Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-07-28
TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN OF STATE
CONVENTION IN HIS KEYNOTE
SPEECH ATTACKS REPUBLICAN
DOCTRINES.
HAS CRITICISM FOR
TAFT AND ROOSEVELT
SPEAKER DECLARES DEMOCRACY
WILL NOT SUFFER BY ANY
THING THAT THEODORE DOES;
TARIFF FOR REVENUE DEMAND

The hour was never more pro-
pitious for the application Of demo
cratic principles than the present, :
declared Jerry B. Sullivan, OF Des
Moines, in his address as temporary
chairman of the democratic state con-
yention today "On all sides we be-
hold unrest and the feeling that the
government Of our country is not sat
isfactorily administered. The ele-
ments contending for supremacy are
frought with injustice and wrong-the
concentration Of power, the eXactlng
of tribute, the wealth Of the nation IN
control of the few--are all calculated
to cause the citizen to stop. and ask
himself tlIeir meanings
sThe continued existence Of q
political party can only be justified
where principle is the basis of it's
acts. For more than twelve years the
republican party has been in control
of every branch of the government.
During this period of its supremacy 1t
has enacted two tariff laws that IN
each instance increased the cost OF
living without corresponding IN
crease in the price of labor. 1t has
permitted portion Of the public do
main to become the property of syndl-
Gates for private purposes. 1t has per-
mitted the expenditure Of public
funds to become SO wasteful as to call
for the protest of an outraged people.
Hits Concentration Of Power.
Concentration of power, centrallza-
tion of wealth. trusts, the commerce
court and postal savings bank law
were condemned by the speaker who
also said:
.The republican party has refused
to enact laws to prevent the Issuance
of the writ of injunction without
notice in disputes affecting labor and
has granted it's issuance to those VINO
contribute to it's campaign fund. 1t
has refused to enact laws requiring
political parties to give publicity to
campaign contributions before cleo
tion. but has permitted the con-
tributors to such funds to become
beneficiaries of it's laws after cleo
ton.
.It has increased the office holding
force TO such an extent that millions
of public funds are contributed by way
Of salary to those whose chief aim IS
to direct public opinion for political
purposes. It has refused to permit
the people of the United States to
elect by direct vote their representa-
tiyes to one branch of the national
congress, and has witnessed the OBJ
tanning of seats therein by the most
scandalous methods it Is possible for
man to conceive. 1t has enacted laws
SO repugnant to public opinion that
members of it's own faith have re-
f11sed to remain responsible therefor
and have publicly repudiated Its acts.
During this period it has witnessed
the formation OF gigantic trusts,
whose purpose was to stif1e competi-
tion. and who are today in control OF
every agency that would contribute to
nuhlic welfare. 1t has enacted tariff
laws so oppressive and so increasing
the tax as to call for the absolute
necessity of the repeal of such laws.
"It has refused to remove the tax on
roal and lumber. SO necessary to the
common people, but has reduced that
On diamonds for the benefit Of it's ben
pficiaries. It has refused to remove the
tax on iron and steel, which enter into
the consumption of daily life, but has
placed on the free list arsenic and
dragons blood. 1t has refused to re-
lieye of tax sewing machines, but has
placed prussic acid on the free list.
It has placed tax on cornmeal Of 40
cents per hundred pounds, but has
placed dried acorns on the free list
presumably on the theory that corn
meal may enter into general use, but
dried acorns would only be used by
those who visit the seashore. It has
refused to reduce the tax on woolen
goods, though going directly into
every home, but has reduced the tax
on imported silk. 1t has given to the
sugar trust such protection as pre-
rents competition from abroad, but
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