The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-10-14


sy-thres voting against u wa1 . republican,.
when IL came up Ii tAe senate u wae killed
On . notioa 70 substitute for u the uateh
bill, which perpetuated and le9alizcd the
evil complained Of. The notion 10 sub
: .as "a. "'s carried nss' .. sspu, ,s,,
vote. Every republscan n The senate sxecp,
Milee voted for tho 0atch bill and not one
democrat. Every democrat voted FIR tie
CassAti bin except one VINO was absent.
The miners had Dot their hearts on tbs bill.
Il haA been introduced At their sngecsti1n
Two ysars before By Dsaator Cassatt. II hae
bssn the subject Of much consideration anc
discussions In mirrors meetinvs Ed labor
sembIes. II vA4 tLsa ouxhiy 1nu,. 800
heartily approved BY al intOr0eted. y hac
been enacted into law IN Missouri and Ito work.
ings approved and tho miners felt that the,
were not asking moro experimental legislation.
but something that vas Just In principle enC
safe In practice. Their disappointment wa.
most bitter and they win not soon forgive thost
who occasioned II.
Le, not those who, because thsy are M,
,nincrs, think they have no interest 10 mInint
legislation, be Indifferent 70 this treachery. A
EArty that ID faithlese TO ono pledge and /.
one interest cannot be trusted In any Others
And 90 the record proves. The republican
platform Of 1855 promised redress Of rai.rt,aa
evils, and, - ct drst moan to this end, agreed
to make the railroad commission elective.
umerous bills on this subject were intro
dnc@d In the house. A substitute bill WINS n,
les.gth passed and sent 70 the senate. II va.
| referred to tho railroad committee and was
| by that COMMITTEES reported back for tndetiuil.
| pcstconement. On April 7th. Senator Wolfe
| Q democrat, moved TO take Il up.
Tao otiOn was lost By party vote. Only
| one r pu 5lcan yoted for it, consideration
u one democrat voted against Il.
| The republican party which had specincall,
| promised this reform 70 the people refused
/ even To consider Il
| A like fate bcrcll measures introduced to
abolish free passes, to eve' extortiCn ano
| discrimination by railroads: to regulat.
charges by telegraph companies and to Civ
maximum rates which should be prtma fdch
/ evidence Of reasonable charge.
This indiscriminat0 slaughter OF popula,
| measures was by no moans hlnited 70 auch a.
affected railroads. They corporate interests
1 Of the cou.try, have the wisdom 10 act IL
anee measures went tho way Of the railroad
bills. More efncient 70 control the action OF
/ legislators than the constituencies which SEN
them, were the Hobbies Of the corporate utter,
ests. They made the path smooth and pleas
/ ant for oil who walked their way, and they
made It rough and thorny Tor Ill who pur
sued An independent course. The men whs
/ sought to carry out the pledges upon which
they were elected, members like Finn, OF Tay
lor, and Berryhill, OF Polk, were daily de
nOunc0u ~ tho lca0iug party JOulnais ~
demagogues and disturbers Of the pa,
peace. Because they sought to hold III
party true to it, faith they were them
selves branded - faithless, Will.
those who revelled In rscresncy Il
party pledges wcre held up ~ ths
were given to understand that subservenc,
TO these powerful interests was tho only wa,
i to promotion.
TO protect itself against tho consequences
| OF it's shameless disregard OF popular inter
| ests the republican party carried through
mander In the congressional, legislative and
1 judicial appointments Of the state.
Censnre Of what 10 alleged TO BE- unfAirncss
| In apportionment In the south has long beer
large part Of the stock In trade OF the re-
| publican party. There arc undoubtcss abuses
| existing nearer home.
BY the census OF 1850 Iowa bsos mo entitics
i TO eleven co yTeoemon. A now appOrtiOn
| ment WAS meek sssry, and the Niates nth zen
ural assembly which convened IN t1s2 under
took the work. II va republican By lary'
majority IN both branches. II arranged tut
| districts precisely N the party leaders dc
| manded and intended, and supposed II had
succeeded, but the following election rosultoc
In the choice Of four democrats. II VISA hopet
by the party for q time that the lost districts
might DO recovered, but the rcsult In 1874
wher ev a under the strict party discipl:ua
obtaining Ut . presidential election thrc.
democrats were elected showed tho futility oil
this hope. T. . last general assembly there
fore dlstrictcd tho state anew for the sole Anc
avowed purpose OF procuring increased rep
resentAtion for the party. Although havinl
the narrow margin Of 1000 majority, or 81
per cent OF the total vote, they determines
upon securing all the cohgressmen but on.
Not by cnlistiug the support Of tho voters
but by the mere method OF making up the die
iricis was this To 10 accomplished. The sec
L nn6 diaf rfnf thew and fhARQfnFN m
as strongly democratic - possible. taking on
the two republican counties. Jones and Cedar
ond attaching the democratic counties Jehn
son and Iowa. Tho distrtcts u now composed
Of four ooun.is. lying n : string a'on,
IL reaches back and takes two ooun
ties from the interior. Jones ans
Cedar were tackled to Frederick district .,
the only means Of beating him. 10 say,
Colonel Henderson. district was made, lack
extends from the Mississippi westward NOR,
| than half across the state. j n but one
county In width, save ct two isolated points
Colonel Hepburn's district extends from h,
Missouri TO within three counties Of u east
ern border. II 10 seven counties long on IL
southern border and four on 10 northern
Throughout the state but ono purpose Il
manifest. and that - 70 serve the repL biical
party. The convenience OF tho paOpis, thei
business and political relations are ignored
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