Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-10

MES that they received any promises
Of air or immunity. No well informed
person doubts that the large corpora
ttons furnished the republican cam
paign fund during the campaigns of
1896 and 1900 and 1904, and no one can
answer the logic Of Judge Parkers ar
raignment of the trusts contribu-
tons.
1.-THE trusts are run on a base princi-
pie. They do not subscribe millions
of dollars to a campaign unless they
are paying for favors already granted
or purchasing favors for future deliv-
cry. The weakness of Judge Parker's
position was that the charge was made
at the close of the campaign, when it
was neutralized by a counter charge.
The trusts cannot be fought success
fully by any party that depends upon
trust funds to win the election. The
democratic party must make It's at
tack upon the trusts so vehement that
no one will suspect it of secret aid
from them. 1t will be to it's advantage
If 1t will begin the next campaign with
j, an announcement that no trust contri-
buttons will be accepted and then prove
Its sincerity by giving the public ac-
cess to its contribution list. In public
enterprises, the names OF contributors
are generally made public in order to
denote the character and purpose of
the work.
President Roosevelt has four years
in which to make good his declaration
that no obligations were incurred by
the acceptance Of trust money. He will
disappoint either the contributors or
the voters. If he disappoints the con-
tributors, the trusts question may be
put in the process Of settlement. II he
disappoints the people, they Will have
chance to settle with his party four
years hence. The platforms of 1900 and
1904 declare that a private monopoly
Is indefensible and intolerable, and
this declaration presents the issue
upon the trust question.
Protect Wage Farmers.
"The party must continue it's defense
Of the interests Of the wage earners:
1t must protect them from the en-
croachments Of capital. The fact that
the laboring men have not always
shown their appreciation of the party's
position ought not to deter the party
from doing its duty In regard to them.
The labor question is not one that con-
it concerns the entire community and
the people at large have an interest
in the just settlement Of labor controv-
ersies; for that reason they must In
sist upon remedial legislation in regard
to hours and arbitration; and they
must SO limit the authority of the
courts in contempt cases as to over
throw what is given by injunction.
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sition to national banks and must In
sist upon divorcing the treasury depart
ment from Wall street.
1.-THE party must continue its fight
for the popular election of senators
and for direct legislation wherever the
principle can be applied. 1t must not
only maintain it's position on old issues
but 1t must advance to the considera-
ton of new questions as they arise.
ut takes time to direct attention to
an evil and still more time to consoli-
date sentiment in favor of remedy,
and Mr.. Bryan Is not sanguine enough
to believe that all the reforms that he
favors will at once be Endorsed by any
party platform, but he will proceed to
point out the reforms which he be-
lieves to be needed. Among these may
be mentioned the postal telegraph sys-
tenn, state ownership Of railroads, the
election of federal judges for fixed
terms, and the election Of postmasters
by the people Of their respective COM
munities Instead Of having the gov
eminent controlled by corporations
thru officers chosen by the corpor-
ations we must have a government OF
the people. by the people. and for the
people; government administered ac-
cording to the Jeffersonian maxim OF
equal rights to all and special priv
ileges to none Hope and duty point
the way. To doubt the success Of our
cause is to doubt the triumph of the
right, for ours is and must be the
cause of the masses. With malice to-
ward none and charity for all let us
begin the campaign Of 1908; let us ap-
peal to the moral sentiment OF the
country and arraign the policies of the
republican party before the bar of the
public conscience"