Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-11-05

the election of United States senators
and lower house of congress direct:
the election of federal judges by the
people; that the tenure of Office should
be limited, and for months these mat
ters were debated by those who
framed our constitution, each honest
and sincere in the advocacy of differ
ent ideas and lines of thought. The
final elimination was that the people
Indirectly vote for president and d.
rectly for members of the lower house
of congress, federal judges appointed
for life, United States senators for a
stated period, but not voted for by the
people, and in this way, each side
maintaining what they believed to be
right, surrendered a portion of their
views and we have constitution we
all so love and admire.
Small Standing Army.
"The President of the United States
in his letter of acceptance announces
that we have smaller standing army
today than when the first president
was commander in chief. Admitting
this to be true on the ratio plan, I
make the statement that our standing
army of this hour could be reduced
one-half and yet be ample for the
wants of this great government. Mill
tarism is one Of the issues of this cam
paign. A man behind the pillow is of
more utility to the success and de-
velopment of the American nation,
than man behind the gun A stand
ing army is menace and is out of
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The Tariff.
II believe that the three great ques-
lions before you and me this hour for
solution in this contest are with refer
ence to militarism. the tariff and the
trusts. am not believer in the
proposition that you have right to
take dollar from my pocket and give
it to another. without compensation
thereafter. say to you, sir. that the
tariff question never will be solved in
the American republic until it is
solved in accordance with what is Just
and right. What is protection? Pro-
lection in it's broadcast sense means
that |, the consumer, must give of my
means to you, the producer, without
receiving anything in return. Discus
sion of this great question will never
be inopportune until it is solved in the
interests of the masses of this nation.
The history of the democratic party
for 100 years denies the right Of gov
eminent to take a dollar from one man
and give 1T to another without compen-
sation. l insist that American labor is
free, but the product Of American la
Dor is protected. Protected from within
and protected from without.
Reciprocity.
An eminent gentleman of the state
of Iowa has said that he was in favor
of reciprocity and In favor of the re-
vision of the tariff, but he wanted it
revised by republicans instead of DEM
ocrats. He could say he wished it re-
vised for republicans and not demo-
Gratis.
Does he not recognize in democracy
the truth of the assertion that it is
equality to all men, and does he not
recognize the truth of the assertion
that all stand on the same level? De.
mocracy has no advantages for one
that is not given another. 1t can only
offer equal opportunities to ALL
prIceS and Labor.
1T has been said by those who wish
to maintain the ascendancy of the pres
ent policies of the republican party
that the labor of our country is better
employed than heretofore That the
Dingley act. has brought comfort and
happiness to the American people.
reiterate the proposition that the
American laboring man is in active
competition with ever laboring man in
the world. By reason of our tariff
legislation we have made it possible
for the product of labor to be protected
at home but labor itself is free.
The Trusts.
cit has been said that the people
are unable to curb the mighty power
of trusts. 1t is admittedly true in this
day and age of vast capitalization and
immense wealth the tendency leads to
the control of the necessaries of life
by the few. The republican platform
of 1904 is not bow of promise The
trust question comes home to all of
us. The platform adopted at ST.
Louis unequivocally satisfies the mind
that its utterances are based on truth
Our friends say to us that the present
occupant of the White House has de-
monstrated his loyalty to the anti
trust law / will give him credit for
what he did but 1 say the effort he
made to enforce the antitrust law
should not cease.
Imperialism.
An issue that will never die is the
right OF every man to assist in the
making of his own laws and the selec-
ton of his labor. 1t was the right
of the American over 100 years ago
when they threw the tea overheard in
Boston Harbor, that they would not
be ruled by aliens and would not be
taxed without representation. Taxa
ton and representation are synony-
nous terms. The man who wished to
tax you without your consent would be
willing to take your property without
your consent Little did our forefath-
ers think 100 years ago that the flag
of the free and the home of the brave
would within 100 years thereafter
have nearly 100000 men in standing
army. Not for the purpose of quelling
instruction at home or preventing a