Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-11-04
Standing Pat.
washington Letter.)

SllCe tue TepuMlCdu parry LAS gone
to the poker table for its slogan, it is
pertinent to say that wise gam blers
stand pat" only on hand so coed
that it can not be improved, or on
poor hand for the purpose of ''bluffing"
other players into the belief that it is
a frStclass one.
Consider seriously, are the National
conditions so good that they can not
be improved? Is that the reason why
the republican party islands pat" on
them?
Is the country so prosperous that it
is either foolish or wicked to think it
might be made more so by intelligent
legislation?
Conditions are upon us which have
thrown hundreds of thousands Of
workingmen out of employment and
reduced the earnings of millions.
Does the republican party ''stand
pat" on that state of things?
Idleness for an army Of workers and
the lowering of wages have caused a
widespread lessening of the peoples pur
chasing power, and consequent de-
crease in sales and profits among man
-ufaoturars and merchants. Thus has
been brought on general lethargy in
business.
Does the republican party 'stand
patti on that?
While wages and profitshave yo1 e
down, the cost of living has gone up
through the arbitrary demands of ex.
tortionate trusts.
Does the republican party "stand
pat on that?
Exports and imports have fallen of
enormously:
Does the republican party 'staud
pat'' on that?
For the current fiscal year the Treas
ury statement shows an excess In ex.
penditures over receipts of about S45,
O00, 900.
Does the republican party "stand
pat" on that?
Monopolistic trusts continue to
charge what they please for the prime
necessaries of life, and speculative
trusts to overcapitalize combined
properties, swindling honest investors
and transferring the hard-earned dol
lars of the people from banks and le-
Ultimate investments into wor thless
watered stocks.
Does the republican party 'stand
pat" on that?
Trusts, protected by the tariff, sell
cheaper to foreigners than they do to
Americans.
Does the republican party "stand
pat" on that?
In Colorado men are denied the con.
stitutional rights of American citi.
zens, imprisoned without process o.
law, and banished from the State al
the point of the bayonet for the crime
Of belonging to labor union.
Does the republican party "stand
pat" on that?,,
Confederate predatory trusts, affect.
ing to represent the country's honest
business interests, whose worst enemy
they are, dictate legislation in Wash.
ington and have the Admins.
tration's promise that ii
will not "run amuck" against
banded trust magnates who break the
laws but make heavy campaign con.
tributions.
Does the republican party "stand
pat' on that?
Instead of enjoying government by
and for the people, we are suffering
under government by and for the
trusts.
Does the republican party "stand
PATTON that.
The answer to all OF these aues.
lions are obvious.
The republican party Stands pat
on conditions which must be changed
II we are to have republican govern.
ment and not government by pluto
cracy that is insensible to everything
save Its own immediate financial in
terests.
CAsToHEA
s.ar.th. I1he Kind YOU Havs Always Bo'gt
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