Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-08-28

J itiative and referendum. so that til
people could control their governmer
under all circumstances and thus in
measure at least put an end to tn
bribery and debauchery, the chicaner
J and the trickery that are destroyin
republican institutions in America
He Would Crush Monopoly.
10th. How about trusts? Jefferson
would abolish all monopoly, and Al
special privileges. This much we kno,
for he has told us. If this were done
there would not be trust left in Am
erica. But how would he do 1T? Ii
my Judgment and speak only for my
self, there is only one way, and tina
is to have the people own and oper
ate all necessary monopolies, such a
municipal utilities and TRANSFORMATION
This done most of the others woul.
dissolve. There would be no priya.
monopoly in this country. Leave ey
erything possible to Individual enter
prise, and where that will not suffice
let the people do it in their collectiv,
capacity, for they are all equally in
terested.
But is this not opposed to the prin
clples of Jefferson? On the contrary Il
is in harmony with them.
Government in his day was some.
thing distinct from the people, and he
wanted that government to NEEDLE as
little as possible with their affairs.
But he always labored to have ev.
erything possible left directly with tho
people. He had confidence in them
and wanted them to govern directly
He and Lincoln were alike in resar.]
to having confidence in the people.
The Menace of Corporations
Experience has shown that a cor.
poration standing between the peoplc
and the state will, when possible plum
der the one and debauch the other. and
is therefore constant menace to free
government.
Having confidence in the people and
making their welfare his guide, 1 a,-
lieve he would have them keep every
thing possible in their own hands and
not put it in the power of any set Of
men to plumber them.
But no matter what the method Of
procedure, we know that he would en-
force the law, and no attorney general
from New Jersey would be paid a sal
airy by the government to find out how
not to do it.
18th. Jefferson would establish a lust
income tax, and require concentrated
capital to bear its share of the burdens
of government and thus tighten the
burdens of the smaller taxpayer.
Well, but what would he do as
citizen in the year 1900 if he were
here? That question has already been
answered. 1t is clear from his utter
ances, his character and his course
that he would with all his might and
main support the Chicago platform
and William j. Bryan.
The Chicago platform is the braarh
OF Jefferson and Bryan is his grea,
prototype.
If we would follow jefferson we
must be honest with the people and
protect them from spoliation
We must be progressive ard aggres.
sive, and we must stand for definite
things.
Men who make fair promises to the
people and then slip up the rear stairs
of corporations and betray their con-
stituents should be prohibited by law
from even whispering the name of JEFF
ferson. for it is sacrilege.
1t was this progressive and agrees
sive spirit of Jefferson, this standing
for definite things, this solicitude for
the welfare of the people, thai caused
the scattered but liberty-loving fore
fathers to rally around him and form
the great Democratic party.
| And it was this same SPIRIT tina;
gave to that party an impetus, a mo-
mentum which enabled it ID remain
in power quarter of century, and
| to shape the destiny of the nation for
nearly half century.
Time for Aggressive Action.
This world is swayed by aggressive
movements and is controlled by ag
gressive men.
Wrong when aggressive %ill tri
umph over right that is hesitating.
In war and in politics aggressio
wins.
All of the great generals from Alex
ander, Hannibal and Caesar down
Napoleon led advancing armies
, Grant, Sherman and Sheridan, Lee
Jackson and Stewart won immortalit
f by forward movements.
The Republican party got tremen'
Gus impetus by being not only RICH
/, but aggressive, on the slavery que
ton. For the last twenty-five years
:, has been wrong on every great que
q ton. Yet it has maintained its no
q on the American people by constant
n assuming the aggressive while its o
: ponent stood hesitating.
~ Both the woman and the party II
~ hesitates is lost.
e In 1884 and 1892 we won not by re
n son of anything we stood for but sll
y ply because the Republicans the
selves were weary of their leaders
If Had we risen to the occasion, had
10 possessed the progressive and fearlt
W spirit of Jefferson, had we been tr
Of to the people, we would have remain
/. in power for twenty-five years, a
Nv could have nodded destiny for fl
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