Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-04
SECRETARY SHAW HOLDSA
GREAT MEETING AT ALBA

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really born here) state. 1t givesame
great pleasure to again look into your
races, to clasp your warm hands, for
think there are no hands in which the
warmth of friendship, the very tingle
OF It,. is so noticeable as in those of the
people of Iowa. And | have seen a
great many good people in other
states, and of course the good people
are not all confined to Iowa. but they
predominant here
Tribute to Lacey.
Il came here tonight to talk to you
about principles, not about men, But
some one might hear me tonight and
go away saying, Why, he and Lacey
must not agree. He didn't say a word
about Lacey For the benefit of those
l VIII say that | am not going to talk
TO you about Mr.. Lacey because he
does not need anything said about
MIN. | am going to talk about the
principles he advocates. There are
5SO congressman in Washington, but
there are not $50 legislators, there are
not $50 factors in the government Of
the nation. But John f. Lacey is a
factor. He has to be taken into ac-
count and talked with by anyone who
wishes to put proposed measure
through the house of representatives
There are men among the congress,
men who have specialties. Lacey is
not specialist. He is not the best
orator in congress. think Bob Cou-
sins is the best orator. He is not the
best debater. Pete Hepburn is the
best in that line. But there is no bill
brought up in congress but Lacey
knows of it-knows all about it, He
knows more, almost, than any other
man in congress.
The Good of Campaigns.
But | came to talk to you about
measures, not men. Principles are
bigger than men. / have learned to
believe in these campaigns. They give
us opportunities to study state-craft.
Except during campaign it is impos-
sible to get the great mass of people
to study matters which concern the
nation, but when campaign is on
they stop and study the questions.
don't know anything more beautiful
than gathering of the representa-
tiyes of government by the people,
for the people, and of the people. sit
ting together; shoulder to shoulder,
discussing or hearing discussed the
affairs of state.
Mission of Speakers.
Every campaign ought to be an ed
ucational one. Every speaker ought
to be teacher, man who is able to
make some suggestion that will call
forth thought on the part of his hear
ers. / don't ask you to agree with
me in what say, but l do ask you to
consider my statements, investigate
them, think of their truth and their
significance. and then go your way and
vote according to your best judgment
Are you prepared to do this?
Jurors or Advocates.
81 wish | could secure a jury made
up of men like that. | have before
now found twelve men who would
agree with me regarding lawsuit, but
there have always been two men in
every case whom l could not convince
One was the lawyer on the other side
and the other his client. They were
interested parties while the jurors
were pledged to consider the evidence,
the arguments, and to make decision
accordingly. Are you jurors or advo-
Gates?
Hitched Up Wrong.
"Some men get 'hitched wrong at
times. l know some republicans who
ought to be democrats, and / know
some democrats who ought to be re-
publicans. Sometimes a young man
gets into a party on account of his en-
vironments. He sees after a while
that he is wrong and ought to be in
the other party, but he keeps putting
off the time to change from time to
time until he grows old. Then it is
too late or useless to make the change
and he finally dies, after living all his
years in the wrong party. Some peo-
pie naturally belong to one party. 9th
ers naturally belong to another. Some
do not know to what party they should
| belong.
For or Against.
| "Do you find yourself voting for
men or voting against them? l know
men who oppose anything and every
thing. l know others who want to
see more prosperity, more riches more
of everything that is good. i will not
say on which side you will find these
two classes of men, but just mention
this fact. But it is very noticeable
that when man gets hitched up to
party he generally stays with that
party. So it is very necessary that
we get hitched up right instead of
wrong.
Division of Parties.
what divides the two parties. 1t is
not good looks that divides us, for
there are good looking democrats as
well as republicans. 1t is not wealth
for there are wealthy men on both
sides of the political question. 1t is
not business. Why is it that there
are two big parties? l doubt if there
is any man here so old as to remem-
ber the time, barring the few years
after 1892, when tariff has not been
the issue, the big issue, in this coun-
try The last time tariff was dis
cussed was in 1892, and since that
year one-fourth OF the electors have
reached their majority without know.
ing what tariff is, and for that reason
it is high time now to talk tariff again,
The Tariff.
''Now / want to be fair, and I want
fhat am fair In