Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-09-27
HON. FRED B. WHITE,

AAs W LII Ay
Democratic Candidate for
Governor, Opens the Cam
paign at Turner Hall, Dav-
EXPORT, With the Following
Speech:
During quite a lengthy and somewhat
checkered political career l have never
yelled to the tenptat.oa of Injecting
anything concerning myself into the, can.
vass. But this time have concluded to
break the, rule, for have persuaded my.
self to make public confession. want
to confess that as the term is ordinarily
understood am not n politician. We're L
to be ever SO persistent l should make a
uniform failure in trying to play the role
OF The professional politician.
To suppress convictions and advocate
false doctrines is a fine art that | never
learned. My mind has had no training In
that direction My calling in iiie-nara !
work upon the farm-has not been a ut
school In which to acquire the power
which so effec.ually character.zes the pol
itician-the power to dissemble.
This lack of capacity on my part to au-
vocate. what do not believe has handi-
capped me at times in my relations with
the party with which have for. thirty
years acted. For instance, the democratic
tariff for revenue. With this dogma
have never been able to harmonic my
convictions. For thirty years have given
my allegiance to the edifying. soul.in-
spring, Compromised and God-proclaim-
ed principles of free trade, and 70 nNe
long enough to see the constitution
amended SO We can enact these principles
into law is the ardent hope of my soul.
Free Trade In Republican Platform.
When forty-two years ago good fortune
n nd I trNn Il aNFA yrrnu
archy of Prussia into the then almost un-
inhabited prairies of our beloved Iowa. l
was happy. When. even before the war
of '61, began laying the foundations OF
my future home among free people.
was still happier. When, at the age or Is,
was given the opportunity to do battle
for the flag under whose sheltering Ioios
with a musket my right to live in this
country, rejoiced When, at the end OF
the war. succeeded in marrying the
woman Of my choice rejoiced stii hs mere;
infants were born into the household,
was happy on all these memorable oG,
casions. But, ladies' and gentlemen, VIII
you believe me when i tell you that al
this joy. of mine throngaoIt all these
years, all this increasing and ever inten,
sifying happiness. was irsipit ana dev9lu
Of flavor when comoured &c the moe
scrtbable, rapturous sensations ex-
perienced when, upon reading this year
Iowa republican platform. there saw my
pet doctrine of free trade boldly an
nounced. and sanctioned.
As | read those lines which declared
that industry and commerce should pc
governed by the natural laws OF the
world / at once saw the republicans q
Iowa had been guilty of plagiarism; had
stole the solldest part OF the Tree traue
speech l had delivered in the hrst ses-
sion of the Fifty-second congress, IN
doctrine that industry and commerce
should be governed by the natural laws
of the world"
Indeed. Mr. Chairman, as read this
free trade paragraph in the republican
platform my Joy and happiness leaped
with such speed and power TO sncn
bounds and limits that l partially ost
control of my nerves and overheard
myself involuntarily exclaiming, Let me
this day die. for have now seen thy SAL
walton" But when l discovered that
when instead the tension Of my Joy began
relaxing. when l finally recovered and
was again under the dominion OF my nor
NAL senses, the disagreeable truth con-
had not been put In the republican plat
form by the honest republican voter to be
enacted finally into law, but that It was
inserted by the professional politicians
for the primary purpose not OF foreshad-
owing any contemplated legislation, but
to once more fool the people.
These politicians no more intend to en-
act this free trade principle Into law than
they intend to voluntarily surrender the
political power they now possess. Here
we have characteristic sample OF the
We have the degree of the despicable n.y.
pocrisy of which he Is capable.
Significance In Free Trade Utterance.
To measure correctly the significance of
this free trade declaration of the republi-
can platform we must compare 1t with
iticlans have helped Ito place upon indus
try and commerce." These hand
cuffs represent in many Instances
equivalents to embargoes an en-.
tire setting aside of that natural law of
the world. To allow the natural law Of
the world to govern trade and COM
merce" and at the same time to enforce
the provisions of the DIngley law, is to
describe condition of things In itself inn
possible.
That two and two are five: that the
all over at the same moment: that water
spouts, overfiows and drenching rains can
coe&ist In the same locality with parch-
Ing drouth: these ridiculous and impossi-
Die conditions are just as consistent and
can be made to appear just as true as
the proposition to have the natural laws
Of the world govern industry and COM
merce while the pingley law is getting In
Its sitting work To enjoy the benefits
of the operation of the natural law the
unnatural Dingley law must first be re-
pealed.
Why Paragraph Was Inserted.
-out WHY lOOl the people once more.
For the overwhelming reason that hav-
ing overreached themselves in the con-
struction of the schedules OF the Dingley
bill-in other words having erected the
breastworks behind the shelter of which
the sspoliation of the country was made
possible and Is now being systematically
attempted-the republican politicians are
hearing the ominous sounds of the gath
ering storm. Having sown the wind. they
are now trying to avert the inevitable,
the reaping of the whirlwind.
The 0uestion of Trusts.
The rapid multiplication OF trusts.
which, II not specially arrested must end
in radically notwithstanding our state of
society by eliminating all competitive In
dustries and individualism and substitute
Ing therefor an enervating, degrading
serfdom, Is truth becoming everyday so
self-evident. that It is forcing itself even
into unwilling minds. This truth has
stimulated inquiry and discussion: these
prehension. and these In turn are culmi-
mating In protests and murmurings
among the voters. This has SO frighten-
Iowa they are pretending to resort to the
heroic remedy of imploring the blessings
of the natural laws of the world" The
republican party thus puts itself upon re-
cord as praying for deliverance from the
destructive consequences of its own acts,
by invoking the beniteent action of the
very law-the law of nature-which for
over thirty years. this party has boast
| fully and systematically violated.
Causes of Trust Evil.
The trust evil as any other evil, is
durable only when the active causes that
produce 1t are eradicated. You can as
easily conquer intemperance by continu-
ing the drink habit. as easily subdue the
flame by feeding 1t oil. as to crush out
the trusts by leaving untouched the ac-
tive causes that make possible their for
nation. Three potential causes exist un-
der the joint operation of which the trust
evil so Justify fourishes. One is u natil-
raj 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 solution. The natural
cause is mans everlasting, unreasoning
avariciOusness. The two artificial causes
| are. first, the protective tariff; and sec
ond. railroad discrimination 1t is self
evident that II mans greed be given full
latitude that some trusts could exist even
IL we had no tariff or railroad discrimi-
nation; but of this subdivision of my sub
1ect. will speak later on.
Two Artificial Causes.
| If I had the power l should promptly
remove the two artificial causes by re-
| peallng, first, the trust-fostering part of
the tariff. and second, by bringing about
| government ownership OF railroads.
This latter I should certainly not do
from choice. but from actual necessity.
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