Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-10-15

II 1880, they brought cut the free and
unlimited coinage OF SILVER. 1T ratio
OF 10 to l. After McKinley's ,slec ion
N this year, a revelation to the demo
Gratis occurred. Shops opened, nan sc
cured employment and times kept In
q gradual betterment until this date.
when every one is prosperous. Nov
they are trying their hand at he
trusts.
Republicans Are Capable.
Which party is better quail lied to
handle the trusts, the increasing of
corporations? The party that has fail
ed miserahly in its several attempts al
government CT the party which has
serve3 its country and the people we'll?
The democrats think they are most ca
pable 10 handle the affairs of the GOV
ernmsnt. but their past experience N
this line has been very unsuccessful
There's the point. we mus vote for
the party whose abilities we are ac-
qualnted with, and not for a party lha;
is unable and unqualified to handle the
work. Investigate and see which is the
better qualified for the wo * We have
seen both do the government work a..
which has done it the best? ne le-
publichns of course. Oar friends, The
democrats, are too quick to act and
have not the foresight to pro3a Il Gucs-
ton or issue before acting upon il.
Endorses County Ticket.
1--WE lave here he ,liilcTcn- county
candidates. For representative We
have \. w Buchanan. who would have
come here this evening, had it not been
that he has been i'll recently Howev-
err, he asks me- to exteal his regrets.
In Mr.. Buchanan Wapello county has
an excellent man to represent ii in the
legislature. He has segwed for two
terms. and | want to say he is consd-
ere. very good man 10 handle The
affairs of this county in the state
house. You can make no better choice,
gentlemen, than to return Mr. Buchan-
an 20 the legislature When you go to
the polls this fall. For superintendent
of schools OF this county ] know of no
one better equipped than Miss Emrla
Nye Her nomination is a new depar.
.ture by the republican party, nnt Ter
excellent qualifications, which are dis
played by her presence here this even
ing, deserve your ardent support this
fall
Supervisor John McElroy.
Il will close with few remarks
about our candidate for supervisor,
John McElroy. MIR McElroy has serv
ed this county to good advantage for
the past two years. A better and more
straightforward man for that office
would be hard to find Since the
democratic convention a bitter fight
hoc ho ~
John McElroy He has been criticized
by the democrats for drawing large
salary. and they are making an espe-
cial effort to defeat him this fall. In
defense of Mr.. McElroy, ! desire to-
give the following figures, which have
been officially prepared and can be
viewed by any one at the county court
house: Supervisor McElroy's salary
for the year 1901 amounted to $466.30.
Ten years before that time, in 1891,
when the county business was undoubt-
edly much less than at the present
time, o. P. Bizer's (democrat) salary
was $525.06, and in 1892, $549.73 was
the amount received by Mr.. Bier.
81 haven't a doubt but that Mr.. Bill
ger earned every cent of this money,
but simply give you the figures that
you may know what Mr.. McElroy's
salary really was. The reported in
crease in tax levy has turned out toE
be decrease. In 1901 the levy was
1876 mills, in 1902, 1913 mills and in
this year it was 1913 mills. | have
known Mr.. McElroy for probably TWEEN
ty years and / know him to be an hon
est, prosperous farmer and an officer
who is not a job officer. With these
remarks, / will say goodnight"
VIM. Reese Talks.
Owing to the fact that the meeting
was not called until later hour, VIM.
Reese made only short talk, in which
he endorsed all Senator Harper had
to say. Mr.. Reese called the atteT-
ton of the assemblage to the fact that
since the democrats have been driven
away from that paramount issue, the
free and unlimited coinage of silver, it'll
has reverted to another. free" issue.
They must have something free" all
the time, regardless of what it is. It'll
must be free" Senator Harper has
reviewed the history of the republican
party in complete way" said Mr..
Reese, but | want to 20 back before
the constitution was written. The first
law was one for protection of home
made industry. Now the democrats
are trying to bring about what Eng
land and her many soldiers failed tol
do. Our democratic friends advocated
that the industries of this country cam
not compete with those of foreign coun-
tries.
Americans Can Do Anything.
Il say that our plate glass is much
better grade and more abundantly u.s.
ed than that manufactured in France.
Our tin plate. together with iron, steel.
etc, are being exported every day.
and this bears me out in saying that
that which the Americans cannot do
is not worth doing With the Swedish
integrity, Irish wit Yankee ingenuity
and German tenacity,the people OF this
country are capable of doing anything.
AS Senator Harper said we some
times forget the blessings that flow to
us. We have had nothing verging on
a panic or much misery in the past
eight years. | think it is better to let
well enough alone. instead of going in
to the wholesale tinkering business
such as the democratic party has
done"