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' JASPER "WEEKLY COURIER FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 1908. PAGE 5. UJ HALL THE PEOPLE RULE TM Is tlie Ovcrsfiadovvlng - Question. PUBLICANS RESPONSIBLE All Present Abuses a Result of Their Acts, and They Are Im potent to Correct Them. (continued from page 4.) Ve pledge the Democratic party to the enactment of a law prohibiting any corporation from contributing to a campaign fund, and any Individual from contributing an amount above a reasonable maximum, and providing for the publication, before election, of all such contributions above a reason able minimum." The Democratic national committee immediately proceeded to Interpret and apply this plank, announcing that no contributions would be received from corporations, that no Individual would be allowed to contrlbuto more than $10,000, and that all contributions above $100 would be made public be fore the election those received before October 15 to be made public on or before that day, those received after ward to be'nade public on the day when received, and no such contribu tions to be accepted within threedays of the election. The expenditures are to be published after election. Ilere Is a plan which is complete and effec tive. Popular Election of Senators. Next to the corrupt use of money, the present method of electing United States senators Is most responsible for the obstruction of reforms. For one hundred years after the adoption of the constitution. tLe demand for the popular election of senators, while find ing Increased expression, did not be come a dominant sentiment. A con stitutional amendment h..d from time to time been suggested and the matter had been more or less discussed in a few of the states, but the movement had not reached a point where It mani fested itself through congressional ac-J tlon. In the Fifty-second congress,. however, a resolution was reported from a house committee proposing the necessary constitutional amendment, und this, resolution passed the house of representatives by h vote which was practically unanimous. In the Fifty-third congress a similar resolu tion was reported to, mid adopted by, the house of representatives. Roth the Fifty-necond and Fifty-third con presses were .IVmocratle. The Repub licans gained control of the hov.se as ii result of the election of 1SCH and in the F4fty-fourth congress the proposi tion died In committee. . As Nine went on, however, the sentiment grew among the people, until it forced a Republican congress to follow the example, set by thePomoerats, and then another and another Republican congress acted fa vorably. State after state has endorsed this reform, until noarlyt wo-thirds of the states have records themselves in its favor. The United States senate, however. Impudently and arrogantly obstructs the passage of the resolution, notwithstanding the fact that the vot ers of the Fnltitl States, by an over whelming majority, demand It. And this refusal Is the more significant when It Ls remembered that a number it senators owe their election to great corjw irate Interests. Three Democratic national platforms the platforms of 110, HOI and VS-specifically call fur a change in the constitution which will pu the election of senators in the hands of the voters, and the proposi ti n has been endorsed by a number of the smaller parties, but no Repub lican national convention has been willing to champion the cause of the people on this" subject. The subject was Ignored by the Republican national ronventlon In 1000; It was Ignored In ltKl. and the proposition was explicit ly repudiated in ltiOS, for the recent Republican national convention, by a vote of 83 to 114, rejected the plank endorsing the popular election of sena torsand this waa done In the conven tion which nominated Mr. Taft, few delegates from his own state voting for the plank. . Personal Inclination Not Sufficient. In his notification speech, the Repub lican candidate, speaking of the elec tion of senators by the people, says: 'Personally, I ma inclined to favor 1L Di tarty Accord üi Platform, but It b hardly a party question." What Is necessary to make this a party question? When the Democratic con Ten tion endorses a proposition by a unanimous vote, and the Republican convention rejects the proposition by a vote of seven to one, does it not be come an issue between the parties Mr. Taft can not removo the question from the arena of politics by express ing a personal inclination toward the Democratic position. For several years he has been connected with it i i i ut vw bald or done to