The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-08-13

national legislature, the platform o
our party is q model Of intelligent
and harmonious conclusions to which
every democrat can point with ex
ultant pride, and which fair minds
everywhere must concede would, Il
given the force Of legislative enact
ments, promote the public good.
THK SILVER QUESTION.
Turning to national questions; Al
presented by that instrument we
have no less cause for qualification.
In the infancy Of this republic Il
was enacted by those who establish.
ed it that gold and silver should en-.
JOY equal and unrestricted rights in
the coinage OF our mints.
After lapse of more than eighty
years, during oil Of which the two
metals were accorded precisely the
same privileges in the monentary
SYSTEM OF our government, ut . time
when our people were burdened
with enormous national, municipal
and individual:debte, by an act that
was never demanded by the masses,
and that was thrust upon them with
out any intelligent discussion Of ito
merits, silver was deprived Of its
coinage rights.
An aroused people have compelled
a partial restoration of the rights OF
this metal, but it is still hampered by
statutory provisions that are made
in the interest of the creditor at the
expense OF the debtor classes.
The democracy of Iowa demand
that silver shall be restored to its
ancient estate under the laws of the
nation.
II on account Of changed condi.
tions, as some believe, the effect Of
this will be to reduce the metallic
currency Of the country to silver
standard alone, or otherwise injure
the business interests Of the country,
the people can be safely trusted to
devise some means to maintaining
the two metals in the relative posi-.
tions assigned them by the founders
Of our government.
FOR TARIFF REFORM.
Upon the subject Of tariff reform
the position taken it not only in &C.
cord with the natural rights Of men,
but it is especially SO with the best
interests Of the people Of our state.
The great industry Of Iowa Is, and
must continue to be, agriculture, up
Old the success Of which all other
business in the state is largely de.
pendent.
IL no possible manner can this in.
dustry be benefited by our present
tariff laws. For many years our PEG.
pie have been unnecessarily subject.
ed to system Of legalized extortion
that has restricted our markets and
diminished the prices Of almost every.
thing we sell, and increased the cost
Of very much we buy. We have sub.
United to this wrong until in seasons
Of ordinary plenty, the products Of
the soil, although bountiful beyond
any other country of the globe, are
by reason Of their depressed market
value, insufficient to fairly compen.
safe the farmer for his labor in pro-
ducing them.
With united voice the great west
is now laundering in the ears OF those
who have preyed upon her resources
SO long, its demand for relief.
In this struggle for the emancipa.
ton OF q class to which most Of ,ur
people belong, Iowa democrats are
to-day at the front.
REFORMS DEMANDED.
Secure In their position because
they are right, they are destined to
act an important part in establishing
q reform in our government that
shall bring it back to an economical
administration Of it's affairs; blot
from ouf statues every vestige OF
law that independent of the necessi.
ties of the government Is made in
the interest Of individuals or classes,
as distinguished FROM the people at
large, and establish as one Of it's fun
damental principles, a. enduring as
the nation itself, the doctrine, with
out which republics cannot endure,
that the right Of taxation Is limited
to public needs alone, and can never
be exercised to promote the welfare
Of one class at the expense Of another.
HORACE RnIRa