Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-20

attend the Inauguration of all new
issues. 1t takes time to find out these
faults. Now, in another two weeks
this tariff is TO be revised again. Who
shall do it? Taft or Bryan? Shan't
we hang on to this cid tariff that has
! given us SUCH great prosperity this
past twelve years?
| Il understand that Haywood here
the other night said some bad things
about Bryan. Among other state
ments Haywood said that Bryan was
statesman who had never passed a
bill. Now l take exception TO that
Bryan did help to pass one bill. He
was largely instrumental in it's pas,
sage too. 1t was in the 53rd congress
when there was Democratic presi
| dent and congress in power. 1t was
the Wilson bill. You all know what
that bill was. Now, do you want
Bryan for president-the man that
succeeded in passing such bill as
| that?
What Shall We Do With Bryan?
what shall we do with Bryan?
remember an old story of an ancient
slave who was freed during the Civil
war. One day ne was talking with
| his old masters son and asked him
why he never held an office like his
father always had What Office do you
mean, jeff the young man asked the
old darby. Why, oil, massa was
aTays candidate TO- so'thin,' as ia
| back as l kin remembe, the old
slave replied Now l think that's a
good Office for Bryan to hold. Let him
go on and be candidate.
Talk, Not Deeds.
Bryan is a man thatt talks. Did you
ever hear of a man that was contlnu-
ally telling of what he was going to do
actually doing anything? You remem-
Der away back in the flowery days of
Greece when Demosthenes made his
great harangue until the Greeks were
worked up to fighting pitch. Then
when the battle came, Demosthenes
was not to be found. He had gone
home. 1t has always been that way.
The great takers are little doers."
Major Lacey then spoke of the late
William Mckinley and his presidency.
He took up Taft's career and followed
him from the judges chair in Ohio to
the Philippines, Cuba, Panama and
back again to the head of the war de
partment. He went into detail in re-
gard to the wonderful transformation
that had been brought about in these
1400 islands now owned by the United
States. He spoke of Taft's work in
connection with the uneasy natives Of
the islands as the greatest stroke of
craftsmanship the country had ever
witnessed.
Its no wonder that now, when the
Republicans are looking for a man to
let Roosevelt's mantle fall on, that
they should select raft He's the log
ical successor and the man best fitted
for the place.
The Party is the Ruler.
after all, parties, as great and CO.
hesive bodies of men are the prevail
ing force in our system of govern
ment. The mere Individual who heads
the party organization attracts the
most attention, but the mass of a po-
litlcal party is, in fact, the ruler Of
the nation.
Men of the same general views,
differing as to details in many respects
but believing in the same cardinal and
governing principles, become the rul-
ing body: for the leaders Of these par
ties must keep in touch with the par
ties themselves or be supplanted by
those who will do so.
The Republican party represents a
great force in our affairs. 1t WIS
founded upon great moral and political
principles, and has, by successive
steps, led in the advance of American
civilization from its first to its last ma
tional victory Of four years ago. It
has Cone through great trials and
temptations but as a party it has kept
the faith. It's foundation was based
upon exclusion Of slavery from the
territories; it's first use of power was
to save the union.
The dark days OF reconstruction,
during which the country faced as
grave perils as existed during the civil
war, were troublous times and gave
to the negro the right to vote, but
which has been so abridged in many
of the former slavenolding states as
to be practically a dead letter.
Huge Task Fell on People.
But eight billions of dollars worth
Of property was destroyed by that
war, and two millions of men spent
four years Of their young lives in de-
struction rather than production. Nat
urally the burdens of making
good these losses, OF payment of the
contracts for supplies and munitions
of war, of payment of pensions to the
disabled soldiers and widows and or
phans fell heavily upon the thirty
millions Of people then inhabiting the
United States. Tho greenback was
deprecated but it was legal tender,
and the temptation to pay the bonds
in deprecated paper was too strong
TO be resisted by many good people.
Such scheme came in upon high
wave of popularity but the temptation
was put aside by the Republican party,
and by its persistent refusal to in any
way deDreciate the countrJ's credit
its financial standing has risen to the
first place in the nations of the world,
and recent offer to sell few mil
lions of two per cent bonds was sub
scribed for very many times over
The Republican party was again
placed face to CAGE with temptation
when the depreciation of silver bullion
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