Ottumwa semi-weekly courier., 1903-07-02
AN OVATION FOR ALLISON.
Delegates Stand to Cheer Senior Sen
ator When He Appears.

Then ensued the most remarkable
scene Of the day. Responding to the
cries of Allison" allison that fairly
rolled through the hall. the venerable
senator arose in the box in which he
was sitting and came to the stage. Ii
any differences existed in the hearts
Of the delegates, they We're not appar-
ent when this revered and white-hair-
ed Nestor of the republican party of
Iowa stood before it, The genuine love
felt for him was everywhere apparent
and moved by feeling of profound re-
spect that stirred it unconsciously, the
whcle audience arose and standing,
gave vent to it's emotions in shouts
and cheers, the clapping of hands, the
stamping of feet and waving of
handkerchiefs, with complete abandon
and vocifcrous energy. When the din
had suhsided. Senator Allison said:
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen OF the
Convention: l thank you, as did Sen
ator Dolliver, for this cordial greeting.
| At this hour and with these surround
| ings it will not be expected of me, |
hope, that | shall say more than a
| word to express my qualification at
what / have seen and heard this day in
this great republican convention of
Iowa l listened, as you all did, with
the deepest interest to the introduc--
tory speech of your temporary chair
man. 1t embodies the history, the ira
ditions, the accomplishments of par
ty to which many of us have belonged
for many years, and to which all of you
have belonged during the years of me-
hturity. saw nothing in that record Of
which any of us can be ashamed.
| have listened, as you all have, to
the platform reported by your COM
mittee on resolutions, which embodied
as you believe, the principles and poll
cies' of the republican party from the
day of its birth down to the present
MON ent, and that party when it aban-
dons these great principles and poll
cies, will have no longer any reason
for. its existence. They are imbedded
in our system-national and state.
They had their origin in the great
struggle for independence and are
found in the constitution of our coun-
IAtry, deliberately regulated by law,
such policies of a material nature as
shall promote the interests of the peo-
pie who dwell under our flag and enjoy
its great benefits, and who are likewise
bound to defend it and to defend the
constitution. These things have come
down to us and they are bone of our
bone and flesh of our flesh. Cap
| planse.) So with this platform and this
enunciation of the great national ques-
tions that are now before the public,
expressing our opinion of them to the
/ forty-four remaining states of this I'M
| hot Al Il hn
tion and the just application, of the
4 great pOlicies-when we submit these
policies to them we shall expect that
they will have careful and consider
ate hearing. We are but one state in
this confederation-not confederation
but nnion-of states, which makes us
| one country under one flag and under
one constitution, nation of people
now 80,000,000 in number.
4 1t must be expected that if few OF
us gathered here today differ upon the
details as respects the application OF
4 these policies that when we come into
/ the assemblage of representative men
| of all the states of this nation, coming
as they do, from the frozen regions OF
the north to the sunny cline of the
south, having each and all a diversifi
| cation of interests more or less con-
fiicting and more or less clashing, we
i shall see differences, but when We
. come to apply these policies, we will
4 apply them intelligently, taking care of
i the just rights of ourselves and also
the just rights of all those with whom
we are associated in the great work OF
dealing with these great questions.
4 | endorse everything said in that
platform, not because it is there, Who'll.
ly, but because believe it to be sound
/ and just as respects the application OF
&c T., ~ ~