Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-01-17
A PRESIDENTIAL ERROR
Charge That Democrats Preach
Hatred of the Rich.
THE TRUE DEMOCRATIC DOCTRINE.

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Party of The People All
move the Cause of Monopoly-DcD-
relations of the Rich OH the Poor
Due to Republican Liquidation.
The president in his message to con
gress claims that the opponents of the
Republican party preach hatred OF the
rich man" AS the Democrats are the
only opponents of the Republican party
that are worth mentioning the prc4i-
dent must mean that the Democratic
party has 50 preached. Now, he knows
or should know that the fundamental
doctrine of the Democracy is Equal
rights to all and special privileges TO
none" No Democrat eve breaches
hatred of the rich, but he does dc
nounce the Republican party for Civ
ing special privilege to the few at the
expense of the many and thus building
up a rich class. Democrats d%enounce
the Republican doctrine of protection
ism, which through the present tariff
act has fostered great private monopo-
lies. At one time the president was for
tariff reform, and it is only quite lately
that he changed front and has conspir-
ed with ultra protectionists "for the
good of the party and agreed to stand
pat and allow the tariff protected
trusts to continue to plumber the people
through Republican monopoly legisla-
ton. Democrats also denounce subsi-
dies to corporations, which the presi-
dent in his message recommends be
granted by congress for the benefit of
the steamship trust under a specious
plea of building up our merchant ma
rine, which the Republican policy of
pro%tectionism has destroyed.
Because the trust magnates are rich
are Democrats to cease denouncing
their depredations? Are the magnates
Of the trusts and combines to forever
plumber the people under the guise of
law, and is the party or individuals
that are bold and honest enough to de-
nounce such robbery to be condemned
as haters of the rich? Why, the pres
ident himself in another chapter of his
message to congress seeks q way to
make the rich man pay his share of
taxation through the Democratic plan
Of an income tax. and through an in
heritance tax he desires to confscate
some of the rich mems goods after
they are dead, yet he suggests no plan
to prevent this accumulation of riches
during their lifetime. He convenient
ly postpones this confiscation of
wealth until a Republican congress
can agree to legislate for tariff re-
vision. How long, oh. Lord. how long.
before a Republican president and a
Republican congress can agree to re-
lieve the people from the depredations
Of those who have been made rich by
Republican legislation! Is it a crime
to preach that special privileges. the
rich trusts and corporation magnates,
must be removed?
The president lays himself open to
retaliation. and Democrats might with
much greater justice declare this utter
ance of his to be that of a demagogue.
for the chief attribute of such is to at
tempt to control the multitude by spe-
cious or deceitful arts, and one of the
arts of the demagogue is to claim that
his opponent is deceiving the people.
Are the of the Renuhlican
%party-the misunderstanding the
people when they denounce ill gotten
gains which Republican legislation has
allowed the few to amass? Is it a
flair DEAL" Mr.. President, to denounce
your opponents for doing the thing that
you yourself are constantly doing?
But in spite of the Republican pres
idents and Republican fostering of mo.
nopolies the Democratic party will con
tinue to denounce what it deems wrong
and fight for the right. 1t has been its
mission from the beginning to fight
monopoly and legislation for the con
centration of power and wealth in the
hands of the few at the expense Of the
many. and no false charge Of the rich
will swerve it from the course it has
always followed. 1t will in the future,
as in the past. mete out equal rights to
rich and poor alike.