Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-10-27
CLAUDE PORTER
SPOKE ON ISSUES
4 LEADER or DEMOCRATS IN IOWA
TALKS TO oTTuMWANs FOR
AN HOUR.
QUOTED OPPOSITION

y Hefefence to Well known HePuOIicdT
Leaders Made eurde, OF Speech
Voice Shows Strain of
ne Campaign.
Claude Porter, candidate for COVER
nor on the democratic ticket faced
good sized audience last night in the
grand. The discussion of a few OF the
4 state and national issues made up the
address Of the leader of Iowa's democ
& Yacy in the hour devoted to the talk
The tarin came in for little mention
except in an allnsion here and there
i'm the attempt to show that spirit
81 factionalism existed between the
Republicans allied to the Payne-Aldrich
tariff bill as against the element OF
(which Senator Cummins was said to
be leader. The attitude Of the pre-
4 sent administration toward the
\ moneyed interests was said by the
iapeaker to be apparent in the action OF
teOn xress on the tariff when the WOODEN
schedule was not interfered with.
Much OF the address was given to
tquoting excerpts from remarks by the
hate Senator Dolliver to whom the
speaker paid high compliment, of
SENATOR Cummins, Theodore Roosevelt
and president Taft. The burden OF the
address was made to show that the
Republican party leaders We're tools
,of the moneyed interests and that
these interests controlled the govern
,nnent. The income tax came in for its
nneed and the election of United States
senators BY the direct vote OF the
people was also dwelt upon at some
length by the speaker. The initiative
and referendum was made topic OF
remarks by Mr. Porter during his
speech and the enactment OF laws that
would make it possible for the peo-
pie to do much of their own govern
ing was advocated by the leader of
Iowa democracy.
Mayor hartman Opens Meeting.
Mayor Hartman opened the meeting
shortly after s o'clock and created
some enthusiasm by referring to the
chief speaker as the next governor of
Iowa In brief Introductory adj
dress he presented Senator e. G. Moon
who introduced the speaker of the
evening. The FSfty-fourth regiment
band escorted the speaker to the
opera house and rendered number
SSASA
speaking program began.
Advance Of America.
Apologizing for the huskiness of his
voice which he attributed to the rigors
of hard speaking campaign, MI.
Porter spoke OF the advancement Of
the United States. saying that the
countries OF the old world number
their birthdays by centuries, but that
i1, h yrI1 <,1S ~ ~
America, 1t had accomplished all that
the other lands had done in centuries.
He referred to an address of the
lamented President Mckinley made
the afternoon when he was stricken
at Buffalo illustrative of the advance
of America, saving that when General
Jackson was in his campaign at New
Orleans, it took two weeks to notify
the general from Washington that
peace had been declared. He con-
trasted this with the Spanish cam
paign saying that when the last stroke
had been dealt at San Juan hill, he
knew it5onsthe second in the white
house.
I AlIudes to Late Senator.
These things were said by the
speaker to remind the people that with
all this wonderful advancement, adj
ditional responsibilities have come
and the people are made aware that
they must keep abreast with them
in order to promptly cope with them.
He touchingly alluded to the late
Senator Dolliver and paid tribute to
his memory. saying that in his death
the state and the nation had been
brought to realize a personal loss. The
youth OF the late senator was alluded
to. his early manhood days in Ft.
Dodge and the fact that the same OPP
port,lnities upon which Dolliver sue
cessfully seized are present to others
Iowa boys today. The allusion was
illustrative OF the vast possibilities In
store for the young men.
Stands on Firing Line.
The speaker then alluded to the
presence OF Senator Dolliver last sum
MGR in Des Moines where he was
chairman at the republican state con-
vention and referre | to the words OF
the distinguished statesman that he
in defense of the private citizen
against the .sordid interests that seek
to usurp the entire government The
speaker Sdtu tudl Ia tuS uuis VI ALL
To take places on the firing line for
the same purpose as expressed by the
late Senator Dplliver
Criticizes Management.
The speech Of ex-President Roose-
yelt at Osawatanie. Kan. on the oc-
casion OF honoring the memory Of John
Brown. was alluded to by the speaker
who said in part that the government
both national and state must be free
from the sinister influence that tends
to destroy it by favoring special in
erests. These specially favored in
terests must be eliminated and driven
out. said he. The remarks of Presi-
dent Taft at Winona. Mimi, were also
alluded to and there the speaker said
that the president stated that the tar
IN bill enacted by congress was the
best tariff any republican congress
ever passed. He said Mr.. Taft in his