Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-09-17
so DECLARES JUDGE MORGAN
O'SRIEN TO NEW Works.
UNTERRIFlED HOSTS.
SPEAKER PAYS FINE TRIBUTE
TO MEMORY OF GROVER
CLEVELAND.
SAYS THAT A CAPRICIOUS DIES
POTlSM is HATEFUL TO
AMERICAN CITIZENS.

Rochester, N. Y, Sept. 16-"With
revenues larger than were needed to
carry on the greatest empire " king
dom, the government is facing a def
cit OF millions. If returned to power
| the republican party must increase
the tariff or resort to new and untried
methods of taxation to meet the ex-
travagant expenditures which its pol
icies involve, thus placing additional
! burdens on the people. The tariff sys-
TEN has enabled that party by extend
| political purposes from the favored,
and as a result to find that this sys-
! tenn, which has been the mother of
| trusts, has brought the country to a
point where wealth has increased in
definitely in the hands of few,
some having money running, into the
hundreds of millions and a few cor
! pOratiOns, like a Colossus, are strid
ing the continent. But underneath the
shadow of these favored interests we
! find discomfort, pauperism, unem-
plOyed labor and misery quite prev
aIent, and conditions which if permit
ted to exist will prove a menace to
the happiness of our people, and to
! the perpetuity of our Institutions"
| Such was the declaration of Judge
Morgan J. O'Brien in an address be-
fore the democratic state convention
| yesterday. Judge O'Brien reviewed
the national situation and said that
the proceedings of this convention will
have an important bearing upon the
interests of the nation because of the
! impending contest for the presidency.
Never was the outlok for demo-
cratic success more promising he
said. after years of division the
party has again united upon princi-
pies and ideas which bring it back to
it's original moOrings as the represen-
tative of democracy against pluto
cracy. With principles we'll defined
in our national platform, with aspira-
prosperity of our country, we have
entered upon an aggressive campaign,
in which on every issue our OppOn-
ents must assume the defensive"
Judge O'Brien discussed the demo
cratic presidential candidate, saying:
The great commoner has been
chosen to lead the democratic hosts
in the coming struggle against cen
tralization of power, extravaganza
and special privilege. Unlike his on
ponent, whose principal support came
from those who have prOffted by the
tariff, and from federal office holders /!
instructed by the president, who was |
determined to choose his own sue
cessOr, William Jennings Bryan was
selected as our standard bearer for
no other reason than because the PEG /
pie themselves wanted and insisted !
upon having him. He was nominated |
for the presidency upon a platform
which he has pledged himself to sup
port, in respect to both to what it
contains, and to what by omission it
rejects, adopted with substantial
unanimity by the accredited represen-
tatives of our party at the national
convention; and it now becomes the
duty of every man who calls himself
a democrat to support the national
ticket with earnestness and enthusi-
asm.'
The speaker paid a fitting tribute
to the memory Of that sturdy demo !
crat, Grover Cleveland, when he said: |
Since the last democratic state !
convention, one of our great leaders !
has passed away, but although dead, |
Grover Cleveland yet speaketh both /
by example and precept. Who among !
us can be selfish or cOwardly when !
we think Of his answering devotion |
to true democratic principles and to |
duty as he saw it, and who can will !
ingIy adopt a lower standard than his !
of patriotic service? The democratic |
party has no doubt made mistakes in !
the past, and will make mistakes in |
the future, but it can never die, BE- |
cause it is the natural opponent Of !
the hopes and wishes of the tOiling |
masses in their eternal struggle |
against class privilege and greed. The /
closer it gets to the hearts Of the toll
ing masses the greater becomes its
influence for good.
Judge O'Brien said that a capric-
ious despotism is hateful 70 Ameri-
cans even if the despOt be intelligent |
and benevolent. The delegation of
legislative authority, whether to in
divfduals or commissions, is probably
unconstitutional. but whether this be
so or not, he said, it is hateful to a
free people. 1T is bad enough for
the legislature itself to pass two or
three volumes of statutes each year,
most of which are unnecessary, and
many of which are positively vicious,
without setting up bureaucracies to
exercise legislative authority, when
the legislature itself is not in session
But government by the delegation OF
legislative authority is not only hate
full to the people, but it leads to gross
extravaganza and sooner or later TO
corruption. Given important discre-
tionary powers affecting property
rights. which may or may not be ex-
ercised at the pleasure of an individ-
uaI or a commission, and sooner or
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