The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1901-10-03
CUNMINS IN TOWN.
Candidate for Governor Draws a
Great Crowd.

1 Ra republicans Saturday, and they
turned out in great numbers to greet
and hear their candidate for govern
| or, Hon, A. B. Cummins, of Des
! Moines
The meeting was held in the Ma
sonic opera house which was packed
to overhowing. During the seating
of the crowd the famous K. of p.
band rendered several of their fam
GUS selections. When order was
called County Chairman JEFF Harold
introduced Senator L. O. Blanchard
as chairman for the day. He in turn
introduced Mr.. Cummins in one of
those graceful talks which Mr..
Blanchard is capable of making.
The next governor OIL. Iowa was warm
ly greeted as he arose to address
the audience. After little intro
ductory talk he referred to the letter
of acceptance of his opponent, Mr..
Phillips, which was published today.
In it Mr.. Phillips clearly repudiates
the platform adopted by the Iowa
democrats and upon which he was
nominated. Mr.. Cummins pointed
out the.false position which the dem
ocratic candidate has assumed and
unfavorable result that must follow.
His address throughout was clear,
clean and interesting and was heard
attentively by all who could get
within sound of his voice. In part
he said:
Protection Must Not Nurture Trusts.
"If I correctly understand the temper of
| the Cedar Rapids convention and the
| views of the eminent republicans who
| composed the committee on resolutions
| the paragraph of our platform relating
| to the tariff means something more thar
modification of the tariff In proper in
| stances through reciprocal treaties. One
of the most striking instances OF modern
Industrial life is the tendency toward COM
/ bnation. within certain limits, COmbina-
| lions are nos only natural, but healthful
| for Il effective competition remains the
| wages Of the lahOrer will be Increased, the
profit of capital will not be diminished, and
| the consumer will pay less for the product.
| When, however, a combination attempts
| or attaius a practical monopoly in the field
| embraced and uses or intends to use the
unlawful and destructive power thus aC-
| quired to arbitrarily fix the price of its
products, it becomes the enemy of good
government, impeTils the peace and good
order Of society. and infiiCts upon the peO-
| pie an injustice against which they ought
to and will rebel.
The True Purpose of Protection.
| "ProtEction to the American manufac-
turer the Anne rican farmer and the Amer
iPsi f,T ~ n al hpf &c
EOw, a fundamental principle Of the repub-
liCan organization. II must not be assumed
that because the Iowa platform Of 1901 sug-
ge7ts a modification Of the duties upon i'm
ports, that we yield hairs breadth in our
adherence to the priT ciplc which has in
| splrCG the tariff laws Of which the repub-
lican party is the author, The central
thought Of all tariff legislation enacted
by republican congresses. and approved
by republican presidents, has been to pre-
serve the American manufacturer, farmer
and artisan from destructive and pro-
lhibitive competition; that is to say, to en-.
| able the American produCeC 10 open up and
develop the bountiful resources of his own
country, to pay his employees good wages
and to sell his product at a fair profit in
our own markets. My faith in the principle
and my enthusiasm for its results have
| rather increased than diminished with the
process of time. 1t must be remembered
i however, that the spirit Of these laws was
| to build up the people of our own coun-
try, and whenever they can be modified or
abrogated to the advantage of our own
citizens, you may well expect the repub-
lican party to discern the opportunity and
meet with keen interest the new col d g.
ton.
Time Proves Republicans Right.
Five full years OF experience since the
subject of free coinage of silver was open
for debate have annihilated every argu-
|
every prophecy OF Bryan and his followers
These same years have approved every
| statement, verified every argument and
vindicated every principle asserted by the
republican party.
Fear of Deprecated Dollar.
1t was the fear that a dollar would be-
come 50 cents which made the panic Of
1893 the most destructive that ever raw
| aged the business Of America. When the
citadel of honor and safety is assailed.
disaster spreads to every home in the
| land. In such storm no man Is secure.
| An industrial depression can be quaran-
| tined. financial panic growing out Of
fear of a standard of value is a plague
| that Will sweep over every inch of terri
tory within the United States, and its vic
tins are those who have least to do with
its origin.
Look Forward, Not Backward.
81 understand perfectly that what we
| have done in the Philippines is a departure
| from the ancient traditions of our coun-
| try, not, however, a violation of the provi-
| sions of the nstitution or the principles
| of the republic. Our national life has been
constant series Of departures from GUS
| tom and precedent. and the only reason
| that we departed from the old path when
we encountered the problem OF the Philip
pines was because we had never encoun-
| tered such problem before. The value Of
| IL in In n
| repeat what was done yesterday, but to
do well what IS set before us to-day. Pre-
| cedent is our heritage from the past, but
| 1t ought to be a flaming light by which to
| explore the future and not a compass to
| merely give US the direction of the past.
What We Have Done in Philippines.
eve have established courts for the ad-
| nlnistration of Justice; we have foundG d
| and are maintaining schools for the gen.
| eral education of the young; we are build
| ing roads, improving and patrolling bar
| bors, and are gradually installing among
| the seml-civlized races the best stand
| ards Of the highest development of the
| age. Who has the audaCty to say that
| the people Of the Philippine islands are
| not better and happier, with a surer road
| into the promises of the future, than though
| Dewey had sailed away and left them TO
| Spanish brutality or the greed Of any other
| power?
Liberty and Prosperity in Cuba.
II assert without fear Of opposition that
| our government has administered more
| justice, preserved more liberty, secured
| more safety, and induced more prosperity
In the Island Of Cuba than the Cubans ever
! before knew.
| Commercial Interests in the Far Ea {
81 am not reasoning what conditions
| should eXist-I am merely stating a fact
when I say that the best minds Of the