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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-22
WALL STREET AND ROOSEVELT.

ST. Louis obe-Democrat.-The
democratic papers which are saying
that Wall street is opposed to Presi-
dent Roosevelt are unwise. They are
giving chance to the enemies of trust
magnates, democrats as well as repub-
leans to show their regard for the
President. There is no doubt at all
that many of the Wall street BOSSES,
republicans as well as democrats, are
opposed to the President. They would
beat him in the convention if they
could. Some of them wiz work
against him in the election. The rea-
son why these particular personages
are against the President is, as the
Wall Street Journal says, because
they cannot use him"
No sane person in the country believ-
es that Col. Roosevelt is an enemy to
capital Nor does any honest person
who has sense enough to be allowed
to run at large by his friends suppose
that the President is an enemy of la
Dor He knows that one is necessary
TO the other Each has rights in IT'S
own sphere which the President re-
spects and will protect, so fair as the
law prescribes. The men who are
shouting that the President IS a foe
to capital must be contendfng that he
is partial to labor unions. If the demo-
Gratis are willing to make "a war on
lHe f1TeSluent On tnlS line tue reQ0U11-
can national committee Will mot object.
The democracy will lose five votes to
every one that it will gain lily such an
assault.
But the chances are that Wall
street, after the conventions are held,
will not offer any open opposition to
Roosevelt. The boodlers, trust bosses
and wreckers will be against him, and
the business interests in geuaral will
support him. Either the DEMOCRATS or
the republicans will carry the coun-
try. A republican victory Will insure
a continuance of the prosperity which
has prevailed ever since the party re-
entered power, a democratic victory,
under any sort of a leader. would give
such a shock to the public confidence
that enterprise would be checked and
a panic would come compared to which
the present Wall street furry is
zephyr to a prairie cyclone. In tho
crash Wall street would be hit, as II
was in 1893, and knows it. The
chances are that the trust boomers and
wildcat promoters of the Morgan
Clergue class will not dare to openly
antagonize the President during ths
canvass, however much they might
like to beat him in the convention.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-22
A TAMMANY BOOMERANG.

Interest in the New York municipal
campaign has been increased since
the desertion of Mr. Grout and Mr..
Fornes to the forces of Tammany.'
Aside from this it has created new con-
ditions that have caused the managers
of the Tammany campaign considera-
Bile uneasiness. Shortly after Mr.. Grout
had accepted the nomination on the
fusion ticket the Tammany managers
issued a campaign book a portion of
which was devoted to Il bitter attack
on Comptroller Grout. An edition of
100000 copies was published and the
work of their distribution begun. Since
the abandonment of honest reform by
Mr. Circuit and his acceptance of the
Tammany nomination 1t has been dis
covered by the campaign managers
that their own candidate for comptrol-
Ter was subjected to cutting criticism.
Thousands OF the books had been CIV
en- out before the mistake was discov-
cred and their distribution stopped, but
not before its effect as a boomerang
had been felt. Immediately the por-
ton of the book referring to Mr. Grout
was overhauled and for the sweeping
criticism a glowing eulogy was substi-
tuted. 1t is but an illustration of por-
ton of New York politics. Not long
ago Tammany was stencil to MI.
Grout, but now it is a pleasing and
sweet odor. On the other hand Circuit
was political trickster in the eyes of
Tammany leaders, irresponsible and
unfit to hold Office at the hands of the
electors or receive their votes. Now
he is Tammany's candidate and in the
opinion of the Tammany managers, the
only nominee for comptroller who
should receive the consideration of the
people.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-22
ALLisoN's ARGUMENT IN A NUT.
SHE'LL.


