Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-05-23
assumed the right to direct the des-

assumed the right to direct the des.
\ TIMES of the party in this county,
would have consulted with them,
would have committed my fortunes to
their hands and l would have gone my
way back home. That isn't the char.
acter OF this campaign. | am striving
to meet just as many of the individ-
s ual members of my party as can in
4 the various parts of the state and
am expanding my strength to see and
to speak to just as many members of
d this organization as my voice can
carry and my eye can reach I am ap'
pealing to you men and not to the
i leaders of the party, either here or
i elsewhere.
i Lauds Roosevelt.
1 said there is one thing upon
which l believe all Republicans agree
4 We ought all to concur in the belief
that the welfare and the prosperity
of the people of the United States de-
mand the continuance of Republican
4 policies and principles as they are
best embodied, as they are most per-
fectly exemplif1ed in the life, in the
character of that mighty leader of
modern times, that most potent force
/ in the great struggle between right
and wrong, Theodore Roosevelt.
l want you to know that believe
in the reign Of the majority, for I
think that the voice of majority of
the freemen is the nearest approach
to the voice Of God that will ever fall
upon the human ear, and therefore I
intend to yield implicit, absolute
nha6 IN fho do,rao of thu Doy,,,h
licans as that decree Is registered In
the coming primary II my distinguish
ed competitor for the place we both
seek shall have one vote more than I
receive in the Republican primary I
declare he shall thereafter have all
the strength and all the influence
that can exert to the end that when
the next general assembly convenes
it may re-elect him by the unanimous
vote Of all the republican members of
that body.
Asks Full Support.
If. on the other hand. and l am an
optimistic man and I tell you tonight
in confidence that it will be con the
other hand" if receive a majority
of the votes cast in the Republican
primary, then ask the loyal and
united support of all the faithful Re-
publicans of the state.
I have not asked during this cam
paian. nor shall ask. any republican
candidate for the general assembly
to vote for me. If were to ask it I
would violate both the letter and the
spirit of the law, which I have in
your hearing, lauded so highly, but l
have asked and l shall continue to
ask every Republican candidate for
the assembly to pledge himself to his
own people to stand by and carry out
the wishes of the majority of the Re-
publicans of The state as those wishes
are expressed in the primary election
to be held on the second day of June.
And that Republican candidate who
refuses to give that pledge to his PEG.
pie will have scant title to the sup
port of any honest Republican.
Acrimony In Campalngn.
May say one more word. I know
and you know of the acrimony of this
/ campaign. have for two months now
i and more, been speaking sometimes
two. sometimes three sometimes four
times day. but although have been
beset with great temptation, although
1 every provocation has from day to
/ day lain in my path. have not utter.
\ ed one single word in criticism or in
censure of my distin guished competi
tor for this place. and no matter what
the exigencies of the remaining DAYS
of the campaign may be, there will
not fall from my lips one single sylIa.
BILE in disparagement of the character
or the career of this distinguished
son of Iowa. commend that spirit to
some of my standpat friends He has
had a very long and eventful career
! MY friend nv former friend l mean
that associate of 20 years standing
saws that he has been lifted up SO
high above the common level of hui.
Imanity that he cannot even see the
ordinary disputes and the controver.
sizes that are going on among the
common people of the country and
that he has never engaged in any of
these disputes and controversies
don't know whether to envy him or
not in his splendid and exalted isola.
ton. 1t SENS to me that I ought to
/ defend him against the aspersions of
his own friends, but however that may
be, want you to understand that |
have no desire to rise so high above
the people of this country that I can.
not hear the fights in which they are
! engaged. I, for one, always expect to
be right down in the ranks, fighting
as best can for the things which !
believe to be right and If you want a
man lifted to this supernatural at.
mosphere, don't elect me to the Of
fee.
Career Long and Eventful.
AS have said, he has long and
eventful career. When he shall have
finished the term he is now holding he
will have served the people Of this
commonwealth in the United Senate
thirty-six years and he preceded
that service with eight years in the
House or Representatives His life
has been peaceful one, so far as we
know and that fault is emphasized by
his advocate in the campaign. There
has never been cloud gather around
his head in all these years of service
and his path has been illumined al
ways by the lamp of amity and accord
While my career has been very
much shorter, very much shorter, but
call you people, especially you PEG
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