Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-08-02

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monstrates beyond all question that
capital and labor share alike, both in
prosperity and distress. BY the in
competency and uncertainty which
characterized the last democratic adj
ministration, countless millions of
values Disappeared; all classes were
made poorer.
Mr.. Bryan would have the people be-
lieve that the republican party is re-
sponsible for the Inequality of the dis
tribution of wealth among American
citizens He and his party
stand for the theory that the success
full careers Of the American merchant
and manufacturer and business man
are the results of conspiracies against
the masses of the people. The Repub-
lican party brands this contention as
false in every fiber.
Republicanism Makes 1t Possible to
Rise.
No higher tribute could be paid to
the government of the United States
than to sight the possibility of the
poorest child in the humblest home In
America, growing up and developing
under republican policies, rising by
the practice of economy, frugality and
industry, prompted by laudible am
bition, using the brains with which
nature has endowed him, thereby ris-
ing to positions of the highest infiu-
ence and the greatest power. That
this is possible is no reflection on
American institutions. On the con-
trary it constitutes the most powerful
incentive to those who are born in
the middle and in the lower walks of
life to look UP, to put forth their best
efforts The knowledge that there is a
possible reward, that conditions OF
birth are no barrier and that under
republican policies the enjoyment of
hard earned rewards will be secured
and protected, is one of the most pow
erful factors in the progress. of our
people.
Bryanites Could Not Escape.
1t matters not how, high and noble
may be the motives of Mr.. Baryan,
and it is not my desire or intention
to question them. If he should tri-
umph at the polls in November, Meth
er himself nor his party could escape
the disastrous consequences Of the agi-
tation they have led. They have in
dulged in wholesale denunciation of
the existing order of business and gov
eminent they have reiterated every
falacy of the Chicago platform, the
dominant spirit in the making of
which was John P. Altgeld, who stands
for all that is dangerous and revolu-
tionary in American politics.
Would Bring Bryan impossible Task.
Men are sometimes admired for the
enemies they make. In Mr.. Bryan's
case, he cannot escape responsibility
for the friends he has made. His
election would bring him and his party
an impossible task. The safe conduct
of the national affairs of the great re-
public during the next four years will
call Tor the wisest and most patriotic
craftsmanship. . If President McKin-
| ley and the republican party are again
placed in power, the problems tho
grave and of the highest Importance
will be few and simple as compared
with the situation which would con-
front Mr.. Bryan. He would have to
meet and deal with every question
with which the republican party
would be confronted and in addition
to these problems would also be ex-
pected by his visionary and deluded
supporters to revolutionize our money
and revenue systems, and the judic-
larry, and to extend the functions of the
government into new and dangerous
fields
The Trust Question.
The trust question has been one of
absorbing interest to the American
people Mr.. Bryan and his followers
have made desperate effort to make
political capital in connection with
this question. They claim the Repub-
lican party is responsible for the ex-
istence of the so-called trusts. There
have recently been some very embar-
raising developments in connection
with the trust question from the
democratic standpoint. 1t matters
not, however, how much the develop.
ments in connection with the Demo
cratic New York Ice Trust have en-
barrassed the insincere leaders of the
democracy, the republican party true
to it's history, frankly and courageous
ly recognizes the Importance of this
question. The republican party is
neither the creator creature, friend
or defender Of monopoly She recog-
nizes it as one of the highest duties
of government, national, state and mu-
nicipal, to restrain in every possible
manner any and all attempts or or
ganized capital to plumber the people.
The only question for thought and ar
gument in this connection on the part
of those charged with the responsible
tiles OIL the government, concerns the
means to accomplish the end which
all intelligent people recognize as de-
sirable. The republican party was
the first to recognize the issue by en-
acting the national legislation upon
the subject, and in the last congress
were prevented by the Democratic mi
nority from taking most important
step for the enlargement of the pow
ers of the general government to deal
with this problem. In defeating the
proposed constitutional amendment
the Bryanites who seek to make po-
litical capital out of the trust ques-
ton stand convicted of insincerity.
The Trust Question.
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