Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-24
A STIRRING ADDRESS
HON. GEO. II. WooDsoN HOLDS
SUCCESSFUL MEETING.
LARGE AUDIENCE in ATTENDANCE
colored Orator From Muchakinock
Talks On Issues of the Day and
Makes Strong Plea to colored Voters
to Support Republican Ticket.

One of the most enthusiastic repub-
lican meetings of the campaign was
held at the Second Street Baptist
churcn last evening, when Hon. George
H Woodson, the colored orator from
Muchallinock, addressed an audience
which almost packed the church. For
almost two hours Mr.. Woodson held
the closest interest of his audience and
his address, which was interspersed
with humorous anecdotes. dealt in a
masterful manner with the issues be-
fore the people.
The meeting was opened by District
Chairman w w. Epps, who introduced
the chairman Of the evening. Josenh D.
Hopkins. with few remarks which
were well received. Mr. Hopkins. in
assuming the chair, delivered short
address. He stated that every law
on The statute books that gave any
rights to the negro were enacted by the
republican party. Mr.. Hopkins then in
troduced Mr. Woodson, the speaker of
the. evening, who spoke in part as fol-
lows:
MIR. Woodson's Address.
Ladies' and Gentlemen: l am glad
to come to your city at this time to
address an audience in which are so
many whom | can term my personal
friends. ] was pleased TO notice to-
day as | walked down the streets of
your city the many evidences % pro-
gress prevalent in every quarter of
your city II is the strongest argu-
ment that can be brought against
changing the political policy OF the
country which has brouSt about such
conditions. If things had come to
:, ~ ri i'm 1895 that Nv.
Bryan should have been elected we
would not be able to show the con-
tent and prosperity we see here now.
No New Issues.
always when there are new ques-
| lions before the people to stir them
up; when civil liberty is at stake;
men come from the mines, the count
ing room. tae workshops and the bus
| mess marts to lift their voices in the
matter. 1t is not so now There are
Inc new issues The people are salts
! fed. 1t is only necessary to look into
the history of the country and the
world to see that there is no reason
! to consider for a inmate the propo-
sitions TO elect n Democratic ticket.
Collapse of Fee Silver.
TN 1895 they declared that unless
| we had free silver the money of the
| United States would go TO the dogs
| and that American labor would be re-
| duced to serfdom. You REMAINDER BY
ans speech at the Chicago convention
No crown of thorns, no cross of
| gold" and all that Now, however. he
! has quit crying his cross Of gold, but
! his people his own party has repud-
lated that doctrine.
Tho Issues ia 1900.
In 1900 when I'VE had our second
! and in fact last great shirmish with
Mr. Bryan and his party they did not
1 know what TO say. They spent two
thirds OF the time asking themselves
/ if ii We're necessary to have a para
! mount issue, and the other third find
| ing what the paramount issue was.
| The lecturers in the north talked inn
| perialism and those who talked in the
southern states said Away With the
! NEGRO. That's all that is necessary in
! the south. They don't care about the
| tariff and free silver: all they wan,
to do is to down the negro.
Have Lapse CT Memory.
I'm 1887 and 1888 there was great
talk that there was too much money
in the country. They are starting the
| same talk this year. They said that
the protective tariff was raising toe
/ much money. The great trouble with
the democratic party is that it suffers
4 from Q lapse of memory. CLEVELAND
4 went over the country in 1883 preach
ing that there was too much money il
4 the treasury. He built his campaign
on that issue.
Cleveland's Administration.
4 This was before 1892. AT that tim,
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