Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-09-20
grand act. 1 applauded him for it.

grand act. / a~pplauded him for 1t.
But where did he get the doctrine
n the republican platform? MOI He
got it from the democratic platform.
and l wrote the plank myself. We
we're very glad to lend him the plank
from our platform. If he could gain
popularity by settling one strike that
cost the public ninety-nine millions of
dollars, why ought not our party
have some credit for proposing a plan
which, if put into a law, would have
made the strike unnecessary? Why
has not the republican party followed
it up by making a national law that
will render it unnecessary for a nan
to starve his wife and children In
order to get justice?
The Only Popular Republican.
eff the president can become the
only popular maj in the republican
party, because he does something
~spasmodically along democratic lines,
what would be the popularity of the
man who does something, and has
always been a democrat? Where did
Mr.. Roosevelt find his mandate for
his action regarding the rate bill?
He had to go to the democratic plat
form.
THE most important part of the
Elkins' bill is a ~penitentiary sentence
for it's violation. The railroads have
been the most corrupting influence in
politics in the past twenty years. By
the use of passes the railroads have
packed conventions. This law raj
suggested by the democratic party. l
shall soon have occasion to talk on
railroads again, but 1 want tonight to
impress upon you that the railroad
question solution was the product of
the democratic party.
Pertinent Question.
THE president has now been in Of
fee almost five years. How many
trust magnates are in the peniten-
tiary? We have a great many trusts
in this country violating the law. My
friends, l ask you to figure out on the
Dd0l5 VI tDS AulllDCl VI Y uoI 1ldSnulCo
imprisoned during the past five years,
how many generations will it take to
solve the trust question?
The republican party processes to
be very much opposed to anarchy,
and yet l want to say to you that the
republican party has made more anar-
chists in its enforcement of the law
than all the persons who stand on the
streets or gather in halls and preach
anarchy. l believe in furnishing the
big criminals as we'll as the little.
The Tariff Question.
There is one question on which the
republican party did not follow the
democratic platform, and that is on
the tariff question. The democrats
demand a lower tariff where it is a
bulwark of a trust, but the republicans
refused to lower the tariff on a single
article. The republicans claim the
tariff was started as a war measure,
and has been continued since the war
to protect infant industries, and yet
many of these infant industries have
grown steadily, and are not only able
to stand alone, but they walk around
and tread upon everyone with whom
they come in contact.
The Money ~Squandered.
"The money squandered on the re.
publican party's Philippine policy
would have reclaimed every arid acre
in the west; yes. it would have built
a highway from New York to San
Francisco, and would have regulated
the railroad question better than you
can regulate it by law. Five hundred
million dollars were spent OF the
Philippine islands, and this five hun.
dred million dollars would have built
the Panama canal.
Now my friends il these things
prove to you that democratic fore
thought is better than republican fore
thought, wouldn't it be better to vote
for democrats than for those who have
followed at the tail end of the demo.
cratic procession?