Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-05-27

bling Of the public have their tame
men, their hired attorneys, in Office.
The bank of Jackson's day timidly
claimed the right to small share in
government, and Jackson killed it for
its temerity.
What would he say to the swarm Of
trusts today, whose individual and
combined influence, whose paid or ter
rorized servants, in or out of Office,
constitute the governing power in the
national administration?
If Jackson was needed in his day,
how much more is he needed now,
with the fearlessness that made him
/, DO his duty as be saw it!
Needless to say, the Democratic party
Of the United States, which includes
able and successful men in all lines Of
effort, has never put itself in position
Of hostility to any legitimately acquired
wealth.
Today, as in Jackson's day, the Dem
ocratic party is party open to all
American citizens obedient to the laws
and faithful to the constitution, no
matter how poor or no matter how rich
they be.
No Democrat need be reminded that
the ability OF those men who possess
honestly acquired riches is essential to
the nations welfare.
Those who attack Unfortunately or
jealousy the rights Of the prosperous
manufacturer, merchant, inventor,
banker or other legitimately successful
men are not Democrats. They are as
blind and stupid in their way as those
Of another class who cry down and at
tack the rights Of the union man who
works with his hands.
The Democratic party, more willingly
than any other, recognizes that the men
who develop the resources of the coun-
try, the men who create the wealth, the
men who through executive, organizing
and constructive ability provide oppor-
tunity for effort, employ labor, distrib-
ute wages and confer benefits upon the
whole community, are those entitled to
large reward, since those who direct
great and legitimate business under
takings are essential to the prosperity
Of the nation.
The promoters Of extortionate and
speculative trusts do not develop the
resources Of the country, but hinder
and restrict development. They do not
create wealth, but appropriate the
wealth which others have created.
ThaT check prospaxitJ hy concentrating
, wealth in the hands Of the few out Of
the savings Of the many. They limit
production, they limit opportunity, they
limit the employment Of labor and re-
! duce the laborer's wage, while they in
crease the cost of living. They confer
no benefits on the community. The
! wealth they possess is stolen money,
and the laws Of the country should
hold them as public criminals.
! Managers Of get rich quick trusts,
managers Of fraudulent trusts-that
great tribe of public robbers-are not
COMPOUNDED in any Democrats mind
with the honest men whose superior
ability, industry, patience or intellect
have brought them legitimate wealth.
The growth and prosperity Of the
United States have merely begun. The
nation needs the ablest minds, capable
of wide planning and accomplishment.
These will continue to be valued and
encouraged by all good citizens. Ev-
ery Democrat will agree that the labor
O. is worthy Of his hire, whether he
work for day wages or for great
wealth, so long as he works honestly
and legitimately.
The Democratic party is the party
e all honest working Americans. 1t is
the party that will promote the vel.
fare of all those contented to live with.
In the laws.
The Democratic party is the party Of
prosperity prosperity Of the many
not of the law defying few.
The coming battle Of the Democracy
against special privilege is already
clearly outlined in the minds Of intel
ogent voters This nation was estab
6shed for the benefit Of all, for the pur
pose Of giving equal legal rights to all
The coming 1Eht Of the Democracy II
b preserve the essential character Of
our American system, and is to b.
against the criminal element which
ooeks to change the nations character
1t is the duty Of the Democratic par
~ to release the country from the griI
e extortionate trusts, which, like thu
coal trust and the beef trust contro
he necessaries Of life, increasing thu
cost of living and destroying the pur
chasing power Of money earned.
It is the duty Of the Democratic par
q to eliminate the opportunities O
speculative trusts, like the steel trus
and the shipyard trust, that deceive tn
public and take the peoples savings II
exchange for worthless watered stocks
1t is the duty Of the Democratic
party to prevent the recurrence Of thu
present national situation, in which ",
zee the wages Of tens of thousands o.
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