Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-06
HAMILT TON TRIED AND FOUND WANTING
SAYS KENDALL IN AGENCY SPEECH
Present Congressman With Bryan, Haskell,
Kerns, Taggart, Murphy and Connors
Arraigned by Republican Candidate in
Enthusiastic Meeting - Utters Effective
Arguments to Voters

the period of that war until today and
then said:
who of you has ever regretted the
day you voted for Lincoln, Johnson,
Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Harrison, Nc
Kinley or ROOSEVELT"
Where is the man who has not re-
GREETED voting for Pierce, Buchanan
or Cleveland?" heavy silence
answered the Interrogation. Then
swinging to the Republican party and
policies again he went on.
You young men of today who are
about to cast your first vote, sit down
and study history awhile. I'm a
Republican because the party has a
history. The party is proud and
hopeful. 1t looks to the future-but
it is not afraid to look at it's past
The Almighty is omnipotent and
omniscient. I learned that at my
mothers knee many years ago in
Lucas county. I have never forgotten
it. ! believe it thoroughly. I believe
that most men know few things that
the Almighty does-but there Is one
thing that no human knows-and that
is why some men vote the Democratic
ticket. The Almighty alone can
answer that question.
''In the handling of all national and
public affairs there ought to be two
parties; one to be in power, to con-
troll and execute and the other to
stand by and watch and criticise
The Republican party is the execu-
tive body-the Democratic party
makes good looker-on.
Democrats Usually Left.
eve find in our country two bodies
of electors. | put the Republican
party on the right--because it usually
is right. l place the Democratic party
on the left-because it usually is left
These two bodies met and drew up
their platforms and announced their
candidates; the Republicans in Chi
cago and the Democrats in Denver
There are two, and only two vital
issues confronting the American peo-
pie now. First, shall the policies of
Theodore Roosevelt be continued in
their application to public affairs; or,
shall they be embarrassed and aband-
oned by Democratic rule? Shall the
policies demonstrated by Roosevelt's
administration be sustained or put
down?
There is one great question divid-
ing the two parties-labor, prices of
product and cost of living-all con-
trolled by and depending on the tariff.
Tariff Not New.
"The tariff is as old as the Repub-
lican party. The Republican party
first came into power to emancipate
100000 slaves-slaves to labor, i'll
fed and poorly remunerated. The
first platform was drawn up to that
effect.
THE Democrats adhered to the
doctrine of revenues only-not in the
actual carrying out of their doctrine,
but in talking of it. The power of
the Democratic party laid south of
the Mason and Dixie line--in an area
of few factories and few laborers;
entirely a free trade country.
What did they care about rev.
enues? Nothing. This vital question
Of tariffs will not be wholly settled
this campaign. We will discuss it:
argue 1t pro and con; and debate it
from coast to coast-if we can find
any one capable of debating against
us. In 1912, '16, 20 and '24, when the
great Bryan sits on his front porch
IN Lincoln. Neb.. the Democratic can
d1date awaiting the outcome Of the
campaigns, this great question will
still be under discussion.
by the way, isn't it ridiculous that
party of sane people, presume we
may call them sane-continue nomin-
ating and voting for the same man so
many times consecutively for presi-
dent? 1t reminds me of story l once
heard.
Creates Laugh.
1.-TWO Irishmen were talking of the
present campaign. Pat said to Mike:
'Moike, an have we noticed the queer
thing about Mister Bryan?' Mike re-
piled in the negative, and Pat said:
Well, in 1896 Bryan was nominated
in Chicago; In 1900 in Kansas City;
in 1908 in Dinver-hes gitten' farther
and farther frum tn White
House livery year. And whoy
do Yez vote for Bryan
thin9' Mike asked, and Pat replied
Because Olive voted for i'm twice and
had good times afterward
When the laugh that followed had
subsidized Mr.. Kendall turned to the
tariff and continued:
mo matter how wrong we may be
in our other policies, we are right In
our stand on this taft proposition"
he said. mo matter how much we
may suffer from possible errors in our
platform, we will ne''er suffer from
the results of our attitude toward the
tariff Protective tariff was one of
the greatest policies in the first plat
form of the Republican party. Here
we were-from the Atlantic to the
Pacific-from the Great Lakes to the
Gulf-the greatest country on earth.
The Republican party said to the PEG.
pie, You have ore, cotton, produce and
raw material of all kinds You should
make what you need
Now it is one of the we'll known
rules Of economics that no nation can
become great Or prosperous unless it
makes what its people consumes. The
Republican party looked across the
oceans. There it saw labor, cheap la
Dor, poorly paid md lily clothed, max.
ing the same products needed over
here, from 20 to so per cent cheaper
than we could make them. The Re