Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-03-05

This is the concluding paragraph OF
the strong resolutions adopted at the
Wapello county republican convention
in Ottumwa this afternoon. In addi-
ton to adopting resolutions of indorse-
ment of the Taft administration, the
convention selected delegates to the
sixth district convention at Oskaloosa
next Wednesday and delegates to the
state convention in Cedar Rapids next
April pledged to vote fer instructed
Taft delegates to the Chicago conven-
ton H. l.. Waterman, presiding as
chairman of the convention, made q
stirring speech in which his praise OF
President Taft's3 administration was
heartily cheered The report of the
resolutions, demanding square
DEAL for the president and pledging
him Wapello county's support also was
greeted with cheers and adopted
unanimously
The convention was called to order
by County Chairman Chase Bannister
promptly at 80 and the roll of town
ships was called Chairman Bannister
then introduced H. l.. Waterman as
temporary chairman of the conven.
ton. ........>.
Chairman Waterman's Address.
Mr.. Waterman was greeted with ap.
plause as he opened his address as
temporary chairman of the conven-
ton, and during the course of his re-
marks his references to President
Taft were repeatedly cheered., Mr..
Waterman said:
This convention is called for the
purpose of electing delegates to the
district and state conventions, which
in turn are to elect delegates to the
Chicago national republican conven.
ton.
eff read Alright the purposes In the
minds of a large majority Of the dele
gates Of this convention, 1t ts not to
concern themselves with the ambi'
lions of either ex-President Roosevelt,
Senator LaFollette or Senator Cum
MINIS, but to perform plain party
duty by doing whatever lies In their
power to secure the denomination and
reelection of President Taft.
ut has been the 1nvariable party
custom to give to every elected repub-
lican president who sought 1t, renom-
nation for a second term. IT we should
fail to do so in the present instance 1t
would be a Reputation OF President
Taft's administration. Whoever Is the
nominee, the party will have to make
the fight on it's record, and 1t can not
do so successfully if it repudiates the
maker of that record. If we fail to re-
nominate him, We must be able to sat
isfy the people that he is unworthy
of their further support, or else by
their votes next November they will
repudiate the nominee who pre-empts
his rightful place.
Taft Redeemed Every Pledge.
81 say it without fear of successful
contradiction that President Taft has
redeemed every pledge made in the
national republican platform, or made
by him as the leader of the party, so
far as lay in his power. He obtained
the best results possible out of the
Payne tariff bill, measure which
ex-President Roosevelt declared to be
better than the previous tarif act and
much better than the one before that
He successfully advocated the crea-
ton of tariff commission whose pur-
pose it is to gather data on cost OF
production here and abroad in order
that the various schedules may be in
telligently revised so as to afford suf-
ficient protection, and no more. This
method for making future revisions
was advocated by the party in large
number of the states, including our
own state of Iowa.
"The fret schedule to be reported
by the tariff board, which was made
several months ago to the congress,
and claimed to be the most indefen-
sible of all the schedules, is left un-
touched by the democratic majority in
the lower house. while they play poll
tics by considering other schedules on
which they have little or no reliable
information.