Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-08-03
90 to 1000 per cent. besides.

100 to 1000 per cent. besides.
And in the meantime the big cor
porate interests have taken the reigns
of government out of the hands Of ,
The people, into their own, for safe
keeping. Such is the milk of the pro-
lection cocoanut.
Government by Money.
L. cost Joseph G. iSibley s406 1888
to win the Republican nomination for
Congress in the Twenty-eighth Dis
trict of Pennsylvania. Mr.. Sibley re-
ceived 10,446 votes at the primaries,
and each vote represented an ex-
penditure of nearly 81. AS his plu-
rality was only 6ss 1t Is fair to say
that his nomination was brought
about by the sheer power Of money.
At the primaries in the Thirteenth
District of Pennsylvania John Dalzell |
spent $4,000, most Of which was con-
tributed by protected manufacturers.
The combined expenditures of sibley
and Dalzell in these two districts
were nearly $4,000. Their combined !
salaries as Representatives in Con- +,
gress for two years will be only $780,
900. Their nominations, therefore,
cost almost $4,000 more than the
emoluments Of their office. exclusive
of mileage and stationery allowances.
Contributions to the party of re-
vision upward is a paying business
Investment, particularly to the tariff
trusts.
Men will always pay thousands to
politicians or to, party funds in
the hope Of getting back millions.
Make the tariff one for revenue only,
and you cut off leading cause of
political dishonesty and corruption.
The Democratic Campaign.
4 The democrats need gain but TWEEN
tyAtwo seats in the next house of
Representatives to obtain numerical
majority.
I Tile present republican majority is
forty-three. At least eighteen re-
publicans hold their seats by mar
: gin less than 1000 votes.
j. Twenty-nine republican seats in
the present house of representatives
. are held by less than 1000 votes.
Every local democratic committee
iihas heavy responsibility. The char
acter Of the nominee in every dis
trict is supremely important. De
mocracy can not challenge the enemy
with weak or colorless candidates
The people want absolute assurance
s that the men they vote for will stand
s four square when the first real test
i comes in organizing the next congress
Democratic candidates must stani
on an equivocal platform of real tar
, liz revision.
The democratic party. through botf
national and local organizations, mus
be prepared to shoulder full respond
!. tbility for removing tariff burdens
i. from the people.
nj The democrats have real issue
q to carry them to victory, and car
n lose only by failure to grasp it,
Significance.
/. Taft Won't Interfere.
dt The new railroad rate law will no
J, be used to keep down railroad rates
Correspondents at the summer capl
/ tai at Beverly, Mass. recently go
s this news. 1t means that the strong
h est feature Of the new railway Law
I, Is to be a deadletter under tn,
o Tai. administration.
d The section OF law referred to Il
6 that giving power to the interstate
h commerce commission, on complain
v against an increase. to suspend any
9 freight rate for eleven months. pend
4 ing decision as to the Justice Of the
!, rate. This section was forced into
i the law by the democrats and insur
: gents and was strongly opposed by
s President Taft and the Aldrich- Can
0 non regulars.
IL Being hostile to this feature OF the
new law, President Taft will not use
n it to prevent the railroads from in,
! creasing their rates.
II How Il Looked.
! The next day after Representative
In. n 4