The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-05-25
The Congressional Convention.

The congressional Convention for
this district Is called to meet ut Post
Vile within the next three weeks.
Its duty will be to put In nomination
n man who will represent the indus
trial interests Of the people versus
the railroads and the banks and the
candidate whom these corporate In
dividuals have already agreed upon
to represent their interests.
This congressional district Is one
Of the most exclusively agricultural
and industrial OF any In the state. It
has abundant material from among
the laboring classes out Of which to
make . congressman, instead Of ig-
noring the producing classes and
sending . railroad attorney and na-
tional hank advocate TO betray them
and their interests to the tendermer-
cies OF corporate communism. It has
been well said: Labor Is the COR
ncr stone and foundation OF society"
II broad, massive and secure, Ill SO
cial superstructurs stand on = firm
basis. No statesman Is competent
to legislatc for the people unless ho
has graduated In tho high school Of
sad experience; then he can appre-
clate the difficulties thrown In the way
OF individual enterprise BY chartered
monopolies.
An artificial mountain built In the
ccntsr Of : plain d Of earth that
leaves On excavation OF correspond
ing depth some where else. So, col
ossal fortunes while they enrich one
person degrade and enslave man.
kind, render society vicious and
wretched on the one hand, proud,
cruel and oppressive on the other.
The greedy graspers Of wealth: the
mon who steal from honest toll and
leave labor 70 suffer: arc more dam
gerous enemies OF human society,
than any other known class OF peo-
pie. Dangerous. because they re-
tain lawyers sent TO congress to leg
islate Tor the people, to obtain for
them chartered privileges which en-.
tail upon our people all tho worst
features Of feudalism and primo
geniture. They thus immortalize cor.
porate wealth, its powers and priv
ileges, anil concentrate property and
power to the possession Of one rs
much . loyal fiction - any royal
prince.
Il 10 timo for labor to know that
In wrongs, there nrc no rights. vested
or otherwise. The proclamation
that struck the shackles from three
millions Of msnacled slaves Is pre-
cedent ~ enduring a. time. a. broad
a. truth eternal. Congress has be-
come the acting board OF directors
Of the consolidated monopolics with
the United States treasury as their
fiscal agency; and the representative
IN congress f.ln this district TO
whom : denomination Is accorded
almost unanimously by the republi-
can press is the attorney u one Of
these overgrown monopoliss. and
the apologist for the other.
They generously allow labor to
foot the bills and with . patriotism
hitherto unknown In our history
exonorate from It all care 10 tn e
management Of the property. Judge
Reagan Of Texas before the Com
merce committee advocating lcgis-
lative control Of inter. state railroad
transportation well said;
"There is q power growing up in
this country, which IL not controlled
by law will soon establish Q condition
Of things IS much to be feared as
the feudalism and aristocratic Tea.
lures OF the European governments
In former generations"
Now let the people avert this ca.
lsmity by dispensing with the fur.
Their use Of the tool Of the monopo-
lists II congress from this district.