bring this question be- fore the public? What enthusiasm has he shown in the reformation of the Senate? Wfcat influence could he exert in behalf of a reform which his party has opvnly and notoriously con demned In its convention, and to which he Is attached only by a belated ex pression of personal Inclination? The Gateway to Other Reforms. "Shall the people rule?" Every remedial measure of a national char acter must run the gauntlet of the senate. The president may personally Incline toward a reform; the nouse j may consent to it; but as long as the. senate obstructs the reform, the peo- ple must wait. The president may heed a popular demand; the house may progress of the nation, not by the hap yield to public opinion; but as long as piness or wealth or refinement of a the senate is defiant, the rule of the people is defeated. The Democratic platform very properly describes the popular election of senators as "the gateway to other national reforms." present abuses, the opponent of neces Shall wo open the gate, or shall we ( sary remedies and the only bulwark of allow the exploiting interests to bar private monopoly. The Democratic par the way by the control of this branch ty affirms that in this campaign it is of the federal legislature? Through the only party, having a prospect of a. Democratic victory, and through a Democratic victory only, can the peo ple tecure the popular election of sen- ators. The Smaller parties are Unable to secure this reform; the Itepubllcan party, under Its present leadership, is resolutely opposed to It; the Democratic party stands foit and has boldly de- -l l Ii -T a r-w 1 a 1 A. V, -t r , : I presidency, those who are elected upon I iiiauui'U ju it a uui dreien, iuc the ticket with me will be, like my- Felf. pledged to this reform, and I in extraordi- , , . . , nary session immediately after inan- Kurat on and ask nmong other things, for the fulfillment of this platform pledgo. House Rules Despotic. The third Instrumentality 'employed to defeat the will , of the people Is tlons; it shnplyuasserts that as the goy found in the rules of the house of rep- eminent creates corporations, it must resentatlves. Our platform points ok4 j retain the power to regulate and to that 'the house of representatives was control them, and thaMit should not designed by the fathers of the consti- 1 permit any corporation to convert itself tution, to be the popular branch of our i Into a monopoly. Surely we should government, responsive to the public have the co-operation of all legitimate will," and adds: corporations in our effort to protect "The house of representatives, as business and industry from the odium controlled In recent years by the Re publican party, has ceased to be a de- llberatlve and legislative body, respon- slve to the will of a majority of the ' members, but has come under 'the ab- solute domination of the speaker, w to has entire control of its deliberations, and powers of legislation. "We have observed with amazement hardly remind the student o'f history the popular branch of our federal gov- tnat curc3 are mildest when applied at eminent helülcss to obtain either the oncc; that remedies increase in severity consideration or enactment of meas- 'ns tneIr application is postponed. Blood ures desired by a majority of its mem- poisoning may be stopped by the loss hers." 0f a ßnger today; it may cost an arm This arraignment la fully Justified, tomorrow or a life the next day. So The reform republicans In the house ' poison in the body politic can not be of representatives, when in the minor- amoved too soon, for the evils pro ity in their own party, are as helpless juced by it Increase with the lapse of to obtain a hearing or to secure a vote time. That there are abuses which upon a measure as are the Democrats. 1 t0 remedied, even the Repub In the recent session Of the present ncan candidate admits; that his party congress, there was a considerable ele- js auuble to remedy -them, has been ment in the Republican party favorable funy demonstrated during the last ten to remedial legislation; but a few fcad- vears I have SUCll confidence ill the ers. In control of the organization,' intelligence as well as the patriotism despotically suppressed these ' mem- 0f tne pCqple, that I can not doubt their bers. and thus forced 'a real majority I readiness to accept the reasonable re in the house to submit to a well organ- j fonns which our party proposes rather ized minority. The Republican national than permit the continued growth of convention, Instead of" rebuking this 'existing abuses to hwrry the country on attack upon popular government, eulo- to. remedies moie. radical and more glzed congress and nominated as the drastic. Republican candidate for vIcd president one of the men who shnred in the re- ItJJlA..' . il -A At.. sponsunuiy ior xno coorewn ot- me honte. Our poy demandSthat rtno It fars vsucti an administration of hetlSP if.riTKWntativcs shall again the ßoverffijcnt'as will insure, as far booome a dclibemttvebody, contrplled 'as bumim wisdom can, that each citi by a majority of the peopled repr?