Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-08-21
Congress Abdicates.

WHAT Is Cne use OF congress meeting
in December when President Roosevelt
and Bert Hopkins, the Junior Sena-
tor from Illinois, can do all the busi-
ness? They have Just agreed that Con-
gress shall not undertake tariff revis-
Ion and If they can settle that ques-
tlon in advance without consulting with
the 2S2 other Republican members Of
Congress, there is no good reason why
they can't settle the less important
questions Of appropriations, etc.
Have the Republican members Of
Congress abdicated In favor Of the
President and Bert Hopkins Or have
they delegated the settlement Of the
tariff issue? 1t would seem so.
Who will now dare say the Republic
can representatives of the people are
not led up to the Executive watering
trough and forced to drink, by the
promise of also having their share OF
the swill known as public patronage?
State Rights Vindicnted.
The twenty-five rich trust men of
Ohio, who were recently convicted Of
conspiring to pool their interests for
the. prevention Of competition, in VIC
lation OF the. State antitrust law, some
of whom were sentenced. by Judge Nor
rls to pay fines Of $1,000 each, and 9TH
ers to serve six months in prison, are
now of the opinion that State control
of trusts Is farce and an outrage.
mo rogue e'er felt the halter draw,
With good opinion of the 4Aw."
All these fellows IRE no doubt clam
orlng for Federal control and Roose-
welt policies"
The Money Power in the Saddle.
Did you ever hear one word from
President Roosevelt against the money
power, and yet the money power con-
trolls the trusts and the railroads and
Is the power behind the throne Of all
the monopolists? The Secretaries Of
the Treasury appointed by Mr.. Roose-
welt have all given the Wall street
fnanciers everything they have de-
handed and this action has been en-.
dorsed by him. Secretary Shaw fell
all over himself to do the bidding Of
the Wall street bankers and Secretary
Cortelyou, who found means to fry the
fat out of the frenzied financiers in~tha
last campaign, is following in Shaw's
| footsteps.
The President and the South.
l John Temple Graves has aroused se-
we're criticism Of himself and President
Roosevelt in Georgia by declaring that
Roosevelt could break the Solid South
4 as a candidate for 1908. Democratic
editors in that State are quoting frons
| Rooseyelt's books and speeches to show
that he is at heart malignant SLAM
derer of the Southern people. Among
the extracts quoted are those declar-
ing that "a streak of coarse and brutal
barbarism runs through the Southern
characte, that Southerners were
"outle Id traitors" and that Bene-
dict I'D, Aaron Burr and Jefferson
Davis were men of like character.
4 Governor Glenn of North Carolina,
having compelled the railroads to come
off their high horse and agree to obey
the 2A4 cent passenger rate law until
its unconstitutionality or unreasonable
ness is decided by the Supreme Court,
we now await the action of Virginia
and Alabama, where similar cases are
pending.
Senator Foraker has sent in gen.
eral fire alarm to Ohio Republicans to
arouse them to fight against endorsing
Taft for President. AS Taft is re-
garded US an understudy of the Presl,
dent there would appear to be any
thing but harmony amongst Ohio Re-
,, publicans. Turn the rascals out.
!, 1t would be interesting to know II
the President still considers William
|. D. Haywood an undesirable citizen"
in spite of the fact that jury of his
! countrymen have acquitted him of the
crime charged against him.
, 1t Is not question Of free trade, but
t of tariff reduction that shall curb the
trusts, that must receive attention.