Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-05-23
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From Thursdays Daily.

fOT over TWO hours lGONeruOf Cuul-
Minis addressed filed opera house
last night on the issues of the pri-
mary election. The audience received
the governor with applause and
cheers and few minutes passed be-
fore the speaking commenced while
the band played on the outside and
people still arrived. There were ALI
son men, Democrats and women in
the audience in addition to the Cum
minis supporters.
Out of Town Visitors.
Among the out of town supporters
of Governor Cummins in attendance
at the meeting were F. M. Epperson
OF Eddyville, Robert Hanna Hook
ing, and Ed T. Wright, Ben Strasber-
ger, Ed Giltner, ]. G. Forster. Boyd
Miller, G. F. Stice and Henry Berry of
Abba.
The governor left at midnight for
Muscatine, where he speaks this even
ing, and from there he goes to Cedar
Rapids
Allison's Career Honored.
Governor Cummins referred to Sen
ator Allison's career as an honored
one and full of years. 'They say that
Mr.. Allison's career has been peace
able one. Now if that be the case, and
Judging from the stormy six and half
years have been governor of Iowa,
my cereer must be 1000 years long"
The governor touched at some
length upon the state of the public
treasury He says falsehoods have
been circulated around about him to
the effect that he is responsible for a
drained state treasury. The speaker
produced paper which he said was
from the state treasurer, zone of the
best men in the state" said the gov
ernor, although standpatter, and
which says that there was in the
Iowa treasury $1,O23,56S.S7 on the
fourth day of May"
Talked About Finances.
The governor explained that the
past seven years has been one of
greatest expenditures than for any
like amount of time before. ut has
been SO in every state and in the
nation and in the world" said Mr.
Cummins He said the increase in Wa
pello county for state purposes was
$4,000 for the past seven years, while
the increase for county purposes dur
ing that same time was more than
$4,000. "No doubt this county in
crease has been spent with good re-
suits, but so far as controlling 1t
might say that | don't elect your
board Of supervisors"
After being introduced by Calvin
Manning, Mr. Cummins said:
Mr.. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
suppose that ought to appear be-
fore an Ottumwa audience in view of
what has occurred within the last few
weeks, with fear and trembling, but
the truth is that find at this moment
that my pulse beats steady and my
knees do not shake. l wonder why
it is that inasmuch as was the close
political associate of Senator Dolliver
for so many years as he remembers
it don't recall it-and in as much
as our friendship was SO intimate dur
ing these many years. wonder why
his influence didn't make a better
man of me. 1t seems to me
that a distinguished public Official
whose eloquence sways mighty multi
tudes and whose wisdom controls the
supreme legislative tribunal of the
republic, ought to have had. no diff
Guilty in moulding one man so that
he could have kept his feet out of
wicked and troublesome ways.
But if you are here this evening
with any idea that l intend to devote
any considerable part Of my time to
Senator Dolliver you will be disap-
pointed. He does not occupy SO large
part of the horizon as | look, as
apparently l occupy before his politi-
cal view. I have long ago observed
that when man goes mad upon the
platform the only person whom he
injuries is himself and I have much to
say to the people Of Ottumwa, and
therefore, for the present, 1 dismiss
this distinguished son of Iowa, and
take up a subject just mentioned by
your chairman.
You Have New Privilege.
The first thought in my mind is one
of congratulation and felicity, con-
are to enjoy new franchise, and
are about to wear a new dignity as
citizens Of the state Within the
the history of this commonwealth,
you are to have the opportunity of
expressing your preference as be-
tween the persons who are proposed
as candidates for the United States
6SudlS. IL 10 lew privilege, lOT Ill
the years of Iowa's history the indi-
yidual voter has not had the oppor-
tunity to directly influence the choice
of the state for this high Office
would not be entirely candid with you
If were not to say at the very out
set that 1 am in favor of the cleo
ton of United States senators by the
direct vote of the people.
Four times, as I remember it, the
Republican party in our state has
adopted resolution in favor of this
reform in our government and every
Republican of the organization Is COM
mitted to that reform in so far as
he can be pledged by the voice of his
party. Four times during the last
fifteen years the house of representa-
tives in Washington, has passed a
resolution for the submission of the
amendment to the state of the Union,
four times in this period has the res
olution passed into the senate of the
United States and four times has it
been relegated to the dusty and the
musty and the forgotten and the neg
lected archives Of that inert and
ineffective tribunal have conot;p,ac