-,2cu shnll draw from soclety a. reward scntatives, and not by the. speaker -commensurate with his contribution to ami la pledged to adopt "such rules and regulations to govern the nouse of representatives as will enable a ma- Jority of 1U members to, direct lt de- liberations and control glslatiou." "Shall the people rule? They can not do so unless they can control the house of representatives, and through their representatives In the house, give expression to their purposes and their desires. The Republican party is committed to the methods now In vogue In the house of representatives; the Democratic party is pledged K such a revision of the rules as will bring the iopular branch of the federal government into harmony with the ideas of those who framed our consti tution and founded our government. Other Issues Will Be Discussed Later, 'Shnll the people rule?' I repeat. Is declared by our platform to be the overshadowing question, and as the rampalgn progresses, I shall take occa llon to discuss this question as it man ifests itself in other issues; for w hether we consider the tariff question, the trust question, the railroad question, fhe banking question, the labor ques tion, the question of imperialism, the fievelopment of our waterwaysor any other of the numerous problems whloh press for solution, we shall find 'that the real question Involved In each Is, whether the government shall remain a mere business asset of favor seeking corporations or be an Instrument In the hands of the people for the ad- vancement of the common weal. Democratio Party Has Earned Party Hat Con- fidenco. , IX tho voters are satisfied with the record of tho Republican party 'and wlÜUta inanartfmcnt of public affairs-" u iJro. - mjlrrAQji ormlHnZo dsvoto h!mf7 j vre can not reasonably ass ror a ; change In administration; If, however, the voters feci that the people, as a whole, have too little influence in shap ing the policies of the government; if they feel that great combinations of capital have encroached upon the rights of the masses, and employed the Instrumentalities of government to se cure an unfair share of the total wealth produced, then we have a right to ex pect a verdict against the Ilepublloaü party and In favor of .the Democratic fparty: for our party has risked defeat- , tta arouse the conscience of the public and tu bring about that very awakening to which Mr. Taft has referred. Only those are worthy to be entrust ed with leadership in a great cause who are willing to die for it, and the Democratic party iias proven its worthi ness by its refusal to purchase victory by delivering the people into the hands of those who have despoiled them. In this contest between Democracy on the one side and plutocracy on the other. the Democratic party has taken its po- sltion on the side of equal rights, and invites the oppcItlon of those who use; politics to secure special privileges and governmental favoritism. Gauging the few, but "by the prosperity and ad vancement of, the average man," the Democratic party charges t the Repub lican party with being the promoter of success, which stands for Justice in government and for equity in the divl- sion of the fruits of industry. Democratic Party Defender of Honest Wealth. We may expect those who have com mitted larceny by, law and purchased immunity with their political influence. to attempt to raise raise lss mnlor rv of ITp.v to attempt to raise false Issues, and to en" to con- "j tncir evil purposes but they can no lon decelve. The Democratic l'mij "OL Iii CUCI1IV KJL UI1 J Cg ill- mate lD(,ustry or-ot honest accunluia. Uons u , m m colitrar ft, f lndus d the steadfast I)rotector of that wealth which represents a serv ice to society. The Democratic party docs not seek to annihilate all corpora which lawless combinations of capital will, if unchecked, cast upon them. Only by the separation of the good from the bad can the good be made secure. Not Revolution, but Reformation. The Democratic party seeks not revo lution but reformation, and I need Our Party' ldeT. The platform of our party tfbeo wtth. n uni.,rt r.o-T.,! welfare