Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-07-12
OFFICIAL PAPER OF COUNTY
The Democratic Outlook.

luc OSWOCIdIlC OuIlUUks
A number of large dailies'which oscil-
late between the two parties. and at
tempt to dictate the policy Of both, are
just now taking agloomy view Of demo-
cratic prospects. The dismal hue is due
to the fact that the democratic party
does not seem disposed to allow these
papers to write the platform and select
the ticket, and very naturally the pa
pers are hopeless. These are the same
papers viii CHI three years ago conducted
a conservative camp align, rejoiced over
conservative victory at st. Louis,
gave advice to the party during the
campaign, and prophesied certain vic
tory just before the overwhelming de-
feat. They are now laying the founda-
ton for bolt in case they are not al
lowed to dominate the party's counsels,
but the memory of their leadership is
80 fresh in the minds of the people that
their ability to deceive is reduced to a
minimum.
The fact is that democratic prospects,
instead of being gloomy are bright, and
growing brighter. The democratic
position has been indicated as shown
by events, and second, by the admission
of republicans. Every proposition for
which the democratic party stood in
1896 has been proved sound, and not a
republican policy but is weaker today
than it was then. In 1896 the demo-
Gratis contended that the country needed
more money; this was denounced as a
wild and unexcusable theory by sage
financiers, and yet, with an increase
in money Of more than fifty per cent per
capita we have none too much money
now, and the larger volume of money
has increased prices and brought pros
perity. What would be our industrial
condition to-day if we had no more
money today than in 1896, when the
republicans said we had enough?
The party.s position on the trust
question has been demonstrated to be
sound, and every day increases the
number of those who believe as the
democratic platform Of 1900 stated,
that private monopoly is indefensible
and intolerable.
The party's position on the tariff ques-
ton is indicated. Our protected man
ufacturers, by selling abroad in compe
tition with the world, admit that they
do not need tariff to compete at home.
There are more tariff reformers in the
United States today than there ever
were before.
The party's position on the railroad
question is indicated. It has been
demanding regulation for more than
ten years, and the unanimity of the
sentiment in favor of regulation shows
how strong the democratic position is.
The president has secured little regu-
lation but very little compared with
what the country needs.
Our party's position on the labor
question is indicated. We demanded
arbitration in three campaigns, and ar
bitration grows stronger each year.
We denounced government by injunc-
ton in 1896. The abuse of this writ
becomes more and more apparent.
Events have indicated the party's
position on Imperialism, and the best
informed republicans now admit that
ultimate independence is the only solu-
ton Of the Philippine question.
The president has even adopted the
democratic doctrine of an income tax
and is favoring an inheritance tax also
to prevent the transmission of the swol-
len fortunes to the next generation.
When has party in power lost in pop
ularity SO rapidly as the republican
party has? When has party out of
power increased it's strength more rap
idly than the democratic party has?
And it is a positive and aggressive de-
democracy not timid corporation de-
mocracy-th has coerced the admins
tration into the adoption of democratic
ideas.
If party is strong in proportion as
it's principles are strong, then the dem
ocratic party is growing rapidly in
strength. If the people like democrat
ic policies when those policies are put
into operation by republicans, they can
not greatly fear them when put into
operation by democrats.
But there is another indication of
victory. The democratic party is more
united than it has been for many years,
and this unity is due to two causes. In
the first place the money question,
which defeated the democrats in 1896,
is out of the way. The advocates of
the gold standard have kept the gold
standard, and the advocates of more
money have secured from the new dis
coveries Of gold the increase that they
sought to secure from the restoration
Of bimetallism. There is no division in
the democratic party among the rank
and file. There are few papers under
the control Of favor-seeking corpora
tions and few salaried attorneys who
would make the democratic party the
tool of predatory wealth, but they are
impotent to carry out their plans.
While the democratic party 10 united,
the republican party is more divided
than If hoe 4haa,a in vacant ,,,,,., !,