Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-09-17
Iowa Democratic Platform.

L6l principles OF the QemOcr0tlc party
and renew our allegiance thereto.
We find much In the domestic affairs
of the nation that ought to be changed.
The tariff policy originally adopted for
the avowed purpose of raising revenue
to meet the enormous burdens of the
civil war, has been turned to use of in.
divldusl and class interests until 1t has
become the creator of countless un-
earned fortunes and the shelter OF huge
combinations of capital. organized In
the form of trusts, which are strsngling
competition In many of our industries,
destroying individual effort, crushing
ambition largely In every line Of indus
try and already acquiring power
which enables them to dictate In their
own interest the prices Of labor and
raw material and the cost of transpor-
tati0n Of unfinished products.
We affirm the power and declare 1t
to be the duty of the government to
grspple with all monopolies of this
character, and by laws which can nei-
ther be evaded or defied, drive them
from every inch of American soil.
We assert that an immediate reduc-
tion Of our tariff system to 9 revenue
basis is one absolutely essential remedy
AVA tLoOo CVueS WlluOub
which they can never be overcome.
We congratulate our republican
friends In Iowa who have become able
to realize that protective tariff may
be made 80 high rs to become shelter
to monopolies; but regret that their
brief reference to the subject in their
platform is matter Of severe criticism
on the part of leading members of their
naYfU fhPnn0hnnf tho anh
~ repudiated by many of their own
delegates in congress from this and
other states.
That the republican party as now or
ganlzed is pOwerless to revise the tariff
downward or curb the monstrous trusts
1t shelters, is Hs We believe, clearly and
c0nclusiyely shown by the present atti-
tude of Its national leaders. We there.
fore appeal to every citizen Of the state
whose Judgment leads him to believe
such revision necessary, to come to our
aid and help US to demonstrate to the
world that Iowa at least, will no longer
submit to conditions which the con-
science of the vast majority of her peo-
pie, as we believe, does not approve.
We charge that discrimination In
frieghts by common carriers is the
handmade of an exorbitant protective
tariff. In fosterino the uioantic trnsts
that have hecnme mansce To tha wai
fare Of the masses ana we dsmand
snch changes In onr Interstate com
merce sct "A NAV he necassarv to secure
the sneedv nnnishment hv imnrison.
mani n anv nfficer or accent of cnr.
poration engaged IN interstate com
merca. who IA 1niltv of snch discr,min-
alton. and the ensctment of fnrther
nrovisinna that ahaIi maka anch die-
crimination a vronnd for nrohih;tino
the offendinu cornoratinn from trans.
actino the bnsiness If common car.
rier in the business of interstate com.
merce.
We are especially proud of the fact
that our pnfty In stxte and nation alike
"a loyal Ia ths princjnlaa ennnciated In
Ihst immortal chart of human liberty.
| the llaclaration of American Indenen.
dence. and today with unshaken faith
m its wisdom and instfca ALIKE wa re.
film its centrai and ever enduring
ruth "that povernmenta derive their
| lust power from Inc consent of the
| .Oyerned."
We charge the republican marty In its
.csnt administrstion of the affairs of
ne nation .hss wantonly yiolated this
undsmentsI principle Of onr govern
nent nnon which its most bane ficent
,stitntions were built. and must con.
nue to rest' II Their biessines are to he
reserved for oenerations To come.
no sustsin thie indictment we point
/ 20 the fsct that in tne recent death
| strnaple of the Boer repuhlic In South
| AtricS our goyernment. no. nermittino
the use of ia porta for the coflection Of
norses and mules. the most essential to
the EnpIish amy Of an the munitions
Of var and the constant and Oman shin'
ment thsretrom by EnQlish agents aud
officsrs to the seat Of war of such sun
plies. made us for eyerv practical pnr.
pose allies Of the British empire in its
wnnton and finally conanmmated mr.
vestioe of damncratic oovernment and
To smSiact to m"nsrchi 81, rnla as hraua @
and dstarmined q neonia as aver WELD
I'd s a Wssnon IN 4 defeosa e nf % hnmsn man liSartu i
We assart that the commandments II
the Philinn,na war was the fisurant
ahnsa of 'tha most nohle santimant nj
the American neonie that lead them to
volnntArily assnme the onerons burdens
nf q forei1n war IN Aid of sIrngglino
race FOR freedom That ito nninetitiahis
i nrosecntion has loaded onr nannia win
: financial bnrden Of hnndreds Of mil.
| lions of dollars. sacrificed The lives OF
lhunsands upon tens of thousands oi
the brayest and best of our yonno men
the yery flower of iplory OF Americar
manhood. and prepared our pensiol
rolls for a long lat ef names Of those
with broken and shattered constitution,
whom the honor Of the nation reouirel
shali hereafter he snnnorted At nnhlil
expense.
i: In behalf of the honor of the American
naonio IN tho nama of ;no,;oo to = roo.