The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-07-27
IOWA DEMOCRATS
FIND FAULT WITH
THE OPPOSITION
Prosperity Is Not What the
People Demand Declares
Conventions Chairman
he lLuDED CuMM|NS AND
OoLu|vER FOR THEIR STAND

Cummins Was Quoted as Authority for
the Statement That the Republicans
at Washington Were Dominated and
Controlled by the Corporations. I
ottumwa, Ia, July 27.-"The hour
was never more propitious for the ap-
plication of Democratic principles
than the present" declared Jerry b.
Sullivan of Des Moines In his address
as temporary chairman of the Demo-
cratic state convention today. ON
all sides we behold unrest and the
feeling that the government OF our
country is not satisfactorily admin
istered. The elements contending for
supremacy are fraught with injustice
and wrong-the concentration of pow
er, the exacting of tribute the wealth
of the nation in control Of the few
are all calculated to cause the citi-
zen to stop and ask himself their
meaning.
"The continued existence of po-
litical party can only be justifled
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 its supremacy
it has enacted two tariff laws. that In
each instance increased the cost OF
living, without a corresponding In
crease in the price of labor. 1t has
permitted a portion of the public do
main to become the property Of syn
dicates for private purposes. 1t mas
permitted the expenditure of public
funds to become so wasteful as 70
call for the protest Of an outraged
people,"
Concentration of power, centraiiza-
ton of wealth, trusts, the commerce
court and postal savings bank law
were condemned by. the speaker who
also said the Republican party has re-
fused to enact laws torprevent the is-
suance of the writ OF Injunction with
out notice in disputes affecting labor
and has granted it's issuance to those
who contribute to its campaign fund.
1t has refused to enact laws requir-
ing political parties to give publicity
to campaign contributions before
election, out has permitted the con-
tributors to such funds to become
beneficiaries of its laws after cleo
ton. :-..,t ,e
ut 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 po-
litlcal purposes. 1t has refused to
permit the people Of the United States
10 elect by direct vote their repre-
sentatives to one branch of the ma
tional congress, and has witnessed
the obtaining Of seats therein by the
most scandalous methods 1t Is possi-
bic for man to conceive. 1t has en-
acted laws so repugnant to public
opinion that members of its own faith
have refused to remain responsible
therefor and have publicly repudiat-
ed it's acts. During this period it has
witnessed the formation of gigantic
trusts, whose purpose was to stifie
competition, and who are today In
control of every agency that would
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.
An Oyerburdened People.
Against this line of unjust and op-
pressive laws 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
exercised in every branch of the gov
ernment, and that extravaganza In
public affairs be discontinued; that
home rule be the basis of our legisla-
ton and that tariff laws have for
their purpose the obtaining Of rev.
.enue for the government, and not
tribute to those who weave not, neith-
er do they spin. Against such legisla-
tion as this all parties protest and ap-
peal to the public for redress, of
such wrongs. Against such leglsla-
ton as this, in which graft and greed
are the potential elements, united
Democracy stands az it's foremost
enemy and will at the bar of public
opinion defy it's defenders and over
throw its makers.
This political organization, con-
demned by its membership without
the confidence Of the public is today
appealing for the approval of its acts.
The spectacle is presented Of the
president of the United States. the
chief executive Of the national pro-
claimining 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
woolen and cotton combination and
to iron and steel more of chance to
exploit the people of the United
States than any tariff act ever enact
ed, yet It. is announced this measure
is to be the criterion Of the well-doing
Of this administration.
Against this proposition stands the
teaching Of ages, stands the Demo-
cratic principle Of equal rights and