Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-06-13

growing old, and no longer to be re-
8aroeo a. active factors In the affairs
Of life. No man is any older than he
feals, Just az no woman Is older than
she looks. #
The most vigorous Of our young
men participated IN that war. Tho
weaklier fell victim to disease, and the
at physical manhood.
Looking In the strong faces Of these
comrades before me. am prepared to
relics Of former generation. but
they are living, vital force for good
In the present. It 10 true that Shakes
peare wrote Hamlet at twenty -one,
and died In retirement at flfty-two;
Napoleon charged the bridge Of Lodi
at twenty-se and died at st. Hell
ena at fafty-two; but Benjamin Frank
lin was seyenty-one when the Declar-
alton of Independence was signed.
and there was no greater force in the
events that followed save and except
Washington himself. Cincinnatus
was twice called from the plough to
save Rome, opce at 81 and next at 80
years Of ago.
Moltke led the germans in the
Fran -PruHsian war at eighty; and
Todleben was called from retirement
at ninety, when all things were goine
against Russia, and turned the tide
sixty four; Togo. sixty, and oyanla
sixty Ave. Gladstone at eighty VS.
the hear Of the greet British Empire;
| William !. at ninety restored the Ger.
man Empire; Bismarck at eighty was
the Leader in European diplomacy;
John A.. DIX at sixty three issued his
Famous order: III any man attempts
In tVoS ttaA ~ >lrSas IA nnf
him on the spot" F'arragut had his
frst fight in the Essex when thirteen
years old. but at sixty-th he dashed
himself to the mast In the battle 81
Mobile bay. The great Humboldt only
ended his wonderful career at ninety
And dear old Allison, the best loved O
ell living Iowarts, is, at seventy eighi
| years young. the ur,questtoned Leader
In the senate OF the United States, ant
his wisdom is constantly called upor
to guide in our national affairs.
/ F4S thirty years no great public
QUESTION has been regarded as solved
until the finishing touches OF his wis.
dcni has been applied. His detractoei
have always n1isrepresetned him al
being undecided and unready, but M
more false view Of the man could b.
suggested. He has stood for NOR
| than. forty years on the rolls Of tn
AtItSIlCal 1883, oho IhC Alckii0 IA
lison Games to the head Of the alpha
betical list, as 1t does at the head o
our ,national wisdom. His name ha.
been hrst called upon the roll j
voting upon ali public questions. H,
has not been "the unready," but ha
always answered upon the first rol
/ call, and set the pace for his col
leagues in the decision of all grea
iEublic questions
| We are holding this encampmen
at Senator Allison's home, and TIT
Grand Army has always been read!
to do honor to the man who has 81
tgreatly honored our beloved common
wealth.
| when the boys in blue were uphold
ing the flag in the field, he was a
his post Of duty In congress, dom,
his part in maintaining the civil gov
eminent at Washington
Congress 1851 1855.
The soldiers of the civil war wer,
not the only ones who showed thei
heroism In those dark hours.
In the old Roman days the epitapl
LOT a senator declared that he that
never despaired of the republic"
When Hannibal was besieging ROM
his camp was sold at auction In TIL
city, and the title was made good.
/ So in July 1852. when the guns o
Of the confederacy could be heard Il
the White House and the CapitOl tn