Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-07-12
Would Reduce War Expenses.

natlOn. 1T Is an Illusion which experience
dtscard.1
Would Reduce War Expenses.
We we would relieve the people of the
thority is to be credited the Spanish
American conflict ended eighteen months
ago; The same authorities assure us
surrection is over. The treasury is burst
Ing with a plethoric revenue, millions
whereof are deposited with favorite
own terms that the volume of circulation
may not suffer diminution Notwith-
standing standing these conditions there is no. sur
devised to fail upon the backs Of the
people and screen large interests from re-
sponsibiity for the public burdens, will
bn ss as CnnGic and borne In the
In times Of peace with no signs of relief
from fr the party in power. Unnecessary
t taSaton IS unjust taxation and unjust
called Is the plumber of the citizen by his
government.
Dcmocracy's Leader.
We would have for our chief magis-
trate man sprung from the loins of the
people, roek-ribbed in his convictions
cons science; man of lofty ideals and
steadfast courage. man TO whom his
country's constitution appeals as a living
q
the duties, the rights and the welfare of
his fellow-citizens above the sinister and
corroding influences of centralized COM
to the pulsations of the pocketbook, but
responsive to the heartthrob of the
masses; a man with no Warwick behind
his chair. with policies that are his own ;
man with strong opinions and strong
will to enforce them; Il man conscious Of
his c e,, r, dignity and power of its
man who measures the greatness of the
republic by the protection 1t gives to the
humbles tcitizen; man whose clear Wis
Judgment determines the remedy for the
public ills; a man who will lay a strong
hand of authority upon the vast interests
political life of the nation and maintain
the integrity of our institutions against
all their designs and entertainments.
Republican Boasis.
The republican party boasts of almost
unbroken rule for nearly forty years Its
slavery and destroy that institution. 1t
appealed to the moral forces of the re-
public and founded its organization upon
pendence 1t was triumphant. A great
war waged under Its administration eff
faced slavery from the land and forever
Since then It has undergone complete and
opposition to "all combinations of cap
defender of capital in all its forms, the
protector of every political evil that has
arisen since the war to assail or menace
pator of the negro. it has fostered those
commercial conditions which are fast es-
tablishing system Of Industrial slavery.
nance of the principles of the declaration
OF independence and embodied in the fed
eral constitution to be essential to the
tons" It now maintains. the right to
govern subject peoples by the sword. once
declaring the people by Tradition and in
ministration in its efforts to demonetize
and now that ancient
plete destruction. More recently declar-
ing for Cuban Independence. 1t scarcely
d DISC ,sss Its present purpose to absorb
1t has put the people in its trusts. There
was a time when its standards were
y is M Is only Vas aa
when its ideals shown forth like precious
gems through the dust and heat of party
strife. Its ideals now are the party ma
chine e and and the party campaign fund. Its
the Union. If due s credit s can be gi Sen
tor IS IS Il soa asa Goy IL taa
cry from the ringing toxin of 1860 to the
buckineer refrain Of $780,. yet it well
lyp!lieS tne Sname1ul transformation. III,
to it's aliterative attraction we add mo-
nopoly and miitarism, with trusts and
taxation. and place the dollar mark
above them on it's waving banners. the
world viii! gaze upon the composite pic
Against the continuance of this party
In power we enter protest. With the man
exalted before the dollar the constitution
above the combination. the equality of
all before the law, with solemn promises
TO correct the abuses of administration.
and to enforce those fundamentals of
government which secure exact justice
to. all. we shall not appeal in vain to the
wisdom, the intelligence and the pa
triOtiSm of the American people"