Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-06-26

pies Tor the state with the lowest
responsible bidders.
In the interest of the much needed
Improvement OF public roads, we IA
vor state aid In the building Of per.
mane4t highways.
We are unalterably opposed to the
policy Of Imperialism by this govern
| ment instituted, fostered, and main.
tained by the republican party. And
We demand that our government shall
declare 1t to be Its purpose, and with.
out delay adopt such measures a.
shall give to the people Of the Philip
pine islands and Porto Rico their in-
elienable right to self government
We condemn the republican party
Tor its financial policies which would
foist upon the country an unstable
currency based upon uncertain private
securities.
We protest against the plan pre-.
sented In the Aldrich bill recently be.
fore the United States senate by
which the money of the nation shall
be loaned to capitalists upon the
bonds and securities of private cor.
pOrations as an effort to give value
| and stability to watered bonds and
securities Of corporations and trusts,
many Of which are maintaining mo-
nopolies in defiance Of law and public
sentiment.
We insist that the integrity Of the
money Of the nation be guarded with
jealous care and demand that 1t shall
be SUFFICIENT in volume to meet the
needs OF the business interests Of the
L ~ hn% rhAn l~ o..
guarded BY careful legislation SO as to
prevent the gamblers Of Wall street
from cornering the money market,
thus INJECTING untold injury upon the
smaller business men, the farmers
and the laborers of the land.
We point with pride to the one
hundredth anniversary Of the achieve
ments Of that great diplomat and dem
ocratic statesman, Thomas Jefferson,
under whose administration the
Louisiana territory, Of which Iowa
was part, was secured from a for
eign power in peaceful and civilized
way, without the loss Of life, yet with
the consent of the governed.
In the great exposition to be held
in st. Louis in 1904, to properly com.
memorate this event, the people Of
Iowa should take prominent part
and make creditable exhibit Of the
products OF the soil and the work Of
the crafts.
We deplore the corrupt condition Of
the government service in the post,
Office department and demand a
thorough investigation of that and
other departments by congressional
committee, publicly as to such condi.
lions and punishment of all wrong
| doors. u,
AS the most alarming features Of
| our present conditions are the evils
which come from trusts, and as these
evils are made possible by legisl3-
ton favoring one class and against
another by transportation privileges
and by monopoly of original sources
of supply of natural products there.
FORE to the end that the evils, con-
nected with the growth of trusts may
be eliminated. we call for the removal
of the tariff from all trust-made goods
and demand that all tariff schedules
be adjusted with view to tariff
for revenue ouly.
We ask for such changes in ourlaw,
statutory or constitutional, as will
limit the charges by railroads to such
an amount as will yield only reason.
able return on the capital actually in.
vested and will render it impossible
for transportation favors to be grant.
ed to anyone and such as will make
certain that all railway companies will
be treated alike, such statutes to pro.
vide penalties that will be effectual
to secure a compliance with them.
When the sources of supply Of any
product are in the ownership. of those
who combine to extort from the PEG.
pie an unreasonable amount for such
products, then we believe it is theduty
OF the government to take such steps
as NAV - necessary to secure an
equitable distribution thereof with fair
compensation to the owners Of the
same. And so that the design Of ma.
ture in making provisions for the
wants of man may not be prevented
into means for his oppression.
The fundamental principle ofdemoc
racy, equal rights to all and specia,
privileges to none." applies in full
force to the subject of taxation. The
democratic party believes that the
burden of taxation should be borne
equally by all taxable property and
pledge our members Of the general
assembly to formulate and urge the
adoption of SUCH laws as will comep
the burdens of taxation to rest on cor
poration and individual property alike
without favor to or exemption to any
interest.
The work Of naming candidates
was then begun and no contest de
veloped, the ticket printed above
being named by reclamation. Wher
he had been declared the nominee
for governor Mr.. Sullivan spoke al
follows: 4
"The issues to be fought out are
more than statewide when our mag
nificent republic goes thousands Of
milSs away from home with a stand
ing army to subdue another people,
1t causes me to pause and ask how
soon will they call standing army
here at home to subdue me?
I'VE should take home to ourselves
the lesson of the abortive attempt OF
President Roosevelt to enforce the
antitrust laws. We see It in hi
campaign against the Northern Sc
curities company. but the Iowa far
mer has not seen the least move m:de
to dissolve the great harvester and
machinery implement trust, which
strikes him more closely than any
other ! accept this nomination with
knowledge Of the responsibilities
placed on me, and expect to &C
forth and promulgate the principles o,
the democratic party as expressed
during the past one hundred years,
Il can't convict you on the evi
dence," said the backwoods justice
".but I'm agoin' to fine you ten dollar.
for contempt, for lookin' like
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