The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-05-19
REPUBLICAN TO
THE VERY CORE
lRWlN's GREAT SPEECH AT THE
STATE CONVENTION.
DON'T MONKEY WITH TARIFF
The DingIey Law Has Made America
the Most Prosperous Nation In
the World--Let Well
Enough Alone.

| LES MOluSS, Iowa, MAY lo.--<aS WAS
expected, one of the great features or
the state republican convention today
was the speech of the temporary
chairman, Hon. John N. Irwin, OF
Keokuk. Ringing as 1t did with true
republicanism and rejecting in
brightest rays the sentiment of the
great majority Of the party. it rose
and fell on an avalanche of enthusi-
asm, and pointed the path to victory
this fall. Mr.. Irwin in part said:
''If there is any man here who i'm
agines that have come upon this
platform to sneer at and fiout any re-
publican in Iowa or to sneer at and
fiout and ridicule the opinions Of any
republican in Iowa, then that man has
very different conception of the dli-
ties of temporary chairman than I
have. / am here as republican, as
one rocked in the cradle of republic
anism, whose political idea has been,
| and is. to be true to what Lincoln
taught and Grant fought for, and to
the lessons laid down for US by the
long line of illustrious men who have
been leaders of our great party. +
am here as a republican, as one who
nas Deen prousne up On lhe teacnlngs
anu .le ii'elalure - tnaI party whose
WISE laws anu great measures nave
made more people materially happy
| and contented and prosperous than
has any other civic organization since
| the world was brought into being.
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liractions ,o,cb S,.,n al.s..l9 - oeneI
occaeiop tbaf has q 80 ~. 0 sA.s'
sentative renublicanr of ra,ra s,S..s
TODAY. No state n ali me nnion has
a greater or 1argar hand or abIa .n1
aloouent men to choose from viz.
| pinia New York Ohio and Kantrcl-r
can no longer claim nra-a,oinanca n
great sneakers. for Nod the cc,o,,,;t.
fee chosen Won 1oieb+ how, had Trov,,
within our borders manv J nan who
could draw an audienca .still as ,,oT,t
or summers noon.tida air.n
rooor 49,. a,,,o,. n..,,a
az auioN, seuuious'"no
stature until he stands even with the
tallest.
A Hepburn, whose words leap like
fire from the force of his convictions;
fearless, strong, very American Ru-
pert of debate whose elouuence con.
vinces and burns and points the way
as plainly as did in olden times the
frey cross of his Scotch ancestry.
A Cousins, ever faithful, ever true;
great of body and of mind: blue-eyed.
kindly, but with tongue of flre;
whose eloquence has enchanted a ma
tion, and whose lips are the honeyed
lips of Hylas stung by the bees of
Mount Hymettus.
Or, coming within the state and ex-
cluding for the moment those sons Of
Iowa who are engaged in the service
of the nation, you might have heard a
speech that would have lived long In
your memories and new political
epoch would have marked this day in
the history Of the state, and the name
OF Cummins would have made the
welkin ring.
Compliment for Rlythe.
Nor has Iowa n,ocoa i, j, 49,.
IN ofice .tata - ne,,oan, a. 80 nS
yate life n Iowa ara manr ,1,,tdn. -
m,,ta bnt not ;nn,ar;., 49,. s' !,
| mind man Of superb ;ntaIlact ~.
scholarly and brilliant mind A
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