Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-09-12
MARSHALL PAINTS
HUGHES ASF R|ENO
OF STANDPkTTERs
SAYS REPU1Ll-
CAN CANDIDATE is GIVING
wNSPiRED" TALKS.

Winchester, KY, Sept. 9. --Republi-
can criticism OF the Wilson admins
tration was reviewed by Vice Presi-
dent Marshall in speech here today,
with the conclusions that the main
reason offered the country for turn.
ing out the democrats was the desire
of the republicans to get in, and that
Former Justice Hughes campaign
speeches were but echoes of often
heard partisan orations in the senate.
Not only the keen eyed newspapers
man but the every day citizen Mr.,
Marshall said, lis wondering what is
the matter with the speeches Of the
leader In the verbal assault against
the administration.
Just now, chief interest in the re-
publican candidate for president con-
sists in ascertaining whether he be-
longs to the progressive face or the
standpat neck of hts party.
"Manifestly, 1t ,is a difficult task to
talk in tones sufficiently vague and un-
certain to please both Roosevelt and
Barnes. both Penrose and LaFollette.
The candidate Is really to be more
commiserated than criticized.
Nothing New" He Says.
For three years and more 1t has
been my fortune or misfortune to hear
the speeches made In the senate. The
republican candidate Is now repeating
these speeches In abbreviated form
from the stump.
when the candidate announced the
infallibility of the protective tariff, I
recognized the Oft expressed views of
Senator Gallinger of New Hampshire.
When he declared that we were dwell
ing In FOOLS paradise, heard an
echo of the voice of Reed Smoot of
Utah When he talked about Mexico.
| could shut my eyes and see before
me the figure of Senator Fall. When
he condemned pork In connection
with rivers and harbors bills, l tasted
again in homeopathic doses the
speeches, weary hours long, of For
mer Senator Burton Of Ohio. And
when the candidate assaulted the civil
service record of the administration,
realized that he had heard from that
political purist, Bots Penrose Of Penn.
sylvania.
Inspired BY stand Patters.
But in the speeches l have found
nothing that ever fell from the lips OF
such senators as Cummins, Kenyon
LaFollette, Clapp, Norris or Gronna.
The candidates inspiration springs
from the speeches of Penrose, Calm
ger, Smoot, Fall senators Of the
standpat wing Of the party.
THE voter must decide whether he
wants to turn all the important COM
mittees Of the senate over to men who
were brought up in the Aldrich school
OF craftsmanship and are welded to
Its policies.
"Up to this time reasons why dem
ocrats should be put out Of power are
left to the imagination. The main
reason seems to be that the republi-
cans Just want control again. The
country is satisfied with trade condi-
tons and with business, which is un.
precedently large: the people are sat.
isfled with the record of achievements,
which includes more remedial legisla-
ton than ever was written by any two
administrations; our opponents fail to
promise anything in the way OF repeal
or substitutes.
Hits At Hyphens.
For purely partisan purposes, the
republican orators are proclaiming
that the president is an inflrm Ameri.
can and that Amer1canism and repub-
licanism are synonymous But the
people at large realize that American
citizenship is made up of only two
grades OF citizens. Citizen OF the first
grade asks What can I do for my
country while citizen of the second
grade asks, What can get my coun.
try to do for me-?
Our people are becoming more
and more convinced Of the genuine
purpose OF our president to maintain
strict neutrality and an honorable
peace The hyphenated citizens have
been disillusionlzed."