Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-17

PEELED to select some unoccupied ter
rftory, and the second choice is liable
to result in the adoption Of grounds
that are untenable.
Took Select Ground.
'In 1888, the principal question was
the revision of the tariff, and whilst
both parties promised tariff reductions
the republicans selected as their meth
cd the reduction on the articles which
the people of this country could not
produce. In short, protection became
the prominent plank in our party
creed.
"1n 1892 again the tariff was the
main issue, and our opponents won
and gave us an example OF the effects
of their line of policy. The example
only lasted four years, but that was q
long time indeed. They are now only
waiting for the experiment to get far
enough into the past so that it may be
forgotten.
1--WE had next the money question,
on which it was argued that if free
trade would not make times good, the
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certainly do so. The -sub-treasury
scheme then found willing and sympa-
thizing listeners, especially in the
south and west. But now that pana-
cea is so completely forgotten that its
beauties would have to be explained
to an average audience.
Free silver at 16 to held the front
place on the stage in 1896 and 1900,
but now you cannot find genuine be-
levers in the doctrine outside of Lin
coin, Neb., with possibly a few surviv-
ors in Davis and Jasper counties, in
the sixth Iowa district, where the doc
trine really originated.
Facts Are Obstinate.
"Anti-imperialism was thought to be
a good issue in 1900 and 1901, but ii
does not seem to excite much interest
outside of Boston and Lincoln just
now.
Nothing disproves theories like &C.
tual facts. Facts are obstinate and
convincing things, and they press
| themselves upon our attention sleeping
or waking. The past is secure. What
of the present and the future? In ask
ing to control the countrys policy il
the future we may cite our past rec
ord
| But no party can rest upon its
laurels won by past achievements. The
party with glorious history, with g
safe and successful past, sound ant
prosperous present, ought to command
the confidence and support of the
American people.
OIdtime Battle Ground.
'From 1878 to the present time the
sixth Iowa district has been one of the
political battle grounds of the republic
1t has been one of the Bloody Angles
1t was here that many of the financia
theories of the past originated
Every year since 1878 our distric
has been claimed for free trade, free
silver, government loans the sub
treasury plan, anti-imperialism, o
some other fads of the hour.
I Proud of Its Past.
/ s'The republican party, proud of it
past, confident of it's present and hope
4 full of the future, has presented a bolt
front to all its opponents, and by it
undertaking and patriotic course ha
won steady additions from the consel
vative ranks of the opposition.
Results of Republican Rule.
/ I'm the campaign of 1883, talked
of the ancient history of the countr,
on the tariff and currency | INDUCED
in remote retrospection and prophecy
and at the same time endeavored t
persuade the people that the policie
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best. 1t is now proper for us to ana
lyze the results of some of thes
years Of republican rule In 1892 on
opponents cameinto power in every dc
partment of the government, and il
1898 to 1897 the people had chance
the first for many years-to test al
other line of policy and to bewa
changed conditions. The present den
ocratic party has had experiences. Blu
:, it has had no experience. The cour
try had experiences also from 1893 t
1897, and those experiences are nc
yet forgotten. Our party returned t
power in 1897, and the results ar
most gratifying.
) Balance of Trade.
"The balance of trade in favor of tn
United States in the last five year,
under Mckinley and Rosevelt's a,
ministrations, has been as follows:
1897 -. -. ......$ 2S6,263,14
1898 $3.50. ........ .... 615,432, 81
1899 ............ 529,S74, 81
1900 1880. $500. 544,764, S3
1901 ...... 500. -. 664, 592,S2
Total j. ...... ....$2, SAC, 1928, 90
The grand total staggers huma
powers of belief. The increase in sa,
: ings deposits from 1894 to 1901 wa
nearly s900,O0O,0O0.
l "This is one of the best tests of th