Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 October 1885 — Monopolies Are Foes of the People. [ARTICLE]

Monopolies Are Foes of the People.

The Democracy has always been the protector, and the only protector of the people against monopolies and all such foes, so constant and insidious. The Republicans, conspicuous for so much that is bad, are marked throughout their career for fostering monopolies of every species—of railroads, bv immense grants of the people’s land and money; of herders, by connivance at immense seizures by them of the people’s land; of manufacturers, by exorbitant tariff for their special benefit; of Government ship-building, by giving all contracts therefor to John Roach, etc. The Democracy has been reinstated in power but a few months, and yet see how rapidly progresses the removal of these intolerable grievances so long heaped-upon the people by the Republicans, while proclaiming devotion to the people’s interests. It took a Democrat to throttle that dangerous monopoly, the United States Bank; it takes a Democrat to throttle these dangerous monopolies fixed on the people by the Republicans. Throttle them all the Democrats must and will. Such resolute bearding of audacious and gigantic monopolists as recently exemplified by our Democratic President would be worthy of Old Hickory himself. It is a splendid exhibition of courageous fidelity to the people, and will live in history side by side with that which made Old Hickory so famous for moral as well as military courage. If the people should derive no other benefit from Democratic administration than this throttling of Republican monopolies, it would be enough; would justify their confidence in restoring Democratic ascendency, and their determination to maintain it. Bu+ this benefit is only the initial of good to be wrought by the Democracy.— Indianapolis Sentinel.