Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-07-27
Taft Charged With WELDING Big
Stick to Secure Enactment of Leg
isIation for Favored Interests-Dem-
ocratic Chairman Takes Rap at
Roosevelt

| frought with injustice and wrong -
the concentration Of power, the exact
| ing of tribute, the wealth of the nation
! in control of the few are all calculated
| to cause the citizen to stop and ask
himself their meaning.
1.-The continued existence of polit-
ical party can only be justified where
principle is the basis of Its acts For
more than twelve years the republican
party has been in control of every
branch of the government During this
period of it's supremacy it has enacted
two tariff laws that in each instance
increased the cost Of living, without a
corresponding increase in the price OF
labor 1t has permitted portion Of
the public domain to become the prop
erty of syndicates for private purposes
1T has permitted the expenditure of
public funds to become so wasteful as
to call for the protest Of an outraged
people,
Condemns Postal Bank Law.
Concentration of power, centraliza-
ton Of wealth, trusts, the commerce
court and postal savings bank law
were condemned by the speaker VINO
also said the republican party has re-
fused to enact laws to prevent the
issuance of the writ of injunction with
out notice in disputes affecting labor
and has granted its issuance to those
who contribute to its campaign fund
It has refused to enact laws requiring
political parties to give publicity to
campaign contributions before election,
but has permitted the contributors to
such funds to become beneficiaries OF
its laws after election.
t'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
lis to direct public opinion for pollt1cal
purposes. 1t has refused to permit
the people Of the United States to elect
by direct vote their representatives to
one branch Of the national congress.
and has witnessed the obtaining OF
seats therein by the most scaHdalous
methods It is possible for man to con-
ceive 1t has enacted laws so repugnant
to public opinion that members OF It's
own faith have refused TO remain re-
sponsible therefore and have publicly
repudiated its acts. During this per-
iod 1t has witnessed the formation of
gigantic trusts, whose purpose was to
stifle competition, and who are today
IN COnITOI every dSCIiSS liiSlt NSeAiN
contribute to public 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.
Redress for Public Wrongs.
Against this line of unjust and OPP
pressive laws a patient but suffering
people refuse to longer remain silent.
They ask that laws be enacted for the
nation at large. and not for the few;
that the expenditure of public funds be
reduced to the minimum economy eX-
ercised in every branch of the govern
ment and that extravaganza in public
affairs be discontinued: that home rule
be the basis Of our legislation and that
tariff laws have for their purpose the
obtaining of revenue for the govern
ment. and not tribute to those who
weave not, neither do they spin.
Against such legislation as this all par
ties protest and appeal to the pubic
for redress of such wrongs. Against
such legislation as this, in which graft
and greed are the potential elements.
a united democracy stands as Its fore
most enemy and will at the bar Of pub
lie opinion defy it's defenders and over
throw its makers.
"Thls political organization. con-
demned by its membership, without the
confidence Of the public is today APP
pealing for the approval of it's acts.
The spectacle is presented Of the presi-
dent Of the United States, the chief
executive of the nation, procla1mlng
that the Payne-Aldrich tariff law is
the best ever enacted-the one act that
fails to reduce the tax to the consumer,
that gives to the wooden and cotton
combination and to iron and steel more
of a chance to exploit the people of the
United States than any tariff act ever
enacted, yet it is announced this meas
ure is to be the criterion of the we'll
doing of this administration.
Against this proposition stands the
teaching of ages, stands the democratic
principle of equal rights and equal OPP
portunities In the contest for human
rights democracy will not fail. 1t
should not have power, It should not be
trusted with the confidence of the peo-
pie If it fails to stand for the princi-.
pies of the fathers of our government,
that equal rights and equal opportuni-
ties are more Of a necessity among
freemen than graft and greed
BelittIes Prosperity.
1T is said this Is day Of prosper
ity All, prosperity to whom? The cot
ton and wooden manufacturers Of New
England have declared dividends as
high as sixty-six per cent in single
year and for decade their annual
dividends have been more than twenty
three per cent Has agriculture been
receiving that reward? The fields of
Iowa and the west that have made it
noSsihla for this great nation to be
prosperous, are not receiving their due
share of the wealth Of the country. The
manipulation of stocks and bonds. the
concentration Of wealth in the east,
special interests sustained by the bank
ing system, have made it possible for
that portion Of our nation to become
the home Of wealth, and thereby the
dominating influence in our legislative
assemblies.
A Rap at Roosevelt.
eAne.rocracy will not suffer by any