Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-09-12

bank compared with the graft the tar
iff has permitted the steel trust to
enjoy for the past eight years, and
there Is not congressman from Iowa
who does not know it. What are the
salaries of the McCalls and the Nc
Curdys and the Hydes compared to
the organization of the steel trust
With one billion dollars of stock that
represents nothing in the world but
capitalized tariff as Congressman
Mccall of Massachusetts properly
named it.?' That sounds stronger
than anything ever read in the
"Commoner."
1t has been unkindly and unthought-
eddy, no doubt. alleged in some quar-
tiers, that certain democrats have &C.
tually taken part in the late republi-
can primaries, and lent their aid to
assist in the nomination of Governor
Cummins in his ambition to be the
| first man in Iowa to hold the COVER
norship three terms in succession. Is
1t to be wondered at that they should,
when even the editor of the Regis
ter" has been so visibly affected, and
with such forceful democratic utter
/
permit me, as the head this year OF
the democratic ticket, to present their
plea of not guilty." based on the old
common law complete defense of Jus
| tification."
1 If, as so completely and unanswer-
ably argued by the Governor, wrong
so serious and monstrous is being
Tally and weekly committed in the
i nf
GUS steel products, how 10 a. with the
articles mentioned in the democrat
c platform-iron, lumber, coal and
all trust controlled articles? Let Gov.
ernor Cummins answer as he did in
the same address from which have
so literally quoted. THE time at
my command forbids the stating of
more than one of the prominent sched-
lies of the tariff. pass all others
oy, affirming, however, that what I
10 now show with respect to the iron
ind steel schedules can be shown with
equal cOnclusiveness with respect to
many Others" In this same speech
to which have been referring, deliv-
cred in his home city, to friendly
club, and not in the heat of debate,
but from manuscript, at time when
every citizen of This country was hor-
rified and shocked by the violation of
The sacred trust imposed on our in
urance officials, that of gathering
lere and there throughout this broad
and the funds to be held in trust for
he widows and orphans, and with
that same power and eloquence the
Governor summed up the entire wrong
committed under the Dingley tariff.
The amount OF graft o. all the in
surance companies for all time, will
not equal one-iit... of tine amount OF
which our people are robbed every
year by excessive tariffs Never
have heard or read such language
from any democrat. How temperate
and moderate, compared with this
statement OF Governor Cummins, is
the thoroughly democratic statement
Of the great leader of the minority in
the House of Representatives. .ohn
Sharp Williams. when he said: 1.-THE
thing down to the heart and bottom
of which you have got to go, and that
you have to plant in the hearts of the
people, is the fact that this thing is
wrong-that is. 1t is all wrong IL the
American system of government and
the American institutions are right
And iurther on in the same speech,
says: Il do not believe In topping
over whole wrong system even, all
at once, because great many Of the
people who would be buried under the
debris are people who are not tc be
blamed for the system under which
they live. We must go gradually to-
ward this tariff for revenue only goal.
We must leave object lessons behind
us as we go, which will encourage
~ H,,ts
l.ther." Let ME say to this audience,
and through this audience to Cover
nor Cummins, if the wrongs are one
fifth as bad as portrayed by him why
should we he longer compelled to en-.
lure them?
session of congress has passed
since that speech was made and no
relief has been granted If the Gov.
ernor was right, was not the Water.
loo convention right when it asked
for immediate relief?'
Let me ask Governor Cummins an.
other question: viii the Honorable
John Lacey of this, the sixth district,
work and vote to remove the duty
rom iron. steel. lumber, coal and all
trust made articles? He has never
said lie would. Nor does his platform
so bind him. Will the congressman
from my district William P. Hepburn
SO work ana vote? He has never said
Ihe would. Nor does his platform so
bind him. Will the other members
Of the congressional delegation from
Iowa, including the United States sen.
{ ators, SO work and vote! They have
fnever said they would Neither does
| their platform say they will. Yet
Governor Cummins before the Cum.
minis republican convention" declared
that he wanted to lay at their feet the
'ribute of his praise. There are
eleven candidates for congress on the
democratic ticket who will work and
/ vote to remove the duties named, at
least luer platform says so. Will
the Governor take the platform in
owa and ask the electors to vote for
i he eleven democratic candidates Tor
congress?
1t was my privilege to stand where
could plainly hear the Governor, In
he city of Des Moines, on the even.
ng of July 31st. when the Cum
Minis republicans were holding
meeting on the evening preceding the
convention, and well remember the
speech OF Governor Cummins and his
remark, II have said nothing that
now take back" Can Governor Cum.
Minis support the eleven republican
candidates for congress? He may.
| lie did in 1904. But II he does, Is
there man in Iowa that can truth
fully say that by so doing he has TAX
en- nothing back? The march down