Keokuk Gate City-The nub to Sem
ator Allison's great speech at Clinton,
Saturday evening is that the tariff and
the trusts have nothing to do with each
other His forceful and conclusive ar.
gum ent is well summarized in the Chi
cage Tribune in the following para
graph:
Tariffs are imposed to prevent for.
eign nations from flooding our country.
Trusts are created in obedience to the
mandates of economic development
and make their appearance as readily
in free trade as in tariff countries. The
way to regulate trusts is by the coop
GRAFTON of state and national laws for
inspection and control. Twenty per
cent of American manufactured goods
are made by trusts, 80 per cent by in
dependent concerns, Removing tar
iff from trust-made goods would also
remove the protection necessary fol-
the existence of the independent con.
Germs"
Senator Allison is an acknowledged
senate leader From his speech the
Tribune concludes. that the Iowa
idea" so-called, is dead, embalmed
and buried" for the present at least.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-22
sEAToR DoLLlvER's SPEECH.

From Saturdays Daily.
To Ottumwans who heard the adj
dress of Senator Dolliver last evening,
it is no wonder that the republican
party has been entrusted with the af-
fairs of the government by the voters
of the United States for nearly forty
years. In Iowa's junior member of
the senate is to be seen the typical
leader of the republican party. His
comprehensive view of public ques-
lions and the conscientious manner in
which he seeks the interest of the
whole people in finding their solution
is but indicative of the efforts of the
republican party throughout it's entire
history. No one could. have heard
Senator Deliver last night without
having a larger view of the great po-
litical questions and realizing that the
republican officers and legislators of
the government are honestly seeking
to direct these affairs in the interest
of the whole people.
AS pointed out by the senator the
republican party in Iowa had allowed
the democrats to choose the issues of
this campaign. That after much diff
Guilty and many differences they had
fixed upon the tariff as the principal
issue and that in this the republicans
gladly meet their opponents go
ing. before the people with their rec
ord of work well done. The senator's
presentation of the tariff question was
clear and simple and withal forceful
and overwhelming in its convincing
powers. He demonstrated beyond a
doubt that the policy of protection and
the prosperity of the whole people
were inseparable. He warned the
voters of Otumwa and Wapello county
that if they would prevent the reeur.
renee OF the disasters of 1893 to 1897
they must see to it that the republican
policies are maintained.
No less cogent and convincing was
his argument regarding trusts and his
presentation Of the work that had al
NFeady been done by the republican
psrty to eliminate evils therefrom. In
ANOTHER column of the Courier is pre-
senSed at length the address of Sena
tor Dplliver and it will we'll repay ev
cry y0Ssr in Wapello county to care
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-22
SECRETARY SHAW IN OHIO.

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Mr.. solEs TO THE FARMER.

Council Bluffs Nonpareil- Unable
to take any speaking part in the demo-
cratic campaign in Iowa this year, ex-
Governor Horace Boies has ISSUED an
interesting letter to the voters of the
state calling upon them to vote for
tariff for revenue only and other demo-
cratic doctrines. Counting himself a
farmer, Mr.. Boies made an especial APP
peal to the farm voters of the state
He declared that protection has no
direct benefits for the farmer and that
instead OF helping him TO prosperity
1t merely "grinds him between the
upper and neither millstones of high
prices
While he Specifically states that the
farmers of the country receive no di-
rect benefits from a protective tariff,
Mr.. Boies is careful not to deny that
they receive indirect benefits. The
fact of the matter is that neither Mr..
Boies nor any other democrat can sue
cessfully deny that the farmer has
been benefited somehow or other by
the republican policy of protection to
home industries; il may be that the
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-22
PERTINENT POLITICAL POINTERS

