Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 48, Number 52, Jasper, Dubois County, 7 September 1906 — Page 7

rV J. BRYAN'S MADISON SQUARE GARDEN SPEECH

I Ike ail irnfllf who luv vUltvl oth.-i lands. 1 return wiih ilelight to h. i ef my birth, mora proud of It people, wiili lot oonfldenre in its g- t . . m Mid grateful to lh kind 1 'l J . that hi my " tu Hi- i'ult I Slate My national piMe tins len Inure.a J ti. kunc of abundant cvldenue I hav aaen of tha altruistic Interest taken by Americans in t lie people of othsr o ur, tries. No other nation ran show am h a a t of lunnvu lence and disinterested 'n-mdship My lovs for our form of government ha bn i4iil Kened na I have visited .Melle .. -3 towers, and peered inio dirk dungeon, ai.d am glaii Hut out nation profiting by tha experl n e of Hit paat. ai d ye. uiiliairipmed by 1 1 a d 1 1 1. ma, and unfettered by i a Hi aaa la-en permitted to fa m a new OSntSf of clvlllaatlOO on new aoll. u4 reel hi rr a ' 'govor nmsnl of tie neon Is. by the people, and aIho f.. i tbe penpals I aSM return more deeply Impressed than i'vn i.-r ip wih th rMponslblllty ikldi rests upon auf nation m x emplar nmmg tha nations and mora soli. It. mi thai art. e.ot.llng tha cauetia which har led othar nptrana t decay, may present hilir Ideal than has ever betöre been emiwxll-d In a luminal Ufa. 'in. I .arty human progreaa to a higher plana Itutn It baa before reached 1 desir moreover, to ni knowledge Indt'btetlnaaM to the American officials wno have everywhere shown u all p. aaliia courtesy and kimlnaaa. I do not know that 1 oan V Letter to show my appreciation of tha welcome ae'orlif mi' 1 tn countrymen, than ta

sutirnlt sorm- suggest Ion drawn rr m ot

nerval ions during the past yenr A Japan-es-educator. ajdr-ealng me through an int. r i t -tr said ' I wish you would fln.l

