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ous achievements and humane pro- cedure. (Applause.) Seeking to mar the glory of our nation's triumph and suc- cess by the imputation of intentional cruelty they hope to steal their way in- to the national councils to carry out their pernicious purpose of inflation and repudiation. Such is their un- worthy scheme uncovered. Sympathy is a most noble virtue, one of the sweetest flowers that blossoms in the garden of the human heart. But contrived, concocted, advertised condolence, professed for evil purpose, is an execreable weed of wickedness. Genuine sympathy does not seek the advertising medium of political plat- forms any more than :true penitence l)u'blishes its prayers. ,Somebody said that Abraham Lincoln flid acts of char- ity as stealthily as some men com- mit crime, and yet Abraham Lincoln dlid not esca~ the same kind of wicked censure that is being made against the administration of President Mc- Kinley. (Applause.) Performance and Pretension. These accusers of the administration occupy a peculiar position. Having voted in congress against the neces- sary revenue to feed and clothe and care for soldiers, they feed them gen- erously now on political platforms and manufactured sympathy overdue. Hav- ~ing voted in congress against giving the citizen soldier the privilege of vot- ing in, the field or camp, they now ap- peal to the suffrage of their .relatives and friends Driven to the wall,~his m~- cellaneous political outfit ~hich la now aeeuslng the administration of mis- management and cruelty, is compelIed to say, "Oh, yes; we voted against the war revenue measure which provides food and clothes and medicines and hospitals for the soldiers, ,but look at the sy~npathy we have expended in our platforms!" They voted against per- mitring the soldiers to cast.their hal- los in southern camps, but behold the .political tears they are shed.d~lng now! To be sure, they dragged this nation to %he lowest ditch of panic and dis- aster during the four long and weary year~ .of their blighting power and when the distresse~ and famished pen- pie had lashed them out af the temple, leaving but a lame minority, they as- sumed their usual avocation as ab- stractionists, flllbu~tering anal retard- ins legislation that was proposed to improve the army service, and now, with their belate@ lamentation, their eleventh hour condolence, their plat- form syml)athy, they expect to be re- warded in the full measur~ and, ac~ cor~ing to the political they, this: agalm~t the army. The army is afflicted with sickness. Therefore restore the popo- ~atl~ t~art :to t~W~r aol~ can cheapen Lhe dollar for the army. Where to Find the Facts Let ~it be remembered when you read their plaintive paragraphs, that every ration, every dose of medicine, every blanket bought by the government for the volunteer who left his home at the country's call, was protested against by t'he negative v~tes of popocra~s in the congress of the United States, and let it be remembered that not a single republican voted against any mbasure providting fox the needs and com~ort of the soldiers. (Applause.) Look at the Congressional Record for April 29th and you will find that every negative vote ea~t . against the war revenue measure was cas~ hy a popocrat, including Mr. Bai- ley, their leader. Look at the Congres- sional ~cord for June 10~h mad you will find that @very negative vote cast e~tinst Major Lacey's measure to per- re, it sol~ers voting In the field was cast by a popocrat, inclu, ding their leader, Mr. Bailey. Look at the Con- " gressional Record for May 12, May 24, June 1, June 16, June 20, June 23 and for the closing days of the session and you will find that every" objection that was made to the consideration of measures reported from the ,m~lltary committee requiring unanimous con- sent and providing for the betterment of ~the army and navy and for relief ~hat wa~ deemed necessary, was made ~)y" a popocrat and many measures were t'hereby thwarted. No Wars of Conquest War and its attending calamities is never to be sought, The president and congress, rc4nd~ul of the woes of war both to the vanquished and victorious, exhausted every peaee~uI .means, .be- fore resorting to arms. The United States has never waged a war of conquest nor entertained a thought of Interfering with the sovereignty of other gover~ment~ while our own rights and interes,ts were unmolested. Although syml)athizing with every struggle that ,ha~ 'been made for the achievement of liberty and self-gov- ernment, It has never beech the policy or practice of this nation to meddle WRh the management of other powers or to menace their 'authority as exer- elsed among thelr own dependencles. The United Srcates would~ not have thought of interfering with the Span- is~ government except for the inJuYies we h~td sustained and the serious and continuous detrimentwhieh.