Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-07
DIES MONIES POLITICIAN MAKES
ADDRESS AT CELEBRATION
ON FAIR GROUNDS.
THE NATION DAY
Mr.. Young In An Eloquent Speech
EuIogizes America and American In.
stitutions-says This Is Day When
There is no Sectionalsm.

ST Louis, Mo-, July g. - Yesterday
was one of the greatest days in
the history of the city of st.
Louis. The city was filled with visitors
fair grounds were crowded with people
The celebration of independence Day
at the fair grounds was the magnet for
many thousands Of people and even
the democratic convention prelimin-
aries failed to keep many of the ar
dent politicians down town. Among
the addresses for the occasion was
one delivered by Hon. Lafayette Young
of Des Moines. Mr.. Young, whose
speech was listened to with close at
tention and applauded enthusiastlcal-
ly, said in part:
1T is fortunate that there is one day
when there is no politics. no section
alism, no north, no south, no east, no
west day when Uncle Sam reigns
when the owner of the farm is on du-
ty and not the tenant.
1T is fortunate also that we are able
to celebrate on these grounds so many
achievements. so many honors and so
many glories at one time in one place.
You have five months more in which
TO celebrate American patriotism on
this spot, here where the achieve
ments of the great new world are to
march in review while civilization is
uncovered on the reviewing stand.
The world marvels when 1t comes here
and learns that the new republic is
giving here the greatest exposition
and therefore the greatest celebration
that was ever known. 1t is fitting
that this exposition should be here on
the banks of the Mississippi the great
river Of the continent, bearing as it
does on its bosom the waters of the
other great river. going thus united to
the sea.
America is Puzzle.
1T is not surprising that the world
wonders at times what the Americans
| are going to do next Nor is it sur
prising that the old world impression
is that every American is rolling in
| wealth. They see our riches and are
amazed. They also see our waste, and
are surprised that we can save and live
| after such waste. Our extravaganza
shocks them. They marvel that peo-
pie with such extravagant habits and
careless waste can win such success
as characterizes our people. They do
not realize that no American ever
knows exactly how he is coming out;
he simply knows how to plunge in
leaving the coming out to natural
conditions and unexampled energy.
The Day Of Days.
"This is the American days of days,
and this is the particular American
locality of the present. No city in the
republic could more appropriately
hold this celebration. Celebrations on
our eastern coast might recall some
American achievements but celebra-
ton here in this great valley can Gel
citrate old and new American achieve
ments. From this city, Lewis
and Clarke. with their band of
thirty. started on their explora.
tons; to this city they return
ed. Down your great river came the
only messages which the explorers
We're able to get back to civilization,
during their march north and west
This city has been under three flags
that Of Spain and of France, and fin
ally reached Old Glory.
An American Day.
"This is not a day for politics or
faultfnding. Uncle Sam has his faults
but they are of no consequence com.
pared with his virtues. We Amerl
cans believe that this is the only coun.
try worth living In or dying for; fur.
Their, that the man who cannot pros.