Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-08-12

resolutely opposed to It: the Democratic
party stands for it and has boldly de-
manded 1t. II am elected to the
presidency. those who are elected upon
the ticket with me will be. like my
self, pledged to this reform. and J
shall convene congress In extracrdi
nary session Immediately after inaI
,;uration, and ask. among other things
for the ful1llment Of this platfor:
pledge.
House Rules psspotie.
The third instrumentality employed
to defeat the will Of the people IL
found in the rules Of the house of rep
resentatives Our platform points out
that 1.-The house Of representatives was
designed by the fathers of the consti.
tuition, to be the popular branch Of our
government. responsive to the public
WILL" and adds:
"'rhe house of representatives., rs
controlled in recent years by the Re
publican party. has ceased to be de-
Lucrative and legislative body, respon-
sive to the will of q majority of the
members. but has come under the alb
soute domination Of the speaker, who
has entire control of its deliberations,
and powers Of legislation.
eve have observed with nmazement
the popular branch Of our federal gov
ern. 'ent helpless to obtain either the
consideration or enactment Of meas.
ures desired by majority Of its men,
bers"
This arraignment is fully justified
The reform Republicans In the house
Of representatives. when in the minor
ity In their own party, are MS helpless
to obtnin a hearing or to secure vote
upon measure rs are the Democrats
In the recent session OF the present
congress. there was Il considerable ele.
ment In the Republican party favorable
to remedial legislation: but few lead
ers. in control Of the organization,
despoticnliy suppressed these mem.
bcrs. and thus forced real majority
in the house to submit to we'll organ.
tied minority. The Republican national
convention. instead Of rebuking this
attack upon popular government. eulo-
gized congress and Nominated as the
Republican candidate for vice president
one OF the men who shared In the re-
sponsibilty for the coercion of the
house Our party demands that "the
house Of representatives shall again
become deliberative body, controlled
by majority Of the peoples repre-
scntatives. and not by the speaker
and is pledged to adopt such rules
and regulations to govern the house
Of representatives rs will enable ma
iority Of its members to direct its de-
liberations and control legislation"
"Shal! the people rule:" They can
not do SO unless they can contro! the
house OF representatives, and through
their representatives IN the house. give
expression to their purposes and their
desires. The Republican party Is
committed to the methods now III
vogue in the house OF representatives;
the Democratic party Is pledged to
such revision OF the rules as will
bring the popular branch Of the federal
government into harmony with the
ideas of those who framed our consti.
tuition and founded our government
Other Issues VIII BE Discussed Later.
"Shall the people rule?" repeat. is
declared by our platform TO be the
ovcrshadowing question. and as the
campaign progresses, shat! take occa.
sion to discuss this question as 1t man.
ifes;s Itself in other issues: for whethc.
we consider the tariff question, the
trust question. the railroad question,
the banking question. the labor Ques-
ton. the question Of Imperialism. the
development Of our waterways, or any
othe- OF the numerous problems which
press for solution. we shall find that
the real question involved in each is.
whether the government shall remain
a mere business asset of favor seeking
corporations or be an instrument In
the hands Of the people for the adj
vancement OF the common veal.
Democratic Party Has Earned Con-
fidsnce.
II the voters are satisfied with the
record of the Republican party and
with it's management Of public affairs
we can not reasonably ask for a
change in administration; II. however.
the voters feel that the people. as
whole, have too little influence in shap-
Ing the policies of the government: II
they feel that great combinations of
capital have encroached upon the
rights OF the masses, and employed the
inst,alm~.,t"'i'i"s nf government to Sc.