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

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and misrepresentation that some OF
the newspapers in the reservation dis
play from day to day. Now, am moi
speaking about any newspaper in OF
tumwa you remember. l had in my
mind, really, the Burlington Hawk-Eye
and the Keokuk Gate City.
/ The other night, down at Burlington
just took off my hat, metaphorically
speaking, and bowed as low as l could
to the kingship of the Burlington Hawk
Eye in falsehood and in perversion
Sometimes even evil power rises to
such height that it will exact admira
ton. That is the way I felt about that
/ paper. But / saw extracts from that
paper and from some other papers
from my speeches, little paragraph
separated from It's contents and con.
veying a thought entirely foreign to
any one that I ever expressed. And
] whenever my attention is called to
this matter I think of that incident
that is said to have occurred in the
life of the famous Maine preacher,
Lorenzo Dow. He was very studious
and religious man and it is said
now, hope the ladies will take no of,
Tense at what am about to say, be.
cause this happened a great many
years before any Of you were born
but it is said that it was fashion
among the ladies in that day of heap
| ing up the hair on the tops of their
heads so well that when they came to
meeting on Sunday morning those who
came after could not see around them
l have heard foolish minded persons
liken that particular fashion to the
Merry Widow hat of the present day.
But Lorenzo Dow was determined to
eliminate that fashion from his congre-
cation. He wanted to preach a SER
mon on the subject and to that end
he looked through the book to find a
text.
Top-knot Come Down.
One morning he arose and said:
Brethren and sisters: My text for this
mornings sermon is "Top-knot Come
Down" Now see here. You need not
look at me with amusement. 1t is not
Lorenzo Dow who declares, "Top-knot
come down." 1t is the Holy Bible. 1t
is He who knows. "Top knot come
down" If you will examine that
chapter in the New Testament which
| describes the horrors of the last day
you will find there verse which
reads, LET him who is on the house
! top not come down." Therefore, said
he, "the Bible says, "Top not come
down"
And that is just the way that these
newspapers quote from my speeches
1t is just the way that they misinform
and delude the good people of the
reservation.
Questions Floating Around.
/ notice that there are floating
around here tonight various questions
which suppose it is expected that
some standpatter will put to me. They
were put to me by an editor the other
night at Osceola and answered them
as best I could but told him at the
time-he sat right in front of me
and said to him: "My dear sir,
am going to answer these questions
of yours, although they fill the better
part of one side of your paper. | an
going to answer them, but before ]
proceed to answer them would like tc
1 have you answer me question OF
answer it to your readers in the next
issue Of your paper. And this was the
question put to him. said, "You
all agree that the Chicago, Burlington
& Quincy Railroad Co. is standpat
ter. l think there is no doubt about
that, first" and he nodded assent. "Now
said I, "It appears that substantially
every newspaper published along the
line of the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy Railroad is a standpatter," and
/ he nodded assent at that, so we had
these two facts to begin with. Nov
/ said I.'Tell we whether the newspapers
make the Chicago, Burlington
/ Quincy Railroad Co. standpatter OF
does the railroad company make the
newspapers standpatters? | have
been waiting for an answer to that
question ever since If you see any
answer to it floating around loose any
where I wish you would send it to me
before the campaign closes.
Tells a Story.
But I was telling you that l saw
an editorial in newspaper, a very
hostile newspaper, and it said, II
Governor Cummins will wait unit
Senator Allison passes away then he
can be elected to the senate without
any opposition whatsoever" Thai
! was the most alluring and fascinating
editorial that I had read in years and
went to bed that night and slep1
in peace and quiet for the first tins
in months. You can imagine my dis
appointment, however, when l wax
ened in the morning and picked uI
another newspaper, one hostile to me
referring to the editorial just quoted
1t said, "We are opposed to Governor
Cummins at all times, under all cir
cumstances, under all conditions ane
for all things whatsoever" I bucklet
on my armour again. picked up {
sword that l supposed l had parted
with forever, and here am, doing tn,
best know how in the fight before
us.
i 1t has been said of me, 1--WE are
opposed to Governor Cummins be
cause he is not sound Republican
because he is an unsafe leader, be
cause he continues to agitate the pub
lie mind and disturb the composurt
and tranquility of the common PEG
ple,' and am going to consider tina
for a little while because, if that i!
true, l ought not to be your senator
now or at any other time. l am no
going to restrain myself to answering