Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-05-19

In entering upon this campaign, 1t
is highly important that each voter
may seriously study the situation
from his country's standpoint, not
from his party's standpoint; that he
should weigh men and Judge them
carefully. There Is less and less of
party spirit, less and less of the wor-
ship of party as time goes on, but
there is yet too much OF it. Just the
other day, our own Senator Kenyon,
a man whom believe to be on the
side Of the people, a man who has
proved many times by his votes that
he is not so welded to his party as
are many, exhibited great glee because
the democrats as a revenue measure
had decided to leave tax on sugar.
Whether the action was right or
wrong, it meets with Mr.. Kenyon's
views on the tariff. Then why not
commend 1t? Surely he could not feel
this pctiensIwas IN endorsement of
his position on the tariff and an &C.
acknowledgement that after all the trust
breeding tariff was the right idea. No.
He was playing politics.
lam going to address myself to the
question, What do the people want?"
n answering this, and then asking the
urther question, How can they get
t?'
For sixteen years, the republican
arty had undisputed control Of our
overnment and during that time there
ere many measures proposed which
ne people asked to have enacted in
% laws.
Tariff Reform.
One OF the measures the people de-
landed was the revision of the tariff
onward. This had been definitely
:cmised and the promises broken.
ne Iowa Idea" was popular over
he WIKI country but no relief was
Lad from a republican congress and
republican president. nctwithstand-
ng the fact the demand came with as
luch insistence lGm the rank and
lie of the vote.s in the republican
arty as In Z democratic party. The
election of President Wilson was a
protest Has he kept faith with the
eop!e on this question. or has ne
allied to give the reople what the
election clearly indicated they wished,
as was done by the republican con-
crosses and republican presidents? A
bill reducing the tariff was introduced
and passed very promptly by the
democratic administration as an an
swer TO the question What do the
people want?"
Revision Of Currency.
Another measure the people had
long expressed desire for was a re-
vision Of our currency laws,-some-
thing that would take away from the
Wall street manipulators the control
which they exercised over our cur
rency the life blood of American bust
ness. Something that would give US
an automatic currency, expanding
when the situation demanded and con-
tracing when the necessity was over.
This was one of the first problems
to which President Wilson gave his
attention. His efforts resulted in the
Federal Reserve banking system, sys-
tclu ulVCl NulCu inc COulTOl OI tue
currency is in the hands Of the peo-
pie, q system every voter should thor
oughly understand. This was an &C
complishment that bankers, business
men, financiers, all over the country,
men OF all parties commend as the
greatest piece Of legislation enacted
in many years. 1t affects directly ev-
cry banker, every merchant, every
laborsr, every farmer, every manufac-
turer, every professional man. A
tursr, every professional man. You
men, as democrats, should know the
workings Of this law that you may 90
out and tell every voter Of the debt
they owe . democratic administration.
Let me point to one incident where
in II was Of the utmost importance
and service to Iewa he past ssasea.
All VIII agree that ordinarily . war b