Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-11-03
WADE WAS GUEST
OF DEMOCRATS
PROMINENT IOWA JURIsT DIS
coURsED ON ISSUES At OPERA
HOUSE LAST NIGHT.
THRusTs At TARIFF.
Beef and Cotton Trusts Como In For
Measure Of Attention at the
Hands Of the
Speaker.

| TO an audience of perhaps 175
1 mixed as to democrats and republicans
Judge Martin j. Wade of Iowa City
last night discoursed on the political
issues of the campaign from the
standpoint of democrat. The pr0mi-
inent Iowan paid his respects to most
of the more prominent republicans of
the present administration and little
allusion was made to ex-President
Roosevelt during the opening Of the
address and the trip of the ex-pTesi-
dent was touched upon at some
length The speaker paid his re-
spects to President Taft in the
speeches OF the latter on the tarif in
a number of places and his stand on
the subject of tariff as cleaned from
public utterances. Aldrich and Payne,
too, came in for some attention at the
hands Of the speaker who gave con-
siderable of his attention to the wool
schedule of the tariff bill passed by
congress. Trusts were given no
slight amount of treatment by the
speaker. and particular stress was laid
upon the beef and cotton trusts. In
alluding to the effect Of the admins
tration on the conditions of the coun-
| try, the speaker delved into memo
randa of figures showing the prices Of
farm products, including hogs. during
the several national administrations
since 1868 and down to the present.
Webber Was Chairman.
The meeting opened by q short adj
dress by Mayor s. p. Hartman who
introduced John F. Weber. candidate
for the state senate on the democratic
ticket. Mr. Weber alluded to the
challenge that was issued to the demo-
cratic county central committee Mon
day evening and for reply read let
ter from the chairman of that COM
mittee. He said that he had been ac-
cused of talking only on the tariff,
and launched into discussion Of tax
alton in Iowa, comparing Iowa with
Illinois, Missouri and Minnesota. He
said Iowa was one Of the most tax
ridden states In the west and paid
twice the amount of taxes the other
three states mentioned pay. 4
AIludes to Roosevelt.
Judge Wade, as a teller Of stories,
began his address Of the evening and
few comic stories were related by
with an occasional sally during the
speech to provoke laugh. Roose-
welt was made the object illustrated
in one of these and in his treatment
Of the ex-president Judge Wade dealt
with the speaking tour of Mr.. Roose.
welt through the west, saying that he
had the western insurgents, such as
Senator Cummins, La Toilette, Bris-
tow and others thinking that they
were not in his class. Continuing he
said that when he presided over the
republican state convention in New
York he sat dumb as an oyster and
permitted all the things the Iowa In
surgents kicked out of their platform
to 20 into that OF New York republi-
cans. He said that whatever else !
President Taft stood for 1t is sure that
he took the initiative In favoring a
three months vacation. Il am not a
candidate for ONCE" said Judge Wade.
81 found this out when last ran for
congress-"
Value Of the Vote.
He dwelt at length on the real value
of the ballot to the voter, and said |
that election day is the only day In |
the year when an American can speak |
so that the whole country may hear
him. IF election means to you only
that you vote for some friend" said
he, then you had better husk corn or
do something else. You may go out |
on the sunny side of the house and |
cuss the country and its administra-
ton all year around but 1t is on cleo
ton day that the kick you make has
any effect"
Hits at Beef Trust.
"The rank and file of both parties
are doing the best they can. Ninety
five per cent of the people have; the
same problems of life to work out, for
but FIVE per cent have enough riches to
make worry unnecessary. Go into the
cemetery and brush the dust of the
marble and there you will find two
lines that stand out in prominence.
One of these tells the date OF birth
and the other the date Of death Be-
tween these Is the story of life; toll,
economy, worry and strife"
He then launched into dissertation
of what a political party should be-.
saying that If any of the political par
ties fail to make the burden Of life
lighter, it should be given no consider
alton and has no claim for support. He
also said that serious feature of the
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