of society. Governments are good In proportion as thev assure to each member of o- cletv so far as governments can, a re- turn commensurate with Individual merit. The Divine Law of Rewards. There is a , Divine law of rewards. When the Creator gave "us the earth, with its fruitful soil, the sunshine with Its warmth, and the rains with their moisture, He proclaimed, as clearly as if His voicehad thundered .from the clouds, 'Go work, and according to your industry and your intelligence, so shall beyotir reward." Only where might has overthrown,-cunning under mined or government suspended this law, has a different law prevailed. To conform the government to this law ought to be the ambition of the states- man; and no party can have a higher mission than to make It a reality wher ever governments car. legitimately op irate. Justice to All. Recognizing that I am Indebivd for my nomination to the rank and tile of ur party, and that my election must rome. If, It comes at all, from the un purchased and unpurchasable suffrages of the American people, I promise. If entrusted with tlie responsibilities of this high otllce, to consecrate whatever ability I have to the one purpose of making this, in faetf a government in which tlie ieople rulv-a government which will do Justice to all, and offer to every one the highest iosslble stlm alus to great and persistent effort, by ussrurlng to each the enjoyment of his Just share of tho proceed of his toil, aonatter la what part of the vineyard Hp labors, or to what occupation, pro- Statement cf tb Funii Lo:n Associa tion for the Fiscal Year From June 309 1907 to July 1, 1908. Series F. Received from July 1, 1907 to June 30, 1908, inclusive. Dues Transltrd Fineg Interest Stock. loans repaid Outsid bang rnM Eiterest on ouiSifU loaivs S,30o 00 2 50 70 20 l,ooo- 45 ö,775 00 2,573 00 no o2 Total receipts I 8,722 77 Cash in Treasury July 1, 1007, 6,J03 SI Total $25,ü2ö- 58 Disbursements. Stock Loans Outside Loans Attorney Cancellations Expenses Total paid out ?),234 35 9,535 95 G 25 5,792 72 183 50 21,752 77 Cash in Treasury July 1, 1908 3,873 81 Total 125,620 5S $30,(500 00 $10,753 25 57.) 25 Pr.F.sEXT Asset s oV Stock Loana Outside loans Delinquents Cash on hands 3,8 7: 81 Total apeets $51,S0 31 Divided into 627 shares in force July 1, 1908 82 62 Value of each ehare July 1, 1907, 06 28 Paid in on each share during year 13 00 Increase per share for year 3 34 Value of each share July 1, 1908 82 62 Being 4.6 per cent, increase Series G. Received from July 1, 1907 to June 30, 1908, inclusive. Dues $18,767 05 Transfers 23 75 Fines 34 70 Interest, stock leaus 2,308.55 Stock loans repaid 3,290 00 Stock re-issued 310 05 Rent ree'd. of J, II. Sermersheim 15 00 Total receipts Cash on hand July 1, 1007, Total I) I. SHU KS E M K NTS . Stock Loans Outride Loans Attorney Cancellation $24,758 10 2,444 10 $27,202 20 $21,340 88 2,002 75 10 60 3,9l4 88' 222 60 150 00 ! $27,691.71 Expenses Interest paid to series "F Total paid cut Total amoimit on hand and received Over Drawn in 4'G" Presents Assets of Stock Loans Outside Loans Delinquents Total Lss overdraft 27.202 20 $18(J 51 "G" $47,850 00 2,254 10 500 15 $50,604 25 4S9 51 Net Assets, July 1, 1908, Divided into 1,3(J7 shares iu $50,114 74 force July 1, W08, Value of each share July 1, 1007 Paid in during the year Increase jer share " 87 21 27 i:; oo 1 60 Total $3" S7 IJein 5.7 per cent. State of Indiana, D'ihois County, ss. I, the undersigned Secretary of Phenix Loan Association, swear that the fore going statement is true as I believe. W. S. HUNTER, Secretary. Subscribed and sworn to this Aug. 5, '08 R. S. HUNTER, Notary Public. My coininission expires June 4, 1012. We, the undersigned directors d Phe nix Loan Association certify wsbeiieve that the foregoing ytattnient is true. John P. Sami, Pres. (lEO. P. iVAJiXKK j John P. UrniKi; n-.lwW.lta J . r . r KIKDM A Jos. Gekijkii i i- t" ........ I iin iwi.". The Lcßgest Days. Tlie longest day of the year at $ev York is 15 hours; at London, till. I TTnmt.u 17. , Vl' " ' V js noim, .iö1; at öc. retersourg, iy; aiTornca, lunland, 22; at Spitaber- Cen, 3V months. Mr. Hogan Where did Oi git tu black oyeV Oh, Oi'm just aftlier bein Initiated. Mr. Kelly In' what society? Mr. Ilogau Into th' society av mo üiotlier-iii-l:iw Leslie's Weekly. LT iVA.JL Chrisney, ncl. Augus SOUTHERN RY .venient schedules' isiactory rates to Has con and satisfactory Chrisnev. Ind., and return. Purse lor Races BAL Special Attractions every day. J. C. Beam, Jr. agpa. St. .LOUIS, JUO. l to isih. 1000 1 SGEi. 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