The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-08
.LAFE YoUNG's GRANT CLUB
SPEECH

LAFE YoUNG's GRANT CLUE
SPEECH.
The address delivered before the
Grant club in Des Mones Thursday
evening by Senator Young was in
that gentleman's happiest vein. The
Capital in its synopsis of the effort
says that .at times he almost startled
his hearers with the holiness of his
speech, as he called spade a spade.
he hit out straight from the shoulder,
putting the brand of demagoguery
where it belonged From portions OF
j the address reproduced in print it is
\ gathered that he not only talked with
a freedom that has seldom been
equalled by public official in the
discussion of public questions. but his
ntterances were not lacking in humor
which met instant appreciation. An
instance in point occurred when he
was introduced b. President George
1 F. Henry, who, in speaking of the
/ senatorial contest, voiced the hope
| that the best man might win Senator
Young Immediately brought rounds Of
laughter when he opened his speech
by saying Il accept the senatorial
nomination under those conditions"
In like vein the speaker of the even
ing told of the impressions he had
had of the insurgents in Washington,
only to find when he got there that
they were quiet and peaceable gentle
men. and that instead of buckskin
pants and bowie knives he found men
who mingled with standpatters, re-
dictionaries, enemies of the common
people. slaves of the interests and
everybody else. He spoke OF the sen.
ate as a splendid place which he did
not intend to give up, and then
drifted into more serious vein, say
ing among other things:
Il haven't lied to man running
for postmaster in Iowa and / don't in
tend to. | am going to play an open
game of politics and see how the
people like it for a change. / haven't
even promised doorkeeperships or
anything else to anybody
Discussing the condition which has
~,
ator Young said that the pressing
political problem is the sacredness of
the ballot. and he said the best rem
edy for this kind of condition any.
where is to teach the youths OF the
country to be patriotic. "The cid 4
veterans never sell their votes, any
where, any time for any price, because
they fought under the flag and have
the real patriotism which makes it i'm /
possible for a man to sell his vote. =
He described the senate in executive 7
session and then declared that Iowa
is the only state where insurgency
and standpatism makes any differ
ence between Republicans, and if we
could get 80 per cent of the selfish
ness out of it in Iowa it wouldn't (
exist here. In Iowa it is the same
old fight over and over again, The {
fight is over in Washington Taking
up the tariff commission, he said:
All the scientific repoIs on the
tariff question will never change the
condition which makes every man
vote against free trade for the pro
ducts OF his own community. 1t will
give us valuable information, but it
won't change the roll call. Free
traders are tariff reformers and in
surgents are their half brothers, but
/ want picture of any free trader
or insurgent asking the commission
to take the duty off products pro-
duced in his own community. Every
insurgent will be against free trade
six months after he gets it and win
pray for the rocks of the world to
fall on him SO he can't hear the peo-
pies disapproval.
Il indict insurgents on another
ground. When they get new idea
they want to take out a patent on it
instead of giving it to the grand old
party. When Grant had a new idea
on specie payment he didn't tell
everybody that they must follow him
or they were whelps, but lit another
cigar and acted for the grand old
party
Senator Young defended President
Taft. He declared the latter is MAX
ing the best President we ever had
He predicted Tafts denomination in
1912 and asked that he be given a
square deal. Mr.. Young then took up
the tariff and in speaking OF the wool
en- schedule said
If the wooden schedule had been
made on the insurgent plan in two
years there would not be wheel /
turning in the wooden factories of this I
country. This applies to everything /
else as well as woolens. If you man.
ufacture goods in Europe you can't {
make them in America. and if you
buy all your goods in Chicago you
won't have stores in Des Moines. All /
merchants are protectionists, they
want peddlers and bankrupt sales
shut out for fear they will ruin their
business Iowa is feeding from
twelve to fourteen millions of people
and If free trade with Canada is es-
tablished that country will feed the
millions of Chicago, Milwaukee, De |
troit. Cleveland. Upper Ssndusky and
the cities and towns along the border