Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-24
j. 3. SULLIVAN SPEAKS AT THE
GRAND OPERA HOUSE.
TALKS OPENLY FOR FREE TRADE
Democratic Candidate for Governor
Speaks in ottumwa - Discusses the
Tariff = Asset Currency = Favors
Free Trade.

l6ON4TAOT SullIlluS were you liz
sane then or are you insane now?"
Queried ]. B. Sullivan, of Creston, dem
ocratic candidate for the Office of gov
ernor of the state of Iowa in the open
!, ing address of the democratic fall
campaign given in the Grand opera
house Saturday evening. This query
came at the end of a discussion of an
alleged interview given to a newspa-
per correspondent during the year
1902 by Iowa's present chief executive,
Governor A. B. Cummins.
The attendance for the opening of
the campaign was good. The lower
floor had but a few seats vacant, the
balcony was about one-third full and
there We're few scattered ones in the
gallery. Behind the candidate as he
spoke were seated some fifty or sixty
of the prominent democrats of the
city. The Fifty-fourth regimental
band played for a time before the en-
trance to the opera house and render
ed one selection inside before the adj
dress began.
The Introductory Speech.
T. ]. Phillips, the democratic can
didate for governor two years ago this
fall, with few complimentary words
the result of the election when the
votes are counted upon the evening OF
November 8, introduced the candidate
Applause greeted Mr.. Sullivan at the
opening and the close of the address
and occasionally when some telling
point was made which especially
pleased his hearers.
Mr.. Sullivan speaks earnestly ant
with an enthusiasm which impressed
upon his hearers that he has the cour
age to adopt and champion any cause
to which his conclusions may leat
him He speaks rapidly and evidently
relies upon his earnestness and enthu
siasm to produce conviction.
Mr.. Sullivan spoke chiefly upon thu
subject of tariff and trust Legislation
neclaring that the present tariff law!
Ire hostile and inimical to the best in
,erests of the whole people citing es
becially the effect OF the present tarlf
taxation upon lumber and salt In thu
discussion of trusts the steel and ha1
yaster, combines along with the She1
man antitrust bill occupied the great
err portion of the candidates time. II
condemned the banking and currenc
scheme as outlined and proposed i
the Aldrich and Fowler bills and pal
@4-zahis. respects to the policy OF CONNIE
cialism by force adopted by the Uni
ed States governmant in its relatio
to the Philippines. His address wa
in part as follows:
Mr.. SuIlvan's Address.
II do not believe that this audlenc
came out as any personal TRIBUTE I
INC ln,1t 10 consider and TO hear dis
cussed the vital questions Affecting IN
future and the development of GU
country. When the time comes tina
we are unwilling to grasp one anolne
nv the hand and refuse to discuss VIII
one another the important issues al
fecting our interests then will be
lieye that the great American republi
is on the decline.
"Our highest duty of common
wealth is to promote the happiness an
the prosperity Of the people. ~
greatest duty a citizen owes to tt
state is TO obey it's mandates, be trl
to it's institutions and its laws al
worthy of the mantle it throws arour
him These are not questions of Oh
bate Political parties do not divide {
such wholesome doctrine. 1t is aft
society is organized and questions a
presented that vitality affect the az
vancement of the country that polite
organizations participate and that tt
citizen discusses the real province
governmental powers.
Two Schools of Thought.
''In our own government two schoc
OF thought have at all times been
existence One holding that the pc
PIE are unable to grasp the reins
government and guide the destinies
the nation; the other that the peoI
themselves are the true source of
power and the basis of all prospect