Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-08-18
APPEARS BEFORE REPUBLICAN,
CONGRESSIONAL CONVENTION
AT HOME
MADE TARIFF SPEECH
Gives Answer to President Gompers Of
the American Federation of Labor
Indicates Trend Of His conaresson-
IL Campaign Addresses.

Danville, ILL.,, Aug. 16.-Hon. Joseph
G. Cannon was given splendid well
come here today upon the occasion of
his appearance before the eighteenth
republican congressional district con-
vention
The convention renominated Speak
er Cannon for the seventeenth consec~
utive time. There is the greatest en-
thusiasm, especially over the prospec-
tive candidacy of Speaker Cannon for
president Mr.. Cannon had not intend
ed to launch boom for president at
this convention, but the pressure of
his supporters was so geat as to sweep
away his wishes in the matter. His
supporters in this district will likely
urge the state convention to make a
similar endorsement.
Speaker Cannon delivered an ad-
dress in which he set forth the &C
complishments Of Theodore Roosevelt,
and gave numerous figures showing
the advancement Of the American in
dustrial and labor conditions under the
Dingley law. He spoke in part as fol-
lows:
Candidates Address.
"Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen Of the
Convention: I thank you for this ex-
preston Of confidence and l congra-
tulate you on the prosperous condition
of the country under republican admin
istration. The republican party has
followed the teachings in the parable
of the wise servant who returned to
his master the talent entrusted to his
care multiplied ten fold Clothed
with responsibility for the administra-
ton Of the government Of S0000,O00
people, we have sought to make re-
turn that will benefit those who en-
trusted the talent to our care. We
have succeeded in making two blades
Of grass grow luxuriantly under repub-
lican administration where one grew
feebly before under the democratic ad-
miniStration.
Business Doubled.
"Since the election of William Nc
Kinley as president, the business OF
the country has doubled and the ma
terial interests of all the people have
become better than ever before in ou1
history; aye, better than the condition
of any people anywhere on earth in
any time since history began. This is
under the policies Of the republican
party as enacted into law by congress
and executed by the President. Attri
butte this condition to what cause you
may, speculate about it as you will
call it confidence in men or measures
the fact remains that it exists and thai
there has never been recorded any
where such industrial development
and such wave Of prosperity as has
swept over the United States in the
last decade.
Dlngley Law.
"Under the administration Of the
Dingley tariff law there has been {
greater development in all forms of in
dustry than has ever been reached I'm
der any other revenue law since thu
government was organized TIT
schedules of that law are not sacred
but the principle there embodied ii
fundamental. Since the enactment o
the first revenue law under Washing
ton down to the present time the per
iods Of prosperity have been under pre-
lection, and the periods of adversit,
have been under the policy of fire.
trade, or tariff for revenue only.
For All People.
This remarkable prosperity unde
the Dingley law has not been for on
class, but for all the people. 1t ha
touched the artisan, the farmer, tn
manufacturer, and the common labo
Of the country All have felt it's benz
ficent influence, and measure m
words when say, that the productio
from all kinds of business enterpriz
has doubled since the memorable yea
of 1896, when the country In it's di.
tress turned to William Mckinley, tn
champion of protection, as the advanc
agent of prosperity The capital en-
ployed in our industries has doubled
the total wages paid for labor hav
more than doubled in these ten year!
the farmers have lifted their mortgage
and are enjoying the embarrassment
of a surplus in the savings banks; an
laborers have ceased to hunt for job
and have become hunted by the jobs
in spite of large immigration from OIL
er lands, there is more work tina
workers in this country today. Cap
tai is cheaper than ever before, an
money can be had at less interest tina
anywhere else in the world.
Sun of Prosperity.
"The sun of prosperity is shining Q
every part of our immense stretch {
territory from the Atlantic to the p
cific and from the great lakes to til
gulf and the Rio Grande. We are
peace with all the world, and our il
fiuence for peace, whether it be b
tween two great powers in the Oriel
or among the small republics on IL
American continent, is felt througho,
the world.
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