The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-09-03


II es. Te1peram en-. ally Nj. Taft is
Entirely UNEQUAL to this tremendous
TASK. Nature has not equipped Mr.
Taft with those militant qualities SO
dore Roosevelt, and when with all his
natural combativeness and determin-
alton Roosevelt has largely failed to
conspicuous in the make up of Theo-
bring the "rich criminals to JUS
tice, who can expect the easy-going,
peace-loving Taft to tear up the
earth? Where strenuosity and bull
dog courage fail, the polished man
ners of jurist cannot work a mira
| Gle. Whatever Taft might wish to
| do, in case he be elected he will be
powerless to resist the impact of the
"frenzied financiers" reinforced az
they will be by the Tom Ryan's from
the democratic camp
Democracy Wrongly Accused.
1t has been often asserted that the
democratic party in it's persistent
advocacy Of the peoples rights is gen
Grating class hatred, stirring up
class prejudice and distrust of capital,
thus injuring business. This attempt
ed indictment of inc character and
purposes of the democratic party is
positively silly. Let all men know
that the democratic party chershes
not the remotest intention, either in
victory or defeat, to arouse unneces-
sary antagonism between any of our
people. One of our primary purposes
is to treat both labor and capital with
perfect impartiality. The Jefferson
ian axiom of equal rights to all" is
the gospel of our political belief, the
guiding star in our aims, it is the
compass determining the direction in
which we sail, it is the philosophy
that permeates and vitalizes our
economic convictions. To promote, to
permanently establish friendly, re-
clprocal relations between the en-
ployer Of labor and the man who
works has ever been and must con-
tlnue to be one OF our most cherished
ambitions. The individual or corpor-
alton engaged in a useful business,
prosecuting an honest enterprise, CIV
ing need unto the law. respecting the
rights OF the public and satisfied with
the returns awarded by the competi-
tive system under which our business
is, or should be, egulated-such in
dlvldual or corporation has nothing
whatever to fear from the ascendancy
OF the democratic party. We will ac-
cord to all such our hearty support
and cooperation, guaranteeing unim-
paired property rights. the full enjoy
ment OF the fruits Of their industry
skill and prudence.
The Invaluable Services of Roosevelt
While we have known for years
| that large part of the business of
the country was being done by "rich
| maletactors by scoundrels of the
most perfect type, who violated every
law, human and divine, in the prose-
| cutlon OF their dark schemes, who
mercilessly robbed the public separ-
ately and collectively, yet, we were
never able to drive this knowledge
nome to the understanding of the
mass of republican voters until the
lmpetuous Roosevelt became inocu.
lated with the virus Of democratic
| truth and strenuously proceeded to
maui his followers into receptive
mood OF mind. AS political educa-
| tor, Roosevelt stands in a class by
| himself. He alone was able to reach
the understanding OF the great mass
| OF republican voters. Not by virtue
of revealing to them any new truth
or imparting any original information.
but by reason of being president. the
offlc1al head Of his party. he had both
Inc courage and the wisdom to preach
| 10 MS followers sermon after sermon
| from texts taken from the political
bible OF William ]. Bryan. While
they would refuse to believe Bryan
when he told them the truth. the
same republicans would cheer Roose.
velt when he repeated what Bryan
mad said before. Truths at second
hand had the power to charm when
hurled from the lofty pinnacle of the
White House. But we are not at all
Jealous, we salute the president of the
United States and thank him most
graciously for having performed for
MS country's good. so valuable a ser.
vice as to constitute new epoch in
our nations history. The widespread
liberalism, the direct result of the
presidents crusade in the right direc.
ton. promises to be the main factor
IN rescuing the country from the
strangling embrace OF the "freuzied
| fnanciers".
None Neeo Fear Except the Criminal.
1t is not the honest business man
or corporation we would modest. We
promise immunity from embarrassing
regulations to an honest business,
We seek to inaugurate no policy of
confiscation. But against the thieves
who steal whole provinces at a time.
who fitch, as it were, in the dead of
night, the natural wealth belonging to
all OF our people, the heritage from
the Creator, the eminent rascals who
buy and sell legislation, who defame
and desecrate the judiciary by putting
their hireings upon the public, who
practice fraud and deception upon
colossal scale upon the bench, selling
spurious securities, creating fictitious
values, thus putting perpetual mort
cages upon the labor of all the future.
the pirates who have no mercy on
their victims, who perjure themselves
In the courts and masquerade as
Christians in the temple, against this
entire outfit of undesirable citizens
the democratic party will wage an