The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-12
IOWA
A WEEPNGI PROPHET
Iowa's 0ff-Year Campaign Started
by the Democratic Candidate,
jeremiah Sullivan. j
Tariff Blamed for All Our Woes and
Cummins Rated as Back
slider.
Special to The Journal.

Denison, Iowa, Sept. 12.-Jeremiah b.
Sullivan, democratic candidate for gov
ernor, opened his campaign this after
noon. He arraigned Iowa republicans, and
especially Governor Cummins, for failing
to stand by their guns for tariff reform.
His address was over two hours in
length. He spoke In part as follows:
Our worthy governor declared in one
of his public utterances that the duty
ON steel was the cause of monopoly and
increased the price to the consumer nearly
100 per cent, and that the duty should be
reduced. If 1t was true then, it Is true
now, and it will never be modified unless
you by your votes say to the men who
make you promises, they must be full
filed
Our worthy governor never uttered a
truer statement than when he said the
people need competition more than the
manufacturer needs protection. con-
graduated him ON his position then and
l do now, If he still believes In that ut
terance. If Governor Cummins still be-
lieves In the platform of 1901, he owes it
to himself and to his state and to the
future to republic publicly the platform OF
1903. The great band Of tariff reformers
We're proud OF him once, but we wish
him to stand pat not to turn backwards
l 1ndorse every word of the governor for
| the revision Of the tariff, but want the
positive declaration of 1902, not the skim
milk edition of 1908.
| Tariff Causes All the Trouble.
| The tariff Is the basis Of all trusts. The
| trouble Is and has been that our people
have not given to the trust question the
serious attention it deserves. The inev.
liable consequences of combination are
the elimination Of competition. Sorry in.
deed VIII be the hour when competition
Is thing Of the past. The trust magnate
of this day and age desires combination
for the purpose, first, of economy, and
secondly, to control the output.
Two years ago, and year ago
when the republican convention SAID
that tariff schedules were not sa
cred, and should be SO adjusted al
not to give shelter to monopoly the PEG
pie applauded the act and Governor Cum
minis was heralded as another Moses tt
lead to the promised land. Yet the har
mony crowd, the 'standpatters' of July /
checked the budding promise, and 70,
find nothing Of that kind in the edition
Of 1903. y
Condemns the Fowler Bill.
"Our worthy governor himself faintl,
Endorses the Fowler bill, q measure which
imeans wildcat currency Of the wildes
(sort. Do you fully appreciate that sys
item of craftsmanship which wishes to in
graft on the law of our country a statut
permitting a $40 bill to be based upon tn
assets of some defunot bank, and Is un
willing to have the $40 bill based upo
the silver bullion of our country? Whic
asset would you prefer? Would you pre-
fer that of the bank In the hands of
receiver or silver, bullion in the vault
of the United States?- 49, o. Il, 80
Shall this great government Of our
be by the people and for the peoIe,, or wi
1T be, by the corporations and for tn
trusts? You do not find 'standpattel
4 advocating the election Of a United State
senator by the people, ~