the worst thing in Japen and tflt ua gOO .1

tt m that we may correct It I commended tha piarum spirit which he manifested, and asaurad htm that 1 hid naver visited- Japan In search of fault and blemishes hut rather that I might find the liest things In Japan, and take tham noma for the benefit of mv own people Raeh nation .an give leeeon to every otlnr and while o ur nation la In a nsltlon to make Um largest ontrlbutmn a I ballava, to ibe education of the world it ought to remain in the attitude of a pupil, and be urr re iy to rotlt by the . partem e of others Mrsugi From the Old Wond. The first message thai I bring from tha old world I a message of paaca Tha OPIaW at artu I ration is making raal prog fajpp, In aplte of tha faet that the natlona nioht prominent In the atabllabment of Tim HjkgUC tribunal ttpva themaalvae been mcped in war since that curt waa orpaiilzrd Tharp I a ereeptlbl growth In pentlntant in favor of the attlament of International dtfputaa by pea.-pful maana J was my goKl fortune to he praaant at the last aeaploa n' tha Intei jiarlUmeniary union Which cmVued In 1 .0.1. ion on tha 23ii of July Twenty an nation war rapfaaantad, and thaaa Includad all the leadti k natiOBM .f ttie world Thlf paai a con -Kfreaa. aa it 1 penei ,11 known, nat only adopted raaolutlona in favor of the limitation of prnaMnanta, and the arbitration of all iiuration relating to dbta but uauinlmoualy Indorsed the proporltlnn that all queationa of every nature ahould be aubmltted to an Impartial trlhunal for tnvestlg.it ion or to the mediation of frle-oily nutlona befora boatllitle are commenced It U not neeeaary to point out Ihe imBortance of tba poaition taken, j'he mDtKltmant of the Huggestlon In traatiaa wo ,.i f:o long; way lowaid removing the Probability of war Whin UtP idea 1 off American origin. It wai heartily accepted by the repraeentativea of England Krame, tjermany and other Kumpani count 1 lea I be. .eve that if our t.atio.i Would propone to make with very Ration a treaty prov iding that all queeUoi a in dlapUle Ijalween the iartl pttould ha auhnil'ted to Tb Hague court, or to Home other impartial International tribunal for Investigation and report, Uafore any declaration of war or cmmetiramcnt of boptlllty It Would find in mi natlOOP WllllMg to enter into auch a compart. I am s .re from the public utterance of the present lrime niinmter of Croat Itrltaln. hir Henry fnmph' II H antiermjii that pupal a treaty OOUld be ina-le le'tween tne tWo greil Fngllxh lllialllllg nation?, and their ennmple would l.e followed utiiil the danger of war would he almost If not entirely, removed. To take the lead In au.-h a movement would establish our pppltlon aa a world nowr in the best eenae .1 the term And what argument can te advanc d agalnat such action on the pert of the United Btatee? rhaii we m,i t.. any other nation in the estimate t r.e glared ii"iii the value of human life? Surely the t'r.ator did not so plan tha unlv. rse .is to m ike the j rogrea nf the mre dependent upon wboleeale bhoil letting I prefer to F.elleve that war. in-ta of I elng an agency for good, la rather an evidence of man's surret . . paaPlona, und Lhal one of t! . tvsta of cblllsatioti and mnn'a willingness ta submit hie controversies to the arbitrament of reason rather than of f..r Tha Navy aa a Coiiactoe. Another subject Ogftncctadl with our foreign reiHtions 1 rentnra to muiiki tht we pwjf not only pnaBtotg PeaaM but aiaa advance our coouneri Inl interests, by announcing aa a national policy that our nay will not be us. .1 for the . Election of private debta While pr.uecilng t tie Uvea of our eltlpena every ehara, and guaranteeing the parwonal pnfety "f all who owe allegiance to out tttkg, we should. In my Judgment, announce IJhal pgraona engaging in buglptea and hoMtng propprt In other lands for busln-.H turpoaes must b auhjecl to the lavva of tie COUJIli h. in Which ttiey eng. .ge In b pitnPPP a lop. prises. Many prontnbai imi.it of Invoot metit are now (dosed ppcnurp ihe paopip of the smaller naliotia are blrald lli.it .111 taraajtment of frel;n capital will be mad an excuse fot ;t for. lpt1 In Van kan etc oral tlmas on this trip this fa. t l. .s brought to mv attention, and I am -vim 11I that for -very d-Vlnr thnt we could perurc to American inveatora by an at tempt to put ibe government back f their tvrbate ilaims. we would lose mam .hilars by closing lh- door to InVPPtRM it Mark the dlstln- tl.ui tI"n the prott tlon of the Uvea of our citliena ang tha use of the navy to guar int. e a profit on Investments We do net Imprlaon f r debt in tha t'nlted States, neither do w put men to death beonue of the falh.rs. to pay what they owe. and our moral pitlge as well as our commercial Inter- sta will be conserved by assuring all natlona that A mat kenn Inveatmenta depend foi prot.rt Ion on the laws of the country to Which tha Investors go Our Experiment In Colon.aham. Jlefore leu lug International politics let nv add that our nation has luet prestige rather than gnimd it l.y our exöerlinent In colonialism We have given the m ar. lilet a chance to ridicule our declaration of Independence, ana the acffxr ha twitted ua wltb thalnconsiateii-y A tour through the l'hllippln lalanda has deepen. .I the conviction that we ah 'Ul i loev no time In announcing our purpose to dHal with the Plllptnoa aa we dai Pflth thp fubana I'.very conalderat ion. commercial and political, leads IP this conci union. Su.-h ground aa we may nerd for coaling stations or for a naval base will be gladly conceded ry tha Flilplnoa. who simp desire an opportunl'.y to work out ih'lr own deatlny. Inanlrtd by our example ar.u aided by our advice In so far a our ff or ts lave been directed Inward the educatloi t the KHIplnoe. we have randerad thet.- a distinct aerla. Put In ed 1railng them we must rcognlie thaf wa are making colonialism Impossible If we Intended to hold litem as subject we Would not dnre to educate them, "elf government, with ultimate Indep. n.ler -a must be assumed If we contemplate universal education in the I'hlllppliiee Aa noon as oppoiTunlty offen, I ahall iflaruas the Philippine uueatlon more at length, and I 11 1 so refer to Kngltsh t'le In India, for It throws llghl upon OWI problems In the rtiillpplnea but then atib Jeets mtirt he resi rved until 1 Htg speak more In detail. Our Government Compared te Others In eevrr..i ..f tha natlona In Europa the PMcutlve itatiprtmpnt i- more rvPtaanalve to public penttiaonl tlian Is our nm-grea-in l.ngi ind. for Inptnnrw, where the ml n la try la burned from Hie dominant paitvg when an election Is hold 111 on any Independent Issue the government proPeeda to put Into law the will of the peo I egpieaaaad at the polls While out syateai is superior in many respc.is. It has one defect. Pig.; That rwngrapp does not meet in icgular seeglon until 1 3 Oauiitba after Hie a.e ti. u. l'uiuig tiiia

