Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-11-13
OUR CANDIDATE IN 1900
History Repeats Itself.

After the memorable contest of
jackson with the United States bank,
Thos. H. Benton said: Corporate
power in the government has been
simply scotched, not killed, and the
great battle of the people against
corporate { rule and influence must
be fought again"
The first contest with the corpor-
ate money power was in 1882, when
Andrew Jackson was candidate for
reelection. The old United States
bank had it's branches in many of the
states, and they, with all the state
banks, were united against the over
throw of the central bank located at
Philadelphia, which had control over
the national finances, and with its
intimate associations with the BUSH
ness interests of the country, had OBJ
tanned and assumed unwonted power
over the poiit les of the nation. Nicho-
las Biddle, the great money king OF
that day was its president, and im-
pudently asserted that he could
elect or defeat the election of u presi-
dent at will. Jackson had declared
in no uncertain terms, that If con-
gress re-chartered the bank, he
would, il reelected, veto the bill.
John G. Calhoun who had been elect
ed vice president with Jackson in
1928, when South Carolina passed its
notification act resigned as vice pre- g.
ident that he might be made United
States senator and in that body OPP
pose the measures favored by Jack
son because of the effectual meas
ures he had taken to suppress that
heresy. Thus was made possible the
great triumviate Webster, Clay and
Calhoun, by the great bank with its
influence and by the friends of organ
lied wealth in every state.
The issue presented was shall the
United States bank control the fnan-
ces of the nation? The organized
money power said, yes, and exerted
itself by all the subtle influences at
its command to gain its purpose. But
the people said no, and 80 registered
their verdict by the election of jack
son. The result was that the bank
in short time closed its business,
and on settling up it was found that
it's whole capital was lost, had been
exhausted in payment of salaries; in
large loans to congressman, edl
tors Of newspapers and other inhuen-
tial men; in the circulation of cam
paign literature and in other extra
ordinary expenditures in the effort tt
control the election of presidents; YET
with these facts plainly evident, mos
historians have not only failed tt
make mention of the political intiu
ence this monied corporation exert
ed, and have entirely overlooked OF
ignored the fact that the capital usee
was government funds, the sever
millions of cash capital it had put in
and the government deposits being
the only actual basis for the inst
tuition.
"A SlIullaF ISSUE lS AOW OClOAC vi
American people, and the campaign
of 1900 will be fought in defence 9
the doctrines of Jackson and agains
corporate influence in the affairs c
government. Many of the argument
used in the late campaign agains
Bryan were identical with the argl
lnents used in 1882 against jackson
Then, as in the late campaign th
money power asserted superior wi
dom, greater intelligence, snperie
patriotism, and excess of virtue an
honesty. Then, as in the la
contest. they questioned the inte'
rity of those who opposed the
schemes.
This is to be the contest renewe
in 1900. AS in 1882 the money pow
was turned down by the re.electio
OF jackson so must it be retired fro
government control By revival ar
enforcement of Jacksonian prime
Piles of government.
Rothchild Satisfied.
LORD RoTHCHILD SAID: II IN co,
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