Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-09

rather than the liquid assest Of rail-
road companies. While on the other
hand the Republican party, on a roll
call In the convention, by an over
whelmtng vote, took an unequivocal
stand In favor Of a system of water
rates without giving the people the
benefit Of a meter.
No Reforms.
We search in vain for one syllable
in the Chicago platform pledging the
Republican party to re~trenchment and
reforms; and it is no mere coinci-
dence that has given us a billion dol
lar session of congress on the eve of
a national election and the possible
revision of the tariff.
So long as we maintain the present
method of electing United States SEN
ators we cannot hope that the upper
chamber of congress will reflect the
popular will.
On five different occasions the
mouse of representatives has Tassed a.
constitutional amendment providing
for the election of United States sem
ators by the direct vote of the people.
but these measures have been sand
bagged in the senate by those who
are determined that the senate shall
not become an integral part OF our
free, representative institutions. s
The Democratic party will continue
to labor for the direct election Of
United States senators and it appeals
to the voters of all America to elect
members Of the different state legis-
latures who will pledge themselves to
vote for no candidate for the United
States senate that is not in favor Of
this reform.
Wise Speak Loudly.
The affirmative position of the Dem
ocratic party upon these great cues.
lions Will oe made clear during the
impending campaign, and disdaining
all subterfuges it will speak in a Ian
guage that cannot be misunderstood.
It's voice will ring with a genuine love
for humanity and the charge of insin-
certify will never be brought to Its
doors. Let our party declaration in
this convention present the strong
contrast between that which we here
propose and that which was declared
at Chicago. Let any man take the
temperature Of tie Chicago platform
and discover, if he can, any sign of
human warmth. Not q single senti-
ment is there to redeem it from the
materialism permeating it through
and through.
On the bosom of the Pacific will be
enacted the great commercial strug-
giles of the future and the interests of
American m in connection
with the exposure of our western
shores to any hostile attack will de-
mand that the greater portion of the
American navy shall be retained In
the waters Of the Pacific to preserve
the peace of the world. This magnif-
cent western country of ours has not
only proved attractive to our own peo-
pie and the other white nations of the
earth, but it has likewise proved al.
Turing to the brown and yellow races
OF the east. Some protection has been
afforded by tho exclusion of Chinese
labor but the evil is but half met if
the Immigration of japanese, Koreans,
Hindus and other Asiatic people be
not exclrded from our shores. Not
only the white toiiers of America, but
all our people, without respect to class
or residence. are vitally interested in
this menace to II social and indus
trial life from Asiatic quarters. and If
this is to remain a white mans coun-
try, immediate steps should be taken
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whatsoever character.
World at Peace.
This national convention meets at a
time when the angel of peace is how
ering over the entire world and the
nations of the world each day are
strengthening those ties of friendship
and common interest that will render
war less frequent and permit man
kind to turn their hands to the peace
able pursuits of life rather than to the
destruction OF one another.
The Democratic party realizes the
part that America must inevitably
play in the affairs of the world. and
that We cannot escape participation in
the settlement Of every world problem
that arises; but Americas weight and
Influence must ever be on the side of
peace, on the side of justice. on the
side of the oppressed; and if the will
OF the people shall commit to our
hands the sceptre Of power. it will be-
used for the realization of the high
American ideals that raise our own
people to loftier and better things, and
through our precepts and examples
contribute to the well being and hap
! illness Of all mankind.