Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-18
BRYAN WAS THE CENTER OF AT.
TRACTION AT THE uNvEiL-
ING CEREMONIES
POLITICAL FOES THERE
They Were Al Personal Friends OF
Weaver's However, and the
Event Was of a Non-partisan
Nature Throughout.
Des Moines Bureau OF
The Ottunwa Courier
Des Moines Feb. 16.

Des Moines, Feb 16.
Everyone voted that the ceremonies
Of the unwilling of the Gen. Weaver
portrait were as delightful as any
public event held in the hall of the
house. OF course the center of at
traction was Bryan. He gave the key
note to the event.
I'VE have passed the day. ne
said, when they behead the reformer;
they may defeat him but they let him
live. The world is growing better"
And he referred 'feelingly to the char
acter CT the audience that had gather
ed to do honor to Gen. Weaver, and
TO the fact that here were political
friends and political foes of long
standing. Gen. Weaver, himself, later
spoke of the. fact that the event was
non-partisan and that was 10 |
him the most delightful feature Of it.
Here was Father Nugent, long
time personal and political friend OF
Gen. Weaver and Major Lacey, long
time personal friend but political OPP
ponent. They met together. In the
audience was e. H. Gillette, whose
name was SO long linked with that OF
Weaver in politics and in journalism.
There was Carroll and Clarke, both of
whom grew up" down in the Hairy
Nation" one on Soap Creek and the
other on Salt Creek, not far from
where Weaver made his start in life,
The wife of ex-Gov. Larrabee was an
interested listener In the reception
which followed all joined to grasp the
hand of Gen. Weaver and to greet his
wife.
No one feature of the event called
forth more spontaneous applause than
when Mr.. Bryan referred to the part
Weaver had had in laying the founda-
ton for the movement for election OF
United States senators by vote of the
people themselves. He spoke Of the
fact that Weaver introduced the first
resolution looking to that end in con-
gress and he did it ten years before 1T
ever passed congress-; yet now Ave
congresses have Endorsed the idea and
we have today the first president-elect
/ who before his election had openly de-
| clared himself. for this reform. The
narrative Of this brief history called
| forth the loudest applause. Next to
| this that which caught the fancy Of
| the crowd was the feeling tale of the
l'battle of Fort Donnelson as told by
1 Major Lacey, and of the part played
therein by the Second Iowa infantry.
This afternoon hearing will be CIV
en- by the agricultural committees on
the bill to forbid cut-throat competi-
/ ton on the part Of the concentration
creameries concerns for the purpose OF
killing off the small cooperative
creameries of the state. The lawyers
for the concentrators will appear and
make a fight on the bill 1t has been
prepared under the personal direction
of the state food and dairy commits
sioner and is in accordance with his
recommendations The measure is dis
tinctly one to try to save the co-opera
Il tive creamery business from complete
destruction in Iowa. Another phase o
the same question will appear before
long in the fact that an amendment Il
to be tackled to the bill to include
poultry and all poultry products ant
grain The tendency to concentrate
the egg and poultry business int
large concerns has been decided.
!, !
time it was the subject of investiga
t ton by the agents Of the interestat
: commerce commission in Iowa TIL
l proposal to introduce the grain trad
into the case would add a big featur
, in which the line elevators and tn
independents would lock horns.
t Incidental to the general movemen
: to fix up the Iowa laws to the bes
8 advantage, for protecting honorabl
= competition it is stated here that tn
+ law which was passed a few, year
e ago to punish unfair competition !
d the oil business has had salutary e
: feet and the independents claim tina
: there is not near the difficulty in keel
ing up business that formerly wa
v found. In other years rate cuttin
S was very common avowedfy for tn
: purpose of destroying competition, an
|" this is said now to be somewhat rar'
The application for pardon Of v
4 P. Glyndon, of Story county has bee
! withdrawn from the consideration {
! the legislature. The Glyndon case hs
% twice been submitted to the legisl
e ture without favorable recommend
y ton 1t can now go to the pardon
= board and the governor direct, al
h this course will be followed.
lie Senator kirkpatrick has received
n number of protests against the scho
le bill but he finds that nearly all ha'
"a come from those who have an 1
,g terest in the keeping of the scho
l. funds rather than an interest in Il
er schools themselves. 1t Is currently I
a ported that the school treasurers ha
~ formed an organization and with Il
ID small banks that are interested in ha
or ing the school funds kept so they c.
to be had without paying interest W
as send strong lobby here to fight t
school bill.
Ora williams
Iowan Drinks Poison by Mistake.
st ST. Louis, Mo-, Feb. 16.-Miss OF
III Mueller a school teacher and daus
I'd ter of DR.. Mueller OF Donison, Ia,
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