~ve suffered bF reas~m of their unei~tHzed, inhuman and unlawf~rl acts. ~It is the right of every nation to d~fend ~ltself and to protect its own. More ~:han that, it Is morally rbound tO do so. Causes of Recent War The causes of the interference (~f this nation with the barbarous practices ~)f Spain involves the history of continu- ous crime which that power had been committing ~in our immediate vicinity contrary to and in violation of the law of nations and of ,civilization and which finally ,brought about and cul- minated in the horrible disaster which took the lives of t~vo hundred and six- ty of our ~eamen, for which the king- dom of Spain should have at once real- ized and recognize(l its responsibil- ity and accountability if it were not utterly incapa)ble of such realization by reason of its long continued, igno- minious and criminal career, present- ing at last to the eyes of the world the spectacle of its bankrupt and cred- itiess condition, not only financially, but morally. That history of contin- uous c~iminal oppression and the threatening situation then existing in the island of Cuba and its material and disastrous effects upon our people and their interests had 'been clearly set forth in the message of our president and in those of his predecessors. Spain's Barbarous Record Washington, D. C. The number of deaths, including thoso killed in bat- fie and those who haw died of wounds and sickness, is about the same as the number who have died in the city of Washington from natural causes in the same period .of time. The nation mourns their loss as it mourned the gallant crew who manned the Maine. If recompence is possible, it shall be witnessed lathe vindication o~ our nation's honor and fidelity to its citizens and in the march of civili- zation and its commerce. (Yhe stars and stripes are shining over Puerto Rico and Manila Bay. (Applause.t The Antilles and the Philippines have learned the names of Dewey and Mc- Kinley and while Cuba has lost tl~c asides of Columbus, it has fallen hen to the fadeless names of John Brown and Abraham Lincoln. (Great ap- plause.) Liberty is infusive. Civilization s~ops not with the seas. Commerce is the ally of civilization. The Almighty puzzles man with the barriers of mountains an~l the billows of the sea, just m ~ind out who is worthy of permanent fooJ~h.qlds in the world. (ApplaUse.) Moral Fitness of the War No power or ci il organization upon the earth Wh~ieh recogmzed our right and duty - to defend' and pro- tect our citizens and their interests could fail to see the propriety and Justness of war interven- tion. A quarter of a century of most l~tient endurance . had born witness to our unparalleled forbearance and with the declarations of the resolu- tions of the house of repesentatives, shown beyond all question the high and worthy motive which actuated our nation's course. The tribute of blood and treasure which had alreaanner of their country is the sure .protection of its brave de- fenders, must not be made to %lush by the mocke]:y of ~hameful and dishon- orable peace. If ever the h~man rac~ should reach t~at state of unbelievable degeneracy where the average n~an will peacefully asse~at to the assassi- nation of 'his brother under ~helr com- mon country's flag, then will the Su- 9reme~Ruler view the ~hameful spec- tacle but ~or a moment and adjourn the universe sine, dle. (Applause.) The preslde~t of the U~ited States asked for power to intervene. With- out delay the congress granted It, He asked for force on land and sea to ex- ecute that interventlon and seventy million people answered "Aye" to the Just and, patrlotlc call. The ea~le fin- ally discerned the truth and drove the vulture from its prey. (Great ap- plause) Marvel of the Centuries The marvel of all the een'turles is the aehlevement of American arms in that war. Never was,~ nation sub- dued so quickly as was Spain and never was such a com~rehenslve vic-" tory won with so little los~ of life to the conquering ,power. To be s~re there ,has been death and, slckness. At the outbreak of the ~ar we had a standing army of something over twenty-five thousand men. W~Ith~n one hundred days we had over two 'hundred thous- and volunteers eq~pped and In the field---men who were not used to war and many of whom had. nevm- seen a southern clime. The num )er enroll- ed In that victorious army was about the same as the number of inhabitants of the city o[ oceffpieS the sea. The longer ~nd.night. They of Father no [u- d~ice, thus fulfill