adequate reason for its faith in the prin-
ciples represented in that system.
There never has been a time and there
never will be time when an American in
dustry, making an unequaled. and even a
precarious fight with foreign competitors will
not find among our people the spirit OF
encouragement and helpfulness expressed in
| body is any longer blind to the fact that
with many of the industries of the United
States the rates of duty, which, in 1897, We're
Csn orr on rsac nnh1 n md ia, foot
reasonable, have since that time, owing to
the, curious development of our industrial
and, in many cases even absurd. They stand
| on our statute books today no longer shield
for American labor, but they have in many
cases been turned as weapon of offense
against the American market itself.
II believe that speak for the average
Of ow good %bse Of the wh1s
fects in our laws ought to be corrected, and
/ express a confidence that the congress Of
friendly to the principles upon which the pro-
tectiye tariff rests. to correct these defects in
peed to admit tat s has s'e become
helpless in the presence of questions like
these.
presence of the shadow of martyrdom. ut
tered words which we all feel were words
of truth and soberness. l believe the OPP
tinguished colleague to do whatever can be
done in the present situation Of our national
| opinions propounded by our late president
on the eve Of his final taking on: His name
an era that viii be forever associated with his
fame. an era of enlarged markets, an era
of expansion of our commerce, an era of
reciprocity. not only with our neighbors near
at home, but with the nations of the world
and the islands of the sea.
1.-The hand that killed William Mckinley
X kindly iHl man Il Was aimed at our s institu.
Ak rotyorf NINA pf layv ,fo
government and at all law they killed poor
| Mckinley, but they never touched the insti-
Vulnerable they are imperishable. We did
not know and we did not care when the hour
| was that the reins of authority slipped from
| his hands into the hands of another, but
| feel sure that without distinction of party,
| we rejoice together with the millions of our
the helm nth that IS passed to that man OF Of cour
| age and of sturdy manhood, that sturdy SOL
der of the United states-Theodore Roose,
"And now desire again to thank you
and to wish this session of the general assem-
administration of Governor Cummins inaug-
| urated under circumstances so suspicious q
| place famous and memorable in the annals OF
| Iowa"
The atmosphere, if compressed,
would make a sea thirty-fve feet deep
| around the globe.
| An interesting lawsuit VIII soon De,
\ tried in Seattle. A telephone girl re-
fused to connect subscriber with the
| fire department when he desired to
give notice of a fire which had just
| broken out A loss of 100000 was
| incurred, and the insurance company
| and the owner of the property are
about to sue the telephone company
for the damage sustained.
| A novel system of adornment for
rooms has been perfected by London
Electrician. The walls are lined with
panels of transparent glass, which are