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

that changes ought to be made when
they are necessary, but | am also one
who believes that it would be better
10 let the tariff laws remain always
as they are rather than to commission
the democrats to change them.
Reciprocity with England.
IF England completes it's protective
tariff legislation, too, it will require
some changes in the American laws
and | think it would be vastly better
to await England's proposition of reci-
procity with us than to throw away
any part of the power of negotiation
which resides in our own tariff sched
ules.
VIM. Mckinley's Life Work.
THE great problem of the future
will be TO find market for our sur
plus. | would not sacrifice anything
on our market, either capital or labor.
if it were possible without doing so,
to find a way to get the surplus on
the markets. am a disciple of the
late president. William Mckinley, who
favored making treaties giving eX-
changes for reasonable concessions.
All of McKinley's life time was spent
in trying to find markets for American
industries and when he passed away
the greatest champion the American
laboring man ever had was gone.
Eulogizes President Roosevelt.
81 am glad that in Theodore Roose-
| velt'the American people had worthy
successor to the martyred president
and in closing | wish to express the
hope that he will have the undivided
support of his party for denomination
and that you will give him your hearty
/ support for reelection"
Mr.. Dolliver sprang into national
| fame as an orator in single day at
/ the opening of the state republican
convention in 1884 and from that day
until the present he has been constant
] ly before the public as one of the lead
4 ing orators and .ablest statesmen oi
the country. His advance to his pres
/ ent position of highest influence has
4 been one of steady progress.
Born in Virginia in 1858.
u John Prentiss Dolliver was born near
Kingwood, Preston county, West Vir,
4 ginia, February 6, 1858. His father
4 j. J. Dolliyer, the son OF New En-.
gland sailor, spent over forty years in
I service as a Methodist Episcopal min
lister in Western Virginia. Senator
Dolliver was the second of five chill
dren Robert H., an elder brother, is
a Methodist Episcopal minister resid
; ing in Illinois. and Victor B., young
er brother is lawyer and residen
of FIT. Dodge. He shares with his
brother the gift of oratory and is one
of the most popular campaign speak
| ers in the United States.
r The two brothers, Robert II. ant
!, John p, were graduated from the uni
!. versity of West Virginia in the yea
1S75. John z. after his graduation
/ taught a country school near Sand
/. wich, H., for one winter. He returnet
q to Morgantown, West Virginia, ant
/ studied law in the Office of his uncle
III. j. Brown, the following year, re
turning the next fall to Sandwich
where he taught as principal of tn
y high school,
v Came West in 1878.
In the spring of 1878 the Dollive
/. boys invested all their money in la
a books and came to Ft. Dodge whei
e they opened law office. They wei
not denied that valuable schoolin
which comes from the struggle
> vigorous youth to gain profession
, footing with but small financial bac
"a ing. They had the usual struggle
such as other young men under simili
- circumstances have had but it was NJ
a long until the people of Ft. Dodge, b
!, gan to know that the Dolliver bo,
y were made of good stuff and that the
= were some things that they could
" better than others.
=, The future senator soon gained
is reputation as a speaker and it spres
: to the surrounding counties until
was frequently called upon for publ
addresses and lectures. In 1884
:, friend. the late DR.. Charles Beardsl
!, OF Burlington, who was chairman
: u the republican state committee told Il
@ @as committee about this young man fro
= Virginia with the gift of oratory al
- the brains and ambition to put SON
- thing besides high sounding phras
y. into. his speeches. Mr.. Dolliyer W
-, invited to be temporary chairman
i. the republican state convention in ID
- Moines in April 1884
- Z The speech that he made upon th
- = occasion lifted him from the obscuri
~ of a country law office into nation
fame. Ii was the rising of new st
lin the political armament and its pow
We and brilliancy were at once recogniz
it by the republican leaders in charge
or the national campaign Mr.. Dolly
err was called east and bore a conspicuo
anlpart in that memorable campaign, TIRE
es cling for u time and speaking wi