Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-07-01

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Newspaper work is being done by the
press agents, who are booming Presi-
lent Roosevelt for the 1904 nomina-
ion. They are portraying him MS
trust fighter, who is
the trusts right and left.
They tell the people that Wall street
8 dead against Roosevelt and is hatch
ing all kinds of schemes to prevent
his denomination. They are even in
venting ingenious stories about the
postoffice frauds, scandals and cor
which they hope will not only
divert well-deserved blame for this
state of affairs from the President,
who has permitted it to so on for two
years, but will make political capital
out of 1t for him. They say some of
the principal rascals of the many who.
were plundering the postoffice We're
to prevent the Presidents
next year. In these sim
pie and absurd ways they expect to
beguile the voting population Of this
country and, according to their own
assurances, they are succeeding. Thus
the Philadelphia Ledger says:
Unless all signs of the times be
no Democratic candidate
for the Presidency can defeat Roose-
welt, and similarly no Democrat can
carry New York against him. The
of the trusts, of any
and all vested interests are finan-
cially powerful, and could swell to
great proportions an anti-Roosevelt
campaign fund, but in any contest
fought out to n conclusion Mt the polls
between them and "the plain people"
of the country, they and their cam
paign fund would cut but sorry
figure. The plain people have the
votes, and they do not forget nor fail
to appreciate that in fighting his win
ming fight against the trusts and west
ed interests President Roosevelt
fought the plain peoples battles, and
they love him for doing it and for
the enemies he made by doing IT."
If these statements be true 1t is
certainly useless and foolish to hold
political conventions or elections next
year, and, us Mr.. Roosevelt will be
entitled to two full terms on his own
account the country can take poll
tical vacation until 1912. In fact, we
might as well make up our minds to
accept the rough-rlder as the IMAM
on-horse-back," who will become the
dictator of the empire, which he was
instrumental in substituting for our
late Republic. But are the statements
true? What winning fight against
the trusts" has the President made
that have in any way benefited the
plain people?"
The Presidents reputation rs a
smasher of trusts rests largely upon
two court decisions obtained last year
The beef trust was enjoined by the
courts, and the Northern Securities
Company, a railroad combination, was
declared illegal In the United States
Circuit Court. In neither case can
any benefit to the "plain people" be
detected, even by the aid of the most
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rates that the people must pay ant
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IN his recent stunning tour. to bal,
stranple the moor little Iowa ileo
Vlttch fnnhlv declared that tariff
which shelter trnsts should come of,
To be nerfectlv fair we s,,onld stat
hoth sides Of the On se-.rhe Presidan
vs tho TRUSTS. me president mn
univ w,thdraw his enlargement of NJ
somewhat drastic Idtt,eAeld onti.trns
hill last winter and tron.farrad r,
GOODWIN 10 tha omandment IN N
nenartmont Of Commerce hill, wb,c
nromises nothing bnt uncertain mil,
nity- Int bo endorsed md onnrora
tho ElkIns hill which aholishad N
crin,inol c,ouso of tho 1ntarsto+a Gov,
,,oroo a. aud ,ooyos tho ,roo+ rot,
rood +rust consn,rators sni,iect onI
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no longer staring these criminols !,
tho foco tho railroads viii confirm
~ Nv Yates and nav any occasionc
Amos os did the beef trust in Nj,
sonr, after which II nroceeded to mn
nm tbe nr,ce of meats
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