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

In summing up the "Iowa Idea" be-
fore the Marquette club in Chicago
Thursday evening, Gov. A. B.Cummins
said: "The republicans of Iowa say
that when trade in any protected COM
modify reaches the point of a single
producer the tariff duty upon that
commodity shall be suspended until
the laws of business resume their
rightful sway
Governor Cummins' subject was
1.-THE Iowa Platform and the Tariff"
His address was in defense of the So
called shelter plank in the Iowa repub-
lican platform and is peculiarly inter
esting.
Mr.. POSTMASTER and Gentlemen
In ancient times the Bourbons fair
ly earned the motto to which history
has securely linked their uame-"For-
get nothing, learn nothing" In later
days the democratic party succeeded
to the title and will, | trust. forever
enjoy it's undivided and undisputed
possession. With this motto in mind
it is easily understood why that organ
ization has never confronted a serious
difficulty from which it did not recoll,
4 never met duty that it did not shlrk,
land never encountered responsible
ity that it did not evade. | mean no
disrespect, therefore, to the democrats
when / draw the curtain upon them,
their platforms, and their policies, and
turn to the only living, moving, efii-
cient political force in the Government
of the United States-the party to
whose welfare this club has devoted
its unsurpassed zeal and it's wide
spread influence.
Party Learns and Lives.
thank God that the republican par
ty has never carried upon its banners
the whitening maxim of paralysis and
decay 1t learns and therefore it lives.
1t moves on, and therefore it controls
the destiny of the best people on the
face of the earth. 1t stands always
in the illumination of the last recorded
moment and therefore it promotes the
public welfare and leads the human
race in the march of progress. In its
early days it was not affrighted by the
unparalleled difficulties OF a civil war;
and it went hand in hand
with Lincoln to the Enamel
patton Proclamation and with
Grant to AppomattoX. 1t did not
shrink from the new problems of re-
construction and it kept every star
blazing with full radiance in the azure
field of "Old Glory Careless of the
eneering economists of Europe and the
snarling constituencies of America
It carried the principle of protection
to it's Hottest heights and transformed
the Republic into the Workshop of the
world. Amid the fluttering OF weak
hearts, it boldly wrote Gold" into its
platform; and the fevered, wasted
pulse of great industrial nation was
steadied and strengthened with rush
of rich red blood such as never before
filled the veins of happy and pros
perous people. Notwithstanding The
sighs and lamentations of the disciples
of belated conservatism, it widenet
the limits of the Republic. until now
although / am speaking in the mid
watches of the night, the MONDAY SUI
is lighting up the colorS of the Star:
and Stripes as they proclaim our SOY
ereignty in the faraway islands of thu
Philippines. / bring all it's glories int
a single thought when l remind you
that forty-one years ago, when the re-
publican party passed into control o
the government of the United States
this dear, old flag was, at home, under
the heel of an organized rebellion
while now it floats full and free, east
west, north and south. as the symbo
of the most perfect union ever main
tanned among men; perfect not alon
in the formal phrase of the constitu
lo hllf N I i,
illimitable, undying love which ever
citizen of the Republic bears to tn
flag of his country; and when | ais
remind you that then, this same fla
was dropping in humiliation under TIL
Indifference and contempt of all th
puissant nations of Europe; while nov
every civilized man upon the face O
the earth takes off his hat and bow
as "Old Glory" goes streaming by.
Party Will Not Stand Still.
Even as the republican party ha
pressed on to do things in times gon
by. so it will press on to do othe
things in times to come. 1t canno
stand still without being false to it
splendid traditions. 1t must obey tn
impulses under which it has lived TO
nearly an half century. There is
sense in which it announces no neN
doctrines, for it does nothing NOR
than apply the principles of good COY
eminent to every condition as it ap
pears. 1t undertakes to make the law
and policies of the country answer til
changing needs Of men and whoeve
STAYS it with the injunction that it ha
done enough will at the same time prc
nounoe the decree OF its dissolutio
and death.
Iowa Never Questioned,
I do not forget that have bee