Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-13

whose birthday anniversary was last
evening commemorated. Mr.. Brew
ster said he was DESTROYS of seeing
the next annual banquet on Jackson
day made sixth district event instead
of a local affair, and urged every one
present to appoint himself commit
tee of one to carry out this purpose.
Hon. w. A. Mclntire.
Hon. w. A. McIntire told "How it
Feels to Be Defeated-Just Once" His
remarks created much merriment and
his hearers would never have judged
from the speakers manner that he
had ever been a defeated candidate
He took philosophical view of the
inevitable, which is always in store
for one or the other of the political
candidates representing opposing par
ties. He said that in every election
there will always be found two per
cent of the people looking after the in
terests of the other ninety-eight per
cent. He said that although defeated
for the office of state senator, which
he had surrendered, he wanted it un-
derstood that he had surrendered the
office only and not the principles of
the democratic party.
S. r. Mcconnell.
S. F. Mcconnell of Bloomfield, was
to have spoken on Party Organiza,
ton, but was unable to attend the ban
quet. The following telegram was re.
ceived from his last evening:
Bloomfield, Jan. g. 1908.
sHon. George F. Heindel,
Care of Jockson Club, Ottumwa,
Iowa.
ut is a great disappointment to me
to be unable to attend your banquet.
Hope the occasion will be of lasting
benefit to Wapello county democrats.
IS. F. Mcconnell"
Beniah Dimmitt.
The program of addresses closed
with one by Beniah Dimmitt, county
superintendent of schools, on Govern
ments." Mr.. Dimmitt said:
"Mr. Toastmaster and Fellow Demo
ts:-Some years ago poor school
teacher wandered from his tribe away
in Missouri, into that democratic land
of plenty his brethren went down
and brought him pack and made him
their servant-your humble speaker.
For three full years and more,
brethren, have l silently and patiently
borne my penance; for three full years
have ! endured my banished condition
in that office house of Wapello
| county; lonely. ah, lonely that place
butt haye been compensated by two
conditions; first, as matter of ply.
| siological prudence, in order that my
environments might not too seriously
effect the nerve tension and equanim
| ity of spirit, have been given the pri
vilege of wandering from the historic
| slopes of Soap Crick' to the wilds OF
| Skunk river-over hill and dale
through highways and byways-alone
| streams and through fields-on the
| pretty green grass and through the
beautiful plastic macadam of the coun
| try thoroughfares; in the balmy air OF
springtime-under the scorching rays
of the July sun-in beautiful autumn
days when nature is dressed in her SUI
perb colors,-in the wilds of snow
storm or blizzard when the tempera-
ture comes to be registered by the
thermometer-for all of which liberty
| have been grateful; second, that in
| the capitol building of our county, Cir
/ the democratic section) have beer
fortunate enough to be in 'on the
ground floor both figuratively and lit
\ orally speaking.
Many of my brethren have had
compassion on me, and have often fire.
quented those quarters and related tc
me how it didn't happen and 4 told
you So, and often build the most beau
tiful castles for future occupancy.
"Ah, dark days of local democracy
| Oftentimes in my sufferings without
even seeing democrat for week
lest | should lose my identity, I have
gone to the toilet room, furnace de-
partment or to the seclusion of my
own private office, and have audibly
sounded the word democrat lest 9th
erwise the reverberations of my voice
should disturb the tranquility of the
upper regions Sometimes under this
/ high tension, in my fitful moments
the echo seemed to come back to me
'demnition,' instead of democrat
Yea, brethren, some of my republi
can friends would pass by on the 9th
er side some would open the dool
and after moments of silence remarl
that they simply desired to look upo1
a democrat, while others claimed me-
as their own Mr.. POSTMASTER, aftel
all these experiences, yesterday even
4 ing's telephone message was the mos
unkindest cut of all, when your worth,
committee announced that I was Il
address this assembly of democrats
but my days of isolation expired De
cember 81, 1902, and a democra
should be democrat in practice al
well as in theory.
4 They were merciful in that my sub
ject was such that 1 can choose a
random such lines of thought as de
!; sire. AT this late hour assure you
/, shall be brief in the course of m,
| scattered thought!
, MAN is a social creature; the stud,
Z of the development of the race is al
i ways an interesting theme.
}, Man sprang from a common origin
!; but we are able to communicate witt
;. but small number of millions of ou
: specie. Mans physical being, hi
!; ideals, his character, his intellect, hi
: individual and racial advancement, ar,
effected ly his environments, his geo
graphical location and climatic condi
/ tons.
, BY reason of the vastness of tn,
Sahara, the ancient Egyptians wer
!, imbued with the idea of the massive
as is manifested in the pyramids; b.
= reason of the varied contour of tha