Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-09-01
Official Paper Of City and County.
Democracy VS.. Plutocracy.

The following editorial from the New
York World is of especial interest:
Under Theodore Roosevelt personal,
autocratic government has been car
ried to the furtherest extreme known
to American politics.
Although Mr.. Taft is the republican
candidate, it is Theoeore Roosevelt and
Theodore Roosevelt's administration
that are on trial and asking for vote
of confidence. AS an opportunity for
registering dissatisfaction with arbi-
trary government, for recording the
protest against one-man power, for
measuring public conscience toward
sane, statesmanlike progress and re-
form, the election in November must
have great significance.
Regardless of Mr.. Taft's great abil-
ity, wide experience and engaging per-
sonality, he cannot escape from his
political environment. His party is still
the party of Protection. Privilege, and
Plutocracy. Practically every trust
promoter in the country is republican;
practically every railroad president is
republican,; practically every ruth
less malefactor' is republican.
Although republican house of rep.
resentatives passed the Campaign Fune
Publicity bill and Mr.. Taft wrote tt
Senator Burrows indorsing the meas
ure, the Chicago convention rejected
the publicity plank, with only 81 votes
for it to $50 against. The man wht
permitted this capitulation in orde,
that the protected industries nigh
secretly be bled and blackmailed on tn,
eve of tariff revision is the man VIII
took George B. Cortelyou from tn
post of corporation inquisitor and mad
him collector of corporation campaign
tributes. He is the same man who's
own candidacy was financed in part b.
insurance money filched from tn
policy-holders; who wrote the letter t.
my Dear Mr.. Hartman assuring
him that that "you and l are practice
men, and who encouraged Hartman
to raise $3.50, 900 as corruption fun
to help carry the state of New York.
In spite of the creditable declare
ton from the Taft headquarters tina
all contributions to the campaign fun
will be made public in accordance wit
the laws of New York, the record o
the Roosevelt surrender still stands a
representing the sentiment of the part
Although Mr.. Roosevelt in his stun
speeches for two years vehemently in
sisted upon the restriction of "swolle
fortunes" by means of income and ir
heritance taxes, not one word az
pears in Mr.. Roosevelt's Chicago plat
form in favor of these just and equits
BILE measures. In spite of all his frer
zied denunciation of malefactors {
great wealth, all 1.-THE malefactors {
great wealth" are praising the pla
form and pledging their support to tn
ticket.
To make assurance doubly sure ths
the work of his convention would con
mand the approval of Wall Street ar
the predatory elements in general M
Roosevelt made James S. Sherma
the party candidate for vice presiden
Mr.. Sherman represents the very tel
denotes in politics thut Mr.. Rooseye
pretends to oppose so violently. VI
Mr.. Roosevelt elevates this astute re,
resentative of Wall street politics I
the dignity of Man of My Type.
Never in the lifetime of the republ
has there been greater need of virilt
aggressive, Incorporating oppositio
to the party in power--to Roosevelt
ism, militarism, jingoism, centraliz,
ton, personal government and PAM
The American people need peace, the
need prosperity, they need re-emplo
ment-they need bread.
The World will treat Mr.. BRYAN wi,
scrupulous fairness and justice.
will endeavor to treat him more tn,
generously because it so vigorous
argued against his nomination.
How the Banks Hate the Guaran,