Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-11-04
FROM THE COMMONER
Mr.. BRYANrs PAPER

MS PAPER
4 Hughes Answers Hughes.
Little Rock, Ark, Oct. j g. To the Edi-
tor of The Commoner: In his western
crusade Gov. C. e. Hughes of New York
4 INDUCED in hilarious ridicile everywhere
he spoke of that plank in the Denver
4 platform providing that legislation should
be enacted to prevent any corporation
ior combination in the form Of n trust from
controlling more than fifty per cent of the
output of any manufactured product. He
held up his hands in assumed horror over
the fact, as contended by him, that this 4
would deprive many thousands of work
i in the industries where they had been
trained and turn them out on society with
out the means of making living. The 4
reading public is familiar with his bois-
ferrous argument but i have seen mo-
l where, either in speeches or in the cur
rent publications, any allusion to the
Governors amazing personal inconsistent
| cy. 1t was he who prepared and used
seyery power of his Office to enact into
law the New York insurance statute pro-
I5viding that no life Insurance company,
however great its Accommodations or how
ever large its plan or however many with
their families might be dependent there
on for a livelihood, should be allowed to
lwrite more than one hundred and fifty
millions of risks in any one year. 1t may
nave an acquired capacity to write three
lines that amount, but it must stop and
turn out to grass two-thirds Of its en-
lAployes and dependencies The parable
$ perfect and might be commented on
at length with profit as test Of the
Governors sincerity. c. s. COLLINS.
Like Bacon.
| Mr.. Taft's plea, shat his party can re-
sceive large contributions from the inter-
ests to be benefited without being obi
ligated to them or Influenced by them,
recalls the plea which Francis Bacon
made when impeached before the House
of Lords for taking brides. He said
that while he had taken them, they had
never influenced his judgment, but he was
removed in disgrace. 1t is pity he did
not know of the modern method by which
one protects himself from influence, while
at the same time getting the benefit Of
the contributions by merely saying that
1t is distinctly understood by the giHer
that the receiver will not be influenced by
| the gift.
But men are usually influenced by their
benefactors. And this recalls the story
OF discussion that was going on at Lin
coin several years ago while the Legisla-
ture was in session. A number of legis-
lators. lobbyists and newspaper men were
I seated in a hotel Office discussing the
question, What is an honest man ~ AZ
i ter several opinions had been expressed
some one asked Herman Timme, Doug
1 las county member, to give an answer.
Herman replied: well, l tink an honest
man is one who will stay bought
The great corporations finance the Re
publican party's campaign and they will
control the Republican officials whom they
elect.
Democratic Victory VIII Restore
a Prosperity.
i The Democratic party wants prosper
4 ity in this country. It wants permanent
prosperity. 1t wants that prosperity
shared by every citizen. And 1t knows
that you can have no permanent pros
perity, no permanent progress, no per-
manent peace unless you have harmonic
Gus cooperation between labor and cap
ital, between employer and employe. And
the Democratic party knows that you can
not have harmonious cooperation he
!, tween labor and capital except on a basis
of Justice as between man and man, and
we ask for Justice for those who tot. -
Mr.. Bryan's speech at Cedar Rapids.
Two Contributors.
William Nelson Cromwell, the legal
representative of p. Fl. Hartman and
the Wall street lawyer who engineered
4 the Panama deal, was the first big con.
tributor to the Republican campaign fund
i He gave $4,000 to the Republican ma
i tional campaign slush fund. Now it is
announced that Andrew Carnegie, head Of
the steel trust, has made a donation of
i $4,000 towards financing the election Of
! Judge Taft. These are the two contribu-
tions from trust sources that have reach
ed the public, and indicate very clearly
on which side the trust interests are ar
rayed in this campaign.
III Attention Travelling Statesmen.
Every travelling salesman who desires
a copy Of the Democratic campaign text
book is invited to send his business card
!, to The Commoner, together with re-
quest for the text book. It will be inn
Immediately forwarded to him. A supply OF.
I. these books have been secured by The
ICommoner for the use and benefit of trav-
cling statesmen.
J, Mr.. Taft is pronounced revisionist-
has been one for over two years. he
wants the schedules revised and cut
!. down. says the Milwaukee Sentinel. Then
why doesn't he say SO? All he has said
) is that he believes some Of the sched-
: nles are too high and others too low.
Railroad men who went through the
Pullman strike will, of course, fall over
themselves to contribute money to the
Republican campaign fund, provided they
lean send it to Frank Lowden, son-in-law.
Iof Pullman.
II can not hit man when he is down, y
said Mfr. Taft recently. This is poor
). consolation to Mr.. Foraker as he now
sits and fondles his sore ribs.
We trust that the farmers Of the West
7 have not overlooked the fact that this
fine fall weather they are enjoying comes
to them under the benefcent provisions Of
the Dingley law.
! To date President Roosevelt has not
i Indicated just how thoroughly James
\ Schoolcraft Sherman might push my
] policies under certain contingencies.
! Foraker? "E pluribus unum..''
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