The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-11-12

NOV. IL, 1904.
who had contributed to the defeat o
the party in the two preceding cam
paigns. He continued:
Costly Experiment,
The experiment has been a costly
one. and it is not likely to be repeated
during the present generation. The
eastern Democrats were also deceived
They We're led to believe that the mag
mates and monopolists. who coerced
the voters in 1896 and supplied al
enormous campaign fund in both 1885,
and 1900, would help the Democratic
party if our party would only be less
radical. The corporation press aided
in this deception, and even the Repub-
lican papers professed an uns aifish de-
sire to help build up the Democratic
party The election has opened the
eyes of hundreds Of thousands OF hon
est and we'll meaning Democrats, who
a few months ago. favored the reorgan-
ization of the party. These men now
see that they must either so INTO the
Republican party OF join with the Dem
ocfats Of the west and south i'm max
ing the Democratic party Il positive
aggressive and progressive reform or
ganzation. There is no middle ground
Did What He Could.
Mr.. Bryan did what he could to
prevent the reorganization of the DEM
ocra tic party when he failed in this
he did what he could to aid Parker and
Davis in order TO secure such reforms
and there were seVeral-prom-
ised by their election. Now that the
campaign - over. he viii assist those
who desire to put the Democratic party
once more on sound basis: he will
assist in organizing for the campaign
of 1905 1t does not matter so much
who the nominee may be. During the
next three years circumstances ma?
bring into the arena some man espe-
cially fitted to carry tn" standard. Ii
Will be time enough 10 nominate can
didate when we are near enough to the
campaign to measure the relative
availability of those worthy To be con
sidered
But we ought to begin to lay our
plans for the next national campaign
and to form the line of battle.
Future Issues.
THE party must continue TO protest
against a large army. against large
navy, and to stand for the indepen-
dence of the Philippines, for Imperial
ism and menace of militarism to the
corrupting influence of cOmmerciaAsm'
and yet experience has shown that.
however righteous the party's position
on this subject the issue does not
arouse the people as they can be
warned by a question which touches
them Immediately and individually
The injustice done tC thu Filipino is not
received as it should BE. or as we re-
sent a wrong to ourselves, and the cost
illness of imperialism is hidden by the
statistics and by our Indirect system
of taxation. While the party must
maintain its position on this supJecL
it cannot present this as the only
issue.
The party must also maintain its
position on the tariff question. NO an
swer- has been made to the indictment
against the high tariff. and yet, here
too. the burden of the tariff system Is
concealed by the method in which the
taxes are collected.
The Income Tax.
ut cannot be made the sole issue III
a campaign. The party must renew us
demand for an income tax, TO be Sc
cured through an constitutional
amendment, in order that wealth may
be made TO pay it's share of the eX-
pense of the government. Today we
are collecting practically all OF our
federal revenue from taxes upon con-
sumption, and these bear heaviest upon
the poor and light upon the rich.
1.-THE party must maintain its posi-
ton i'm favor of bimetallism- 1t cannon
surrender its demand for the use of It's
gold and silver as the standard money
of the country, but the question must
remain in allegiance. until conditions
so change as TO bring the public agar
face to face with falling prices and
rising dollar. This, therefore, cannot
be made the controlling issue Of the
contest upon which we are entering.
The Greatest Question.
THE trust question presents the mos
acute phase of the contest between De
nocracy and plutocracy, so far as eco
noniic issues are concerned. The pres
ident virtually admits that the trust:
contributed to his campaign fund. Du
he denies that they received any prom
ises OF aid or immunity No well-in'
formed person doubts that the large
CORPORATIONS have furnished the Re
publican campaign fund during the
campaigns of 1896 and 1900 and 1904
and no one can answer the logic o
Judge Parker's arraignment of trusts
contributions. The trusts are run OF
a business principle. They do Lot sub
scribe millions of dollars to campaign
unless they are paying for favors al
ready granted or purchasing favors tol
future delivery. The weakness OF
Judge Parker's position was that the
charge was made at the close of the
campaign. when it was neutralized by
counter charge. The trusts cannon
be fought successfully by any party
that depends upon trust funds to wiz
the election.
Attack Must Be Vehement.
1.-The Democratic party must make
its attack upon the trusts 80 vehement
that no one will suspect it of secret aiC
from them. 1t will be to its advantage
if it will begin the next campaign witt
an announcement that no trust contrl'
buttons will be accepted, and theT
prove it's sincerity by giving the public
access to its contribution list. In pub
lie. enterprises the names of contrfbu'
tors are generally made public in order
to denote the character and purpose
of the work.
Roosevelt has four years in which
to make good his declaration that nc
obligati were incurred by the ac'
ceptance of trust funds. He will dis
appoint either the contributors or tbs
voters. If he disappoints the contribu
tors. the trust question may be put il
the process of settlement, If he disap'
nnints the neonle they will have 8