Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-10-01
SULLIVAN ADDRESSES
VERY LARGE MEETING
Democratic Campaign Opened
at Sioux in an Aus
picious Manner.
IcuMMlNs NOT MIsQuoTED

Candidate tor Governor Points OUT the
Present Executives Former Po-
stion-Dscusses Several
Live Issues.
Sioux City. Ia, Sept. 30.-Sioux City
Monday evening paid compli-
ment to the democratic candidate
b. Sullivan, and to the local demo-
cratic organization and also to large
degree evidenced its Endorsement OF the
principles OF which Mr.. Sullivan is IL
worthy exponent.
The local democratic campaign was
opened by a rousing meeting at the
court house. The attendance was so
large that many were Obliged to stand
In the doorways and crowd about the
walls The sentiments expressed by
Candidate Sullivan in his speech We're
| applauded With unreserved sincerity.
| Mr. Sullivan paid his compliments to
| Governor Cummins ana denied that he
had misquoted his excellency in any
particular. He referred to the govern
ors interview with Walter Wellman
and TO Cummins' speech in Minneap
oils when he declared:
The consumer Is more entitled to
competition than the manufacturer is
to protection"
Judge Van Wagenen Presided
4 Hon. A. Van Wagenen OF Sioux City
presided at the meeting. He was MIR.
Sullivan's opponent for the guberna-
torial nomination at the Des Moines
| convention, but he refused to allow his
name to be presented when the plat
form committee declined to incorporate
his government ownership plank He
To- <,f .t,~
porters In the state and he last night
declared the whole party in Iowa with
put exception was proud of it's stand
ard bearer who Is a man of ability and
power.
Chairman Van Wagenen referred to
The Woodbury. county ticket as one of
| exceptional strength and declared that
y. S. Garretson was a leader who would
De recognized In the state senate should
| lie be elecetd.
4 County Chairman Dickson was active
in getting the audience all inside the
hall and helped bring chairs from other
| PORTIONS of the court house. In the as
'emblage were numerous republicans
who paid strict heed to the speaker and
seemed to rather like his expressions
on tariff revision. Mr. Sullivan has
ane platform presence and he speaks
with conviction.
Cummins Not Misquoted.
Governor Cummins says l msquot-
ed him. said MIR. Sullivan. II deny
this. There are two reasons why i
would not do this: First, because 1t is
aot my purpose to make any misstate-
ments and second, because Governor
Cummins Is one of my best personal
friends. refer Mr.. Cummins to his i'm
terview with Walter Wellman in the
| governors office in Des Moines, in
which he was quoted as saying:
The postmaster general may and
Jften does refuse to deliver mail mat
ter to large business concerns whose
operations are deemed harmful to the
public interests. This Is q great power,
but 1T must be vested somewhere The
statutes place this power in one mans
hands. Now let US declare that monop-
ply Is ininical to the public welfare and
let US place similar power in the
| hands of the secretary OF commerce.
When 1t is ascertained that Il monopoly
as been established let the executive
lave authority to remove the tariff and
restore competitions.
Give an example of the sort of
monopoly you would strike through the
Jaw in this way.
Well. take tin plate and steel rails.
take barbed wire. which has been an
absolute monopoly for four or 1--WE
years The prices of this and Kindred
articles are exorbitant because OF the
monopoly. as | have discovered by in
vestigation.
How much too high are they?'
I" About 100 per cent"
Governor Cummins' speech in Chi
eago October 9. 1902, and his speech in
| Minneapolis were referred to by MIR.
Sullivan as indicating that Cummins
mad gone back on his principles in re-
gard to the tariff and this the speaker
SAID was because he was driven to 1t
| by the protected monopolists of the
| east.
The tariff. the trusts, the labor stu
alton and the proposed currency legis-
alton We're discussed in convincing
manner. Especial interest was eviaced
oy the audience in Mr.. Sullivans ref
erence to the Aldrich and Fowler bills.
The speaker said in part:
Upbuid Glass and Caste.
challenge n. the business Of the repib
believe 1t Is in the interest of a small
but powerful class of our citizenship.
believe Its success means the upbuilding
| of caste and class in this country such as
was never before known and 1t remains
for the people to place the seal OF con-
demnation or appreciation upon this spe-
cies of legislation.
| Taxation in any form Is a burden and
each citizen must bear his share for the
support of his government. The system
| now III vogue IL not aiOne Tor the purpose
Of raising revenue. but 1t takes from the
| pocket OF one man n dollar and gives it
to another without any compensation
| therefor. This is not one of the purposes
{, Tor which governments We're instituted.
1t III becomes !! republic founded on
| equality to require one citizen to pay
tribute to another. This is one of the
studies OF the school that described to
| you in the beginning in which the people
are students. 1t is not theory. it Is a
| fact.
| Protection is but tribute levied upon
| thrift and industry to support and main
tain in wealth and idleness.
| Why should l pay higher price in or
| der to enable another to make a larger
profit? I might as well pay you $l2O for
an article worth 81 that you may continue
in business. A protective tariff is a tax
upon consumption and 1t is unworthy of
any nation that bases Its right to legls-
late upon the great truth that all men are
equal. The consumer is not benefited by
q protective tariff, he is injured by It,
| AnayZe for single moment the effect
| Of the protective tariff upon one single
industry. 1t increases prices rather than
reduces 1t restricts the market and linn
Its the field.
The Tariff Duty on Lumber.
1 I take that Of lumber; this, an impor-
= tant item that enters Into the welfare of
/, every home in this great land. Today we
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