Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-19

him. and we have absolute confidence
in his perfect honor and integrity. HIS
whole life is a splendid example OF
what Americans>can be. Young as ne
is, he has for years, by his life and his
teachings, confirmed many a young
mans hope and cheered many an old,
mans despondency,' for his life has
not been spent in toys nor lust nor
wine" but in earnest and helpful
work.
Illustrating his clearness of mind,
his ready use Of common sense ana MS
comprehension of the will of the peo-
pie, witness his action in the retention On
of all McKinley's advisers in ms
cabinet. and his splendid selection OF
new material for his official family:
John Hay, whom in all probability,
history will pronounce as the greatest
of our foreign secretaries.
wilson of our own state, who
speaking in a metaphor, is making
what it has been said no man can
make-two blades of grass to grow
where only one grew peiote, WHO -
building his department of the govern
ment so wisely and SO we'll that 1t blds
fair before long to become the most
useful and necessary of all our inter-
nal bureaus.
And Shaw, once governor Of Iowa,
and no better governor ever sat IN our
capitol; bright, able. learned ana
learning, who is teaching Wall street
and the east that a man can come OUT
Of the west, from an Iowa village and
an Iowa prairie, as strongly equlPPeo
in mental powers and in all that per-
tains to the conduct of his great branch,
of the government, as though he had
been born and nurtured under the
shadows cast by the money plasteredi
walls of the banks of New York and
the east.
And we will elect Roosevelt Presl-
dent of the United States. "A flame
of courage, open and gay nimble of
wit, eloquent of tongue and intrepid IN
action" he has never failed his coun-
try yet. We will elect him and the
government at Washington VIII SUN
be in the hands of man who knows
how to use, wisely and we'll, the pow,
er with which the people have trusted
him.
welt? / will tell you. The bone ana
sinew of the countryside great mid
die class, to which nearly every Amer
lean belongs, who are neither rieh, nor
poor-the mechanic and the merchant,
the artisan, the banker, the laborer,
the lawyer doctor, the farmer, ana
the railroad man; those who earn
their bread by the sweat Of their prov
or by the toll of the brain; the arm
| and buttress of the country; those who
! conduct affairs and do the work over
all the land today; who labor six days
of the week, honestly. bravely, patient
| ly. providing for the wife and little
ones at home.
President Of All the People.
| The combined wealth and worth
and intelligence of the country will
elect him, because they believe he will
SO administer the affairs of the gov
eminent that every man. rich or poor
black or white. learned or unframed
| in the schols, will be made safe under
the law as to his person and as to the
property his industry and his intelli-
gence have acquired. All will be safe
! rich or poor. No rights will be dis
| turbed and every man can sleep joy
ously and happily under the protection
thrown about him by our laws as ad-
ministered by this pure and homes
| President.
Were the democratic party of toda,
4 to die, it's death would ECLIPSE thu
gaiety of the nation This party
\, great in numbers, composed of goot
men and citizens. with a complement
of brains of which any country nigh
be proud, will soon meet in Sain
! Louis to nominate candidates for tn
presidency and vice presidency of tn
, United States. This party has co
hesive power that surprises many dee
thinkers. Just now it seems to be il
|, state of chaos and internecine wal
but, nevertheless, it will soon meet il
convention, and when that convention
| is over and the delegates walk out. w
will then know for the first tim
, whose sublime heads will touch tn
stars This party has for year
"sowed the wind and now reaps tn
whirlwind 1t for years has been max
ing up such a sum of quackery tina
the earth and the heavens are wear
of it. The harvest is ripening an
: whitening rapidly. and will be reap
ed rapidly. No other thing
possible-since God is truth and Hi
$ word is TRUTH So said Carlyle an
the great cynic of modern philosoph
must have had the democracy Of to
= day in mind by second sight when h
{ penned his terrible Indictment.
wish knew what the Democrat
a party means. am sure that if kne'
would tell you. Lately we have ha
had a voice from the tomb at Prince
ton, saying what it means from tn
}; viewpoint of graveyard. But Brya
from another graveyard, says that
:, does not mean what Cleveland says
! means. Which of these factions
lIleu anu SoilNlSSVu AAiSii
J cheney shall we believe-which is TT
t quick and which is the dead?
> Democracy Hunting an Issue.
German went round lately lookir
: for an issue, and soon found one, al
I as Watterson says, walked throue
e the slaughter house into an ope
e grave" He found, l say, an issue, al
: the solid south rose in the might of i
Il great solidity and dashed the hope
i the Maryland senator to the groun
: The solid south stood by the Presidel
o in his efforts to dig the Panama can
u and it stood ready to defend his cour
c in that great work of wedding the A
e lantic to the Pacific, even to the poi
u of the British general who added
IS part of India to the British empi
: and defended it by saying it was a s;
y lutary and necessary piece OF rasca
,. ity.''
eI But desperation is said to be kin
a of hope and so the democracy is STAN
|, ina ready to grasp at any issue. go
q or bad, that promises winning c.
% reer. But the American people W
y not forget this generation the 70
II more years of Grover" will not TO
get in this generation the soup hous
~ and the Kelly and CoXey armies; tn
y party-this democratic party-which
u always saying NO" which was DO
al when the negative was in the ascen
" ant, which has proven to be the grea
t,, l,a hi f,P