Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-03-28

PSoPAS
other Of his day. BY his loyalty to
principle by his honesty and frank.
ness, by his intense sincerity, by his
pure Christian life, public and private,
by his nobility of mind and SOUL He
has won the hearts of all the American
people and they will this fall elect him
to the highest office in the gift OF this
nation"-our next president, William
Jennings Bryan.
The delegates chosen by this con-
vention should be instructed not only
as to the one favored by it as the
nominee, but also to vote for those
democratic doctrines In harmony with
his views. 1t Is Indispensable to oui
success that our platform this year be
thoroughly democratic-not the offer
ing a cure for all the ills that the
body polite may be heir to, but an
nouncing in unmistakeable terms
those fundamental doctrines that may
be depended upon as Offering solu
ton of the more serious problems that
confront us.
Let US declare openly and emphat-
ically for change in three particulars
at least.
First, for absolute free trade be-
tween the United States and our colo
MES.
Second, let us urge with all our
might that all articles controlled by
trusts shall be Immediately placed up
on the free list.
Third, we should ask Cor material
reductions in the tai upon the neces-
saries of life.
Pending in both ranches of Con-
gress are bills that partically turn over
to private corporations the right to
issue and control the volume of the
future credit money of the Republic.
This position strikes me as one
fraught with great danger l have
always believed and do now believe
that the power that controls the money
of TIM country can control the country
itself, and l believe that democracy
should take firm stand against any
such propositions as now threaten us.
We should be unwilling to commit to
the hands of selfish individuals a
power which belongs to the govern
ment.
The Government and Bank Deposits
There should be some legislation
that in time Of panic, will prevent the
people from losing confidence, espec-
tally in our financial institutions. Let
the United States Government say to
the depositors Of the national banks,
and the State Of Iowa say to the de-
positors Of state banks that every man
who puts his money into a bank may
go and get it out when he wants 1t,
and you have gone a long step in the
right direction. The democratic party
should not hesitate to say in its plat
form that it favors the enactment Of
such legislation. Back Of our leaders
should be harmonious, Jealous, fight
ing army, an army devoted to the
principles Of and loyal to the COM
mander. If there is any Of the enemy
within our camp, let it he made known
and leave of absence granted them in
definitely.
AS a radical, I am unable to see
in Iowa any reason for strife or dis.
cord or distrust among our member
ship. If the brother who in 1896 or
1900 left the household for time, and
now tired Of feeding on the husks de-
sires truly and in the spirit of humili-
ty to return should receive him
without challenging his sincerity.
There may be room in Iowa in the
republican party for both standpatters
and progressives, but in the demo
cratic party there Is no occasion for
both conservatives and radicals In
this state We are all democrats of
the Jefferson, Jackson, Bryan type
and let us not be too ready to ques-
ton the honesty Of any man who pro-
fesses in truth and sincerity to be a
democrat.
Let us, then, draw the mantle of
forgetfulness between us and the past,
and in the campaign at hand, go for
ward as one great united army, loyal
ly following our great leader, all de-
voted to the same common cause, and
fighting gallantly for the preservation
of our government in it's simplicity
and purity.