Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-11-02


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. i
"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 a
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
ocratie votes on the ground that he is
reformer. There might be some
force in his argument If he were run
ming against a Republican who was
opposed to all reforms, but he is run
ming against Democrat who stands
for everything in the way of reform
that Governor Cummins stands for
and for a. great deal that Governor,
Cummins opposes. Why should q
Democrat, who has been marching in
the direction of reform, fall back to
Governor Cummins' position when Mr..
Porter is standing in the front rank
and ordering a 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
be healed over by honied words. It
isn't a personal difference. 1t is a
difference of principles and 1t 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.
therefore, would rather have the Dem
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 begrudge us the vic
tory that will come to us while they
fight Turn about is fair play, and
they must fight until one element OF
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 its 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 equa
rights to all and special privileges t.
none. This is the only foundation
, upon which free government can b
built, and there ought to be no com
promise or surrender until plutocrac,
capitals.
Gives Facts in the Case.
Since referring to the Registe
!, and Leader, have been informe,
, that a report has been circulated II
; Iowa that refused to come into tn
i state to speak against Governor Cum
: Minis. Let me give you the facts il
i the case. While in Europe receive,
/ letter inviting me to stop in low,
!. on my way home, 1t was during tn,
campaign when Governor Cummin
, was fighting for his denomination an,
: replied that / understood he wa
. fighting for reform and if he was sue
!. cessful in his fight would not car
to speak against him. That was be
. fore the convention was held and be
: fore the platform was adopted. H
. controlled the convention, but in
: stead Of securing platform unequiy
: ocally in favor OF reform, he permit
, ted tariff plank to be inserted. /
, holds out the same inducements tina
! high tariff advocates have been hold
a Ing out for half a century. That plat
, form will deceive any one that trusts
> 1t, because the tariff will not be re
; vised by its friends or by those tina
put their devotion to the protectiy,
, principles above their devotion to tn,
tariff reduction. But since the con
vention, the governor has gone int,
Wisconsin to speak for the candidat,
whom LaFollette tried to defeat TO
the nomination. LaFollette is tn,
.. brayest reformer who has appeared Ii
the Republican party for half cen
]. years ago refused to go to W,sco1
, sin, although personal friend was
candidate against him, and gave m
reason for 1t when I told him wa
8 not willing to oppose LaFollette whe
! there were SO many other Republic
ans that needed opposing worse. Thi
! year LaFollette tried to defeat tn
] nomination o. Mr.. Davidson, but Ser
} atpr Spooner and the stalwarts won
; victory and Governor Cumming wa
willing to go there and assist the ear
) dates whom LaFollette opposed. Nc
satisfied with speaking for Candidat
Davidson, Governor Cummins praise
Senator Spooner. II in praising Ser
: ator Spooner, Governor Cummfns wa
j serious, then Governor Cummins
not reformer, for Senator Spoone
does not stand for one single reform
! and never has, and Governor Gun
Minis is too well informed on nationa
politics not to know that. II, KNOWN