in- ties for trade a~nd i course for commerce, l f~r products, for all hap- l~ie~ world. A Righteous ,'My fellow citizens, in of tile ~Ict~ries of Americam arms and 'patriotism, we are prolmsing to in- augurate an enthusiastic endor~ement of an American has proved, himself as at the ,helm of the ~ of gta.te u~ did the bridge of the ause.I We are about al of a patriotib ion of public affairs by whose majority has given I t~ a righteous The republican in 'the greatest crisis in the history of any reached its greatest aires time to .be ready ~0r the and there was not a man, ~0~lan or child from M~ttne t~ Califormta~ w~no did not inwardly rejoice "t]~a~ the lmrty of Kb- r~ham IAneoIn and of Ul ~es S. Grant was in ~m, mand when the cloud of war bur~t upon, land an~ sea in 1898. (Applause.) Not tha~. republicans are braver than are other par, tisan~, hut beeause they have always been capable of originat- ing and carrying out ideas. ~here are two kinds of people in this world. those who criticlse and those who ac- complish, those who talk about what augh~ to be done a~d ~hose who do it. If they had not, we ~houId l~robably still be talking ~bout what ought to be done in Cuba~ ~Ynder the direction era rewublican comm~mder-ln-chief, the army of ~he United States has carried the victorious flag of the union into two hemispheres since corn- planting time, and her .matchless sol- diers ~rom.north and south, east and we~t have defeated one of the oldest kingdoms of the earth in time for some of them to Set back for the fall l plowing (applause), while the Ameri- can navy has achieved the most bril- liant victories of all time and ~i,~h such celerity that the barnacle~ hardly had time to settle on their bottom~ / A pplause. ) The Party of Progress The republican party is the progres* sire element in American life and his- tory--the liberator~ of slaves, the fos- terers of industry, the builders of con- tinental railways, the promoters of commerce, the upholders of an hon- est medium o[ exchange, the protect- ors of national and individual rights. the punishers of wrong the hearers o~ the starry banner of the un- ion wherever commerce leads ou land and sea. (Applause.) Tw.) years ago it took the industries of our country, languishing in the helpless hands of failure and disasler, and set their wheels to turning and their axles whirling and their looms to spinning until today there is hardly an idle man all America who wants to work It took the credit of our coun- try threatened by the elond of doubt, staggering with uncertainty by reason of the proposition of repudia- tion, and has pl~tced it so high in the estimation of tho p(rblic that one in every two hundred and fifty of our citizens have become voluntary bond- hol.ders and the balance clamoring for a chanee to buy. (Applause.) The republican party invites every man who beHoves in patriotism, hon- esty and prosperity, to join the proces- sion of human progress as it marches out of the nineteenth century into the twentieth bearing the banner of un- rivalled success and a reunited country. (Continued Applause.) STATE TICKET, Secretary of State (ieorge L. Dobson, Polk County .Treasurer of State John Herriott, Outhrie County Auditor of State F. F. /~lerrmm, Delaware County Judgeof Supreme Court s H. E. Deemer, Montgomery Co Clerk of Supreme Court C.~T. Jones, Washington County Reporter Supreme Court B. I. SaUnger, Carroll County Attorney -(ieneral Milton Remley, Johnson County ailr.oad Commissioner Welcome/'lowry, Tama County Railroad Commissioner, to fill VaCaUCy, D. J, Palmer Washingto~a County CKET, of and regard the measures and policies thereof as a concrete expression o~ republican statesmanship. Especially do we com- mend his course during the present war with Spain, his wisdom and fore- bearance in seeking a peaceable solu- tlo of the Cuban question before re- sorting to at.me, wnlie at the same time prudently preparing- for war. and when circumstances finally made arm- ed intervention necessary his vigor and energy in the proseeution of the war. ~"The experience of the past two years has fully approved th0 gold standard policy of the renubiiea~a par- ty declared by the natlonal conven- tion in 1896. We recognize the notes. sity of comprehensive enlightened Inonetary legislation The monetary standard of this country and the com- mercial world is gold. The perma- nence of this s~mdarfl must be as- sured by congressional legislation, giv- ing to it the validity and vitality of' public law. All money must be kept at a parity with gold. Our money, like our institutions, should he main- tained equal to the bast in the world. On this plank we invite the support of all voters who desire honesty