There were many things in the
speech of Senator Allison delivered at
Clinton last Saturday night worthy
of the careful consideration of every
voter in Iowa, but none is of greater
Importance than his discussion of the
tariff and trust questions. The demo-
Gratis absurdly contend that the pro-
tective tariff system of the republi-
can party is responsible for the crea-
ton of trusts in the United States.
The industrial agencies generally
put under the head of trusts are of
quite recent origin. 1t is fact that
cannot be denied that while dema-
gogues maliciously condemn them,
business men almost universally rec
ognize them as useful agencies of
business for the Capitalization of en-
elgy and the minimizing of expenses
founded on wise policies of economics.
The republican party has always
held that these subjects of the tariff
and the trusts We're separate and dis
tinct and in their regulation and appli-
cation must be considered as such Sen,
ator Allison in his Clinton address
presented in clear and concise man
ner the chief arguments that have
been presented from time to time by
the republican party in defense OF
their position. That the growth of
trusts does not depend on the tariff
is given ample demonstration in the
fact that they exist as we'll in free
trade as in protection countries. I'm
thinking democratic spellbinders often
refer to the Standard Oil CO., in con
demning trusts, but they forget that
all the products of this great combina-
ton are on the free list. Moreover
it is known that many of these great
er companies are willing to relinquish
Whatever advantage they are supposed
to receive from protection.
siut the greatest objection that
comes to the proposition to change
the policy OF protection is from the
smaiier dealers and independent man
ufacturers. This by far forms the
largest class of American interests. Ac.
eording. to the census of 1900 these
small concerns produced IS per cent
OF all the manufactured goods Of the
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-22
WHERE in ALL cREATIoNf

Chicago Inter Ocean.-At banquet
in London on Tuesday the Hon. Elihu
Root remarked:
Nothing could be more delightful
than to find our country simultaneously
upheld as the best example of internal
rice trade and of too successful pro-
lection"
Here is the kernel of vast historic
al development that has taken place in
the last forty years.
Under Successful protection" this
country's total foreign commerce has
grown from 1904 2,000i in 1865, to ST.
2S5, 100000 in 1902.
Under internal free trade" this
country's domestic commerce has
grown from s6,0OO.0Oo,000 in 1865, to
$4,000, 000, 900 in 1902.
Where, in all creation is another
such monument to craftsmanship, en-
ergy, ingenuity and industry?
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-22
SOUTH CAROLINA CONVICTED

j. ii. Tlllman has been acquitted of
the charge of numbering N. G.. Con
zales but the state of South Carolina
has thereby beens convicted of openly
dlsregarding crime and allowing Grim
inals within its borders to go unpun-
ished. Ii there ever was d case of
cold blooded murder in the country it
was the killing OF Editor Gonzales by
former, Lieutenant-Goyernor Till
man. The story OF the crime is well
known to all the people of the coun-
try who have watched the accounts
that have appeared in the newspapers.
The evidence brought out in the trial
showed conclusiyely that Tillman was
armed with two guns and shot Con
zales on sight, without giving that per-
son an opportunity to make any de-
tense. On the other hand though
Tillman claimed that his victim was
armed it appears from the evidence
that no weapon was found on the
newspaper man after the shooting.
For several hours the jury stood
eleven to one for acquittali Finally,
Tor reasons unknown to the public
that one juror was won over and Till.
man was set at liberty 1t cannot
be said that the verdict was sur
prise, though it was the hope of Amer
lean citizens that the jury would have
the moral courage to recognize most
dastardly crime and punish the per,
petrator thereof. even though he be-
longed to one OF the south's most arts
tocratic families. This verdict is
one OF the most brazen travesties on
justice ever Witnessed. In the minds
of all law abiding citizens OF the coun-
try South Carolina will stand convict
ed OF peryerting the ends of Justice
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-22
SGLLivAN's ADDRESS DIsAP
POINTING.
DISAP-

