Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-22
REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN
Is OPENED IN 0TTUMVA

ton and not until the candidate knew
positively that he had the nomin-
alton safely landed did he venture to
resort to that little telegram trick.
People Did Not Take To It.
ut is not surprising that people did
not take to it for in the telegram itself
Parker made a most glazing misrepre-
sentation. The telegram declares that
the gold standard is irrevocably fixed
as the money standard of the country.
That is not so and a man of Judge
Parker's standing knew or at least
should have known that that is not
SO. Congress has power at any time
to change the money standard.
Fought and Won It.
Later after the nomination in a
speech Parker made some little ad.
vance and actually declared that he
believed in the gold standard. What
il he now does declare that he believes
in the gold standard, look at the record
of his party. and then ask yourself if
the gold standard is safe in any other
Aoido IAol vi JAd patty WlllCll HAS
fought for it and won it against the
most bitter opposition.
Not Fitted to be President.
Parker is not fitted to be president.
He has never had the experience or
ltraining. If the republicans had nom
mated a man who had devoted his
whole time merely to the deciding of
cases in a court room and with such a
woeful lack of the practical expert.
ence required what a howl would have
gone up from the democratic party,
We have a right to raise this question
of experience. Have not the demo.
Gratis even raised this matter as an
objection to Roosevelt?
Fears His Own Opinions.
The democratic candidate has nc
opinions which he is willing to place
before the people. Before the demo,
cratic national convention Bryan hired
a hall in Chicago and paid for it out OF
his W pocket just to have an oppor
tunity of speaking to the democratic
party. and of telling them that Judge
Parker was not a fit man to nominate
for the presidency. Bryan had infu
ence enough to keep all mention of the
money plank out of the platform. He
declared that the country could not
advance under the administration o.
a man under the domination of Wall
street.
Crooked and lndefensible.
after the nomination was made al
st. Louis Bryan declared that the
naming Of Parker nullified the anti
trust laws and was an attempt to de
ceive the party. He declared too, that
the nomination was secured by
crooked and ~indefensible means. How
are these for the opinions of a mar
who was twice the leader of his party:
Not As Harsh AS Bryan.
II say plainly that Parker is no,
fitted to become the president of the
United States. but l do not then speal
OF him as harshly as does Bryan. A,
the close Of this campaign Hill, Bel
mont and the other Wall street mer
can write this epitaph over the grave
OF the democratic candidate, "Here
lies the political body of Judge Parker
who died from straddling."
Unite IN One Thing.
Our democratic friends find one
thing upon which they are united ant
that is the claim that the republican.
nave been extravagant. It is easy tt
make such charges but they were nj
sooner made than III own Leslie M
Shaw. secretary of the treasury. anC
Senator Allison answered them SO full,
and completely that there is no poss
ible excuse for speaking of them.
Figures Disapprove Extravaganza.
"Extravagance consists in buyins
something that is not necessary. we
have bought the Philippines, Dough
the Panama canal. extended the posts
department in a remarkable mannel
and conducted an enlarged military es
Enlistment, yet the total yearly in
crease of the Cleveland administration
in advance over the four precedins
years was over $1,000,00O more yearl,
than the increases of the yearly tota
OF the last republican administratio,
over that of Cleveland.
Unjust and Unfair.
1T is manifestly unjust and unfai
to claim that the republican admins
~tration is wasteful and %extrayagan
when the fact is as Roosevelt state
that the increased expenditures hav,
been made for specific purposes. H,
declares openly that if the republica,
party is continued in power it will
continue along the same line.
Not on Party Lines.
Let me point out, giving credi
where it is due that the building 0
the navy in which the United States i
engaged at present was begun under
democratic administration and that
democratic secretary of the navy wa
largely responsible for the starting O
the work. The building of the nav,
was, however, not carried out OF
strictly party lines. The same is tru,
of the extension of the postoffice an,
many other matters that are strictl,
business propositions.
Invite Searching Examination.
THE most searching examinatio,
has been invited into the conduct O
the finances of the government. Whel
Cleveland came into power there wa
a great hue and cry of turn the ras
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