Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-26


services in behalf Of just law, to
control the great avenues of commerce
and transportation. We pledge to them
our undivided support.
The state of Iowa holds an enviable
position, before the country, through
the work Of her great citizens, who
have served us in state and national
life. Her leadership in the senate and
house of representatives is recognized
In every state of this union. In the
cabinet of President Roosevelt, Iowa
holds the keys to the financial policies
OF the country. To Hon. Leslie M.
Shaw we look for leadership, worthy
to succeed to the presidency of the
United States. We endorse him az the
nominee Of the republican party In
1908 for tho presidency Of the United
States, and pledge him our earnest and
loyal support.
Hon. John F. Lacey.
I'VE endorse the record of our repre-
sentative in congress. In Hon. John
F. Lacey, our fellow citizen of the
sixth congressional district, we recog-
nize one of the ablest legislators of the
national congress His loyalty to sound
policies that have brought prosperity
to the district as we'll as the entire
country is verified on every farm, in
every factory, workshop and home in
this district We commend him for the
able manner he has stood by President
Roosevelt in the passage Of the railway
rate law. We believe in his loyalty,
honesty, integrity and craftsmanship,
and unanimously nominate him for an
other term in congress from this dis
trict.
Endorse Carroll and Riggs.
1.-THE republicans of the sixth dis
trict of Iowa take pleasure in refer
ring to the able service of the Hon. B.
F. Carroll, auditor of the state, and to
Hon. John F. Riggs superintendent of
public instruction. These men have
done honor to our district and honor
to the state and they should both be
renominated to the offices which they
hold.
= Honor to Old Soldiers.
Zone week from today we will as
semble at the national tomb to honor
the memory of the heroic men who
died to save our land. We believe in
their cause, and hold in sacred re-
membrance their deeds of valor. The
steps Of our old soldiers may become
unsteady. but every star and stripe In
the flag for which they fought and died
is shining little brighter. And as the
glory of the American republic in
creases we believe our care in liberal
pensions should be increased until ev.
cry soldier, who was loyal to the blue,
should pass his old age free from the
pangs of want. And to their memory
and loyalty, we pledge the young man
hood OF our country to preserve the
mighty principles Of government that
is our heritage"
Major Lacey Talks.
On motion the temporary organiza-
ton was made permanent and a mo-
ton prevailed that Hon. John F. La
cey be nominated by the republicans
OF the sixth district by reclamation for
the office of congressman. This motion
was carried by rising vote, and a
committee was appointed to escort Mr..
Lacey to the convention hall. He en-
tered amid hearty cheers and ad-
dressed the convention as follows:
Gentlemen of the Convention:-
| Il have been. invited and urged by
many friends to make hurried jour
ney to Iowa in order to meet you in
person on this pleasant occasion. This
Is the tenth consecutive nomination
with which you have honored me and
l find myself unable to put into words
my appreciation of the honor you have
bestowed upon me. l have earnestly
and steadily laborcd in the past to rep
resent your best interests and show
myself worthy of this high endorse
ment. We are here today to renew
our pledges of fealty to the principles
and policies of the great party to
which we all belong. Where the prin-
ciples of, the party are founded in right
and justice, he who serves his party
serves his country. For fifty-two years
the organization whose delegated rep
resentatives you are has confidently
battled for these principles and for
more than forty years Of that time has
controlled the destinies of this great
nation. These are years of which our
party may well be proud. We are not
here today to apologize for the past,
but to highly resolve that the future
shall be worthy Of that past. Our
principles and policies have been tried
They have brought good government
and prosperity to all the people. We
will abandon no jot or little of those
principles. They have been tried and
found to be for the great good of all.
Our party has manfully met and Crap
pied with each great question affecting
our national life as it has arisen Free
labor, free speech, sound money, the
gold standard, protection to American
Industries, are all questions which our
party has dealt with In the past and
upon which 1t is ready to stand in the
future.
Adversely and business distress
bring great evils in the day Of our mis-
fortune. These evils are only cured
by changing the conditions which pro-
duced them. In 1896 the flag of our
business prosperity lay upon the
ground. William Mckinley snatched it
up and led the republican hosts to that
great victory which restored conf
dence, settled all questions as to our
standard of value and gave employ
ment to the idle working men of the
land.
with new conditions come new
evils In all parts of the United States,