In opening the democratic campaign
in this city Saturday evening, Hon. j.
b. Sullivan took as the principal sub
ject of his address the one which he
has been discussing throughout the
state-that of the tariff. 1t is no dis
paragement to the democratic candi--
date for governor 10 say that in his
presentation of this subject, he added
nothing new to his former declarations
nor to the argument in favor of free
trade made during the history of the
country. He preached the doctrine of
free trade or tariff for revenue only,
which terms he used as synonymous
and strongly advocated the return OF
the United States to those policies
which in 1893 to 1897 proved SO disas-
trous to the industries and working
men of the country. In his address he
failed utterly to show that the idleness
of our factories, the unemployment of
our millions Of workingmen and the
financial distress of the entire nation,
70 acute during these years, would not
again be experienced Should this ma
ton return to the policies that then
maintained.
To a person who heard Senator Dol,
liver's logical and comprehensive dis
cussion of public questions Friday ey-
ening the illogical and eyasive manner
in which Mr. Sullivan presented these
same topics suggests a contrast that
the voters of Ottumwa will not forget.
Mr.. Sullivan ignored the fact that
the policy Of the republican party is a
system having in view the Industrial
development of the whole country and
the protection OF all the workingmen
by giving them employment in every
line of Americas diversified activities
He brought forward the time worn
charge against the protective policy of
class legislation. He picked out the
tariff now in force on lumber and as
the climax of his argument against il
asked dramatically, What good does
the tariff on lumber do you people OF
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-22
CHANCE OF LONG LIFE.

Cleveland Plain Dealer. Taking
/ 100000 as a basis Of circulation, sta
tistics show that at the end Of seventy
years there will still survive $4,000
out Of 100000 persons. AT the expi
ration OF eighty years there will be
107, 100 survivors of the original 1,000,-
900. When it comes to ninety years
OF existence only S.S41 out Of the
100000 or one in lis. will be living.
or the original 100000 only fifty-four
will live to see the ninety-nine years,
or about one person out of 1850. The
century mark will be reached by only
twenty-three out Of the 100000.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-22

mercial greatness until Old England
us now agitated about, our growth in
commercial greatness until Old En-
glands now agitated about our growth
in commercial greatness, and charge
it all to our high protective tariff.
That is correct, just as long as the
United States sticks to the principle
that every honest laborer shall be en-
ployed at good wages in American ma
chine shops, and paid in one hundred
cent dollars, inst so long will our flag
be respected around this globe. Let
us stand for policies that enrich our
common country and brings glad
smiles to the faces of all our people.
No better system has ever been tried
We are all right now. See your neigh
Dor about it for II is business for us
to keen times good.
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benefits have not been direct, but
they have been indirect at any rate,
and whether direct or indirect, the
important thing is that there have
been benefits and that the policy of
protection has been responsible for
them,
In his opening address Governor
Curnmins made quite clear the rela-
tons of the farm interests to protec-
tive tariffs. The first thing farmer
wants to insure his prosperity, said
Governor Cummins, is a large popula-
ton not engaged in agriculture, who
will consume the things that he pro-
duces. The second thing, he added
that the farmer wants is that this
population shall be able to buy and
consume what he has to sell. The
protective tariff has helped to supply
both of these prerequisites of prosper
ity. 1t has built up the tremendous
industries throughout the east and
even in the midwest which employ
millions of men at the best wages in
the world every working day in the
year. These millions of men and their
families are abundantly able to buy the
products of the farm and they do buy
them at prices that yield the farmers
a substantial profit. Mr.. Boies may
deny that in providing these prerequi-
sites the protective tariff, has given
the farmers of the country direct bene-
fits, but he cannot escape the fact that
it has brought an abundance of indi-
rect good
Mr.. Boies is not looked upon as an
altogether reliable authority upon
farm matters since his rather famous
speech in Now York some years ago.
His efforts to show that the farmer 10
not aided by protection are not calcu-i
lated to add to his reputation for re-
liability in these matters.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-22
LESSONS FROM THE LIFE OIL
SHERMAN.

