Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-10-14

the widest discussion, for it is the very
essence of free institutions that every
great measure shall be tried in the
crucible of debate before it is applied
to the business which involves the
welfare of millions of our population.
On the one hand I have little pa
thence with the suggestion that free
Interchange of views among republic
cans upon this fundamental topic,
with the probability of resulting
changes in the tariff schedules, Will
brighten capital or tend to destroy
the confidence of the master minds
who conduct the industrial affairs
of the nation They know, and We
all know, that no harm can come
to any legitimate undertaking
through any readjustment of tariff
schedules, made by republican con-
gress and approved by republican
president. The men of capital, the
protected producers of the country,
can have just one thing to fear, and
they know it-better than any of their
fellow men. 1t is the supremacy of
the democratic party, with its follies
of free silver, and free trade, with its
narrow views and. weak execution OF
the powers of government. Depend
upon it that capital will not imperil
its rightful interest because it is asked
to surrender its usury.
Danger in Republican Inactivity.
We know and they know that the
only danger of democratic success lies
in the failure of the republican party
to do it's duty boldly and fearlesly
as in the past it always has done. We
must do right first, because it is right
second, if no other motive can be con
sidered, because it is the only way to
hold the confidence of the people and
prevent the calamity which democratic
! victory invariably brings.
Is for Reciprocity.
/ After hearing what | have already
read, you cannot doubt that we are
for reciprocity. If what we have
said means anything, it means that
some or all of our reciprocal treaties
that are now before the senate of the
United States, which have been nego--
| tiated with infinite patience and con-
. summate ability, should be ratified. II
means that we think there are oppor
| tunities to increase our exports ever
| beyond the magnificent volume tt
which they have already attained. L
. means to me that if there are certain
parts of our. country which can gel
coal from Nova Scotia with which tt
build up stheir tagging factories
cheaper than they can get it else
where, that reciprocal treaty SHOULD
be made that would, give it to them
and that if they can get iron ore from
the Dominion of Canada, in the manu-
facture of which thousands of Ameri-
can laborers can be employed, ant
cannot get it with equal facility from
the territory of the United States, tina
a reciprocal treaty should give it tt
them without duty. To sum it all UP
the republicans of Iowa believe in tht
reciprocity for which Blaine fought
and the reciprocity whose glowing adj
. vantages were yet trembling upon tn
lips of Mckinley when he fell unde
the hand of the assassin. We are no
for the idle dream of reciprocity, which
:, takes everything and gives nothing
Reciprocity is a bargain, and it is al
surd to assume that the countries witt
which we must trade are either brain
less or benevolent.
No Difference in Party.
. Some timid souls depreciate an
! suggestion that indicates difference