Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-04-09
past has been.

past has been.
He was the friend of Mckinley and
Roosevelt, as he is today the friend OF
Taft. He has supported to the best of
| his ability the general program Of the
present administration with the excep-
ton of Canadian reciprocity. He firmly
believes today that in that attitude Of
opposition to free trade with Canada In
| agricultural products he represented
| the overwhelming sentiment OF the
voters Of Iowa.
He was for a gold standard at a time
when bimetallism challenged the pop
ular acclaim, but has lived to see his
own tenaciously held monetary views
because the accepted policy of the land.
At an early age he had to begin
working for living. For twenty years
he served as a practical printer and
was a member of the Typographical
union. He employs union men in every
department of his newspaper with
which unions are identified. He has
never had a strike. His synpathies are
with the men and women who toll and
his advice to wage earners mas always
been to save money and become owners
of home.
He has made success of his own
business. 1t Is coming to be more and
more accepted as one Of the axioms Of
governmental administration that a
man who has successfully managed his
own private affairs is the man who can
reasonably be trusted to do as we'll in
the public service. u. . r..
His services as political speaker
have been in demand by every national
committee since the Blaine campaign
and the state campaign records show
that he has filed more speaking dates
and talked to more people than any
other public man in Iowa. He has filled
his own dates and when other cam
paign speakers were unable to keep
their appointments it was LATE Young
who travelled in freight trains or over
muddy roads in order that the date
might be filled.
His newspaper has always stood for
g. constant elevation of the standards
Of public service, and the anti-graft
crusade against the Polk county court
house and Des Moines school board
rings has attracted the commendatory
attention not only Of Des Motnes and
Polk county, but the entire state.
His travels have extended around
the world. He understands the art OF
close observation. He has studied sys-
TENS Of government. He is at home in
the atmosphere of debate. With this
equipment he was able in five short
months in the United States senate to
win the following tribute from the en-
inent Elihu Root:
During many years of familiar
+ ity with governmental affairs at
Washington, I have not known
anyone to produce more powerful
and favorable impression in so
short time than you produced
during your brief service in the
senate. The general estimate Of
your associates. in which I share
withour reserve. rated you as an
exceedingly valuable public SER
want and an honor to your state.
This Is a testimonial which Mr..
Youngs friends especially appreciate in
view Of the fact than no less distin- |
guished judge of public men than !
Theodore Roosevelt once said Of Elihu |
Root: HE is the greatest man that has |
appeared in the public life of any coun- |
try in any position on either side Of the |
ocean during my time
The republicans of Iowa who have |
pledged their support to Mr.. Youngs |
for the United States senate |
have therefore uniformly expressed this |
If he was able to make such |
a record in five months. what might he |
not be able to do for Iowa in six years?
If nominated and elected Lafayette
Young will enter the United States
senate without pledge or promise other
than that of a. patriotic determination |
to serve the highest interests of the |
state which was honored him.