and sta- bility in business affairs, and the im- mediate and permanent settlement of the question of the standard of value, "V~re reaffirm our belief in recipro- city and protection. We congratulate the people on the fact that a republic- an congress enacted a protective tariff which as brought prosperity to the country, and we pledge ourselves to favor such changes in the present re- publican revenue law as experience may dictate or changed conditions may demand. "That we favor the upbuildlng of the American merchant marine, the speedy construction of the Nicaragua canal, the-securing of naval and co~l- ing stations and the protection of American rights in every quarter of the world with an adequate navy. 'That the republican party, under whose policies and administration prosperity" has been restored and a foreign war successfully conducted, has ear,led the right to be,further en- trusted with the task of solving the territorial, colonial, and commercial problems that have resulted from the war. "That it is due to the cause of hu- manity and civilization, for which the war with buain wa~ fought, that no people wm,~ ]mv in consequence thereof been freed from oppression. shall, with the consent or through the i~difference of the United States. be returned to such oppresslon or per- mltted to tanse into barbarism. "That the soldiers, sailors, and ma- rines, both regulars and volunteers, of the army and navy have in the war with Spain exemplified bravery and self--sacrifice, like unto that displayed by previous defenders of the re0ublie, not only have they earned the most profound gratitude of the nation, but they have "given the United States a new dignity and rank among the greatest and most powerful nations of the ~arth. 'That the Iowa volunteers who this year~ so promptly responded to the president's call for enlistments have won the proud appreciation of the state, though they did not reach the front of battle, they have paid and are yet paying in hardship, self-sacrifice. sickness and even death, the price of soldierly duty. Their needs should have the promptest consideration a~d attention which the sta~e or nation can give. "We heartily endorse the able and business-like administration of Gov- ernor Shaw, as displayed by his pru- dent and conscientious discharge public duties, and especially .do we commend him for his constan~ and un- tiring efforts made on behalf of the Iowa soldiers, whethe, in camp or sick in the hospital. "That we tender grateful acknowl- edgementt to all who have l~elped the, party ~o the opportunity to do the gre~ good i~ lm~ do~e, and especially do we appreciate the servieea of inde- pendent v@wrs o~ 1896 and 1897, pl~tced the honor of the coun.try party. We invite for the party's en finaz~cAal and o~.her policies t~e co- opera~ton and sUppO~, of all." "Poor Richard'M' Maxims. Take this remark from shame. No Where there's there Do good to thy friend to thy enemy-to gain him. Davenport Times: Orey Fuller, lad from Cedar Rapids, who was ployed as a bell boy a't the house, was arrested this morning Detective McManus for the theft of nickel plated watch trom another boy of the same hotel. Mine Ho~t Sommers refused to prosecute the lad and he was accordingly, turned loose with a warning to leave town. The Santa Fe has ordered thirty new locomotives. They are ~o be delivered at the rate of two or three a month c,mmencing with December. It ts stated that 'the new equipment will be necessary when the Santa Fe has se- cured ,lireet entrance to San Francisco end has s,tarted upon a propo~d cam- paign against the Southern Pacifc California monopoly. A convention of Christian Scientists will be held at Clin,ton, commencing Nov. 5. Waterloo will send a strong delega- tion to the winter, meeting of the Iowa State Firemen s association, to ,be held here Nov. 15 and 16, and ex- tend an tnvitatio~ to the association to ,hold their annu~tl tournament in that city next June. (~edar Rapids should have the tournament next year, and it is understood can have it .by simply asking for it. The country roads are said to be in bad condition as a result of the recent rains a~d anew, T~he Cedar Valley Poultry associa- non will hold its second annual exhi- /litton at Cedar Falls on December 13 to 17, It is believed .that the recent snow storm will result in great damage to the corn crop. It will require much dry weather to pu,t the corn in good cribbing condRlon. It is said there has not been such a fall of snow in Iowa before for twenty yeara 'The telegraph and, telephone onl- ponies are Just beginning to get their systems in som thing like working order for the first time since the d~- moralizing snow storm of the first of the week.