President Roosevelt delivered one Of
his characteristic addresses on the oc-
casion Of the unwilling of the memorial
to Gen. Sherman at Washington yester-
day. He did not deal with the details of
that great heros life. for as he says
these are too well known by Ameri-
can citizens to need recounting. How
ever, he sees in the life OF this man
many characteristics worthy of emu
lation. President Roosevelt well says:
There is peculiar fitness in COM
memorating the great deeds of the
soldiers who preserved this nation, by
suitable monuments at the national
capital. The living can best show
their respect for the memory of the
great dead by the way in which they
take to heart and act upon the lessons
taught by the lives which made these
dead men great Our homage today
to the memory OF Sherman comes from
the depths of our being
President Roosevelt voices the sen
timents of every American when he
suggests that we would be unworthy
citizens did we not feel a profound
gratitude to General Sherman and to
those under him who. when the coun-
try was in dire need sprang forward
with such gallant eagerness to answer
the call OF their country. Their blood,
toll and patriotism has made us all
their debtors.
The sincerity of President Roosevelt
in urging that we do honor to these
great men is shown in his teachings
that we must not only show
by word that we appreciate the grand
work done by these noble men, but
that our thankfulness should be dis
played in our deeds. We need their
ruggedness of body. their keen and Wig
orous minds and their forceful char
aeter. We should not merely seel,
in this life the things that make for
our pleasure, but for the things that
it is our duty to do. President Roose.
welt sets forth the ideal life of the
American citizen in word, as fol
lows:
The life of duty, not the life OF
mere ease or pleasure-that is the kind
OF life which makes the great man as
it makes the great nation"
While,a as the President suggests it is
given to few in each generation to rem
der as great service to the nation as
did General Sherman, every one can
render their highest and best gift to
their country's cause the life of a
TRUE and loyal citizen. Each and ev.
cry man can perform the duties that
come to him in carrying out the pur.
poses OF the government and can there.
by fulfill his mission in this life.
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country. Senator Allison estimates
that this per cent has not greatly
changed in the last three years. How
ever, he gives to them the production
OF so per cent of goods in the United
States, while only 20 per cent comes
from the so-calleG trusts. These facts
and figures form an eloquent testimon-
ial to the protective system of the
republican party and explain in toto
the consistent popularity of that sys-
fem
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-22

Mr.. Bryan need not have taken the
trouble to deny his alleged statement
that free silver will not be consider
ed by the democratic convention in
1904. If he had let the first statement
go undenied he might have posed as
prophet after next years conven-
ton.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-22

1t is not surprising to Iowans that
the papers claim that Secretary Shaw
has been the greatest feature of the
Ohio campaign. Iowans know how
potent is his simple eloquency and
forcible logic in assisting his hearers
in understanding the great questions
of public interest.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-22
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

The Muscatine Journal does not be-
lieve that the Judgment in the case of
Thomas Ward will operate to keep
that class OF men from being dishonest
who might be kept honest through fear
of the operation of a stringent law
fearlessly administered.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-22

The chief effort of the republicans of
Wapello county this fail should be to
see to it that their vote is cast on No
yember 3 and that every other republi-
can of their acquaintance visits the
polls. If this is done there need be no
fear for the outcome of the election.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-22

Wapello county voters do not care
to taken any unnecessary chances
They know that Sheriff Cremer will
ably perform the duties OF that Office
and there is no disposition on their
part to have change.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-22

Senator Dolliver declares that he
has no use for the person who advo-
Gates the Sinking of responsibility by
the American government in the Phil
ippines. That is what the great ma
jority of the American voters think.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-22

Senator Delivers tribute to the
ability OF Representative A. w. Blu
chanan struck a responsive chord in
the hearts of the Wapello county vo-
tiers and they propose to have him
look after their interests in the next
session of the state legislature.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-22

All that is asked of Wapello county
voters is that they remember that
during last year, under republican
control OF the board of supervisors,
$4,000 worth of county bonds have
been paid off and that county history
shows that under the last democratic
rule the county's Indebtedness was in
creased by many thousands of dollars.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-22

The Bloomfield News-Republican urg-
ing the voters of Iowa to stand behind
the republican protection policy well
advises that we stand for policies
that enrich our common country and
bring glad smiles to the faces of all
our people"