Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-19
VOTERS ARE TOLD WHY
TAFT SHOULD. BE REELECTED
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cesses Of speech never before dreamed
of in the bitterest campaign ever Waged.
He has had every honor within the
gift of the American people, and for
years was counted a great leader.
While the republican party could
serve his selfish ends he bestowed
enconiums upon 1t and its great lead.
ers. He even INDUCED in extravagant
praises of William H. TAFT. until tart
stood in the way Of his ambition and
now calumniates and vilifles him. And
all It's is done in the name OF liberty,
and in the alleged interests of the peo-
ple. ooh, liberty what crimes have
been committed in t-y name!" He
Is actually the greediest man Of all
the ages. He wants all the honor and
all the power. It Is "I' and me and
me again.
Tho chiesgo Contests.
Voters. this is a campaign OF rus
tian and personal advancement, to
lead YOU away and keep you away
from the republican party Do you
want to destroy the republican party?
Roosevelt says he will scuttle the
shin. and II you vote for him you are
helping him do It. What reasons do
they give for destroying the republi-
can party at this juncture? On. Roos-
eyelt says, Taft stole the nomination
at Chicago" Have you read Bar
tholdt's speech--it Is by a man who
was a delegate in that convention and
was present at all the hearings on
the contests; and have you read the
statements made by your own Cover
NOV Carroll? Do you believe that he
would stultffy his record and honor
in order to secure the NOMINATION. OF
President Taft? Do you beheve tnat
the other republican leaders would De
parties to such a monstrous crime!
Oh. gentlemen, 1t Is a case OF a cry
Of "Stop, thief" What did Roosevelt
do but to start large number OF rake
contests for the purpose OF deceiving
the people as to the standing OF the
candidates and when these contests
came M for consideration before the
committee, they were abandoned and
# was frankly admitted in the Wash
inpton Post that they were started
for their psychological effect. II q
man should come to you with 2S4 ar
tic1es for sale and tell you they were
genuine and you should examine them
one after another until you had ex-
amined about $50 OF them and found
everyone of them to be bogus, what
would you say about the others?
Would you think his word was good
az to them? What did the national
committee do? 1t sat down in open
session, with stenographers and news
paper men present and heard all Of
these contests for nine days, and pa
tiently considered them all and then
decided them according to the rules
Of the national republican conven-
tion. which had been in force for
nearly half a century, and they de-
,cided them right. / cannot take the
time tonight to discuss these con-
tests in detail. If any Of you are
thinking of voting against Taft, be-
cause OF the cry of fraud, read the
pamphlet entitled "The Truth About
the Delegates. Study it over for
Yourself; just be fair and don't forget
that some of those who are loudest
now in condemnation of the rules and
practices OF tn national convention
took part in the proceedings four and
eight years and even longer and haze
not been free from the charge Of hav-