Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-10-21

effort made to bring It into disfepute. 1t
was stated that constitutional amend
ment was necessary before combinations
and monopolies could be disbanded. 1t
was not until the Supreme Court of the
United States had held in the transmits
souri, freight case that the Sherman law
was constitutional that any effort was
made to arouse the beast.
"stand Pnttcrs" Applaud Trusts.
In the essay adopted at Des Moines,
on July i, the Republican party an
nounced the proposition that in fact,
trusts are good thing. How can you
expect from the beneficiary of the trust
legislation that will destroy and root out
the evils growing out of trust? The
Republican party of Iowa by its written
declaration stands sponsor for every trust
in this land to-day. WHO is going to
point out the difference between n good
trust and bad one? Is there such a
thing as bad trust, and how bad must
It get before an operation will be per-
formed, and who is going to perform the
operation? With this platform as a
guide, the farmers are invited to 'whoop
It up for the stand patter. Hit the
Iowa Idea and cause the Cummins
crowd to squirm.
Two years ago and year ago when
the people of Iowa in express terms in
Republican convention said that tariff
schedules were not sacred and should be
80 adjusted as not to give shelter to mo-
nopolies, the people applauded the act
and thought there was balm in Gilead,
and Gov. Cummins was heralded MS an
other Moses to lead to the promised
land, yet the harmony crowd, the stand
patters, of July checked the budding
promise and you find nothing of that kind
in the edition of 1903, and the question
naturally arises, where Is our Moses
Shelter to monopolies' WINS stricken out.
1t was term too strict, too severe on
those who contribute campaign funds
and the imposing utterance was sent
forth to the people of the United States
as declaration worthy of entering the
national platform, that where duties are
too high they should be lowered, and
where too low should be raised This
is marvellous utterance. No wonder
It took months of agonizing toll to pre-
pare 1t, and was read to the convention
by the prince of 'standpatters' himself.
The Money Question.
They say to YOU that the money
question is settled, and wish to keep
from your mind all reference to it. 1t
may and may not be settled, depending
upon the point of view from which you
view it. The Democracy ever has been
and ever will be in favor of stable and
sound currency. 1t is as much opposed
to a trust in money as it is to trust in
the products of labor OF what value
would your land be If it were not for
the medium Of exchange? Prices will be
enhanced, business will be developed,
progress made in all lines If the medium
of exchange keeps pace with the growth
and development of industry and trade.
This has ever been the policy of the
Democratic party, and ever will be.
The platform enunciated Mt Des
Moines said that we, the general repre-
sentatives of the Democratic party in
delegate convention assembled, hereby
declare anew our faith in the funda-
mental principles of the Democratic
party and renew our allegiance thereto.
1t is the fundamental principle Of TIL,
Del ocratic party that the money of ou
country should be under the control o.
the general government, and a quantity
sufficient for all practical purposes. To
day We have larger per capita circula
tion than ever before. We have over q
thousand million dollars Of gold ms money
and yet It is nm admitted fact that
scarcely one-half that vast sum is in
actual circulation. Over 5000, 600, 900 is
tied up in the treasury of the United
States, nearly $500, OOO, 600 is tied up by
banks and lost or destroyed.
1--WE depend entirely upon the paper
circulation of our country. Now, as the
increasing demands of trade demand ad-
ditional money, from what source is II
to comet Since 1896 the national banks
of the United States have been increas.
ing their circulation to wonderful ex.
tent. Will you permit banks to control
the measure of value? Money is an eyi.
dence of sovereign power, and the soyer-
eign, not the creature, should regulate
the volume.
I'VE have permitted ourselves to be
turned away from the cardinal principles
of money and allowed the money brokers
of the East to give to us new measure
of value. Money that measures the value
of every home and farm and product OF
labor the same as the yard stick meas.
ures every piece of cloth that passes over
the counter. One should be as true and
stable as the other.
Elect Senators by the Peopl,.
My friends, sliall this great govern.
ment of ours be by the people and fol
the people. or will it be by the corpora.
tions for the trusts? You do not find
the stand patter advocating the election
of the United States Senators by the
people.
IF the people of the United States
elected their Senators us they do theil
representatives, would you have as many
men in the United States Senate so an
itagonistic to tariff reform us you have
to-day?
"What interest have these men in the
Iowa farmer?> Is it to your interest tc
have the high executive officer of a great
railroad or the chief executive of the
trust as your lawmaker? Secretary
Shaw said in an interview in 1902 that
it would be impossible to pass measure
revising the tariff through the senate Of
the United States, unless it met the mp
proval of Senator Aldrich.
when you find men willing to vote
an increase in your taxation, unwilling
to revise the thrift, unwilling to vote t.
assist the people of the West In irriga
tion, unwilling to add an additional
clauSe to the interstate commerce act
then say 1t is time as citizens and moi
as partisans to study the question ant
ask yourselves whether these men repre-
sent your views.
Democracy the Friend of Labor.
The Republican party in its State
convention had not one word to say with
reference to the labor of our country
Nothing with reference to the settlement
of the great disputes now being had be
tween labor and capital. This organiza
ton is willing at all times to say Wort
for capital, but unwilling to take stand
on the labor question.
The Democratic party has been the
friend of labor since the organization OF
our government. When the laboring PEG
pie desert it, 1t will not only be colo
day for Democracy, but the same for tn,
laboring men. Democracy means indie
pendence, the right of all men to b,
heard In its councils, as well as in main
tanning and upholding its doctrine. Re
publicanism is directly the opposite. Cen
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