Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1903-10-20

James G. Blaine, the republican nomi-
nee for the presidency.
In every campaign since that time
Mr.. Dolliver has assisted his party
wherever he was most needed. Exper-
ience and study have ripened him into
an orator who not only appeals to the
sentiment and arouses the enthusiasm
OF partisans, but convinces the judg--
ment of the honest enquirer who with
out partisan prejudice is seeking the
truth
In 1886 the friends of Mr.. Dolilver in
the tenth district concluded to bring
him out as the candidate for the re-
publican nomination for congressman.
Cyrus c. Carpenter, of Fort Dodge, a
former governor and former member of
congress from the tenth district took
a leading part in this movement. He
was q devoted admirer of Mr.. Dolliver
! who was then less than twenty-nina
years of age. In the campaign which
| followed Mr. Dolliver developed more
/ strength than any other candidate but
was unable to secure enough to nomi-
nate. The opposition succeeded in
combining against him and renominat-
ing A. j. Holmes of Boone county for
a third term Two years later, how
ever, Mr.. Dolliver was nominated in
the convention at Webster City and at
no time subsequently did he have any
serious opposition for denomination.
He was renominated every year by ac'
: clamation up to and including 1900.
Appointed Senator in 1900.
) The death of Senator John H. Gear
July Ia. 1900. left vancancy in the
senate which the friends and admirers
of Congressman Dolliver felt he was
entitled to by his long and able ser
vice in the house to receive. Cover
nor Shaw took this view Of the sltua-
tion and unselfishly putting aside his
own interests. he rendered to Mr.. Dol
! liver, August %, 1900, the appointment
Z of the United States senator to fill out
Il the vacancy caused by the death OF
Il Senator Gear This appointment was
accepted.
: Mr. Dolliver at once resigned as
S congressman and Judge j. P. Conner,
of Crawford county, was nominated
and elected to succeed him. The ap-
pointment Of Mr. Dolliver was at once
found to be strong with the people.
having been made strictly upon its
; merits. that all thought of opposition
ldu6u away anu ne was iSlS q NtNsSNf
field both for the vacancy and the
!, full term following.
Mr. Dolliver while in the house was
, entrusted by his associates with many
7 responsibilities and duties of the high
est importance to the republican party
! the administration and the country.
: He was often the spokesman OF
q the administration upon the floor OF
!. the house and in many emergencies
was selected to present the policy
Il of the ways and means committee OF
i. which he was member to the con.
r gress and 70 the country. Not only on
n matters connected with this committee
l. but upon other great occasions he has
d been called upon to make principal
d speech in which he set forth strongly
:, as possible the policy for which the
D. republican party stood To meet
A. these demands as well as TO sustain
e himself upon other occasions has re-
quired not only great industry but
prodigious capacity for assimilating
facts and presenting them logically.
w The Master of Wit.
re Those who imagine that Mr.. Doilt
re ver's oratory is spontaneous out,
lg burst are greatly mistaken. He is, ot
of course, the master of wit and invecs
alltiye and his natural command of Ian.
k guage is marvellous but the thought,
es the ideas, the logical arrangement. the
ar finish which make Mr.. Delivers s
ot speeches attractive, powerful and con-
To- vincing are the result of the hardest
VS. kind of labor and the most systematic
re study This is not for a day, a week,
do a month for Senator Dolliyer is stud
ent the year round He devotes him,