Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-01-11
A LARGE MEETING
Of Enthusiastic Silver
Voters Monday night.
Judge F1enner Makes a
Mastery Plea in behalf
of Democracy and
Against Trusts.
A Local Democratic Club
Formed.
The 1oldbug Hirelings Much
Worried.

way SNcHiHS w ictcil W llc du-
dress Of Hon. ]. D. Flenner, which
was a rare treat and elected hearty
applause throughout the delivery.
Judge E. M. Wolfe, district state
committeeman, acted as chairman
of the meeting, and made short,
pointed and pleasing talk.
The address of the evening was
delivered by Hon. J. D. Flenner of
Boise, editor of THE CAPITAL. Mr..
Flenner spoke for an hour and
half and held his audience closely
throughout. They were apprecia-
tive of the telling points of the ad-
dress and applauded with much vi
gor The address was entirely ex-
tempore and the BULLETIN regrets
that it lie impossible to give it to it's
readers in its entirety. A brief
synopsis must suffice.
Mr.. Flenner in the outset spoke
in high terms Of the condition of af-
fairs he found in Mountain Home.
1t was a town to be proud of. It's
schools, churches and public build
ings were a credit to the people.
He congratulated the democrats on
their zeal and energy in firing the
first gun Of the great battle of 1900
by organizing a democratic club.
Coming to his subject he gave a
brief account of the New Orleans
victory of General Jackson and
paid a high compliment to the war
rior and statesman, one of the pop
ular idols of democracy. He de-
fined the new democracy to be the
old democracy REINFORCED by new
material, facing the new issues
now crowding upon the American
people. He raised the question,
"What does the new democracy
stand for?" 1t stands for just
system of taxation whereby the
burdens should be lifted from the
poor and a fair proportion of them
placed on the rich, where they be-
longed.
Mr.. Flenner said the graduated
income tax championed by the de-
mocracy is one of the most equita-
BILE propositions ever advocated by
any party. The new democracy
stands for the destruction of the
colossal oppressive trusts, fostered
by the policy of the republican
party.
Under the republican regime he
said this was getting to be gov
eminent of the trusts, for the trusts
and by the trusts. An entire page
of the Cincinnati Enquirer was re-
quired to print in BREWER type a
list of the trusts organized since
Mckinley was elected president.
The capitalized stock of these trusts
aggregate seven thousand million
of dollars. They were a standing
menace to our free institutions.
He quoted from London dispatch
in which a leading English paper
said the Mckinley administration
was completely in the hands of the
great financiers and big trust COM
panies. True Mckinley in his
message had denounced trusts, but
the republican party is in power;
why does it not execute the present
law against trusts? If the present
law is inadequate why does it not
pass a law that will meet the case2
Mr.. Flenner said the reason why
the republican party did not make
a fight on the trusts is because the
trusts kept the party in power and
swelled its campaign fund. The
people must look to the democracy
for any serious war on the trusts.
In addition to this the new de
mocracy stands for the principles
of the declaration of independence
as against the imperialistic policies
of the republican party. The new
democracy faces the new issue
raised by republican plutocrats. 1t
stands squarely opposed to this lat
est attempt of the Markhanna
party to overturn the basic princi-
Piles of this government and follow
the Imperialism of Europe.
Speaking of the Philippine ques-
ton Mr.. Flenner said it was now
quite clear that the republicans
meant to permanently retain the
islands at whatever cost Of blood
and treasure, Notwithstanding the
declaration of Mckinley that forci-
bile annexation was not to be
thought of. By this policy all for
mer policies of the government
was departed from. 1t puts the
United States upon the plan of the
imperialisms of Europe. 1t meant
an era of militarism. 1t meant a
vast sacrifice of life. And, said Mr.
Flenner, "What will we get for all
this outlay?" He replied: ave will
get new niger problem; we will
get 1900 islands 5000 miles from
these shores that will require q
large standing army to hold; WE
will get foreign complications ga
lore; we will abandon the Monro'
doctrine and challenge the Europe
an nations to get a foothold on thi
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