Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-08-09

Il lis not the part Of wisdom TO accept
hnd should have all that Is yours.r It
lis statement of a false theory tn mat
fers Of government to say that we
Eught to be willing to concede some
Thing to the opposition when an abso-
lutte surrender on their part is neces-
Bary to secure Justice. If a man owes
you ten dollars he has nothing to give
you in compromise of the debt Of five
dollars, and IL it is SO compromised
you have to do all the compromising.
30 it IS with the people in the affairs
Of this country until graft and corrup
lion cease, we have nothing to COM
promise.
Republican Weather.
The republicans may succeed In con-
vincing some people, that when they
have a good crop as the result Of fair
weather and industry upon their part,
that it is due to the Dingley bill or
some other republican measure, but
they cannot convince all tho people
that they are not largely to blame for
the conditions that exist regarding
matters relating to discrimination,
trusts, usurpations and the graft and
fraud that is now existing in official
positions which have grown up and
lourished under republican rule and
are the legitimate outgrowth of the
conditions made possible by their own
conduct.
The party stands indicted before the
people, which indictment has been
written and reads as follows:
mn
party. In the name and by the author
ity of the common people of this ma
ton, the republican party is accused
of being an accessory before the fact
In permitting discriminating trusts and
combinations to plumber and rob the
people of their just proportions of
their own productions, and of creating
a condition of graft, greed and corrupt
ion unequalled in the history of our
country; for that republican party
did in the year 1896 at republican head
quarters of the national campaign com
mittee knowingly receive large sums
of money from the protected indus
triesm trusts and combinations, then
and there knowing that said contribu-
lions we're being made for the purpose
of protecting the institutions, then and
there contributing from being inter
ferred with by unfriendly legislation
Or serious prosecution, and the said re-
publican party has since accepted like
contributions in 1900 and 1904, and has
knowingly permitted the same to prey
upon the interests Of the people for
the last ten years without let or hin
drance All of these acts have been
knowingly done by the republican
party contrary to and against the pros
perity, peace and happiness of the
American people. Williams Jennings
Bryan, prosecuting attorney.
To this indictment the republican
party must plead They cannot plead
Ignorance, because they were told in
the campaign of 1896 that the things
that now exist would follow republican
successes, and if they plead Ignorance
then they admit their Incompetence
because school boy could easily have
told you the result of the combinations
they were forming, that these grea
institutions would not contribute hun
dreds of thousands of dollars unless
they expected to get ib back from the
people; that if an officer Of a grea
insurance company would misappro
pirate thousands of dollars of the
money of the policy holders and con
tribute it to campaign fund. he would
not hesitate to buy legislators ant
otherwise inappropriate funds belong
ing to the company. The plea of self
defense the facts will warrant, not il
this particular case a plea of justif1ca
ton will not avail because of the prin
ciples which declares that the inter
ests of the people Of this country arr
paramount to the salvation Of any poll
teal party The facts under this In
dictment are overwhelming. The.
have been produced not by the lips Q
human witnesses, but by the actua
occurance of unsurpassed graft, greed
corruption and fraud by men holding
official positions in the government
service and by the promoters Of grea
Industrial concerns. You must com
before the jury of the people and NEE
the issues, and have such faith in tn
intelligence and patriotism Of tn
American citizens to believe that the
will be no longer mislead as to tn
path of duty as regards these matter
which so vitality effect their country.
If these things had happened unde
q democratic administration the subs
died press of this country would dali
be filled with denunciations of tn
party under whose incumbency the
had grown up and were permitted
exist. We want to here declare tina
the people propose to place the blam
where it belongs and when the poll
have closed in November will have r.
gistered their votes against the turtle
extension Of the charter Of that mos
powerful combination, trust discril
mating concern composed of the co
porate wealth of this country and tn
republican national machine.
Senators on Senate.
AS help in the publication of OIL
national congress the democratic part
now and for years has favored tt
election of United States senators
a direct vote of the people, as beir
one of the ways to more nearly secul
that much desired end of cover
ment for the people and by the peopl
No good reason can be given why
United States senator should not