Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-25
COL. SWAIN SPEAKS
UNITED STATES MINISTER TO
SOUTHAMPTON, ENG, AD-
DRESSES ELDoN VOTERS,
In Very Interesting and Business.
like Manner, the Eminent Newspa.
per Man and Politician Discusses
the Political Issues of the Day.


per Man and Politician Discusses
the Political Issues of the Day.
A thoroughly business like talk on
the political issues of the day was
heard by a fair sized audience last
night in the Eldon opera house. Col.
Albert w. Swain, of Oskaloosa,
United States minister to South Hamp-
ton, England. Col. S.valm presented
to the voters of Washington township
in very interesting and concise way,
the vital points up for contest this fall,
and his comparison of the English
workingmen witt The American
worker was only or. instance where
he showed the more beneficial doc
trines of this good government. He
dellt with the question of reciprocity
Nth Canada, democracy's wailing con-
corning the poor Filipinos and Of the
battle being waged in England now
for tariff more or less protective of
that country's produce. His speech
was not lengthy, neither was it too
short to fail in thoroughly explaining
each point dealt with. Col. Swain was
introduced by Rev. G. E. Mcclure,
whose Introductory remarks were Of
the happiest.
Col. swalm's Address.
In part Col. Swalm's speech last
night was as follows:
Mr.. Chairman, Ladies and Gentle.
mem When was up to Des Moines
at meeting of the state central COM
mittee. the members of that body ad-
yised all speakers to start out with
egg breakers. The spirit expressed
was so much no spirit. A general
apathy. I suggested to Chairman
Spence to send each speaker out with
a corn shocker, as it properly fit such
a bumper crop which the farmers Of
this beautiful state this year enjoy.
And the reason of it all is that they
have bumper president in the per-
son Of Theodore Roosevelt Corn, pc.
tatoes and other agricultural products
are all bumper crops this year, and
under the present administration, we
can figure on a continuation of such
pleasures.
About one month ago today. ar
rived at New York, coming from my
son of being among my friends Of
earlier days in the sixth congressional
district, and it., is because of this de-
sire that am here tonight. Coming
west from Chicago bought two news
papers. One contained letter from
Cleveland on the subject, Why Young
Men Should Vote the Democratic
Ticket The other contained one from
Bryan. giving his opinion of Judge
Parker I read Clevelands letter and
1t occurred to me that he failed to
. mention several things Of much i'm
portance. One was the democratic
solid opposition to the homestead act
Another was the action of the demo-
cratic members of the congress on Ed
mund's anti.polygamy act, and there
were fifteen other great public acts Of
benefit to the people in general which
they opposed but afterward swore
were right. not the least noticeable of
these being the plot around on the sill
yer question
pemocraeys Forced Wailng.
THE country has been treated from
several places of wailing with fearful
weeps and speech on the poor Fill
pinos by such gentlemen as Judge
Parker. John Sharpe Williams, Burke
Cochran. Senator Bailey, Champ Clark
and a whole coterie of democratic
spellbinders. 1t seems to me that
these, same gentlemen need only to
turn their attention to something much
more vital and nearer at home, for
they are endorsers of all the legisla-
tive robbery of rights perpetrated in
the southern states against men in
those sections simply because they
were black and republican. They have
consented to the violation of the most
sacred principle of the constitution
have seen the revered instrument, as
it were, ripped up the back and have
enjoyed the surgical operation. They
have endorsed the disfranchisement of
these colored men who if they had the
privilege Of the ballot, and that ballot
fairly counted would relegate to the,
rear at least two thirds of the demo-
cratic membership of the house. 1t is
SO easy for. these gentlemen to weep
over the imagined wrongs OF our new
warden. but they cannot bear to think
Of these deadly violations OF law and
common justice in our own land, and
all committed in the interest OF re-
form and the democratic party.
Reciprocity With Canada.
Another thing that our democratic
brethren are springing on us and our
pann1a is tho cry ahollt reciprocity and