Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-12

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ton with which we have witnessed
the exaltation of court favorites, with
out distinguished service over the
SCARED scores Of many battles, or ag-
grandfzed by executive approximations
out of the treasures of a PROSTATE
people in violation of the act of
congress which fixed the compensation
OF allowances Of the military officers.
--...a y Reform I'm Civil service.
The democratic party stands com.
mitted to the principles OF civil SER
vice reform, and we demand their
honest, just, and impartial enforce
ment.
We dehounce the republican, party
for it's continuous and sinister en-.
croachments upon the spirit and
operation OF civil service rules, where
by 1t has arbitrarily dispensed with
examinations for Office in the interest
OF favorites and employed all manner
OF devices to overreach and set aside
the principles upon which the civil
service was established.
Race Question Revived.
The race question has brought
countless woes to this country The
calm wisdom of the American people
should see to it that it brings no
more
To revive the dead and hateful race
and sectional animosities' in any part
OF our common country means con.
fusion. distraction of business, and
the reopening Of wounds now happily
healed. North. south, east, and west
have but recently stood together in
line of battle from the walls of Pekin
to the hills of Santiago, and as sharers
OF common glory and common
destiny we should share fraternally
the common burdens.
We therefore deprecate and con.
denim the Bourbon-like, selfish. and
narrow spirits of the recent republi.
can convention at Chicago, which
sought to kindle anew the embers of
racial and sectional strife, and we
appeal from it to the sober common
sense and patriotic spirit of the Ameri.
can people.
Republican Administration Denounced
The existing republican administra.
tion has been spasmodic, cratic, SEN
satlonal, spectacular, and arbitrary. It
mas made itself satire upon the con-
sress, the courts, and upon the settled
pract1 ;es and usages of national and
international law.
1t summoned the congress i,iio hasty
and futile extra session and virtually
adjourned it, leaving behind its flight
from Washington uncalled calendars
and unaccomplished tasks.
1t made war, which is the sole power
OF congress, without its authority.
thereby usurping one of its fundament.
al prerogatives. 1t violated a plain
statute of the United States as well
as plain treaty obligations internation-
al usuages, and constitutional law;
and has done So under pretense of ex-
ecuting great public policy which
could have been more easily effected
lawfully, constitutionally and with
, honor. 'S'',S '9
1t forced strained and unnatural con.
structions upon statutes, usurning jul
dicial Interpretation, and substituting
, congressional enactment in the de.
cree.
1t withdrew from congress their Gus.
tomary duties of investigation which
have heretofore made the representa-
tives of the people and the states the
terror of evil doors.
It conducted a secretive investigation
OF Its own and boosted of a few sample
Z convicts, while it threw a broad COW
erlet over the bureaus which had been
their chosen field of operative abuses,
and kept in power the superior officers
under whose administration the crimes
had been committed.
, 1t ordered assault upon some monop-
,olies, but, paralyzed by it's first victory.
it flung out the flag of truce and cried
out that 1t would not run amuck'-
t leaving its future purposes beclouded
, by its vacillations.
Appeal to the Country.
Conducting the campaign upon this
J declaration of our principles and pur.
| poses, we. invoke for our candidates
the support not only of our great and
time honored organization but also the
active assistance of all of our fellow
citizens who, disregarding past differ.
ences upon questions. no longer in is.
sue, desire the perpetuation of our con-
! stiturional government as framed and
established by the fathers of the repub-
lie.