Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-08-13


controls.
The purpose of these high-handed and
criminal methods is evident from the re-
suits following their success. The trusts.
the combines, the syndicates, the corpora
lions, all united to make the government
an agency for the promotion Of their spe-
cial interests and welfare. They contrib
uted millions unon millions to Mark
Hanna's campaign fund. and having tri-
umphed by the corrupt use Of these vast
sums they are about to recoup themselves
from the pockets of the people. The no.
torious, almost avowed, purpose of the
tariff bill now under consideration in the
senate is to repay the trusts, the mine,
the mill, and the factory barons for their
pecuniary aid to Mckinley; the railroads
are to be compensated by pooling law;
and it is on the program, as announced
by Secretary Gage, to requite the bank
ing corporations by retiring the green
backs and Sherman treasury notes, aad
increasing the interest bearing debt $780,
100000 for their exclusive benefit. The
prosperity which was promised was pros
perity to these special interests, and not
to the people at large. The people have
not realized it, and while legislation is for
the classes instead of the masses. they
never will. 1t is to further the ends of
those who do not produce but absorb
wealth, and legislation in whose behalf
is rapidly segregating society into the few
very rich and the very many poor. that
Speaker Reed arbitrarily refuses to permit
the national house of representatives to
leglslate and denies to the American peo-
pie the representation in the government
ia, ~,
mental law.
We point to the fact that the claims of
the democratic party in the last campaign
have proven true and that the claims
made by the republican party have proven
false, and not one of the pledges made
by that party has been fulfilled. The cit
izen was urged to vote for Mckinley and
prosperity; confidence was to be restored;
the mills were to open up; unemployed
men would find work; the farmer would
find a profitable market for his products.
All these and more were promised to take
place as soon as it should be known that
Mckinley was elected. Months have
passed since that event, and instead of the
fuftillment of these promises, prosperity
has not made its appearance; the mills
and shops are closing down; the army of
farmers of Iowa since his election are
marketing their products at less price
than ever before.
We demand that the statute in operation
in Iowa for more than generation hold
Ing railroad corporations to strict ac-
eountability for negligent injury to their
employees shall be restored, by proper
amendment, to Its original scope and in
tent. We hold that the clause of said
law which provides that mo contract
which restricts such liability shall be
legal and binding" is eminently fair and
just; that contracts in contravention Of
the spirit of this provision are against
public policy and should be void; and we
demand that the protection to life and
limb, embodied In this provision, shall be
fully restored, in order that corporations
engaged in the operation of railways shall
| not be allowed by Insurance contracts or
otherwise to escape liability for their acts
of negligence, or shift this just RESPONSE
bility upon the shoulders of their en-
ployes We hold that any other rule is
| an inducement to negligence and sets a
premium on wrong-doing.
We reaff1rm the position of the DEM
ocratic party IN this state in demanding
nonpartisan board of control, which can
intelligently comprehend their relative
wants and economically and justly appor-
winch
just needs demand, thus doing away with
the expensive and disgraceful scramble
for appropriations and contests for prefer
ment carried on by the officials of the
| several institutions before each legisla-
| ture.
We denounce the scandalous lootine Of
the state ate, treasury recently brought to
| light, whereby an army Of unnecessary
and overpaid employees have been saddied
upon the sta state and !, other
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81 900 has been incurred, while the
ability Of the people to pay taxes has been
diminished.
We denounce the republican party in
Iowa for resorting to the last refuge Of
the enemy OF popular government In
Fight of the maorty to a rule denying the
We denounce the republican party of
Iowa for enacting and maintaining a law
that hiadopp permits s. the state printer and state
work done. thus robbing the people
through unjust taxation.
We demand that no state officer whose
| duty 1t Is to pass upon questions pertain
ing to the insurance, building and loan,
banking or other corporate business shall
| hold any official position or own any stock
In any such corporation,
We favor such legislation as will relieve
the people of Iowa, from the extortions
We point to the defeat of a measure to
reform the taxation laws applying to pub
lie corporations in such manner as to
l
public burdens; we call attention to the
fact that the execution Of the present ino
adequate taxation laws by republican OH
i Gals has tended constantly toward min
| imizing the proportion of the public h,,r.
den borne by these interests. Whila ~.
taxes of the rest of the people have con.
stantly increased. We demand the passs Re-
by the next general assembly OF Iaws r.
equalize these burdens by bringing under
the purvtew Of the tax gatherefs Intansi-
BILE as well as tangible Values.
| We go before the people OF this state
with the conviction that the interests Of
the whole people demand q change In the
polcy and management OF our state af-
fairA, and we invite the cooperation Of
every patriotic citizen so believing.
/ Everybody Says So.
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