The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-02-05

flying foreign flags. Repeal our ana;
tiquated navigation laws. and Ameri.a
can enterprise will do the rest Ali
soon as there is oonEmercial demand
our ships will cover the seas. -
The ship subsidy is a brazen, bare.
faced, unblushing graft. No man thati
votes for it or that has voted for It'll
should be reelected to either House.
whether he be Democrat or Republican
No platform and no candidate should
be supported that does not pledge un.
relentlng hostility. So
The policy of Capitalization goes on. !,
The states are to be stripped of legiti..
mate power in order that the Federall
Government may be vested wit homni- \
potent power. The administrat ton !
threatens virtually to divest the states
Of the authority to charter Interstate /;
carriers and to transfer that power to
Congress alone. "This is an in-
destructible union of indesrtuctibla
States" Let tho States charter and tho
Federal Government license Interstate
carriers-thus accomplish the good and
avert the danger. f,
The capstone upon the climax OF
Capitalization is Senator Aldrich's cen-
trail bank. This is the tigress which
Jackson drove to the jungles.~-sSNhO5
will dominate this benevolent institu-
ton? Will the Standard OIL and Steel
Trust be voiceless in it's councils? The
United States Bank of old debauched
American politics.! Will this one be
shriven of those vices? This great
moneyed institution would control the
finances, the commerce. the Industries
and the politics of the nation. It IL
unsuited alike to the conditions of our
country, the character Of our institu-,
tions and the genius of our people, It
can be builded only upon the grave ons
our liberties. Is it not enough for Mann.
mon to reign? Must he insist upon
formal coronation? Will he demand
| the insignia as we'll as the substance OF
power? Is it not enough for the peo~
Of the crowned and sceptered monarchh
Our financial system should indeed, ba
reformed. Order should be brought out
of chaos. Stability of value should be
united with elasticity of volume. Tha
supply should be responsive to the ek4
fective demand. But no matter "hoW
bright its scales we must not suffer
this serpent to enter" 1t is worse
than folly to correct lesser evil with
an evil a Thousand fold worse 4gS
Has Congress-. has the Speaker, has
the Senator, used their power in such.x
way as to justify this overwhelming iHs
crease of power and public conf1denee.
The country is on it's knees even now
praying that we may escape scandal
imperative. Let us hope there will be-
no wanton use either of lamp black or
whitewash. Rather let the white light
be turned on the facts and the truth set
before the peoples eyes. This demen-
strates the necessity for a change of
administration. Let another party take
q look at the books. Long use Of power.
leads inevitably to the abuse of power..
Let the spirit of Jackson return to the
ascendant. Jackson was g. lion of the
tribe Of Jefferson, and the unterrifiel
Jackson Democrats of today are th0
lions whelps. Through all the varying
vicissitudes of political fortune and
misfortune, through disappointment.
and defeat, let us stand unmoved with
Jackson for the right against the
wrong, for justice against injustice ana
for all those means and measures that
i will enhance the greatness apd glorifY
the destiny of this Republic. M