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


Wilson.
Even Hearst himself, who Is now In
Europe, and has been making study
OF European conditions, has been con-
verified to protection and pleads with
Professor Wilson to face about on the
tariff question. Hear what he says:
1T Is useless to talk Of the protective
tariff properly applied, being RESPONSE
BILE for the increased cost of living. II
is worse than useless-it is senseless. 4
Radical tariff reduction does force
manufacturers out OF business and
men out OF employment, and by throw
ing a superabundance OF labor upon
the market, thus reduces the price Of
labor, which Is wages
The Difference In candIdates.
read the other day in some maya
zine an account of an evening spent
with each of these three men--Wilson.
Roosevelt and Taft. This account was
given by man who knows them all
intimately. The evening with Wilson
was at his cottage at Seagirt. There
was delightful dinner, and they sat
down in the twilight In the big hall
and there was a disputed quotation
and that was looked up, and then Pro-
lessor Wilson and the others discussed
their favorite bits Of poetry, and their
favorite authors, and some of the
poetry quoted is very beautiful and
very inspiring. Professor Wilson was
among the books OF others which he
loved. It is true they did not read
what he said In his history in com.
parison of the Chinese as desirable
citizens with the emigrants from
Southern Europe; 1t Is true they did
not read what Mr.. Wilson said in his
history about the panic following the
other Professor Wilson's tariff law.
and the revival Of business after the
administration came in. but
they did enjoy the poetry The writer
goes on to say how he spent another,
delightful evening, and that one was
with Theodore Roosevelt and 1t was
on the steamer Hamburg, when Roose-
welt was on his way to Africa. Tho
ship had passed Gibraltar and entered
the Mediterranean; they were steam
ing toward the sunset along the coast
of Spain. The writer says he joined
Roosevelt for a walk on the deck, that
his spirits arose, and that The talked
of the Hellenic adventurers VINO had
sailed out to the pillars Of Hercules;
OF the ghostly fleets Of successive
generations that had glimpsed the
splendid panorama of the shores, gal
leys of Phoenicians, transports OF
Iberians going to the Punic wars,
down to the magnificent modern
armadas whose prows had cut the in
digo waters The talk was all expedi-.
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burning cities, pirates, heroic forays.
actions at sea, and then was reminded
that the biggest fleet that ever sailed
those waters-a fleet at the sight OF
which Jason would have swooned, and
Villeneuve stared, and Nelson been
confounded-had been there by his
own orders, and he stopped In his walk
and looked out over the rail and back
again and broke into grin and a
chuckle and exclaimed: by George.
that was me, wasn't it," And then he
woke to real enthusiasm and told with
uplifted fist and flashing eye what
that fleet would have done II 1t had
ever had chance. by George"
The other interview was a late
autumn affair at Beverly, by the sea.
"Mr. Taft was preparing for his long
tour of the country. He had gotten
ahead OF his work and had leisure
hour or two, and he sat before the
dying log in his study and meditated
aloud on the subject that really lies
nearest his heart, the prospect Of In
ternational peace. For an hour he
soliloqui2ed. It would have startled
conservative parties could they have
heard him. There was no length to
which the head Of the nation would
not 70 Ito avoid bloody conflict. No
length, l mean, in the direction Of SUBJ
stituting arbitration for war. There
was no scorn which the tongue Of man
can utter that he did not pour out
upon the savage, childish folly Of
standing mon up to shoot at each
other because the governors Of their
countries have been unable to agree"
And the author says: THAT is all.
Mr., Taft's thoughts in his evening
hour turned to peace with the heat OF
conviction Of which those who do not
know him would not have believed
him capable, hurting his defiance into
the face of the hollow popular sentl-
ment that passes for patriotism. Mr..
Taft talked OF peace. Mr.. Roosevelt
on announcer evening, Watching INC SuI
20 down, had babbled Of battles and
went to the wilds of Africa to satisfy
his Unsuitable desire there for the
blood of animals, and came home. and.
true to his character in emulation OF
Wellington and Napoleon, was chiefly
instrumental In defeating peace
treaties which President Taft had
negotiated"
Do you want him for president Of
the United States, or do you want
Taft, the. great, whole-souled, consist
emit, honorable. high-minded, peace low
ling, courteous, William Howard Taft
Disaraceful Conduct
I OF flyer and bowels, in refusing to act,
lis quickly remedied with DR.. Kings
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