Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-03-04

SuBliliC TO d certain eiSuleul WuUSS lloi'
icy is not always the sentiment of the
majority, There is but one question
confronting us-the question of our
lives and liberty and the pro-
lection of these.
Il say to the candidates that it is
not whether you are Republican or
~Democrat> that calnts, but what YOU,
will demand as officers You should
announce positively here tonight what
you stand for. don't know what you
will do, but know what you ought 70
do--you all ought to be opposed to the
open town.
IN regard to the sale of liquor
say that the law should be enforced.
If the court does not sustain the r,s-
| vocation petition which has been sign
ed and fled say again, abide by the
| law. Let the. sale of liquor go on
strictly according to the law. But, if
that petition is sustained; see that the
sale"of liquor is stopped, and stopped
entirely Abide by the law and en-
| force it. We cannot afford to substi-
| tute any custom or. the will of any one
element for the law; let the law de.
eide. .
eve as Republicans should demand
the best men that we have and put
them on the ticket and. see that after
they are elected they stand by the
! law After electing these men as pub
!. lie servants, we can not fold our arms,
| and stand back and say is now up
to YOU These men must have the
4 public sentiment back of them. We,
as Republicans, love our city as much
as any party and we want Ottumwa
4 to take the position she ought to. Dis
obedience and violation of the law by
a city is a backward stepaaa step to-
ward anarchy. y
'The candidates are here ready to
talk. believe that every one of them
will. do his duty. I here and now
4 pledge them all my physical and men.
tai support for better conditions in
Ottumwa. They are men that will not
be afraid of performing the proper
4 duties of their Offices
Emery's Policies.
Capt. j. G. Hutchinson then arose and
moved that the candidates present
voice the respective positions they
would take on the question of a better
city. The motion carried and D. A.
Emery, nominee for mayor outlined
his policy as follows:
I wish to- express my profound ap-
probation of the eonfidenee>reposed in
me by the Republican party in-makins
me its candidate for the highest Office
in the city, and while this honor has
come to me through the party Ct
which have always been a member
: feel that in a broader sense andin
view of present conditions in Ottum
] n,-f1 lat Mr.
: the candidate of all those who desire
law and order and a clean city as op
posed to the open town policy and
the conditions which naturally follow
It,
Never having held the Office of
mayor for which l am now a candi
date, and therefore having no record
in that Office to which l can refer, as
has my opponent, I feel that it is just
to myself and to the citizensi Of OF
l tumwa that I state my views on some
: of the more important matters of cit.
. administration over which the mayo
I has more or less control.
: In my judgment, by far the most i'm
portant question which confronts the
people of Ottunlwa at the presen
! time, is the protection of cur. familie!
from the hand Of the murderer ant
the ravisher During the past tvs
years too. many lives have been los
and too many brutal attacks have
: been made to permit US to forget TO
{ one moment the condition in which
y we now find ourselves.
: No labor or expense ought to b.
: spared to stay this tide Of murder am
: lust which is now upon u.s.
Our police force should, be require.
to. round up, Immediately the gamt
lers, buns, thugs and loafers whereve
found and compel them to leave tn
city. So
> There are. Of no value whatever t
: or city and are certainly a menac
to the safety Of our people and if the
are still here when take my seat a
!. mayor will consider it my first dut
:. to see that they either engage in som
!, honest occupation or leave the town.
We would see decided improve
I ment if that were done, and in dom
- this every good citizen should civ
=. his hearty support to the end thu
), our wives, our daughters, our home
= and orr lives and those of our fan
g lilies may be reasonably secure.
: authority ought to be exercised
i compel obedience to law and protec
= life and property.
s. Sale of Liquors.
If Another question of Importance
g that of the sale of intoxicating liquor
1t is illegal in this state to Sc
n intoxicating liquors as beverage, e,
e cept under the provisions of the LOCI
6 option statue known as the mulct Law
d This mulct law has been in fore
,e in ottumwa for several years unit
:. a few months ago when a revocatio
= petition was signed by a majority {
i. the voters and filed with the count
r. auditor, which suspended the oper;
:. ton of the. mulct law, and it is no
q illegal to sell liquor in 0ttumwa.
n That revocation petition has ne
!, been passed on by the courts. If.
3 should be sustained by the court
+. then the sale of intoxicating liquo,
=. as beverage will be illegal, but if
- should be found insufficient by til
:, courts then the. provisions Of th