The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-25
CARTER HARRlsoN's VIEWS.

/ So WIZ SSh1AhS SOutOcI RSNlIlOtlC luSplTd.
ton will prove more effectual spur 10
action than IN any fight in which our
party has been engaged for many years.
Almost every day reveals development
in the management of the affairs of the
nation that Is challenge to the patri.
ohc'instincts OF the people. Daily is
made some new assault on the tradi.
tions- illuminlng the pathway of our
country's progress and glory. To em
phasize the true character OF these de-
velopments and their inevitable conse.
quences unless speedily checked-to en-.
tighten the great mass of the people and
to make plain the dangers of the course
IN which we are drifting is the impera.
tive duty Of the hour for these in charge
OF the Democratic organization. Tor no
true American can doubt, no homes,
American uninfiuenced by par,icipat OF,
in the Republican crusade against the
nations real interests would wish to
doubt that all needed to bring success
to our standard the coming fall is to
spread the facts before the people. To
large extent the press is in the hands
Of, or is controlled by the same money.
ell machine that directs the Republican
party's policy. Constant iteration in
the press Of falsehoods, constant sup
preston of facts, constant and unceas.
ing repetition of Campaign lies and
slaniers cannot fail of dangerous ef.
feet unless Offset by prompt and elabo.
rate did lsi)a Of a::LrI5e cratic
literature.
Let the whole truth be told about the
manipulation of the republican party by
the money kings, exposing to full view
the incidental corruption and general
rascality.
Make plain the full significance of the
present tendency toward re.establish.
ment Of the theory proclaiming the 'di-
vine right Of kings" slightly disguised
as it may be in the policy of imperialism
and the growth of moneyed aristoc.
racy.
Let the true story of the trusts be
told and the appalling consequences
sure to follow their establishment be
adequately pictured. Let the hypoc-
risy that calls a patriot in Cuba rebel
in the Philippines be fully exposed and
if this is done he is but poor soldier Of
the Democratic army, indeed, who
would haye any doubt as to the result
Of the fight in 1890.
To enter tain misgivings of the result
would be to question the honesty and
the patriotism OF the average Ameri.
can.
Party feal,y alone would be sufficient
ammunition on which to rely for VIC.
tory. When partisanship is re enforced
by patriotism there is combination Of
elements that cannotfail to prove n vino.
ible. The dissemination of facts can
not be had without thorough organiza.
ton, and for this our hope mainly lies
in the young men of the nation who as.
sureuly will respond to the trumpet
blast Of duty.
The present situation calls not only
for the wisdom of experience, but even
more for the ardor Of youth effectu-
ally to grapple with the trusts and
the corruption prevailing in high as
well as low places.
| Our young men are the hope and the
future bulwark of the republic; they
should regard service in politics al
| the highest proof of their patriotism
Let them work in the primary district.
and in the wards, organizing from the
bottom up and remembering that ware
politics form the foundation upor
which rests the entire structure o.
the national government, and that
ward politics are ignoble only in so fa
as those who labor in that field of &C
4 tivity degrade them. 1t certainly lie
in the power Of the young Democrac,
of the nation to carry forward the cru
sade for purity in politics until corrup
ton shall have been driven from higl
places and honesty shall prevail il
every department of the municipal
state and national government. Th,
giant strength Of the young Democracy
will be needed for the overturning o
the great trusts which could not exis
but for the corrupt practices at worl
to save them from the peoples anger
They feed and foster the corruption
upon which they fatten, without whicl
they cannot live; and the people
realizing that unless the vast AM
increasing power Of wealth is curhs'
the nation will be on the downward
grade, are crying for relief.
The young Democracy should b
Impressed with the fact that republic
first need is purity Of the ballot. ii
second need the incorruptibility Of thos
entrusted by it with the reins Of GOV
elnment. The trusts and monopoliei
oonscienceless as they are corrupt th
one nd debauch the other. They ar
hot beds breeding mass Of corruptio
/ which il today the greatest DANCE
threatening the permansncy of>our ire
q institutions. Herein Is : danger. IN