Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-09-21
A1 CLINTON
The Senior Iowa Senator Opens the
Second Iowa District Repub-
lican Campaign.
Issues Of the Day Discussed With
Special Reference to Trusts
and Money.
Anti Imperialism Shown to BIZ
Nothing But Bcgie to Scare
the Voter.

Clinton, Ia, Sept. 21.-senator VIM. B.
Allison opened the campaign in this city
last night, dealing with the money and
Philippine questions and especially With
The propositions concerning the future
disposition of the Philippines contained
i'm the Kansas City platform and in Mr.,
RrSan's speech Of acceptance at Indian-
apolis He debated the questio of para
smountcy concerning the issues of the
campaign, concluding that free silver
is paramount because Mr.. Bryan IN the
event of his election would find more
support in congress Tor repeal of the
currency legislation enacted last session
than for his Philippine program. He
spoke in part as follows;
President Mckinley was elected four
Years age afser a sharp and somewhat
bitter contest and in the midst Of what
we grr..s properly call hard times;
Which had continued from the panic of
lof 1897. and the depre ssions OF that year.
and the years following.
The contention OF President Mckinley
and his followers was that ii we would
re-essabiish the Industrial system
known as. Il tariff or protection. which
had been partially broken down by the
tariff Of 1899. and make ii clear that our
standard OF money would be preserved
At al hazards. and that all our cur
rencg should be kept at a parity with
gold and that all our transactions
Mould be settled on that basis. prosper
lily would 5socn come 10 the people. and
they advocated this, policy thruout the
canpaign. Mir. Bryan and his followers
commended that these hard times re-
suited from a scarcity of money, and
thai there was,onlS ole possible way 10
tore prosperity, namely, by the free
and unlimited coinage of silver on the
basis OF equivalents of sixteen uuneea5of
silver 10 one ounce of geld, and that our
hints should bs opened to the free and
unlimited coinage of both metals, at this
ratio. and that unless this was done
there. could be no prosperity III our
country, and that the republican party
would only increase our difficulties and
advertisements,
On the other hand the republicans
centended that theccinage Of silver in he
NAY proposed would result in the estab-
lsshment of the .;ngle silysr standard,
and would Danish gold or place ii at a
premium, and WouiG have the effect to
debass cur money. so that the proposed
dollar would have only half the pur-
chasing power of the dollars, then in cir
scu!ation, and that had been in circula-
ton since 1873, and that the sffect of this
change would be to destroy all credit.
reduce the wages of labor. and unsettle
our whole financial system by establish
ling an uncertain. iluctuatiag and de-
bassd standard Of money as compared
With what Ne then had. Republicans
pfophesied that II legislative and adj
minis trative authority were confided to
them on tho basis of this contention az
TO or industries and cur money. there
Mo,ile, come almost Immediately pres
EperiiN thruout every part of the coun-
try.
In that contest the republicans We're
successful ard these prophecies of Tho.
republicans have been fully realized. We
know that business has been revived,
slhat production has vastly Increased,
and that he earnings of labor, whether
IN tbs shgp. in the factory or in the
field, haze been largely increased, and
We Know tiiat every prophecy made
$by Our oppanenia ia that campaign has
ia LED. viii not burden you with sta
tis'ticss showing this pros perity. II is seen
eYeryN here and all about US. 1t is seen
IN the constant employment of labor al
reasonable wages and at constantly in
creaaing Wages. Ii is, seen in the enor,n-
ala increase VI agricultural production,
with q large increase of8prices OF farm
products, whether Of horses. or cattle.
Ecr hogs or Wheaton corris 1t is seen in
sthe large and constantly increasing pro-
duet OF the fitNsai:i and the work shop,
NTH a iargety Increased domestic de-
lnand for theii, products ard a largely
Increased foreign demand az Well. 1t Is
I sss an in the enornaGuaSin crease of exports
ct agriculture and manufactures. Our
exports in the last three years have been
fin round numbers Sl.6on,0ee 600 in value
Z IN excess Of the value al our imports for
tile same period, and they have been
nsarly five times, the total balance Of
i5trade in our favor from 1890 TO 1897 in
etuaiy+, q period of los years. Ii ia seen
II the constantly iEerea sing value of
ports % manufacturers. the last yea,
showing a. lse I { more than $3.50, DOC, 0ol
Ftnis, .sGi; an increase thus fan
5oNs, tfss Eiguresspf last year, thus
giving cGii9 L4..iity increased employment
Ito our m sehanies, and artisans. whose
fabrics 90 10 svery partnf the globe.
Prosperity is seer. everywhere in inns
proyementss in towns, cities and country
made With this excess of earnings. 1t
I il seen in the enormously Increased
Traffic of our railroads, andti1 the large
| 4lSinereased number8of employees necea-
sary to this Increased traffic IT is seen
in the increased consumption of neces'-
saries and comforts of life in our own
Iscountry, 80 that in every part of our
country the people have more, and
largely more, Of these necessities and
comforts than they had four years go.
We have seen a large increase in our
gold circulation and in our paper circu-
lation, made necessary by the increased
activity in trade and business In other
words, wherever we turn We see pros
perity and success where four years go
there was adversely and depression.
| Now, 1 do not say that ali this comes
from our legislation respecting and our
administration of. public affairs, but dc
say that the legislation of the last three
years and the administration of Presi-
dent Mckinley have given opportunity
and incentive to labor and production
that were not found four years ago.
Our tariff policy revived our industries
and gave opportunity TO labor to be. en-