The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1899-09-29
WHITE OPENS Fight.
Iowa DemocJatic Campaign Is In.
augurated.
Characteristic Declarations on Free
Trade. Trusts. Imperislism
and Money by the
Farmer Orator.

The democratic campaign in Iowa
was opened at Davenport on the even
ing of the lith by large meeting of the
| state forces, The principal speaker
was Fred +. White, of Keokuk county,
candidate for the governorship, who
said:
During quite lengthy and somewhat
checkered political career I have never
yielded TO the temptation of injecting any
thing concerning myself into the canvass
But this time | have concluded TO break he
rule. for | have persuaded myself to make
a public confession. want to confess that
as the term is ordinarily understood I am
not A politician. Were to he ever so per
sistent | should make a uniform failure IN
trying to play the role OF the professional
politician.
ITO suppress convictions and advocate
false doctrines y a fine art that | never
learned. My mind has had no training n
that direction. My calling in life-harI
work upon the farm-has not been a no
sch ,ol in which to acquire the power which
so rffectually characterizes the poitictao
the power 10 dissemble. This lack OF Ca
pacity on my part TO advocate what DO
not believe has handicapped me at times
In my relations with the party with which
l have for 80 years acted. For instanc',
the democratic party has always taUgh;
the doctrine OF tarin for revenue. with
this dogma I have never been able to h r.
monte my convictions. For 30 years have
given my allie glance to the edifying. sori-
In spring, God-promised and God-pro-
claimed principles OF free trade. and 10
'ive long enough to see the constitution
amended so we can enact these princip,
Into law Is the ardent hope of my soul.
When 42 years ago good fortune LANDED
me from the overcrowded monaQhy o.
Prussia into the thea almost unintabii.4
~ ~ n,,v h.I 4 ka
when, even before the war OF 81. | beg
laying the foundations OF my future hor
among free people, | was sti,l happigf
when. at the age OF Is was given the o.
por,unity to do battle for the nag uncer
whose sheltering folds had taken refug.
thus actually eerning with musket ~
right 20 live in this country. | rejoie q
When. at the END OF the war, | succeeded b.
marrying the woman OF my choice ] .-,.
joiced SIN more. when al different tine
several healthy Infants were born into y
housed hold. I was happy on all these men
cradle occasions
Republicans nad Free Trade.
but, ladies' and gentlemen. will you n
licve ne when ! tell you that all this y
OF n irp throughout all these years. all Ia
increase and ever intensifyirg hlppineI
was iusipIl and devoid OF flavor when COZ
pared 70 The indescribable. rapturous 50
saujns | experienced when, upon read n
there saw my pet doctrine of free tr3
olliy announced and sanctioned.
AS ] read those lines which dcc,GH
that industry and commerce should
governed by the natural laws OF
! world I at once saw the republicans
Iowa had been guilty OF plagiarism 4
| stolen the solidest part OF the free tri
| speech | had delivered In the first session
| OF the Fifty-second congress In which
| did my utmost TO emphasize the doctrhe
| that Industry and commerce 'shoufA,e
! governed BY the natural laws OF the wor1l'
| These politicians no more intend d en-
| act this free trade principle into Iawthau
| they intend 20 voluntarily surrender the
| political power they new possess III r. We
1 have a characteristic sample of 'hepoWer
| OF the politician 20 Glssemble. here - have
| the degree OF the despicahle hypocrisy Of
which he Is capable To measure correct-
| ly the significance Of this free 'rIde dec
| laration Of the republican platform We
| must compare IL with the size OF ihe hand
! cuffs these same politicians hav' helped
TO place upon Industry and commerce
| These handouts represent IN many in
| stances equivalents 20 embargOes--an en-
| THE setting aside OF that natural Law OF
| the world To allow the natural Law of
| the world TO govern trade and commerce
| and az the same time 20 enforce the proyi-
! siCns OF the Diugicy law b. 10 describe a
| condition Of things In Itself impossible.
| Repeal the DingIry Law
! THAT Two and two are i've; that ne
| same man may be stone dead and alive
| all over at the same moment. that wal r.
| spouts. overfows and GrrnChiHg rains can
| coeNist In the same locality with par0h-
| ing drought. tftss ridiculous and impo 81
| bic conditions are just as consistent and
| can be made TO appear just as true as he
| propos ton 10 have the natural laws OF
| the world govern Industry and commerce
| while the Dingley .dw ~ getting IN rs
| sitting work. To enjoy the benefits OF me
| operation OF the natural law the unnatural
| Dingley law must first be repealed. Hut
| why foo. the people once more? For he
| overwh Ginning reason that. having Over
| reached themselves In the construction OF
| the schedules Of the Dingley biIl-in other
| words, having erected the breastwoTEs be-
| hind the shelter OF which the spoliat ion OF
| the country was made possible and Is now
| being systematically attempted-the repub-
| lican politicians are hearing the omin0us
| sounds Of the gathering storm. Having
| sown the wind, they are nov trying to
avert the inevitable. the reaping OF the
whirwind.
THE rapid multiplication OF trusts, with
II not speedily arrested must end In radical
| ly revoiutionizing our state OF society by
| eliminating all competitive Industries and
| indiyidualism and substituting therefor an
eneryating. degrading serfdom. IL a truth
| becoming every day 80 self-evident that (,
| Is forcing itself even into unwilling minds.
Causes Of Trust EVIL.
THE trust evil, az any other evil. Is cur
able only when the active causes that pro-
| duce 1t are eradicated. You can as easily
conquer intempe1ince by continuing the
drink habit, as easily subdue the flame 10y
feeding IL oil as TO crush out the trusts by
leaving untouched the active causes that
make possible their formation. Three po-
tential causes exist under the joint opera
ton OF which the trust evil so Justify -four
ishes. one Is natural cause, has always
existed and will so continue and Is difficult
TO deal with. The other two are purely
artificial causes and are far easier OF solu-
ton. The natural cause Is mans everlast-
ing. unreasoning aYariciouness The two
artificial causes are, first, the protective
tarin and, second, railroad discrimination.
Natural Cause a.: Trusts.
Let us now recur to the question of how
to lea with the natural cause of the trust
evil, mans greed Let me first tell you
how the republican party has dealt with It.
II has studiously encouraged mans greedy
disposition by multiplying the opportuni-
ties for its qualification, thus aggravating
into a worse state what was IN a bad state
before. These opportunities ! speak OF
have been created by law. The enactment
OF the Dingey law was In so many words
an invitation TO all who felt inclined 10
join IN systematically p,undcring he peo-
pie. The 81 per cent OF protection at a time
when the beneliciarios are selling their
tually a government license, a legal per-