Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-08

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father Is, and as powerful, he could
not 90 over and kiss the little one into
this vale Of tears. He telephoned. The
sheriff of the state of Missouri was sit
ting on his front door step waiting to
arrest him.
II have two little grandsons, and
when I reach home tomorrow, God
willing, I will take them up and kiss
them in the face Of all the world.
would not be deprived of this privi-
lege for all of Rockefeller's money.
The Case Of the Packers.
ut wasn't very long ago since
spoke to the Corn Belt Meat Produc-
ers' association in this opera house.
At that time the men addressed were
those earnest tillers Of the soil. You
all remember, just a few months ago,
OF fifteen packers being indicted in
Chicago for agreeing or entering into
a conspiracy to establish or maintain
a monopoly of the markets of Chicago
THE government accused these
men of crushing and abusing the
smaller packers. 1t was heralded as
a most atrocious and heinous assault
upon the people. They came into
court. They showed Mr.. Government
that Garfield was allowed to examine
their books aqd because he discovered
the truth Of the ind -ctment, they held
that they must go scott free. And
they did. I don't know If that be the
law or how long it has been the law,
but it should not be the law.
Is No standpatter.
II think / ought to say right here
that I am not a standpatter I don't
believe in it. l am republican.
must go forward. wonder If there is
a standpatter in Ottumwa. There are
those, perhaps, who call themselves
standpatters, .ut no thorough going
standpatters. At any rate there are
few who know the game from which
their name is taken. Since, being in
politics l have been looking up the
game. love the republican party
revere the name of Abraham Lincoln,
of Ulysses Grant, Of James Garfield,
Mckinley and that great man, Presi-
dent Theodore Roosevelt, too deeply
to allow myself called name taken
from the game of poker. / wish you
men who really think you are-stand
patters, would discard that name.
Now I want you to understand me-
This country of ours has in it many
beautiful things, but there are some
things that should not be here, and
intend to enlist every man can to
! help remove these things that are
here that should not be here.
1--WE have pitched our tents on the
battlefield of progress. Tonight we
have risen a little higher than we
were last night. Tomorrow night I
hope to have risen little higher than
l am tonight You see we are pro-
gressive, so I can't be a standpatter.
When our President is devoting his
great mind to the case of the packers,
to destroy the vile power they exer-
else, don't you think we should be do
ing something to hold up his hands?
My mission is to expel the corpora
lions from politics. Corporations
have legitimate field. They
have as much right here as
you or /. Corporations came at the
demand Of the times, but I want them
to keep out of politics. They have no
business in the caucus or the conven-
ton, and they have no business con-
trolling the government of Iowa.
Raps Steel Trust.
'sThe United States Steel Works is
capitalized for two billions Of dollars,
and it controls IS per cent Of the iron
and ore producing bodies of the coun-
| try. 1t controls SO much that it is a
mighty corporation, which determines
the price of iron and steel in this
country from the lakes to the gulf,
from one ocean to the other. Now
then we must find some legislation
that will restore this corporation to
it's legitimate field. The United States
steel corporation is in politics. Now
do you think the men selected by
them are compensated to free the leg
islature from the common people?
The men who work for wages know
this. They are the men who can
overthrow this corporate power.
'Now just word about the rail
roads. They are a factor to the sue
cess of this country and every com
. munity. We must respect them. We
must see that they are privileged tc
conduct their business in success
full. paying manner. We must also
see that they run their railroads ant
not the politics. The road that runs
through this beautiful city has mar
at Burlington who is great railroad
power. He inherited this power, but
since has added more to it. am run
ming for office against ]. W. Blythe.
America VS.. Russia.
"All the railroads are capitalized
for the enormous amount of thirteen
billion, six-hundred million dollars
They are worth eight billions OF dol
lars. There is just five billion six
hundred millions of impure and adul
terated water in this country. have
known that something in the way {:
railroad rate legislation would affec
this deplorable condition. Woul:
rather the water be squeezed out o
the stor I'd the employees OF thu
road Wh9a they deserve. Le
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