Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-06-25

Des.eii: ulsoI organized, discouraged army
TOOK the field against the exultant hosts
oil plutocracy and waged conflict which
carried CONSERVATION into the very throne
rooms OF modern fcudalism. They trem-
II implied, even more than in what it
said, was declaration OF war upon every
s spec,ai priviiege every localized robbery,
every We, ,s Hes.ed wrong Had the policy of 1892
the democratic party would have sunk
TO the rank of third party. Vitalized by
inc new leader, and the new defiance of
a ~ II wealth. we poled almost a
mlilion more votes than ever before, and
q larger per cent. OF the total vote than
~ 1872; We won back nearly forty con-
this In the lace of the most desperate
campaign Of corruption and intimidation
ever known.
successful foreign war, In spite Of the
spirit of milltarism. notwithsianding the the
igil !. tnnner Pail argument and in the face
Euarantor OF prosperity, by marching on
In the same path, and appealing to the
i'.I,;., to discard the evil policy of I'M
j"ritH in the house to twenty, and while
defeated. st'll held the ground gained since
1894.
For that there are new conditions who
can can ueny? Let us not now make the
mistake which the convention of 1892 so
narrowly. avpided-the mistake of wor-
shlpng the verbal expressions of former
platform as fetishes. Therein lies the
pIckWara road to ruin.
Ihe chief issue OF 1896, in the form then
put forward Is dead. To attempt to gall
s vaniIe y into life is to be false to the
but the latter killeth-let this text shed
Hight upon your deliberations. The para
mount issue of 1900 must wait. The con-
i', nee or men were and stu are wrung
put the fancled welfare of their pocket
hooks prevailed on the day of election
And now the rev feudalism of the trusts
course by considerations OF our foreign
or colonial policy. The issue of today
IN the n nv 81 Rast It Platform "a
W T right has striven against might
Hmt 1t awaits expression at our hands
~ ~ forms fs q OPPRESSION have been bound
IN i is slavery for the producing masses.
In II is the tariff wrong. I'm 1t is the cur.
barking business of the world. In 1t is
government by injunction invoked by cor
porate employees of labor. In 1t Is Inn
1eriallsm Selling the homes of weake,
PEOPLE l,, ,. for the exploitation of capital. At
dent that when the Goliath falls. down
with him will go all the hosts OF Phillstinc
ey rho at which which We have been hacking.
Inc IN y problem da We're simple Il !. were as
roots roo bear UP the dominion of the trusts,
'Thess are highway monopoly. tariff mo-
nopoly and land monopoly. Land nonop-
forests has SO far come forward as to
have been made an issue by the demo-
Gratis OF New York In a platform de-
nonncing the anthracite trust. This grest
evil demands the attention of all who
hope to see Industrial wrongs set right.
insufficient TO account for any of the
der its shelter, but. controlling as they
most nos, if not all of them, could sim live
thoush trade We're free. Yet, any move
and how can we better serve the cause Of
truth than to couple the name of such
Industrial giants as the trust with the
FAINT industries" Furthermore while FREQ
establish line beyond which their rob-
should renew our war on protection, UNI
furl again the tariff reform flag, and de-
inand free trade in trust made goods. OF
the very essence of liberty is The right to
port property. He who is bound to the
place where he was born is a serf. He
who controls the highways by which we
must a move We and ,transnort goods holds US
warlS of the trusts is highway monopoly
1T appears In every city in monopoly of
our streets by the public service corpora
tons. and everywhere in the privately
owned steam railway lines. controlled al
most exclusively by the same group of
Industrial poten,ates who own The other
trusts. Whether private individuals
could under any circumstances success
fully compete In business with the trusts
may he questioned, but 1t may be taken
for sranted that, as long as the stock of
the, Same interests, no one can compete
with either. There are those who seem
TO believe that proper restrictive statutes
not in Seen mt Wits sue these eS op
mist!c views. There Is no force In law
to compel the single owner of two rail-
ways to compete with himself, nor is ii
possible by statute to prevent men as
railway owners from granting favors to
Themselves as shippers. Against a COM
bination so fortified all the Quaker guns
of mock strenuousness will be pointed In
vain. So long as this concentration Of
ownership exists there can be but two
kinds of business in this country. that
done hy the trusts and that done by con-.
tion exists government of the people, by
and for the people must remain a theory
only and not n condition. Be not de
railway dilemma We must choose be-
tween railway ownership and the opera
ton OF government end government own
ership and opera ton Of railways. And In
the. resumption by the people Of the con-
troll OF their own highways Will be found
the most simple and practicable way to-
ward depriving tho trusts of their power
for evil.
1T lies with you. my friends to make
this day great. You may do 20 by a brave
recognition of the stupendous questions to
which have referred. and an intrepid at
tempt to do the utmost thing needful. AS
a party we have marched far, but we
must march on. There will beset us the
temptations to retreat to pleasant fields
long since passed over. but we must
march on. TO some 1t may seem best to
linger on last nights camping ground:
march on To halt is to retreat; retreat
Is rout and ruin. The forward march is
not only tho road of honor, but the way
OF safety.
The people arc ready for issues ade-
quate to meet the needs OF this great
crisis. They will greet with acclamations
him who will speak the word for the
hour. Have the greatness to speak that
word here and now. Take counsel, not
Of your fears, but of your courage. BE
guided, not by your doubts; but BY your
thing in. your hearts and the people viii
utterance to all the democracy which Is
in you. that you may rise to the level Of
tine common man. Turn to the future and
not to the past. Never did the great
world spin SO swiftly down the ringing
grooves of change With our eyes upon
the pole star OF principle, let us shape
our course with reference to where we
stand to day. Give us a platform and
ticket expressive of these truths and in
this day will be forever memorable.