Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-29

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ed at a certain per cent. All the way
from the cradle to the grave followed
the tax. They said that not only were
living expenses too high but that dy
ing expenses We're too high. In 1892
on that issue a democratic president
was elected. the democrats secured
control of the senate and house and
for the first time in forty years the
country passed into the control of
that party. Now, my democratic
friends. was the result just as you ex-
pected? 1t has been generally con-
ceded that things did not pan out as
they We're promised. But they did turn
out as they always do when a tariff
for revenue only is tested.
why was this the result? Because
these policies are wrong. Mr.. Cleve-
land was sincere in his belief that the
free trade policy was right adj
mire him for the reason that he al
always stands by a policy he believes
TO be right. When the Wilson-Gor
man bill had n little protection in it
l'C iSiGsscNi " s9lS II H. navy u icstl
admiration for any man who believes
something is right and stays by it.
The Silver Issue.
"rhe year 1896 came around and a
new campaign was upon us. The
democrats wanted to find an issue TO
base it's campaign on so they took the
platform of 1892 and read it through.
That is. assume they read it through.
Say, my democratic friend, do you re-
member anything in the platform of
1882 that you could use in 1896. No.
you had consumed it all and had moth
ing left to warm over for breakfast.
But there was party, the populist
party. and want to say about populists
that no man ever organized party with
more regard for the welfare of the Ameri-
can people and with more sincerity than
the populist. In 1892 the populists nomin-
ated ]. b. Weaver on n platform which adj
yocated the unlimited coinage of silver at
a ratio OF 16 to 1t was not a success he
cause their democratic brethren won on
an issue of high living. But in 1896 the
democrats. decided that the great American
people needed more dollars and cheaper
dollars they held their convention first
and they took the free silver doctrine for
their issue. They said that 1T was Jackso-
Man and Jefrersonian but it was not. for
both these men are on record as favorng
the single standard. So the populists, find
ing their issue stolen, followed 1t again to
defeat.
Cleveland and Bryan.
81 want to make this difference between
Mr.. Cleveland and Mr.. Bryan. Mir. Cleve-
land advocated free trade in 1892 and he
still contends that this doctrine is right.
Mr.. Bryan in his western speeches said
that the free coinage of silver would pull
the gold dollar, which he said was worth
twice the amount of the silver dollar. down
on a par with the silver dollar. Then in a
speech at Madison Square Garden in New
York he is on record as saying that the
| free coinage of silver would bring the sill
| yer dollar up and make ii as good as the
gold dollar. That shows the difference il,
the two men
Trusts.
We'll, then came 1900. They did no!
/ want to tackle tariff for revenue only and
| We're afraid to again try free silver. They
| found nothing in the platforms of 1892 and
| 1896 so they took the trusts didn't they.
| What Is trust? In 1854 Cleveland was
| elected for the first time. He was inaugur
ated March a. 1885. In February. 1883
| during Mr.. Cleveland's first adnlinistra
/ ton, the democrats had control of TIL,
| lower house but they didn't have contro
1 Of the senate and there is the answer tt
| the democratic query. Why didn't we hay,
| hard times then?' The republican senat,
| voted down the bills that came from thu
| lower house During AIr. Clevelandts, frs
1 administration committee was appointed
! to investigate the trusts but it did not fill,
| its report until two days before Mr.. uar
! rison was inaugurated. The committee re
/ ported that it found a number of trusts
! but no remedy was suggested. The com
/! mittee reported that tile facts had been as
certained but the remedy was left to a re
/ publican congress.
Real Work Against Trusts.
Meantime Mr.. Harrison was elected OIL
1 q platform that promised to do something
\ about the trusts and the very first bill
that passed the house was the John Sher
man trust bill, which was signed by presi
dent Harrison. My friends, the first plat
form to promise any remedy for the trust
was the Minneapolis platform. written b.
the lamented William Mckinley. The frs
bill that offered any remedy was the Johl
Sherman bill. The first congress to d,
anything for the trust question was Il re
publican congress. The first President tina
signed trust bill was the late PreSden
Harrison and now steps are being taken t,
cripple the trusts by that little giant, Phi
lander Knox. under the guidance of tina
wonderful statesman, your President, TheC
dore Roosevelt
Democratic Resolutions.
"When j was governor ] went over III,
| state and told the people that If they hGt
any remedy to suggest to have their repre-
sentatives secure tho passage of trus
bill and would sign 1t. But did not SEE
a bill presented Instead the democrats
/ adopted resolutions Their resolut 'ons
| were something after this fashion: Re
| solved-first. the trusts are very bad. Re
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