The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-06-28

o. lnillet financial ruin and ,llatrcar ,
and yet With al these privileges
granted to tho national banks In tho
organic net VI their incorporation,
tho fofty.aeventh eonEsesa- re.
publican ln every department. cam,
promptly to thch rliet, md repeal
cd the ,aNcs Oh their capital and on
their deposits, freely and fully Hfnnt'
lnH every request these monopolles
demanded.
This picture Of the national bank
monopoly With tho action VI the 70.
publican party In reference 10 II IL
but M eritame ~ the history ol
that rnrty With reference to tho 9th.
~ monolnlics against which tho
people revolt These monopolics
arc thu creatures " the republican
party md II they should hive been
regulated, controlled, or abolished
by Inv, aud are not. that party Ia
responsible for tho failure 10 10 ~.
hut the faet Ii the republican party
haa rovolutloniaed the government
aud Ma,le II u government OF eotror.
atiuns by corporations for corpor.
ntions and nonc but corpora tlons
need apply for reduction u taxation
40 long IN farMers 70 hllndly 10 tho
polls and VOTE tho republicans Into
ofllee, And yet with THESE historical
Facts OF which every inelli.cn, farm.
Or has full eognixanec, the republi.
can convention VI this county had
tho cheek to resolve In favor OF
Protection u tho people from the
estertions II monorolics, anu tho
control and regulation u all eorpor.
ations by law
II the men who adopted that rcse.
tuition are einecrcly In favor Of its
legal enforcement, they cannot con.
sisteatly continue In tho republican
party, In ls7A the farmers VI Iowa
clceteda Legislature which put tho
railroads under control Of law.
Subsequently tho republicans gained
control In tho state legislature and
gave the control u the s,ate to the
corporations by repeal Of the law,
that placed them under state con.
troll, And At about tho same tlmv
that thu republicans repealed that
Granger law of Iowa, John II, ReNH.
IN, a democratic congressman from
Texas Introduced 4 bill to place thu
railroads under control of law, hut
tho menerolists II the republican
party In congress have prevented
tho blu ever coming 10 a vote,
There h no reason why every
person who attended that convcn.
ticn should not honestly belong to.
and act With the anti.menarollsts,
Nall tho surplus capital ef Howard
county belonged to the banker on
that eommtttec, anon z bankers AM,
capitalists he would occupy about the
20 sitien that tho occupant at u NOR.
gagged halt aero would among the
bonanza farmers u Dakota, Hence
even he should not act with monero.
lisss NJ he most ass0rcdly DOES In
Remaining with the republican party
For the republican ManipalStars to
pretend 10 anti.Henopoly makes
them appear as absurd IA did the
a. In the tahle which covered itself
with the ekin u = ltcn. and tAca -
tempted 10 iMMitatc tho voice u To
King II the forest
II IL idle 10 expect anti, monopoly
legislation from u party whose lead.
ers arr Interested In the MHinten.
anee and perretaatien II the very
monepolies frem whose ex,ertions
tho people demand Nliei, Mr. ]. 4,
Clarksea, eaiter al the State Neels.
ter i = partner With Jay Gould In
three railroads and = coal mine, ~
course aati.Moaepely doctrine frem
such source would be a fraudulent
bray like that IL the ass under tho
lion skin. but he can consistently
"glve the mermens hell" or howl FOR
unconstitutional prohieition,s Z, n,
Perkins 4 prominent official ot the
q, II, Il q. railroad owns atwo,thtrd
interes, In the burlington Aawkeyc
which Is under editorial control Of
Assistant postmaster general Frank
Aasten, and ot course that Il not an
antl.menepely sheet Other ma,
niralaters IT tho party selon. to
other Menopolies, and when |, comes
70 legislation they pool their issues
and protect the iatcrcsts which are
mutual To each class, reilly adopting
vandcreilts platform "the public BE-
aAMned,s
rroceeataxs Of The BEARD u Super.
vissrs II Howard County, Iowa,
II their Regular june Sessi~a.
lSS3,
Board met In the Auditors office
juno 1sl, lSSa, at / y. III,
Members prsseat, Oakley, chair.