Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-09-19
PROPHECIES FAILED.
AS ForeshadOwers of Calamity DEM
ocrats Have a Bad Record.

ocrats Have a Bad Record.
While the Iowa Democratic conven-
ton nominated for governor man who
has been affiliated with the Bryan wing
Of the party, it's most significant action
was the rejection of resolution to in
dorse the Democratic national platform
Of 1900, which reaffirmed the platform
of 1896. The majority against adoption
was only 1913 in total vote of 1888, but
it was sufficient in the year preceding
another national convention to indicate
the enforcement of the Iowa Democra-
cy from the issue of free silver, on
which the Democratic party was de
feated in two national campaigns. TIE
action of I the Iowa Democrats Will
doubtless have a powerful influence in
shaping the platform expressions of the
Democratic conventions Of other states
during this year and in clearing the
decks for the final contest Of next year.
In turning their backs upon the free sill
yer idol the Democrats naturally return
to the subject of the tariff and as natu-
rally couple with it the subject of the
trusts All the evils that were to have
followed upon the adoption of the gold
standard, proph ecies which have failed
Of realization, are now, If we can be-
lieve the Iowa Democracy declarations,
to be visited upon the country because
Of the tariff and because, as Judge
Quick Of Sioux City phrased it, "all
of no
into a single sheaf and named the
trust"
Present prophecies of evil will, how
ever, be examined In the light Of fail
ure of former prophecies. Instead Of
going to wreck on the gold standard the
than since its adoption. AS for the as
sertions Of evil in present tariff sched-
ules everybody remembers that it was
not Republican tariff, but Demo
cratic scheme Of tariff reform, that pro-
duced the last panic with which this
country was visited and filled the coun-
try with soup houses. And everybody
knows that it was the present Repub-
lican tariff that restored prosperity.
Therefore when Democratic conven-
tons and Democratic orators predict
dire consequences from the growth of
large business enterprises, the beneficial
ries of prosperity, who are as numerous
as the population Of the country, will
be more than skeptical. slavery for
the producing masses" is not apparent
when the producing masses are able
under conditions that are condemned
by the Democratic platform to name
their own compensation and hours Of
work as they do. And while they can
and do establish the rates of wages
they must be paid and the hours they
shall devote to labor, only western
Democratic orator can see imperialism
Selling the homes of weaker people for
the exploitation of capital" The plain
people, controlling their own concerns
as never before, scanning the circle Of
human effort and reward from center
to circumference, cannot see that there
is anything amiss. The producing
masses are doing well. There is no
question about this. Even the Iowa
Democratic platform and the Iowa
Democratic convention orators do not
say they are not They deal in predic-
tons, only predictions Of evil. But they
dealt with similar predictions four
years ago and eight years ago, and
years Of fairness have shown that they
were false prophets. That they were
false prophets then is sufficient guar
antee Of the falseness of their present
prophecies, and furthermore the people
know that the greatest evils that have
befallen this country within the mem,
Dry Of those now upon the scene Of ac-
ton were brought about by giving heed
to Democratic declarations and predic-
tions.-Pittsburg Gazette.