Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-17
REPUBLICANS ENDORSE HON. JOHN r LACEY a

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things it has been responsible for, yet
It's motto has all the time been pro-
gresslon, not retrogression; to build
up, enlarge and improve, not to de-
stroy and desolate. 1t has all the time,
on all pressing questions, had for
mulated policy, and all the time has
had the courage to adhere thereto. Its
cranky elemental parties have such
an element-has never controlled, but
It's leaders have all the time been prac-
;tlcal men Of sense with patriotic ideals,
not cranks or windy enthusiasts. Its
inspiration has come from the coun-
try's farms and workshops, from Coop
i er institute and from Faneuel Hall,and
not from Tammany Hall, nor from
! meetings of ward politicians held in
the green room of some metropolitan
saloon. Under the dominance of this
party, the country has prospered and
is just now prospecting as no country
heretofore.
Foundation of Republication.
For all it's policies it finds ample
precedents in the doings and teach
ings OF the great American statesmen
of the past Its tariff doctrine is that
of Hamilton and Clay; it's doctrine Of
metallic monetary standard, that of
Jackson and Benton; its doctrine of
national unity and the sovereignty of
the national government, that of Mar
shall and Webster; its doctrine of ter
ritorial expansion, notwithstanding
Bryan and Tillman, Cleveland and Hill,
is that of Jefferson Polk and Doug
lass; it's faith in the people, that of
Lincoln and Jefferson.
A Loyal Administration.
"The country never had a more pat
riotic, progressive or honest admins
tration than it now has, and in point
of ability and efficiency, without dis
credit, it compares with the best.
Cynical critics, searching, as with a
microscope, for an issue, have found
little in it, that they have had the
temerity to attack-practically moth.
ing,except few isolated irregularities,
perpetrated under overwhelming prov
ocation in the tropical jungles of our
Asiatic possessions by few of our
soldiers and the general policy of the
administration toward those posses
| sions.
Praise for American Soldier.
4 Those irregularities our demo-popu.
listic senators undertook to magnify
into barbarous cruelties. But the ad.
ministration was in no manner re-
sponsible for them; and they were OF
such small moment. the provocation
considered, God knows, if l had my
way, the only rebuke would have been
Boys, don't do it again." For, while
the American soldier is always dead
in earnest and is not entirely free
from the hasty passions common tc
the human race, yet he is never de
liberately or purposely cruel or bar
barbous; and is ever ready to extend
clemency and the hand of mercy and
J, good fellowship to an enemy within
his power.
Realistic Examples.
And the Administrators policy a.
to our Asiatic islands is in perfect line
with the traditions of the republic
and the democratic party, in it's pres
ent frenzied opposition to that polio.
, ought to and will suffer more humil
iating defeat, than did the federal par
ty in its opposition to Jefferson's pol
icy of expansion or the wing party il
: its opposition to the admission o
: Texas, the Mexican war and the an
| nexation of the California country
The federal party butted it's brains GU
: against expansion and died; the whit
party did the same and died; the pres
: ent democratic party is doing tn,
J same and if it dies-well, it's death will
, not in the least be calamitous to the
country.
Honor to the Faithful.
Gentlemen, the sixth district ha
!, been continuously for years ably rep
! resented in the house of representa-
l tives. Major Lacey is an active an,
! trusted counselor in the committee
room and an able expositor in the de
bate on the floor. He has been true t
: his friends, to his party, to his stat
and to his country. His ability, SUP
plemented by his experience, gives hin
, an important influence in national leg
: islation. We cannot serve the dis
trict, state, or country at large, bette
|, than by re-electing him. Let us Civ
! him an increased majority at the poll
! this fall, thereby rewarding faithful
servant and at the same time en-
: phasizing our approval of the Roose
welt administration"