Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-07-09

is not blunt of speech. He deals in
flowers and thunderstorms, and roar
ing cannon and soft, dewlike rain. But
he arrives thereto quote the other
Perkins
Mr.. Cousins then began to talk of
the prosperity of the country, and the
delegates cheered him. He linked AL
lison's name to the Dingley bill, for it
was. Allison who put it through the sen.
ate, and said: Brethren, the senior
senator never framed a bill not In the
interests of labor and the whole peo-
pie" ut must be borne in mind that
the exact language is not used The
Cummins and Cousins matter is copy
righted and cannot be used until it is
first printed in the official paper.)
Then he said he had known the late
William Mckinley some, himself, and
ten years ago he spoke from the same
platform with him and also the late
Thomas B. Reed, and he heard the i'm
mortal Mckinley say then that what
was wanted in this country was the
chance for every man to have every
days labor he wanted and could per-
form at fair remuneration; and that
was good doctrine today.
The tariff wall of the Dingley bill
was so beautifully constructed-as no
one but Bob Cousins can construct it
in speech and phrase-it looked so sub
stantial and needful and vine clad and
flower covered that the convention, a
large portion of which had been cry
ing tariff reform, broke out into the
most provoking and heartfelt applause.
hn cpsI Il 4
fourteen words of what Abraham Lin
coin said about tariff than all the theo-
ries and sophistry of the dreamers who
were skulking between the lines-well,
did you ever see Kelly go to bat and
take a swipe at the ball, and hear a
dull and sickening thud and see the
sphere return to earth again. There
was a CLEAN of satisfaction in Senator
Allison's eye, for he dotes on Bob. The
junior senator looked pale, as though
Bob might do something rash. LATE
Young laughed softly to himself, and
the convention applauded and suggest
ed hot stuff. Bob took parting shot
at the democratic party and when he
finished the editor-in-chief of the jour.
nal said something about II guess that
will hold you" marked the article for
the first column, first page, and after
Lacey had contributed just sort of
cracker as standpatter from Stand
patsville, the managing editor, Kendall,
told the boys to rush the hottest sheet
to press which has ever come off the
Iowa republican press in these latter
days.
The speech of Robert Cousins re.
minded one of the way Wendell Phil.
lips defended the abolitionists in Fen
ueil hall With an audience stirred up
by the governors def to high pitch
of enthusiasm, Cousins, by masterful
command of language and rhetoric,
charmed and then compelled them to
listen to his argument, and when he
had finished men who cared little for
Bob Cousins said it was the most SUI.
perb speech of his career and forever
settled the question as to whether Bob
Cousins had the courage of his convic-
tions. People said that Cummins was
| courageous, but Bob was daring; that
Cummins was knightly, but Cousins
was chivalric; that Cummins was con
| fident; but Cousins was self-reliant;
that Cummins' speech was a great feat,
but Cousins was a great achievement
They also had chance to study the
different styles of oratory of the two
men, and saw that Cousins is still in a
class of his own. At any rate, the two
| gentlemen gave the finest bit of his
toric oratory ever seen at convention
| in recent years, and the Roland for an
| Oliver business was richness that was
worth good gold coin and much of it,