Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-07-03
SOUNDS! KEYNOTE
FOR DEMOCRATS
Chairman Parker Arraigns Re-
publican Party for Its Tar
if Legislation.
ROOSEVELT IS SCORED HARD
Accusing Republican Administration
Of Tricking the People-Asks
Democrats to Fight Shoulder
to Shoulder for Success
of Party. IL

Baltimore, Nd, June 26.-"We
meet while the hills yet echo to wild
cries of 'liar!' thief and traitor!
and furious walls Of fraud bribery!
'treachery!' and corruption and our
cars are weary with the din OF the
articulate shrieking and passionate
vilifcation Of the most shameful
brawl of our political history"
Thus spoke Alton B. Parker, tenn
porary chairman Of the Democratic
national convention Tuesday: -
'Our candidates, however, are,
without exception, men of such lofty
mien that we meet immune from the
distemper which seized the Chicago
convention, and privileged to dis
charge a solemn public duty calmly,
deliberately, seriously" said Mr.. Par
ker. 'The cause Of government by
the people the world over has been
materially checked by the disgraceful
brawl which terminated in the bedlam
of Chicago.
F vors Single Term for President
1.-THE assault upon the unwritten
prohibition against third term made
In the wild scramble for the Republi.
can nomination warns us of that vital
necessity of incorporating in our Con-
stitution a safeguard against repeated
terms. Hwy
would the man who threw his hat
in the ring and sought to slug his
opponent over the ropes In his fight
for third term rest satisfied with it's
achievement? Clearly his lust OF
power would have brooked no such
limitation. A third term would but
have whetted his desire for more, and
as the terms slipped away each re-
newal would discover greater injury
to our Constitution, to the form OF
government established under It and
to every legal curb on his imperious
will. This is the man who menaced
us with an increase Of federal power
by usurpations Of states rights and
without authority of constitutional
amendment; the man who took the
Isthmus Of Panama and let congress
debate about 1t afterward. This IS
the man who advocated federal incor-
poration for the increase Of power at
| Washington and the tightening Of le-
| gal burdens on the corporations; the
man who authorized the absorption OF
| the Tennessee Coal and Iron company
by the steel trust; the man who, by
many such drastic acts and by un-
numbered words, has sought to batter
down our statutory and constitutional
safeguards.
Tariff and the Trusts.
''In this great country which boasts
! Of a wealth Of $130,oo0. 100000, as
against $4,000 100000 for Great Bri
tain and Ireland; $65,000,0 100000 fol
France and $50 900, 100000 for Ger
many, all are conscious that too large
part Of our wealth has been secured
by a small percentage of our popula-
ton and that The cost Of living rises
faster than tho average income. The
principal caus" of all this is to. be
found in the tariff statutes, and In the
combinations restraining trade and
competition, created for the purpose
of wringing from the public every dol
lar which the tariff statutes make
possible.
whatever OF excuse may be Of.
fered, the ugly truth Is that the Re.
publican nationa machine has re
ceived the moneys Of the corporate
and individual beneficiaries Of the tar.
III and combinations and in return has
compelled congress to keep high the
tariff rates and their attorney gen
erals to close their eyes to violations
Of law. 5: \
For their crimes against American
citizenship the present leaders Of the
Republican party should be de-
stroyed.
Duty or Democratic Party.
What is our duty? To think alike
as to men and measures? Impossible!
Even for oYr great party! There is
not a react.onary among us. All Dem
ocrats are progressives. But 1t Is in
evitably, human that we shall not all
agree that In single highway is
found the only road to progress OF
each make the same man of all our
worthy candidates his first choice. It
Is possible, however, and 1t is our
duty, to put aside all selfishness, to
consent cheerfully that the majority
shall speak for each OF us. and to
march out of this convention shout.
der to shoulder intoning the praises
of our chosen leader-and that will
be his due, whichever of the honora
BILE and able men now claiming our
attention he chosen"
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