Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-04


the regiment of rough riders, grace
fully giving up the colonelcy to Col
Wood,to which position, however, he
succeeded when Wood was made
brigadier general. At the close of the
war he returned to his home to be
made the governor of New York At
the republican convention in 1900 the
convention was a unit on Roosevelt
for the vice presidency, but he did
not want it. He had his eyes on 1904
and believe he still has his eyes on it.
One-Sided Prosperity Not Wanted.
"A man said to me recently after
had made speech at Colfax, Mr..
Lacey, We are paid higher wages but
We have to pay higher price for
what we buy | answered him that
| 1t was very proper that we should pay
better prices. The farmer is entitled
to prosperity as well as the working
man. We don't want any one
sided prosperity. Our farmer
| friends have shared in the
prosperity. The market has been I'M
eXampled and the people have shared
alike in the general prosperity. We
have tried the policy of protection: we
have weighed it in the balance and it
has not been found wanting. The ques-
ton comes up next Tuesday whether
to adopt this policy or adopt the pol
icy of tariff for revenue only Cleve-
land had to borrow $26,0O0OOO to run
the government during the four years
from 1893 to 1897. You also had to
borrow money to run your homes. The
votes you cast in 1896 for VIM. Nc
kinley paid larger dividend than
any of your other investments.
RooGevelts Methods.
President Roosevelt has come to
| the front and taken the trusts by, The
horns. In the recent trouble between
capital, and labor who took hold of
the matter and settled it after four
able men were unable to do 500
Mark Hanna tGied TO settle the diff.
Guilty. The man who was hated but is
now loved. The man who has never had
a strike but has shown himself to be
the friend of labor. Senator Peprose
and Governor Odell tried vainly to re-
store peace but were compelled to give
up The fourth man who tried to, set
tie the strike was that man for whom
God made the mines and presented
them to him, Mr. Baer Mr.. Roosevelt
TOOK hold of the matter and settled it..
He set up new mile stone of future
progress and demonstrated the neces-
sity of arbitration Netween labor and
capital. This was not a party matter
/ but was done for humanity. Roose-
welt settled the strike and the matter
is now in process of adjudication.
hope that it will be settled satisfacto-
rily to both labor and capital.
Labor Unions in Politics.
Another question that comes I'D
in this campaign is the attempt to
bring the labor unions into politics.
Mr.. Reese was nominated not because
he was union man but because he
was president of union with $500
/ voters. They did not take briclllay-
er or carpenter but the president of
a powerful union. 1t has been proven
a bad move to run a labor organiza-
ton into politics. The fate that has
befallen labor unions in the past when
1 the attempt to run them into politics
is well known. The farmers organized
a labor union and called it the
Grange. Can you tell me where it
meets in Ottumwa? Then there was
/ the Farmers Alliance and you know
what happened to that organization.
| The knights of Labor has gone glim.
mering through the things that We're,
to join the Grange and the Farmers
Alliance.
Lacey and the Miners.
Now my friends of organized labor
what party ought you to join; the
party which always gets 'licked?'
Rather join the party of labor There
is only one true labor party and that
is the republican party, because it en-
ploys labor. Mr.. Reese has made the
statement that he could do much more
for the miner or laboring man than
could do. But ! am not willing to be-
lieve that such is the case. When |
went to congress there was no law
governing territorial mining. Jimmy
Jones came to me and showed me
some scars he received in the mines
at McAllister, Indian territory.
looked the matter up and found that
the men in these mines had no pro.
lection and ! set about Immediately
preparing bill. The bill went
through in 1891 and was the last bill
signed by President Harrison. This
was not political move; these men
could not vote for me- When the
mine workers met at Columbus, Ohio
they did for me what they have not
done for any man in the United States
They voted me unanimous vote OF
thanks.
1 Prepared Miners Bill.
Last winter'I got letter from
il down there stating that the mines in
| the adjacent states had larger all
supply, and requesting me to adjust
the matter. | prepared bill proyid
ing for an increased amount of air and
! providing for sprinkling in the mines
and shot iirers. The bill Was signed
by The President last May, and signed
when had no .rhoughtsith my oppo
Inent this year was TO be miner.
made concessions to get the bill
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