The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-11-01

hOce1tly thought some or the TRUSTS q
blessing, but experience and observa.
tions have taught their lessons and
the missions of the trust magnates
themselves have left nothing to be
learned. The younger Rockefeller
compares our industries to the Amer.
lean Beauty rose and says that as the
rose can only be brought to it's per-
lection by pitching off the ninety-nine
buds that the strength of the bush
may flow into the other bud, so the
great industries cannot be brought to
perfection except by pitching off the
smaller and weaker ones. The Dem
ocratic party is on the side of the
ninety and nine and the Republican
party is on the side of the one.
Governor CummiEs has gone with
us little ways on the trust question,
but even he is not radical enough to
deal with the trust as it ought to be
dealt with.
"The Democrats have been dream
ing on the labor question. Ten years
ago they dreamed of arbitration as
means of settling differences between
labor and capital and they dreamed of
relief from government by injunction.
This dream has not yet been realized,
because the Republican party has
been in power and has listened to
the corporations instead of the labor
ing man. Has Governor Cummins
tried to bring about a fulfillment of
our dreams on this subject, or does he
believe with Republican leaders that
the laboring man ought to be denied
the right of trial by jury and be COM
PEELED to fight out his differences with
his corporate employer by prolonged
strike that throws the burden and
sacrifices upon wife and children?
Rate Regulation.
"The Democrats have dreamed
about rate regulation for at least a
decade and their dreams have been
embodied in. three party platforms,
but the Republican party has stead
tasty refused to endorse rate legisla-
ton in their national platform. Gov
ernor Cummins gave some assistance
in the discussion of the rate bill, but
he went to Milwaukee to speak for
Republican candidate whose nomina,
ton LaFollette tried to prevent, and
in that speech he praised Senator
Spooner, one of the most ultra and
outspoken OF the railway senators.
Governor Cummins asks for Dem
ocratic votes on the ground that he is
reformer. There might be some
force in his argument if he were run
ming against Republican who was
opposed to all reforms, but he is run
ming against a Democrat who stands
for everything in the way of reform
that Governor Cummins stands for
and for great deal thai Governor
Cummins opposes. Why should a
Democrat, who has been marching in
the direction of reform, fall back to
! Governor Cummins' oositi ~ Hhen Mr..
/! Porter is standing in the front rank
! and ordering charge on all of the
abuses which the Republican party
has permitted to grow up? We might
as well recognize the fact that the
Republican party is hopelessly divided
: and the division is one which cannot
I be healed over by honied words. It
isn't personal diff ference. 1t is a
difference of principles and it is life
and death struggle to see which ele.
ment of the party will control. If the
standpatters control, the reformers in
the Republican party will have to act
with the Democratic party. If the
+, reform element in the Republican
party controls, then the standpatters
will have no place to go. Each side,
ocratic party win than have the other
faction successful. This was just the
situation in the Democratic party ten
years ago and the Republicans profit
ed by it. The Republican party can
not very we'll begl'udge us the vic
tory that will come to us while they
fight. Turn about is fair play, and
they must fight until one element or
the other is in complete control of
their party and the other element
either surrenders or leaves. In the
meantime the Democratic party
ought to continue it's fight to restore
the government to the hands of the
people and establish in all the de
partments Of the government, state
and national, the doctrine of equal
rights to all and special privileges to
none. This is the only foundation
upon which free government can be
built. and there ought to be no CON
promise or surrender until plutocracy
is driven from our state and national
capitals.
Gives Facts in the Case.
"Since referring to the Register
and Leader, l have been Informed
that report has been circulated ir
Iowa that I refused to come into the
state to speak against Governor Cum
} Minis. Let me give you the facts il
the case. While in Europe received
letter inviting me to stop in low;
, on my way home. 1t was during thu
campaign when Governor Cummin