period there la n.rari ilnty. long Oiawn out. winch to tba bualneaa . otnn. .i.lty is often m.-ie damaging than . change of loli. pioinpi.y carried Into effect Would u..t the situation be improved i a ouuatitutionai pmeneunanl ooaTonlag the llrat seaaiou of coitgreaa within a few riiontl.a after t'.e election, and compalling the aecond pajgaion to adjotuu aevaial daya before the following etat Han Hu. li a . hangs would pot only iv e legitimate Bualne tntereata. and piv ti.e l,uhii top banefll of moia relief through remedial legislation, but it wuuid jr..te. t ine people from the Joba that ar uauaiiv raaerved for the short peaaton. Which ia now held after tho election, and alien niaiiv "f the mem'ivia te. . ti.e leas lespui.ai- i.lty becanae of thftlr defeat at the pc. - The Electien cf Senator. 1 return Wore convinced than before of the importance of a .-hang..- In Hie meth.Kl of electing fnlted Htatea aenators Tiiere is Mtlaaablg avarywhora a dlatlnct movernulit toward darnu' rar; In Ita broadeat aense. In all the countrlea Pfltleb I have viaif d tfiere ia u deturfrei tt.at the g.,v eminent be hroughl nearer to the people In hlna a 011atltutlon la under consideration In Japan the people are -.entaiiding that the ministry, instead of leiiig ch.an by tba emperor from among hia particular Irlend ahall be eelected from pai mt-nt. arid be in harmony with tha dominant aentiment. In India th.-r- la ag -tatlon in favur of a native congreae. In Ituaal.a. the eear haa been compelled t recygrnie the popular volog In tt.e pp. tabllshmenl of a douma. arid throughout Europe the movement mm. 'frets Itaelf In various hums In t lie United Stataa thb trend toward pjemocracy haa taken tba form of a growing demand for the pje. lion of l ulled Htatea aanatura by a direct vote of the people It must be .fflculf tu overestimate the strategic adVantage of thia .reform, for alnce every bill tnuat receive the sanction of lli'e apnatg as well as the houae of repreaeniativea before It can become a law. no important legislation of a natlona' character ia p. aei! le until tha senate hruught into haimor.v with the people 1 am within the limits of the truth when 1 nay that the netiate hat be.-n for s.une years the nulwark of tue nre.tat..iy wealth, and that it even now 1 ntatt a ao many- rnemb- r who owe their elec. tlon to f av or --eek ing tof pOtnttotaP. and are so subservient to their masters aa to prevent needed legislation. Tha popular branch of 1 onrreaa has four tim.s de. dared In favor of this reform, and twothlrda of the amies have demanded it. and vet the aenate arrogantly and impudently bps ka the- way. The Income Tag. The Income tax. which gome In our country have denounced aa a eucial!ati attack upon wealth haa. I ana please. 1 t lepurt. the endoraemeat of the mos' ooaaervatlva oouatrtea in the old w It ta a permanent part of the fla al y tern of moat of the eountrlea of Eur ; and In many plaoag it la a graded ta the rate ieing lughest upon the largelacogpaa England haa long depend, upon the Iniome tax for a coneiderahlpart of her revenuee. and her Engltsi. ummlssion Is now tnveetlgating tt,. proposition to change fiom a uniform to a graded tax 1 have been abset.r t long to speak with any authority on the publh aentiment in this country at this time, but 1 ant ao convinced of the justice of the inc.. me tan; that I feel sure that the people Will goonaf or later demand an amendment to the constitution which will apeclri. ally authorize an in1 me tax. and thus make it possible for tt e buulena of t h federal government t . be apportioned among tne people In proportion to their ability to bear them It ia little short of a d'agrac- to pat country that while it ia able to con, mand the Uvea of lta cittxns In time of wai. a can not. . v. -i in the moot ext reran emeiga:.' . coapp Wtratlth to bear Ita eharc ox tba expeiiaes of the gov. : tnent Wfaat n prote ta it LABOR AND CAPITAL.

