Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-19

II the ldDOreT mas ready eHplOymcIit al
better wages than ever before, he ID
counseled to Join in this clamor for a
change. Enjoying higher prices for his
! land and his produce than ever before,
the farmer Is invited to lend his voice
to this demand for change. The bank
err, the merchant. the manufacturer,
though all having their full share Of
this abundance. are urged to join tho
p-ocession---just TO have a change.
| The nation is living at peace with all
mankind. enjoying the gentle sway OF
humane, just and liberal laws, admin
istered with diligence and impartfality.
Yet the president under whose admin
thje man IN the white house WHO has
Sawed but one term with 80 much
credit. is tn be turned out in favor cs
| those who cry change, and man WHO
| has served two terms IL to be given q
third, In Violation OF the unwri: eI. law
! OF the land.
The material growth and dev.iop-
mont Of the CO untIy during the pas. ten
yelrs Is without parallel In all tho
history Of our land
Never before in all the his ory e.
this round wclid have comforts Of l'fe
been SO sburd&ntly shar.l by all
classes as during the past ten years in
TIM, United States of America.
Things that generation igo weie
il.x;lries Heycnd the reach Of all save
only the favored few. are now en:ovsf
H. I'LL.
| Men and women are better fed betrer
| clad. better Infused than ever before.
lIht laborer never had so large share
in government. Laws now a. never be-
+ 'rr are f'r his atalth. comfort ARD
safety. chose in office never listened
SO int-ntly to know his wisi,s and
wants !, was never 80 hard to clrrt
Ia ri. II man to an office: never SO hal d
t,- corporation or a rich man 20 Win
a lawsuit. never SO easy for oocr n,nl
/, vii, q verdict IS VOW. In sh rt, ncve,
| bel, r.. WAS, the sc Velnment In 50 real u
s..nse, the strong snstaining ha Of the
weak and lowly, the government Of all
alike the government OF the average
citizen, the common people, as today
The dollar was rever before sso cflesp
| NIL :l,r Individual man at so high 4
| pr .niiun1. Never tefore was tila spirit
Of genuine Christian altruism so wide
! ~ ILLUSTRATED on earth and In all :he
tnrres and amonEsi all the m i help
| ing alorr toward this state Of general
happiness and universal justice, none
| has led on in ad.arce Of the prese n. &C.
! cu,,ant Of the white house. William
| Howard Taft.
James n. Trewin's Speech.
I bring you greeting tonight from
volunteer army Of more than 1000
captains and Heutenants and more
than $4,000 active workers in the ranks
all over Iowa. for the reelection Of
President Taft. You men Of 81 well
know that no more efficient and pa
triotic army ever fought for the coun-
| try's welfare than volunteer army
and all are inIbubed with high pur-
pose and with no selfish ends in view.
This Taft club army is not under pay.
| It has no war chests bursting with the
gold of the harvester trust or of the
| Standard Oil trust, or of the Morgan
interests. It's only hope Of reward Is
appreciation Of public service worth
| lily done. There are no Hessians In
!, its ranks and no deserters from its
ranks, and I am pleased to report to
you that It Is gaining recruits with
great rapidity and that offers you as
surance that It will be victorious in
Iowa in November. ~
What is the matter politically?
Were there ever such times, was there
ever such prosperity, were there ever
80 many men so happily employed and
with such splendid wages? All the
wheels of industry are humming and
there is not discordant note In the
LAND, except only by him who is trying
to get into the oat bin.
The Case Of Roosevelt.
But, seriously. what are the real
tissues in this campaign? AS see 1t,
there are really two: first and para
mount the one involved In the self
instituted, and self-conducted candi-
dacy of Theodore Roosevelt, selfshly
encouraged by such malfactors OF
great wealth as George w. Perkins,
Boss. Finn, Medill Mccormick, and
coteries of disappointed Office seekers.
| BY the lavish expenditure OF money
and an audacious campaign they
fooled a good many people at the
primaries, and are endeavoring to 40
/ the same thing at the election. Theo-
dore Roosevelt's candidacy for the
third term, based upon his record as an
autocrat, and fed by his Unsuitable am
| bition, is the greatest menace 10 the
i very foundations of our liberties ana
of our constitutional government since
rebel guns were fired on FIT. Sumpter.
What are some of the things which
he proposes to do? To establish the
executive as the only governmental
power and to accomplish this he pro-
poses the monstrous doctrine OF the
recall of judges, and judicial decisions,
1 and the submitting of intricate ques-
tons of law and of equity and OF right
and Justice after they have been
passed upon by the courts, to vote
! Of the people under the pretense that
thereby the rule Of the people will Be
established and their liberties en-
HANGED and preserved. What q hollow
monkery! The courts were eetaD-
lished and are maintained for the pro-
lection of >minorities> for the proteo-
ton of the weak against the strong,
and I say deliberately, after an ex'
perience of more than 80 years IN the
courts. and what I conceive to be some
critical observation Of their proceed
in.ss and the trials Judgments IN
causes, that he courts Of this land,
from that magnificent patriotic body
of men which have always constituted
the supreme court Of the United
states, to the lowest court in the land.
have dealt out yeven-handed justice