Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-31
TRADE AND THE FLAG
Tariff Restrictions as Viewed by
Colonel Kilbourne, Of Ohio.
The Death Knell of High Protective
Tariff Democratic Principles
and Republican ~Subyersion
of Freedom.


and Republican S~ubyersion
of Freedom.
The democrats of Ohio, IN v
ton at Bucyrus, Wednesday, October
| %, were addressed by Col. James Kill
bourne, democratic candidate for gov
ernor, who spoke in part as follows:
patriotic republicans. you who love your
country and are devoted to its free insti-
buttons, will you remain longer with tnose
who, seeking to extend the exercise OF
| arbitrary power by the government, preach
that we have outgrown the constitution, o.
will you unite with those who DeiieVe thae
| the preservation of constitutional liberty
is of greater consequence than nnolng new
fields for exploitation by the trusts or the
establishment of q hybrid imperialism.
Recognizing the power of the trusts, and
their control of the republican party, wnich
they all support, and whose legisIa.vn
created them, n still fosters them. tne
American people cannot trust that party
to carry out a satisfactory tartn REFORM
| However much President Roosevelt may
be inclined to follow the suggestion OF
President Mckinley in his Buffalo speech,
the trusts. with their controlling interest
In the party. will stand in the way and pre-
vent the freer trade which the best inter-
ests of our country demand
but the death knen of the high protec-
Ave la WAAGAA - 00SA
the benefit of the few, was sounded py
President Mckinley in these words: The
period of exclustveness is past. Tne Amer
ican people will proceed In the direction
ne pointed out and will continue to go ior-
ward until the true and perfect reciprocity
advocated by the democracy is established
in trade with all the nations of the eartn,
unhampered by tariff restrictions. except
ing such as may be necessary Tor the pur-
pose of revenue only.
sTh laraa0rofin narfU WQUaQ no WAR
! against wealth. 1t is not a poor mans
party nor the rich mans party; 1t Is the
peoples party. 1t believes that the inter-
ests of labor and capital should not be per-
mitted to conflict, and should be
ICED by judicious legislation, but that in the
event of conflict between them, LABOR.
which is the parent of wealth, Is entitled
to paramount consideration. 1t opposes
monopoly, not only because 1t Is unjust
and oppressive, but because II is cestruc.
tive of equality; but 1t would not legislate
to check the legitimate operation of our
great industries. 1t delights to see energy
and enterprise rewarded; II has no SYM
pathy with communism and anarchism.
but it believes in taxing the wealth rather
than the labor of the country, andtit OPP
poses, and from its principles must ever
oppose, all subsidy, trusts and monopolies
as hostile to the interests of the great body
of the common people. on whose prosperity
the welfare of our country depends.
cit is as true now as 1T was when our
government was founded that govern
ments derive their just powers from the
consent of the governed and the demo-
cratic party, true to its traditions, stands
to-day as it has always stood. In defense
of that immortal declaration, which is the
spirit of the constitution and has been for
more than a hundred years the glory OF
our people.
pursued by the republican administration
In the Philippines is subversive of our free
institutions. and imperils the national
safety without promoting the national well
fare and that If persisted in 1t will
threaten the life of the republic m the
maintenance of principles upon which
rests the only hope of universal freedom.
ut is an obsolete idea that trade fol-
lows the flag. 1t is the quality of goods and
the price which determines trade in these
days. 1t is not to our victory over Spain,
nor to the possession of colonies, nor is Ii
to the republican tariff that we own our
increasing foreign trade. What has made
our foreign trade grow. and what will
make 1t grow, is not colonies, nor the tar
if, but partly the courage and enterprise
of American manufacturers, and mainly
the superior skill, intelligence and char
acter of American workingmen.
1.-The American flag never has been and
never will be hauled down in dishonor. 1t
surely will not be while the spirit of our
fathers still lives in the breasts of our peoS
pie. God grant that 1t may never be raised
in dishonor.
1.-The fraternalism and suhserviency to
capital which marks the policy of the re-
publican party to-day have debauehed the
virtue of that once high-minded organiA-
ton and begotten monsters in the shape
of DESIGNATIONS state and municipal-
WHIT have relieved the republican voters
of all responsibility except tina of register
Ing their masters VIII.
But some one may ask, are there not
bosses in the democratic party also? There
hoN-n hnnn NEhn~a n ~ .
that role who do not yet fully realize that
their power is gone; that there is a new
uprising of the democratic masses who
believe and who intend to maintain the
tight ana capacity of the people to govern
themselves. True democracy draws its
strength from individual thought, convic-
lion and enthusiasm, and rebels at the idea
Of masters.
THE bribery of voters and the barter ana
sale of public offices Is becoming prom
nent. Every branch of the civil service
Is contaminated. The improper use of
money in our popular elections has be-
come so prominent that concealment il
aaroiy thought necessary, and 1t is under
mining the very foundations of the repub-
ic.
The overwhelming majority of the peo-
PIE OF this country are still honest and
hate a bride with a perfect hatred, and
1 July aroused to the growing magnitude
Of the evil could easily crush n II is the
hrst duty of every citizen TO use his voice.
nis vote, his influence, whatever strength
ne mas, to arouse public sentiment, and to
arrive this evil out of public life. Vote for
20 man who seeks place or power by cor
gupt means. Turn out the boodlers and
eorruptionists of every class, no matter to
Shat party they belong.'
D1sreputable Republican Tactfcs.
Ii is in exceedingly bad taste for the
Ohto republicans to attempt to infu-
ence voters by the use of the memory
OF President Mckinley. Further
more, it is a reflection upon the adj
m~1nlstration of state affairs which is
seeking an Endorsement. A demo-
cratic victory in Ohio this year could
IN no manner reflect upon the muir
dered president or indicate a cessa-
ton in the public regard for him.
Washington Post.
Merely n Compromise.
So far as reciprocity is concerned,
1t is merely a makeshift and a COM
promise. 1t il free trade tempered
with c0xyardiee When fba nrofao-