Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-09-07

system cannot possibly cement us; IL natur-
al conditions eXclu6. us from the bene-
fits It dispenses to others. then with no in
tent of being hostile to capital. we have q
right to protest against tho system. If.
as is easily demonstrable, we are COM
PEELED to sell tie result of our labor In a
free trade market, we have the God-given
right to ask chat we be accorded the priv
ilege of investing the proceeds of this
labor In the same market. To ask the
right to buy where we are compelled to
sell Is neither .emagogism. radicalism. an
archy. nor bad flnanciering. But this right.
lions have. at least for time, Ie-
stroyed. During the life OF the Dingley bill.
the farmers Of Iowa. and of the whole Mis-
souri, valley who raise grain and produce
meat will be compelled to sell in free
trade market and buy In Q protected mar
ket. In other words, they will be compelled
to submit lat least for some years) to a
partial confiscation of IT, cir earnings. And
this is not so much for t! sake Of public
revenue as for the purpose of reimbursing
hundredfold and more the shrewd cor
porations who united in the patriotic work
of raising a fund of s16,00O00O with which
Mark Hanna prosecuted presidential
campaign, that did more to degenerate
the manhood Of the voter, deaden the con-
science of the people and generate distrust
in the efficiency Of free institutions than
all the rascalities practiced In all the cam
paigns combined since the government was
founded. As under the combined pro-
visions of the prohibition and mulct laws
Of Iowa, the privilege can be bought from
the state to commit crir-, against So
ciety, so the manufacturing corporations
bought with cold cash from the republican
party the privilege to rob nd plAnder their
| helpless victims.
1--WE are told that the people voted for
protection last fall. and that the Dingley
BIZ is bTt the natural res t9 this
ll@y> al ~
Their vote elected 1T,Klnley. Not one of
these asked for the Dingley iniquity.
Every one of these men curses deep down
in his heart the heartless provisions of that
heartless measure. In 1892 these men were
the foremost in the national democratic
convention in waglng war on the then Nc
| Kinley law. They denounced that law as
unconstitutional. They characterized 1t as
public robbery. Every ono of these men
| will unite with Us to-day in even more
vigorous arraignment Of the new law
1.-THE republican state convention was
held yesterday, and as have not had the
time to carefully consider t. proceedings
I shall not treat of state Issues In this
| opening speech az fully as I will hereafter.
| The situation in this state, for which the
| republican management Is solely RESPONSE
BILE, is of such character that 1t will be
a difficult task to discuss it with the use OF
temperate language. One feels tempted
to step over the boundary. The democratic
L
phraseology in its indictmt mt of the dom.
inant party's managers. 1t plainly charges
them with the crimes they have deliber.
ately committed against the people and the
law.
1.-THE disgraceful disclosures made
through investigating committees Of the
twenty-slxth general assembly give to oul
state high rank among rotten com mon
wealths. The .ascalities perpetrated were
not Of q timid kind. They possess ever,
characteristic of holiness The perpetra
tors were in no sense restrained by the
caution instinctively practiced by the ten
derfoot Their operations show they were
acquainted with the lay of the land. The!
had unlimited confidence In their own de
pravity and positive contempt for thu
people of the state. The immense republic
an majority regularly given inspired thi!
light-fingered crew with the boldness the,
displayed In state with doubtful, {
shifting majority, offering schemer'
steadfast majority at their back not .onl,
led them into temptation. hut made thes,
treasury plunderers careless in their raids
Not content with moderate hauls, they en-
larged their thefts and in fact finally threw
off almost all disguise and commence
stealing open and above hoard. This boil
conduct is reconcilable with TO ether the
Dry than that of complete reliance on par
ty supremacy. 1t is useless to try to pill
all the guilt of this maladministration o
btACe alEdlTS upon one OF TWO. Inc name
of management of the republican party o
this state is primarily responsible for tn
loathsome situation.
LET me In conclusion refer 10 one NOR
subject. I want to express to you my ever
lasting adherence of government by in
, junction. Unless in positively extrem
: cases when destruction of property is i'm
; mtnent the Injunction should lie avoide
as We avoid the pesiilence An indiscriH
mate, sweeping use of this power "a ga
, condition into which we seem to be drift
ing) is no more compatible with civil an
political liberty than is the ukase power Q
the Russian czar. The one Is a s poisonou
and deadly to human freedom as til
other. A conceded plenary use of tn.
{ power In the hands of partisan Judge
destructive than the despctism of the Ems
: fish king and parliament against whic
your ancestors waged .vven years wa
, q war which involved in it's broadcast sens
. the entire question Of free government
after the lapse of over century OF tim
. are we going to surrender the fruits OF tina
). victory by toleratiny in our midst form
: oppression greater than your forefatheI
: threw off? If we cannot maintain the rigt
: OF free speech we shall find ourselves III
!, able to perpetuate the blessing Of liber
: to secure which such heroic sacrifices wei
4 made.
r THE democratic party, the natural part
, of popular freedom, must never consent
q an enlargem ent of the powers of the feder
. judiciary. 1t Is this very danger, the abu!
I OF judicial power. that Jefferson so clear
: against. Let US see 10 1t that his warnir
e may not have been In vain"
y HOW TO FIND OUT.