Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-09-22
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR
GOVERNOR MAKES SPEECH
AT SIOUX CITY. 4.
QUOTES REPUBLICANS
illustrates Points in Speech by Quota.
lions From Roosevelt. Plnchot
and DoIIiver, As Well As
Iowa Leaders. (


Porter, democratic candidate for GOV
ernor, opened his campaign with an
address In tIds city last might.
Mr.. Porter spoke before a large and
enthusiastic audience OF democrats
Ind arraigmed the republican party as
being controlled by the special inter,
psts and indifferent to the demands OF
the people whose votes had Kept II IN
power for fourteen years.
He illustrated his points by quota
lions from Theodore Roosevelt, GLE
lord Pinchot, President TAFT, senator
DolIiyer and other leaders IN the re.
publican party. His speech In full
follows:
In this. the commencement OF my
canvass for the highest office IN the
,tate. / wish to publicly acknowledge
thc deem and lasting obligations am
nnder to the democrats Of Iowa anu
Ia sincerely thank them for having SO
yignaIIy honored me.
II. is a pleasure to me to feel tnat
,ossess the esteem and confidence OF
10 large a number of my fellow citl.
,ens. and my earnest desire Is that
nav he able to present the cause we,
"a democrats, revere in such a manner
.s to assist in their triumph on Noyem-
Der 8. -,
enter upon an active participation
m this campaign with great confidence
In our success. do this because OF the
aeep convictions possess as TO the
righteousness Of our cause, and the
confidence have in the splendid citi-
.e- zip Of my state.
The fathers, unsurrounded by
wealth. but only by the stern reality
# their times, had but little concern
,or anything but the rights of the in
liyidual man, and established this re-
public dedicated to the principle that
Fall men are created equal; that they
are endowed by their creator with
certain inalienable rights; that among
these are life. liberty and the pursuit
Of happiness
They followed this by an open chal-
lenge of the principle upon which
every then existing government was
then organized, by declaring that "a
government derives its just powers
from the consent Of the governed" In
This new government they were estab'
fishing the, people were to rule. II.
No statesman then living was so en-.
lowed with prophetic vision that he
could loc.. into the future to the pres
ent time and see tested as never be-
fore these principles which are at the
very basis OF our democratic institu-
tions.
Wealth Has Undue Influence.
A century and half of time has
produced marvellous results in Amer
lea. Our vast territory; the great va
riety Of our soil and climate and the
wonderful richness of our natural re-
sources: our great inventive genius.
the intelligence, thrift and energy of
our people, have all naturally served to
produce in short time conditions un-
heard Of before in the history Of the
human race. This, when we stop 10
consider 1t, is not an extraordinary
thing. but very natural thing. that we
should have fortunes in our day here
tofore unheard of. What could be more
natural than that we should have mil
lionaires, trusts, combinations and
consolidation and all Of the present
great wealth as the results Of such un-
usual combination Of favorable cOndi-
tons. With these conditions have
arisen problems little thought of In
times past, and In many respects new
In our political history.
So great have the interests of the
rich become, and SO susceptible to the
influence Of legislation and admins
tration OF government that the great
wealth Of the country is not only seek
ing to, but actually is unduly influence
ing our public affairs, and this is now
denied by scarcely anyone. / am firmly
convinced that w. j. Bryan was abso.
lutely right in the presidential cam
paign of two years ago when he de-
clared that the then paramount ques.