Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-10-11

I have lived too long in Iowa to be-
lieve that it's people desire campaign
conducted upon SO low a plane.
"While I may question Mr.. Porter's
views upon public matters or criticise
his Platform, personally he shall be
free from any criticism or censure on
my mart. When, therefore. said that
l was opposed by the political railroads
of Iowa am not accusing MIN OF seek
ing m alliance with them. I do not
know 1t to be the truth and therefore
I utter nothing. 1t has seemed to me
that they choose to lend their influence
To his cause. not because they loved
him more but because they loved me
| less
Talks of Railways.
"In ell probability they have
reached the conclusion that would
be more risky and therefore more to
be feared, than he. So | want you to
know that understand the full force
Of the opposition that has gathered
itself together to defeat me. 1t IS
not because have hostility toward
the railroads as factors in COM
merce. They are as necessary to the
welfare of the American people as
the sunshine and the rain that minis
i ter to your abundant harvests. de-
sire that the people of this state
shall feel that would stand just as
firmly in their behalf for protecting
any rights they should enjoy, as I
stand against their aggression i'll
fields they should not occupy.
81 believe that the railroads should
earn reven--e ample to keep their
properties up to the highest possible
standard, sufficient to pay to their
employees the highest scale of wages,
that they should earn rich reward
upon the capital invested in the
property; l want their managers to
run the railroads with the highest
success, but l do not want them to
run the affairs Of the state of Iowa,
and they shall not SO long as can
prevent it. (Applause.)
"One more thing which seems to
have won for me the political enmity
of them and of every trust and corpo-
ration in the country is this: | be-
lieye that the country should be con-
i Quoted by men and not by corpora
TONS / desire that every man,
or not, take his full part in the adj
ministration of the affairs OF this
country, but do not want board Of
directors to sit down in New York
\ or Chicago and determine that the
influence of that corporation shall
be given to this or that man. This
is the proposition upon which have
taken my stand and believe it to be
! agitating the public mind. / hope to
see the day when it will be a crime
for any corporation to contribute to
political party funds for any purpose
whatsoever it may be.
Growth of Nation.
J why? We have great country
the greatest upon the face of the
: earth. 1t is first in all things--frst
7 without any second In fact we are
{ running, as it seems to me, the race
Of civilization and progress upon g
track of our own and all the rest OF
, the world is sitting in the grandstand
I looking on. We have come up in 10(
years out of obscurity 1t bewilders
the mind to look back over the his
: tory of the United States in the las
| century We have grown from few
!, millions of people to more thar
l eighty millions A hundred years
ago few scattered farms dotted The
!, hillsides of the east Now we have
great empire of agriculture which
= every year produces harvests large
! enough to supply the wants OF al
: its people and ..ours it's riches ant
;. treasures into every market place il
!, the world. From nothing in manu-
), features we have risen to a place
! where we can realize only with the
: assistance of a most vivid imagina
y ton all that we are doing in con,
!, MERGE. Our foreis commerce nov
q exceeds s3,O0O,00000O year.
"And all this development ha.
q brought with it some new questions
new and vital problem to be solved
! We have grown not only In mater
i. ial way, but in the scope of territor'
n as we'll When began, a littl'
}, strip of lapd along the eastern coas
: claimed allegiance to the Stars an
t Stripes Gradually it expanded AM
d the boundaries climbed up to the to-
r of the Alleghanies and then It broad
S ened and widened and breadene'
e }again ACROSS the hills and valleys an
o the plains and prairies and mour
tains and finally we traced Oh
western boundary along the golde
sands of the Pacific. But soon Fate
0 that memorable mistress, took up tina
$ boundary and carried It, across tn
g western sea, and now, though stan
a here near the midnight watches, tn
= sun is just now lighting up the color
!, , of the Stars and Stripes as they d.
! notes the sovereignty of the Unite
States in those far off lands.
Q Difficult to Govern.
l. "Ours is the greatest country, BIT
e. it is also the most difficult to govern
IS All republics are great and ours su
1t passes all others simply in magn
% tude. In this great growth we hav
II discovered a new factor-the corp
IS ration 1t is a natural part Of tn
!: country's growth-associated effor
e. Gradually the corporations have grow
q until now they have drawn into the
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