Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-05-09


candidate, with these good relations
l sustained with the administration
that possibly could slip In without
hurting myself, and I proceeded
somewhat cautiously upon the as
sumption that I was not so bad. re-
didn't occur to me that had sins Il
knew not Of. thought knew them
all, But here, after l have been an
nouncej as q candidate the governor
comes tripping along and says: THAT
man won't do at ALL All the love
was withdrawn. There were pro.
ceedings in divorce and I have been
cast adrift to make my own support;
Well now 1t is rather hard when YOU
feel that you have been faithful; that
you have got the meals regularly and
even done the washing, to be turned
out with the assurance that you are
no good. It may be that 1t Is incl.
dent to my age. It sometimes hap.
pents that people are very good until
they get about so old and then II Is
either handsomer man or a younger
woman. Uaughter.) I feel sorry
for them, though, but cannot do
otherwise than am doing. I have
not the secret that he possesses. +
might even inquire with Cassius,i
Upon what meat doth this our Cae-
sar feed, that he has grown so great?"
would like little Of that kind Of
meat myself. Uaughter). But my
friends while It Is hard for us all to
disassociate ourselves from our Inn
mediate interests do believe we have
come upon a time when, as republic
cans, we ought to consider above all
things else the welfare of the party as
whole. The ambitions of the In
dividual are of small account, no mat,
ter how capable one may be In the
office Of governor; how bright and
shining he might be in the senate OF
the United States-though he thinks
its present morals are far below the
standard yet those things al oughs
to be subordinate to the service Of the
party If the party be fit servant to,
the people. And this year It rs Oh
great Importance. The Iowa situa-
ton Is not only the Iowa situation
but as our light has been high In
the heavens to now it will cast its
reflected light upon the surrounding
states, and it's influence for good or
for Ill can scarcely be measured
see today that Judge Wade has recon-
sidered his determination and will be
a candidate for Congress in the second
district. Why? Is the republican
party in this state IN such quarrel
that he has seen an opportunity? Shall
we contribute one of the number nee
essary to make democratic Con-
gress? We are now on the Threshold
Of the great campaign of 1908 and we
may well consider what may happen
then. Do we want any more OF 1929
Looking Toward 1908.
Do we want any more of 1896? Do
we want to strip from this land the
wonderful prosperity which 1t enjoys2
think not and yet we are now on the
skirmish line Of the campaign OF 1908.
VIII we dissipate the strength Of the
party? Will we educate the people
with the politics of Bryan and Hearst
and Champ Clark7 There is some;
thing from Champ Clark ln;erjected
into Major Lacey's speech. Champ
is getting the idea that we are prepar4
ing the way for democratic presk
dent. They have their eyes upon u.s.
The democratic party In Iowa has not
been SO happy for many, many years.
lido not know what course the party
will take, whether it will nominate q
candidate Of its own or choose be-
tween republicans. We ought not to
be cooperative. We ought TO see
that the standard of the republican
party Is kept high. We ought to fol.
low Loyalty that standard. We ought
to keep In remembrance the glorious
record of this party over the years Of
the past and out of what has been we
will get our faith for what is to come.
But, my friends, the service that men
do is the glory of their lives, and no
man is dear to the people Of this
country or whose memory is cherished,
has its place In history, except as he
has served the people of this country.
Washington, Lincoln, Grant and the
whole list of patriots live in our
minds for what they did, not for them,
selves. but what they did fer .aa peo-
pie of the times. And now i,}c-a old
soldier friends Of mine here have nd
record in their lives of which they are
so proud as that they made in the
service Of their country-not for them.
selves but for the union and for the
flag. No men are exalted within
themselves, bat by their fellowmen in
the measure that they give themselves
in unselfish service to the people.
Cheap Long Haul.
In no other way can men work to es.
tablish themselves in high places. In
our state there Is a great temp,
tation for men to work for
Observation-Disclosures the
interests with which we are
connected, but we ought to be large
enough to see that in this great state
the absorbing interest of all Is agrt
culture and so every business man
should first consider the farmers OF
the state. II they flourish the rest
of us flourish. II they fail we all
fail. There are two things upon
which the farmers of this central
west are depending. First, proteo,
tive tariff (app,ause) whereby they
are given the markets of this
great country and those markets are
valuable, and of an increasing value
under prosperity. The next thing
we want is the cheap long haul on
the railroads whereby they are able
to get their products to the remotest
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