Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-03-16
CORE AND HARPER
talk POLITICS
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR
MAYOR DISCUSSES EVENTS
WITH BLIND SENATOR.
CAPTAIN LOOKS FRESH
In Company With Mrs. Harper he Re-
turned Yesterday Afternoon From
sojourn In the Sunny
Southland.

Captain S. H. Harper took his frs
! workout in the city campaign yester
day while EN- route to Ottumwa from
Chicago. With Senator T. P. Gore, 6
fellow passenger, Captain Harper dis
cussed politics and the blind statesman
of Oklahoma gave the Ottumwa citi
zen some positive testimony on the
reciprocity treaty and the tariff.
Accompanied by Mrs. Harper, Cap
tain Harper arrived home yesterday
afternoon on Burlington No, 8. They
have been in the south, spending four
days with friends at Atlanta, Ga, and
the remainder of the six weeks in Day,
tona, Florida. Senator Gore was pas,
senger on Burlington No. 9 yesterday
from Chicago to Keokuk, where the
senator spoke last night. The dis.
tinguished southerner sat opposite
Captain Harper, and the latter, recog-
nizing the blind senator, introduced
himself. Immediately politics was the
issue. l
Discusses Reciprocity.
my talk with the senator was most
enjoyable" remarked Captain Harper
this morning. II asked him what
chance the Canadian reciprocity
treaty would have with the next COIL
gress, and he promptly replied, None
at ALL When asked the reason why.
Senator Gore replied that they were
going to incorporate the best features
of the reciprocity treaty in tariff bill
and pass that. Upon being informed Of
this l Immediately asked him If he
had any idea that the senate would
pass any radical tariff measure the
democrats should draft, and he re.
marked that the bill would not be radi-
cal and that the republican senate
would vote for it. He said that the
tariff measure would modify the cotton,
wool, iron and steel schedules, and
few items in the lumber schedule
would be changed. The senator seemed
to lay stress upon the fact that the
tariff bill to be made by the next house
would not be featured with the usual
democratic extremes, and he expressed
himself as most hopeful of its passing
the senate, which he said would have
a republican majority of eight.
''The decision of the supreme court
in the cases of the American Tobacco
Co. and the Standard OIL Co., which
will be passed soon, also came up in
the discussion, and the senator re-
marked that he thought the decisio'
would be a dog fall meaning that
neither party would be wholly saris-
fed with it. He hoped 1t would define
what corporations were legal and bene-
fetal and what were detrimental to the
country
Thoroughly Enjoyed Trip.
Captain Harper and Mrs. Harper
enjoyed the past six weeks
in the beautiful southern country, and
have returned much refreshed from
their trip. Captain Harper, when greet
ing his numerous friends this morning,
showed his unusually good health by
his hearty handshakes. He speaks In
glowing terms of the southland, but is
extremely glad to get back to Ottum-
wa and to enter the campaign for the
office OF mayor. Captain Harper re-
marked to his friends this morning
that his campaign started when he set
his foot down at the union depot yes
terday afternoon and it is going to CON-
tinue until the close Of the polls on
March q.