Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-03-19
SPEECHES The
BIC FEATURE
ELOQUENCE FROM SEVERAL
SOURCES HEARD AT CON-
F"sE vENTION SATURDAY.. t
ENDORSES CLARK
Resolution Favoring Mlssourian and
Double Delegation to eurlins-
ton Were Actions Taken by
the Democrats. .-

! Landing Champ Clark for the nom
ination for the presidency and listen
ing to a number of speeches that
teemed with loyal democratic prin
ciples, If one will accept that of Milo
Reno, who took the occasion to say
few words about the doctrine that
was once advocated by. the populist
party, the convention held Saturday
by Wapello county democrats was one
| in which the dove Of peace was pres
ent and harmony reigned. Speeches
were the feature of the convention
and they were many and rather va
ried except that practically all of the
speakers said good word for Champ
Clark. A resolution heartily endors
ing the nomination of Mr. Clark a
Baltimore was returned by the resolu
lions committee and adopted without
dissenting vote. A double delegation
| was reported by the delegate com
mittee, which also selected alternates
and the report was adopted. y
The woods seemed full Of candi
dates for the nomination Of represen
| tative in the state legislature, and
while the two committees were en-
gagged in framing resolutions and Sc
llecting delegates to the state conven
Ition, the following legislative candi
dates were called upon to address the
! convention: R. J. Shanahan, E. J.
Bradley, e. R. Mitchell, Jess Breon
and Sherman Beall. 1%
Others called upon for remarks
who made short talks, were:
j. w. Lewis, Fred Wilcox, DR.. G. A
Henry, E. G. Moon, N. F. Reed, Jo
Jaques, Senator John F. Weber, T.
J. Phillips, Guy Hall, Milo Reno, ]. j.
Smith and T. H. Picker.
Moon Optimistic.
f.. G. Moon, whose nomination pa
pers were circulated for the first time
at the convention Saturday, stated in
his remarks that the present time
looked brighter. for democracy than
it had any time in recent years. He
said that there has been divisions In
the party, but that differences were
those which spring among honest men
at times.
He made a plea for organization
saving that the present is not a time
for discussing the things to be advo
Gated because these things were made
plain in the past twelve years, but
that democrats begin to organize &c
carry out the things all democrats
know to be advocated by the party
and to realize that the county conven
ton is but first step in the making
Of president for the nation
T. H. Picker followed Mr.. Moon
and urged for organization, saying
that the best way for the party to get
results was to organize i'm the several
precincts that the voters be seen to
have registered, and then to get them
out to the polls on election day.
Jacques Clark Man. d. ...i. q
10 r. jacques stated that he was
late in arriving, but that. he was
gratified to learn that Champ Clark
had been endorsed for the presidency
and that he was sure the party would
ride to victory under the banner OF
Clark. | Co.,. B..
J. j. Smith expressed pleasure at
the united appearance of the democrat
party throughout the country and
said it was a pleasure for old timers
in the party who stood by 1t for the
past quarter of century, to see the
principles of Jefferson and Jackson
being brought into the platform OF
the other great party, which, said he,
is divided because of the disposition
of some to seek Office for the spoils
of Office. He said the democratic party
was now united for one common
cause and in one common spirit.
T. ]. Phillips announced that he
was still democrat and that regard
less of whom the party placed at its
head he would support the ticket.
Senator John F. Weber announced
himself as pleased with the unanimity
of the party and urged that all stand
by the principles of democracy rather
than by the success of the party.
Reno Starts Fun. &c.,.
The fun started when Milo Reno
enterted the convention room and was
Immediately pressed for speech. he
made one, and that is not all-he
struck right and left taking particular
delight in hitting the lawyers. He
announced himself as former repub
lican who had chosen democracy for
his part, although he later made. the
declaration that the reforms of the
democratic party were all taken from
the populist party and he challenged
any man in the room to dispute the
statement. saying that If he should
weigh under 300 pounds he would take
a fall out Of him. After lambasting
the lawyers he took occasion to call
Theodore Roosevelt liar, saying that
Roosevelt lied and the truth was not
in him when he made his speech at
Minneapolis and then made Philander
Knox attorney general accus-
ing Mr.. Knox Of being the patron
of the big trusts In closing he said
that he was for the neighbor from
Missouri who owned the houn' dog.
Urged Organization.
A talk on the merits Of organization
by N. F. Reed state chairman of Iowa
democracy, closed the convention.
Chairman Reed said the democratic
party in Iowa at present has the best
organization that it has had for the
past twenty years. He said that he
did not want an Office and would not
accept an office, but that he was in
the fight to see that the right men
would get in Office.
The delegates selected to attend the
state convention to be held in Burling-
ton May 16 are as follows:
H.