Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-11-01
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noceStly thought some Of the trusts a
blessing, but experience and observa-
lions have taught their lessons and
the admissions of the trust magnates
themselves have left nothing to be
learned. The younger Rockefeller
compares our Industries to the A1GeI
lean Beauty rose and says that as the
rose can only be brought to it's per-
lection by pitching OFF the "incty-nine
buds that the strength of the bush
may flow into the other bud. so tho
great industries cannot be brought To
perfection except by pitching oil the
smaller and weaker ones. The Dem
ocratic party is on the side oil the
ninety and nine and the Republican
party is on the side Of the one.
Governor Cummins has gone with
us a little ways on the trust question.
hut oven he is not radical enough to
deal with tho 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 Il
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 1ultillment 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
lis 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
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 I.aFollette tried to prevent, ard
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
a reformer. There might be some
force in his argument if he were rum
ming against 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
Cnmmins opposes. Why should a
Democrat, who has been marching in
the direction of reform, fall back to
Governor CEmmins' position when 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 we'll recognize the fact that the
Republican party is hopelessly divided
and the division is one which cannot
be healed over by honied words: 1t
isn't a personal difference. 1t is Il
difference of principles and it is life
and death struggle to see which elc-
ment of the party will control III the
standpatters control, the reformers in
the Republican party will have to act
with the Democratic party. III 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 Tie
situation in the Democratic party ten
years ago and the Republicans profit
cd by it. The Republican party can
not very well bcgrudge 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 clement
either snrrcnders or leaves. In the
meantime the Democratic party
ought 10 continue its fight to restore
the government 10 tie hands Of the
people and establish in all tho %
i,artis' n.s Of tie government. state
AMI national iha doctrine of equal
rights To all and special privileges 10
I.t.
upon which a free government can DC
built and there ought to be no com
promise OF surrender until plutocracy
is driven from our state and national
capitals.
Gives Facts in the Case.
Since referring TO he Register
una Leader. ] have been informed
that 9. report has been circulated in
Iowa TIA. | refused to come into the
sta,o u p Il: against Governor Cum
l..i..a Lei me give you the facts in
Tire case. While in Europe | received
o letter insitinis me to stop in Iowa
on lly way home. 1t was during the
campaign wien Governor Cummins
was fighting for his denomination ana
replied that understood he was
fighting for reform and if he was sue
cessful in his fight would not care
to speak against him. That was be-
fore the convention was held and be-
fore the platform was adopted. He
controlled the convention, but In
stead Of securing platform uncqniv-
oeally in favor ci reform. he permit
ted tariff plank 10 be inserted u
holds ont the same Inducements inst