Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-08-20

oarty's attitude on the money question,
might be illustrated by likening the two
great parties to two managers of q big
stock company, and the country's money
supply to the compsny's storeroom.
Let us suppose state of facts like
the following: Suppose that for a num-
Der of years the democratic manager
had commended that the company's store
room was not large enough for the
proper transaction of the company's
business, and that the republican mana
ger had taken an opposite position, and
favored an abandonment of part of the
room that was already in use: that while
these contentious were taking place, the
stock of the company was so equally
divided that neither manager had the
power to put into effect his views on the
subject; that as the disagreement
dragged along the democratic manager
was placed at a disadvantage, owing to
the disloyalty of some of the men in his
employ, who instead of helping him to
use all the space in the storeroom,
worked with his opponent and helped
to close up some of the room they
already had; that by reason of their con
duct the democratic manager became
exasperated, and to put an end to the
condition in which he was placed, pre-
pared plans and specifications for sub
stantiaI addition to the storeroom, and
laid them before the stockholders and
promised, that if they would give him
the power, he would construct an addi-
ton according to the plans, and make
its walls of lasting fire-proof materials;
that the republican manager also at
tended the meeting of the stockholders
and, without making any promises on
his part, found 80 much fault with the
plans proposed by his rival manager
that they were rejected, and the sole
control Of the company's business
placed in his hands; that increased
power brought with it an increase of
responsibility on the part of the repub-
lican manager, and desire on his part
to stop playing politics and do some
thing to revive the dormant industries
subject to his control; that after trying
different things for more than year
without results, he concluded that his
democratic associate of former years
was right, that the company's business
could not be improved without more
storeroom facilities; that more store.
room should be procured, but that his
addition must be somewhat different
from the one with which he found so
much fault.
Now let us go further and suppose
that the republican manager went
ahead and constructed much larger
addition to the storeroom than the one
which had been previously planned, but
that instead of using brick and stone he
made it's outside walls of, wood, and
relied largely upon paper finish to pro-
tect against the action of the elements;
that this addition, while not as substan-
tial as though it had been constructed
of more lasting materials, was fairly
seryiceable and produced desired results.
Under such conditions would it be wise
for the democratic manager to say, that
it made no difference to him whether
the present addition furnished the facil
tiles for which he commended or not,
that as soon as he had the power he
would knock it down and put the COM
pany to the expense Of building another
addition according to his designs. If
he should be unwise enough to make
such a threat, would it not be likely to
deprive him of all chance to regain his
lost prestige?
We trust that the platform adopted
by the democrats of Iowa at their com.
ing state convention will deal largely
with the live questions of the present
time, and carefully avoid all statements
on dormant issues not strictly in line
with the party's present wishes and
desires.