Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-20
SIX HUNDRED PEOPLE AT THE
GRAND HEAR CAMPAIGN ISSUES
DISCUSSED IN EASILY UNDER
STOOD TERMS.
SPEAKER STRONGLY
FAVORS N. E. KENDALL
SAYS THAT TAFT is LOGICAL
SUCCESSOR TO. ROOsEVELT'S
MANTLE-lOWA'S SAFETY LIES
IN UNITY.

IN UNITY.
Devoting himself mainly TO drawing
comparison of the commercial re-
suits following the victories OF the IVY
parties during the past twelve years VI
uolitical history, Major John f. Lacey
Of Oskaloosa, delivered plain hearc
to.heart address at the Grand opera
bouse last night to about six hundred
people. Void of all oratorical hlghIs
containing everyday simple phrases
that appealed to the common sense oi
every one, Mr.. Lacey's words maze d
deep impression on his listeners.
Mr.. Lacey arrived in the city on
burlington No. and was driven I'M
mediately to the Republican headquar'
ters where he was the center OF an
admiring group of friends untll :
O'Clock. The 54th Regimental band
played all evening on the streets, ana
gave one number in the opera mouse.
The speaker of the evening was IN,
troduced by NJ G. Gilmore, who trst
announced that Hon. N. E. Kendall
would speak at the Grand Thursday
evening, October %. He then formally
introduced Mr.. Lacey, saying: i no"
have the great pleasure Of introducing
to you, Major John F. Lacey, who VIII
give us a good old Republican speech
on the issues of the campaign"
An Adrirer of Kendall.
Ladies and Gentlemen: Never in
the history of American politics mas
there been campaign that has been
SO unusual in one respect as this one
is now" Major Lacey said in opening.
ut is the quietude that prevails
throughout the country. We nave
never before got SO near the close OF
a presidential campaign and had the
situation so quiet as it is now. 1t IS
only two weeks until the people shall
decide who will be the executive OF
the nations destinies.
''I was glad to hear Mr.. Gilmore an
nounce that N. e. Kendall would speak
here soon Mr.. Kendall is man
have always admired. l feel justly
proud that I helped to shape his
course.
'In 1888, in my first campaign for
congress, l met for the first time in
Abba young law student, not yet OF
age, but whose eloquence kindled the
masses to enthusiasm and zeal. | lis
tened with delight to the young man
and felt that l was in the presence of
a man of the future. The following
year it became my privilege to name
several young men for the railway
mail service and that youth sent me
a modest and courteous letter ask
ing me to secure him the appoint
ment.
81 wrote rendering my service but
taking a liberty that one of maturer
years should not hesitate to avail him.
self of. | wrote him that he could
count upon the position but advising
him that he would do we'll by him
self to refuse it; that government pos
ition of this sort would insure him a
comfortable income but would shut
off forever the brilliant future that his
ability in his chosen profession laid
open before him. There are two words
of advice of equal advantage and bene-
fit when wisely and rightly given; one
of the words Is do, and the other is
don't. l advised him 10 keep out or
the position which he sought. He was
wise enough to accept my advice and
he renewed his active study in his
chosen profession. He trained him
self in the eloquence which touches
the human heart; he has made good
In these twenty years in his profession
and in politics as well. He has risen
to the second place in the affairs of
one state, where, as speaker of the
Iowa general assembly, he presides
over the deliberations of that body
1.-THE prophecy I made for him in
1889 is now fulfilled. and I feel sure
that you will by your verdict in No
vember place in the congress of the
United States the Republican nominee,
Nathan E. Kendall.
Grave and important questions
will be passed upon in the Sixty-first
congress, and it is of the utmost i'm
portance that the party of Lincoln. of
Roosevelt and Taft should have CON
troll In the great popular body which
shapes the destinies Of the American
people.
Tariff Live Issue.
~ am here to talk of the good old
Republican party. Since 1883 the
tariff has been a live ISSUE At that
early date, many were for it--some
were against it. 1t is the same with
all great questions of national i'm
portance. Today the same condition
confronts us-and we are now up
against the proposition face to face. A
trifle over two weeks remains before
the answer will be known. There is
no doubt that when the tariff bill was
first written that some schedules were
too high-some were too low. In the
years that followed, these inequalities
were obliterated from time to time as
experience taught us. The same faults