Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-18
MANY HEAR LACEY.
CONGRESSMAN ADDRESSED A.
LARGE AUDIENCE AT BLOOM
FIELD SATURDAY..
Spoke at Length Upon the Position of
the Two Parties in the Present Cam
paign and of the Personality of
President Roosevelt.

palgh ana OF the personality OF
President Roosevelt.
Bloomfield, Oct 15-The national
flag fieated from the business houses
of the city Saturday afternoon where
an immense crowd of Davis county
voters aud citizens gathered at the.
court house. and We're address,
trict candidate for congress. The,
speaker of The hour was introduced by
Col. S. A. Moore, who made brief
address,. The subjects discussed by
Major Lacey were, the history of the
republican panty, militarism, imperial
ism, the money question, the tariff
question and the personality of he
President. Following a. few introduc- :.
tory sentences in which he said that.
for one hour he wished to discuss the
political issues of the day in this semi
centennial year of the republican,
party, he plunged into a minute his
tory Of the republican party. Taking
up the subject of resumption OF specie
payment and the free coinage of sill
yer he said in part: Men were shaken
from their mornings and the party was
shaken to its, depths by the struggle
for that standard, and now after eight
years the republican and democratic
parties are together on the gold stand
ard question: and verified his state
111ent by quoting from Judge Parker'si
letter Of acceptance Of the democratic
nomination for president. He further
said, "Republicans and democrats do
not get together on the same subject
at the same time, that is the difficulty,
especially at election time. love-
Davis county and I love a. good demo-
GRAFT There are several here this af-'
49, II yHyf
with me on the money question for
four minutes before they scratch their
votes instead Of four years after"
The tariff question:, he stated Is a Hv-
ing question which began with the
forming Of the government. The f1rstl
bill that was passed was the tariff bill. /
"I care not which party destroys thel
protective tariff, that party destroysI
the commerce Of the nation. Everyl
time we have abandoned the tariff we
have had adversely" The address
closed with brief review OF the re-
markable career Of President Roose-
welt. He said in part: Through his
know the wants and peculiarities Of
the west. Ie knows it better than
any other man and knows what it's
possibilities are. The west knows
Roosevelt and Roosevelt knows the
west. As a cowboy, a rough rider, q
literary man and as a president he Is
at the head Of the procession. He IS a
and has withal a vein Of humor." The
speaker then recited a number Of in
stances illustrating the humorous side
OF the President s. personality. Con-
tinuing Major Lacey said, "a vein of
gsfgged Integrity runs through every
fhing he does and makes the people |
respect him. !, We have had him for
Say,f for
the sample? If you do you can have
the pleasure of voting for him this
fall" At the close Of the splendid adj
dress the candidates for county Offices
We're called to the platform and intro
dtIced to the large audience by Major
closed by an address by ELLSWORTH
Rominger..
The P. 3. o. sisterhood Of ottunlwa
was entertained SATURDAY. at the home
of Mrs. o. D. Wray by Chapter B, P.
z. o. Of this city. A large delegation
arrived on the early morning train and
being met at the depot by the enter
city in private conyeyances for some
time, after which they were escorted
to the Wray home, where they spent d
most delightful day. Although ample
entertainment had been prepared by
the home chapter the guests OF the
day came laden with lunch baskets
ana q most elaborate repast was
served. During the afternoon an inn
promptu musical program was rem
idered and n1errinent ran high.
THE porch was Beautifully decorated
In the r.. q. O. co1ors. yellow and WHITE
the r, 3. O. flag being in prominence.
WHITE and gold Marguerite were also
seen. The Interior was also done in
yellow and white and the dining table
Eras o,arn;shed u, s,,,S 39nx,yarn har,,,np
izing in the colors OF the order. About
Is O'clock lunch was served and at 6
O'Clock the visiting members were
escorted to the depot by the entire Sis
terhood. The day spent together will
long be remembered ana the bond Of
lsisterhood will be sealed the closer by
the days companfonshfp.
Mrs. Harry i. Cook and son Julian
of Bushnell, H., formerly Of this city
are spending d few days with relatives
and are receiving q. hearty welcome
from old friends.
On Saturday morning Burk Pen
hfngton, who injured his left hand a
candy factory at Ottumwa, underwent
a painful surgical operation in which
the first finger Of the left hand was
removed at the first Joint. The sever
ed portion Of the finger had been
stitched to position with the hope of
perfecting union, but the result was
not satisfactory.
Mrs. B. McGowan, Of Altanont,
Kansas, has arrived to make her fu-
ture home with her mother, Mrs. T. J.
Walton.
Mrs. Thomas Greggs, after a long
Illness, died Friday night at the home
Of her son. L. w. Greggs. The funeral
services were held Saturday noon and
the remains We're inferred in the Odd
Fellows cemetery.
I. N. Davis and Ephriam Sloan, Of
Salt Creek township, returned Satur-
day from st. Louis, where they attend-
ed the fair.
Miss Nellie Fortune, Of Oskaloosa is
visiting her grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Jesse Fortune.
RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT.
Knights of Pythias of Hteman Honor
Memory of r. D. Morgan.