Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-11-03
FINAL MEETING
OF CAMPAIGN
SENATOR HARPER AND WILLIAM
M. REEcE ADDRESS VOTERS
AT DAHLoNEGA
Former VIII Oppose Antl-Fraternal
Insurance If EIected-Discuss State
Issues-Later Speakers Dwell on
Tariff.
From thursdays Da

From thursdays Dailp,
At Dahlonega last evening the Mnal
republican meeting In Wapello county
for the fall campaign was held in the
w. O. w. hall. A large number Of the
residents of Dahlonega and the vicin-
ity attended the rally. Senator S. H.
Harper and William M. Reece were the
principal speakers
Senator Harper spoke first He said
In part: "The republican party has
been in power in the state of Iowa
for the past fifty years. I came to
and remember as boy the time
Iowa. 1t is true that Governor Grimes
was not elected as republican, but on
the anti-Nebraska ticket. That was at
the zine that the Missouri compromise
law had been repealed and the Me-
braska bill enacted in its place. Gov
ernor Grimes was elected by the old
wings, the anti-Nebraska democrats
and the free soiiers. Afterwards he be-
came republican, and the legislature
elected at the same time that he was
sent the first republican senator from
Iowa to the United States senate, Hon.
James Harlan Of Mt. Pleasant.
The State Was Then New.
"This was the beginning of repub-
Hcan control in Iowa. Before that the
democrats had held sway. At the time
Of the accession of the republican
party to power, the state was new. 1t
did not have over 100000 population.
The northwestern part was almost a
wilderness. Three years later an IN
dian massacre occurred at Spirit Lake.
There We're then no railroads in Iowa.
To-day what a difference there is.
We have now 2,250,0O0 Inhabitants
from 5000 to 5000 miles of railroads
and Iowa stands the peer of any state
In the middle west. The growth Of
the state has been uniform. Today we
have one Of the best public school sys-
TENS of any state in the country. The
high schools of our state are equal to
the smaller colleges of fifty years ago.
Our laws governing the miners, the
1aboring men, the farmers, all are
modern and efficient and have been
drawn with great care so as to respect
the rights of all. Our institutions for
those unfortunates for whom the state
must care, the blind, the feeble minded
and the insane, are models of their
kind in every way. In regard to our
state institutions of learning you will
find nothing to surpass those in any
state In the union, For the past fifty
years the government of the state of
Iowa has been carried on for the bene.
fit Of all the people of the state.
"Why then should the people of Iowa
turn the control of the state govern.
ment to the other party. What assur.
ance have we that they will conduct
the affairs of the state better or oven
as well as the republican party has
done?
II know of no reason why you should
not continue the republican party in
power, So / say to you, vote the
straight republican ticket, beginning
witt Governor Cummins and continu
ing on down to the last candidate OF
your township ticket"
Senator Harper then dwelt upon his
record of five years that he has beer
member of the state senate He
spoke of the anti-pass bill which he
was particularly interested in, as he
WAS on the committee of five which