The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-07-27

greed.
"The Democratic party in It's plat
form Of 1908 proclaimed the PROPOSE
tion that the people should rule. and
this is as true today as it was then.
The question naturally arises, II the
people do not rule, who is to blame?
We have evidence Of the highest au-
thority who does rule. The distin-
guished senator from Iowa declared
In recent utterance that the Repub-
lican party at Washington was DOM
mated and controlled by the corpora
tions Of our country. This question
has never been disputed by the Demo-
cratic party and no issue can thereby
he Joined. Our distinguished senior
senator declared in the senate of the
United States that our tariff laws
by those interested; and another dis
tinguished senator has declared that
the postal savings bank law was pass
ed In the interest Of eastern bankers.
These three acts are the sum total of
q. 'blican legislation, and upon
= "a Its it must stand or fall in
tn now being waged;
anu CAuuS.N0.. me ranks OF Lne
Democratic psexe we do there
fore congratulate Democratic
members of congress in the fearless
fight they made to reorganize the
rules of the house Of representatives
in the interest of representative gov
ernment.
"The battle ground is marked out,
the issues are made up and the rep
resentatives of the people must be as
sincere and devoted after election as
they apparently were before. Demo-
| cracy stands for revision of the tariff,
the removal of the tax on the neces-
saries Of life, that duties should be
for the purpose Of obtaining revenue
| and not for private graft. Economy
in expenditure Of public affairs, the
election of the United States senators
by the people, that the wealth Of the
nation bear its share Of the burden
and that equal opportunities be grant,
ed to ALL Upon these issues we need
not fear the result. The Democratic
party must not lose the confidence Of
the people. 1t must meet the ques-
tions arising and the one uppermost
this hour Is whether manor property
shall rule" i''-s.. ..,;'.. IL. q
"It is said this is day of prosperi-
ty. All, prosperity to whom? The
cotton and woolen manufactures Of
New England have declared dividends
as high as sixty-six per cent in a
single year. and for a decade their, an
nual dividends have been more than
twenty-three per cent Has agri-
culture been receiving that reward3
The fields OF Iowa and the west that
have made It possible for this great
nation to be prosperous, are not re-
ceiving their due share Of the wealth
of the country. The manipulation of
stocks and bonds, the concentration
Of wealth in the east, special inter-
ests sustained by the banking system,
| have made it possible for that por-
tion of our nation to become the
home of wealth, and thereby the
dominating influence in our legisla-
tive assemblies.
Labor stands today in humble sub
ests, personal rights subservient to
wealth, and yet when effort is made
to destroy this combination, those
! who do SO are called traitors to their
country. In an open letter to one
branch of labor, President Taft par
ticularly championed the refusal of
congress to exempt labor unions from
the effect of the Sherman antitrust
act, and elaborated the proposition
that the union of men, of soul and
body, were in the same category with
chattels-a proposition so destruc-
tive of human rights that its mere
statement should be sufficient to con-
denim it. Members Of congress from
the state of Iowa voted to sustain the
contention of the president, and 1t re-
mains with the electorate of the state
whether or not these men, thus act
! ing, did so in the interests Of Iowa
homes, or in the interests Of those
who oppress and destroy labor.
Democracy will not suffer by any
thing Roosevelt does. He has many
elements that are admirable, but he
stands today the foremost imperialist
| in the world and wishes to guide men
with the sword, not from the heart;
believes more in standing army Of
guns, than standing army of in
dependent men: believes that a
mighty navy. that has almost bank
rupted the nation. is of more utility
for civilization than peace of all man
kind. We may we'll meet William and
Theodore on these propositions, rest
ing assured the American people will
not place peace beneath war, will not
place labor beneath the trust. will not
| place the American home within the
clutches of the protective industries
of the United States.
"The club of patronage is being
used by the president to adopt legisla-
tion and spoils is made the criterion
of party loyalty. Iowa is placed in
the class of Democratic states and all
appointments are referred to referees.
The insurgent Republican looking
with longing eye on the emoluments
that he thinks necessarily follows
success, is denied the opportunity of
enjoying the pleasure Of Office hold
ing. unless he is approved by a COM
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