Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-09-03

kinds of soilS, of the different kinds of
climate and the different pursuits of
governments and their people. Open
your gates; lay down your bars; tear
away the wall of protection and let God
and nature instead of j. Pierpont Nor
gam Mark Hanna and the combined
powers of wealth regulate the produce
ton and blessings of The earth.
1T is not the province of our party
to condemn the acquisition of wealth,
nor to attack men who by industry and
honesty have become itch. There is
naturally too much prejudice against
men of means without adding fuel to
the flames i'll any public expression eN-
cept as it legitimately bears upon the
body polite.
can open commercial channel. 80 to
speak, thru which all men without the
special aid of their governments may
acquire property is a just rule. The
man who by honest and fair dealings
In the open market or by Industry, ac-
quires to himself great amount of the
worlds goods is justly entitled to the
same There can be no practical and
lust law enacted which will prevent or
put an embargo upon men in their hon-
estly and fairly acquired wealth.
Whether this acquisition is best for So
ciety is another question.
"Rut governments i'll order to be
properly founded must be content to
sive all individuals, not corporations,
an open field in the business. CONNER
cial or industrial world for action. Cor
porations are on a different basis be-
cause they are created by law and can
be legitimately controlled by law.
ut is government aid to men. in the
acquisition of wealth and its influence
when thus acquired upon legislation
that is so hurtful and dangerous to So
ciety.
"The men who today are debating
the policy of the republican party and
who virtually control legislation by IT.,
are a class of moneyed aristocrats who
have no ambition in life other than the
accumulation Of the almighty dollar.
and this accumulation is for the sensual
power it gives in the control of men
and their affairs.
THE sage counsellors, the great and
good men who love their country and
their freedom, and who work not for
self but for the benefit .Of all, patriots
have no longer controlling voice in
the republican party. The party Is
dominated and manipulated by a set of
politicians who legislate in favor of
self and their clientage
whoever thought of Imperialism
before our treaty with Spain in the
purchase of the Philippine islands?
What loyal citizen of the United States
ever dared dream of the people of this
grand liberty.loving nation changing its
traditions. its boasts and its ideals.
from true democracy to an empire?
'.How dare we reconcile this attitude
toward the Philippine people with that
of the Declaration of independence, the
constitution of our country and the bill
OF rights of every state in the union?
What is to become of the Monroe doc
trine?
forgetting all the. principles which
we're so indelHbly stamped upon not
only every department of our govern
ment, but upon every individual COM
posing it, the present administration
attempts to lead us away from the tra-
ditions of our fathers and change the
whole trend of our natures from cham
pions of liberty thruout the world, to
the despoilers of the freedom of a race
of people without a single excuse there
for-lead us to the altar of imperial-
ism.
"Commercialism and imperialism go
hand in hand. 'powerless each without
the other Never before in the history
of this government have the people be-
come so alarmed and awakened to the
thought that we are now upon the very
threshold of a new era, at the very door
of a radical change In our forms and
system of government.
Il have faith in the American people.
have confidence in their good judg-
ment, their love of country and their
regard for democratic principles. be-
lieve they see the tendency Of the times
and have the courage and conviction to
say thus far shalt thou go and no far
ther.
The democratic party has no apollo
gies nor concessions to make for the
successful fight it made in the last
three campaigns with that honest, brill
liant and courageous champion of the
rights of the common people, William
j. Bryan, as it's leader / say successful
because we compelled the party in
power to relieve the strained conditions
of the finances of our country, and to-
day we have almost double the amount
of money In circulation we had at the
commencement of that fight. The par
ty made that fight on the quantitated
theory of money, and compelled the re-
publican party to acknowledge we were
right in our contention. The increased
amount of gold in our mines, and from
the exchange of our surplus products
for the gold of other nations and the
coinage of millions of silver, have re-
lieved our people from the evils of a
mains to be seen whether this relief is
but temporary or shall prove to be
permanent. AT any rate the country
has recovered from it's financial illness
and is not at present in need of any
doctoring along the liiie of sufficient
circulating medium with which to do
the business of our country"
BY vote of seven to four the dis
trict caucuses decided this morning
there would be no reaffirmation of the
Kansas City platform by the democrats
Of Iowa in convention assembled.
There will, however, be minority re-
port from the committee on resolutions
favoring reaffirmat ton and the conven-
tion itself will be required to decide
the matter. The anti-silver men
claimed after the caucuses this morn
ing they had enough votes in the con-
vention to effectually squelch any men-
tion of the Kansas City platform.
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