Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-17
PROUTY SPEAKS
FOR STATE TICKET
CONGRESS MAN 0h oN'
CLARKE AND KENYON sHooN0
az ELECTED.

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= p,n,,+v in an address to his nome
sc,i.s nf Marion county praised NJ NJ,
80, .,d clarke and declared that 'hes
should be elected. u, IN ron.
after reviewing his record III coii,
s+at;np what he had done ana
was trying to do, revleWlhs rass.
the issues raised in recent Ios % 9
,nnal controversies, he cohciuoeo 90
follows: ,n,, IN a nrac.
+ical question. You had piim NC
here in june. I suppose an rep po,mi.
n participated in it. You nom nt
natad a ticket. Some men that wen'
ito that urinary won and some lost'
49, In tho DAYS when | used 10 GU
sase in notifies in Marion county tne
nan who entered a caucus, conVenti :, u
~ urinary. win or lose, felt pound w W,
4 and I believe that honest men ~
onn sider themselves now. A primary :
- a Wind of a court of arbitratloh ~
-ybich candidates submit their canui.
San;as and honorable men, III tne
absence of fraud, will CONSIDER 'n'
selves bound thereby. .,,.
cat that primary there was nonl
mated for governor of this state' ue9Is ss
NJ clarke A cleaner, purer man ooes
not live in Iowa. He won ralriy a.
H. urinary. Now please tell me why
anv man that participated IN the pr ~
NARY should now desert George W.
rIarlxeq Why should any progressive
~ least desert him? TO say the
least, gentlemen, he is just as soou .
progressive as the man that oppos. s.,
him. He has been most ac'ls1 49,
nlacine upon the statute DOCKS VI ~"
those measures Of human rights tn"'
have placed Iowa in the foremosI ram
Of the progressive states OF thls unio ~
a all times and at all places ne mas
been tho persistent advocate or con
seryativ.a progressivism. NOW why
ahonl1 there be another candidate pu.
an AGAINST him? What has he done!
Notbiny except. that he has said ina.
10 was 81 inc to support the ticket OF
the rer blican party-the party TO
vh;cb 10 ,hel, ngs, the party to Wnlch
Won i,c:cnged. every one of you, at the
time ha was nominated. Now, honor
hr;plt gentlemen. what would you eX.
nect republican that was nominated
On the republican ticket to 40? Wnal
would -cu do if you We're IN George
.Clar.1e's place?
"Noy take if you please, the case OF
senator Kenyon. He went into the
June primary and won the republican
nomination. There is no truer, PRAYER
or holder man in the U. S. senate tnan
will Ken.on. There is no one there
that has fought harder corporate
domination, or boss rule. BY instinct
he is against the, boss; he is against
corruption, in politics and oppression
n business. If there ever was a man
Of the people, and for the people, II
Is Will Kenyon. Lorimer can attribute
his overthrow more to the tireless ef'
fort and courageous stand OF VIII Ken
ven than to any other man IN the
American senate. attended nearly
ALI the sessions of the committee When
the evidence was being taken. | heard
ali the discussions upon the moor o,
the senate. and say deliberately and
adyisedly, If it had not been TOR the
efforts Of Senator Kenyon, William
Lorimer would today be occupying
seat in the American congress-.
He said the only way to elect Ken
Won is to elect a republican legls9a
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