Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-10-13

should pay taxes. In Iowa Cummins
said that all corporations should pay
their just share of taxes. and In New
York, when Roosevelt was governor, he
said the same thing. In Wisconsin La
Toilette said all men are or should be
| free and all should have equal oppor-
| tunities, and Cummins i'll Iowa, ana
| Folk in Missouri, and Deneen in Ill
inos all said the same thing. They
said more; they said I'VE are opposed
| to the System" it is vicious, 1t is
| wrong, it is dishonest, it is unfair. IL
| is maintained at the price of manhood,
and of political Independence
The victory IN Wisconsin does not
mean that the System is destroyed.
oh, no. 1t only means 1t has had !,
| Jolt 1T means they have found an
other real man. The victory over the
| System is only for the time being.
The System is a corporation, q
close corporation; 1T never dies. La
Toilette or Cummins may die. and the
organization they have built up go to
pieces, but the system" never dies. 1T
| is ready for business the moment the
| well doer gets tired and men
| do get tired of fighting. When
the only inducement is an approving
conscience. Land grants, franchises,
rich plums and fat salaries go lar
| ther. And these are what the Sys-
| tenn" holds out. 1t says, Act with us
and every plum that falls shall be
given one of the faithful. il sena-
torial seat becomes vacant, you can
get it. If a judge or United states
marshal. or United States district
attorney is to be appointed, you shall
receiver is necessary, You shall have
it. If you are a gambler, scoundre!.
a highway robber, or a murderer. we
will stand by you, IL you will stond
by us. All you have to do is to con-
centrate your repeaters in close dis
tricts in primary elections and divide
with the United States attorney. In
return for this, all we ask you to
do is to send men TO congress end to
the legislature who will vote for such
bills as we introduce. without asking
any fool questions"
;, to- hat
LaFollette, Cummins, Folk and De-
neen are fighting.
The System" is strongly entrench-
ed, but the System" is going to be
destroyed Not now, not next year.
but some time. 10 doubt it Is to
doubt the perpetuity of our form of
government. The outlook is encourag-
ing. Never before has it happened that
the president Of the United States and
the governors Of four great states
were simultaneously fighting graft AMI
the System" 1t began with Roose-
welt in New York; it spread to Wis
consin, then to Iowa, then to Missouri
and then to Illinois. Members Of
congress- United States inarshals,
United States district attorneys, rail-
way solicitors, still refer to real men
with an insolent sneer, but their ten
ure Of power is not secure, and they
know it.
When we ask the Waterman to tell
us of the night, his answer Is full
of cheer. A man may be lifelong re-
publican. He may believe in the re-
publican party and in republican prin-
ciples but more than all he should
believe in the republic and in republi-
can institutions For this reason, If
for no other he should oppose the "Sys-
tenn" In the present conflicts in Wis
consin, in Iowa, in Missouri and Illi-
nois, this is the overshadowing issue.
Party politics don't count. In the
nation, every honest man, who be-
lieves in good government, who is OPP
posed to graft, who is opposed to the
SYSTEM should support Roosevelt. In
Missouri he should support Roosevelt
and Folk, in Wisconsin he should sup
port Roosevelt and LaFollette, and in
Iowa he should not only support
Roosevelt, but stand by the policies
and the men that A. b. Cummins rep
raSantS