Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-10-27
Mp poRTER's SPEECH.

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disappointing to those Wno "a eAp sor ,1ov.
Near the democratic candlda.e 10 M
ernor in Iowa discuss sta.e lssa an+iralv
Porter devoted himself annos. ,ans 81
70 national issues, reading pu msst ~, y
sneeches made by President Nj mo;,;var
Roosevelt. the late Senator t ~ "a,
and senator Cummins, paylhs ~ a,.er
anacts to Senator Aldrich ana op ensh
Cannon. and referring at some is ,,in :
- tha national policy OF maln l'la y
Sthe army and navy ueparlinen 40. ), -
feature OF MT Po1tel !,
\ al VAS that the speeches quoted nav
", refarence to the conduct OF state g..
Ya;ra IN Iowa. Another questloh .las
.,,..lad the audience was to dete.min :,
iust what relation Senator =. Aldrlcn'
y,,bo has announced that he VIII re ~. =
-ss-as-.a.he senate at the end OF thts
+arno and Speaker Cannon. VINO IS =
sana;aata for reelection to congress
from his district in Illinois, bear y
~ conduct Of state affairs IN Iowa.
Ana 4 was not made plain just now the
1owa Governor or the Iowa Legislature
could legislate to increase OF decrease = :
the number OF battleships built Tor tne
limited States navy.
Mr.. Porter did not go into the ISSUES u's
M iowa further than to state tnat We
sNtands souarely upon the democratlc
sASo nlatform." AS he did not explain
tma What this platform advocates, q
i;ttla exclamation is necessary.
The dominant feature OF the iowa
aanncratic platform is the local option
liquor plank. Otherwise the PLATFORM ! =
q commonplace document that practl ]
cally was all prepared IN ADVANCE -
the meeting of the resolutions com
mittee at the convention IN OltumWa wy.
The LIQUOR plank in that platform 81
stirred up such division in the resolu'
tions committee that 1t delayed the re-
mort on the platform for several nonls,
and brought a fight to the hoor OF the
convention, during which 1t VIII pc re-
membered that General Weaver IN op.
posing the plank, made the dramatlc
declaration that Ito pass such aSspta..
form would brand the democratic party
as the whisky party.
This. then. is the, platform upon
which Mr.. Porter stands, PLATFORM
that pledges itself to make the liquor
nnestion the leading issue In every ~
fire campaign in Iowa. To enact sucn
Z law would be a great step backward
for iowa. it would mean that In eevry
election in Iowa the issue would ne
"wetp and dry with campaigns
waged on this issue, while Iowa was be-
ing kept in continual turmoil. Otnss
state issues in which Iowa is vitally IN.
terested. and which Mr.. Porter does
not discuss-tha good roads question,
the reclamation OF Iowa land, the I'M
provement Of the rivers, the better
ment OF the Iowa state educational IN,
fstitutions. and The institutions under
the direction OF the board Of control;
the problem Of keeping the Iowa boy
on the farm, of bringing settlers to add
to the population Of the rural districts,
OF swelling the list Of manufacturing
Industries in the state and attracting
labor from other states in answer to
the cries of "help wanted" from these
manufacturing institutions all these
questions Of vital interest to every cit
izen Of Iowa would be left unsolved
while Iowa engaged in a periodical
spree in fighting the liquor question at
the polls.
The thoughtful voter can be relied
upon to give the stamp of his disap-
proval to this program at the polls and
to cast his ballot for Governor Carroll
and the republican Legislative cand:-
dates, who are pledged to support
measures that will keep Iowa marching
II the front rank of progress
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