Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-09-16
eRYAN,s SLOGAN "sAALl RuLg.'

WuO III LdEmS auu grow tue Whcd
are business men even more thar
those who in some back parlor of
brokers' office corner the markets O
the world; that the miner toiling will
pick and drill and dynamite in tn,
bowels of the earth is as much 8
business man as those who attempt
to monopolize the products of oul
mines. quote only from memory
the full text even of that paragraph
alone would be too long for the pur
poses of this article. But as l stood
by Mr.. Bryan yesterday and saw the
marching hosts of union labor stoI
and face the rostrum where he stood
and cheer wondered whether after
all that speech of his twelve years
ago was not still working as leaven
today.
Rights Of the Worker.
We democrats believe that the mar
who works with his hands has the
same right to recognition politically
as any other type of man. We be-
4 lieve that the organization of labor
Is the best defense of labor against
unjust exactions by employers. We
can point to an uninterrupted record
of twelve years of defense of the
rights of labor, and you won't find
one single injunction against the
right to strike issued by the demo
cratic candidate for the presidency
or by any really democratic judge
l We hold this labor issue to be
one of vital significance. Men ask
me several times daily whether
think Mr.. Gompers can deliver the
labor vote. don't think he can
\ do not believe that Mr.. Gompers
thinks he can deliver the labor vote
In many years of political experience
have reached the conclusion tha,
there is no such thing as concrete
labor vote But Mr.. Gompers can In
fluence largely the votes of laboring
men, just exactly as Mr.. Van Cleave
of the Manufacturers association car
Influence largely the vote and the
contributions of employers.
Why all this outcry against Comp.
ers and SO little said about Van
Cleave? Any man who feels that he
has mission to perform has surely
a right to go out and preach 1T. That
is what Mr.. Gompers is doing, that
is what Mr.. Van Cleave is doing.
But think 1t a safe proposition that
whoever does deliverssthc labor vote
lft-'crrtainly will not be van Cleave.
for whom the working people of this
country entertain a bitter hatred
The number of badges in the Labor
day parade offering the choice be-
tween Taft and Van Cleave" and
Bryan and Your Union" seem to in
dicate that these lines are being
sharply drawn.
Il Opening Of the Campaign.
The week opened with much of q
blare of brass and clashing of Gym
DaAS lOI Iuc uCuuOSIAItC party AIaUOl
day in Chicago was so distinctly 1
democratic event that the republican
national committee, making virtue
of necessity, closed its Headquarters
4 and observed the holiday. The dem
ocratic headquarters were wid'
open and active all day. If we arr
accused of denying ourselves and ou
associates holiday, the best defence
that we can make is that 1t wa
done for the purpose of contributing
to the democratic success In TIN
nation, and democratic success vii
make better times for labor, an ent
to which one holiday may well b.
sacrificed.
But it was not only the labor feat
ures of the day that cheered the dem
ocrats of national headquarters, VIII
really are pretty cheerful all tn
. time. The luncheon given by tn
Iroquois club at the Great Northern
hotel was striking success. Ad
mirably managed, the only criticism
which could be expressed upon it wa
that Mr.. Bryan's popularity has S
wonderfully advanced that a banque
hall of twice the size could readil
have been filled.
, One of the managers of the lur
cheon called my attention to tn
forty men at the speakers table, an
Il saw there the representatives of a
Il the factions of the democracy {
Chicago and the neighboring towns
who but few months ago were figh
ing among themselves. gathered t.
gether to pledge allegiance and sui
port to the presidential nominee {
the party.
Mr.. Bryan's brief remarks Shove
how thoroughly he appreciated =.
situation. Time was that the Ir'
quois club was strongly antagonist
: to Mr.. Bryan's candidacy. Four yea
,,l later it was friendly, but not enthu
iastic and, as Mr.. Bryan himself sal
Tile UTdSeS VI IuS hoquoiS ho
: thrown aside their blankets, put Q
: the war paint and are ready to ente
into the battle.
q Where People Want to Rule.
1t is curious how different portion
2 OF political program appeal to di
D ferent sections of the country. Pro
ably the people who now are mo
2 enthusiastic over the proposition
D the guaranty of bank deposits dl
not eight months ago anticipate th'
Z it would sweep the middle west
D the way it now is doing. Yet no
Il we have the republican nominee f
2 governor in Michigan openly adv
3 eating it and the republican sta
convention of Kansas making 1t
part of Its platform.
1l When Mr.. Bryan was notified
9|his nomination he took as the te.