Arbitration Advocated. I have refr:ed to tb Investigation Of International controv e e. uiuh r a system whl- Ii dis's not bind the parties to accept the findings of the court of Inquiry Tnla plan can lie used In dbWllllM between latr and capital, in fact. It Was propose. I as meat a . f rli.irtg such dispute before it was appl.ed to Internat 'on -al c citroverslea. It ia aa Important tho we s,all hav. pease at home aa that we stall II v e pea. ea bly with neighboring nations, ana peace Is only poatailile when it rests upon luatlee. In advo ati'.g arbitration of dirterenees batweon largo corl a ite employers and tneir mployes I believe wa are defending the hlghe' inter-als of the three parties to the dfof) t.vix . the employera. the employes and ttn public. The employe cannot i turned over to the employer to be dealt w.th as the employer m.av pleaap Tt o qUeotlOfl sornetimea asked Can 1 not conduct mv b'lslnesa to suit atypttf T' is n plausible one but when m man In conducting Iiis bualneaa attempts to arhltrnrll) nx the condltlona under M. Ii bundroox of m ; loyes are to live and tP derermine the future of thousands f.f human tw gs. I answer, without h agitation, that he has r.o right to conduct his own buatneb In such a a'ay aa to deprive hia employes of ttieir rlgn' to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness To support this poaition. 1 ne.-d only refer to the law rv.i latlng the saf.-ty of min's. tie factory iw fixing the .age at which 1 hlldren can te employed, and usury law abliahing the rate of Interest Tha effort of the employer to settl" differences wit1 out ar bit rat ion has done mu '1 to emhittep hltn against those who w.-ik f.-r h:m and IP .strange them from him 1 conrlltion deplox iWp from every st i ii.lw.ln t. The Strike a Two-Edged Sword. But if It Is unwise to make the, emplo pf the solo custodian of the rijthts and .-.tcresta Of tho pn ploy. s. it Is ej a unwise to give the employ.a UPnmtfflled .authority ..ver the rig.aa and Interests of the employer The employes are no more to pp trusted to acl unselfishly anil - lerestedly than ttM employers In their 1e.1l to Meura I t ri sent advantag they may not do Injuatlca but even forfeit a large future gun Tin strike, the only weapon pf the employe at present is a two-edged sword, and max injure tha workman aa much as the employer, and even when wholly successful is apt to leave a rankling In the lersom of the wage earner thnt should not be there Society's Claim Koelety, moreover haa something at atnke aa well as the employer ad employe, for there an be no considerable etrlku without considerable loss to the public Boclety. therefore, in lust 'tied In demanding that tha differences between capital and labor shall be settled by peaceful means. If tha permanent Impartial board Is created to whl. h either lartj- nf an Industrial dispute may appeal, or which can of its motion Institute an Inquiry, public opinion may be reliad on to force the finding If thete Is compulsory submission to Investlga Ion, It la not n ssary that there ahail be comp ilsorv acceptance of the decialon. for a full and fair Investigation will in aim. et every 1 aao bring about a settlement Government by Injunction. No reference to the labor question is complete that does not Imhnle some triertlon of what la known as government by Injunction. Aa the main purp se of tne writ ia to evade trial by Jury it la really an attaek upon the Jury ayaiem. nn ought to arouse an unanimous protest bo long as tin meanest thief la g.uxji.teed a trial by Jury, a jury ooght not .0 be denied to wage earners However, a the writ la usually Invoxe.l in case of 1 strike, tlie lnioriaiica of the sub e 1 would be reduced hy the adoption af system nf arbitration, because arhitrnti 1 would very much red:e. even If It did not entirely remove, the probability of a stt ike. The Eight-Hour Day. Juat another word In regard to the Inlmrlngmati The strugg e t , sec ; re an eight-hour dsy is an International strur gle and it Is sure to be settled in favor of ti e workltigman The t.em fits Of the I 1 boe saving ms h.ne have not been distributed with e 1 ity The producer hna en irmouely multiplied hit capacity bu so far the owner of th- machine has re .e.v.d too much of the im-rcare and the laborer too little Those who nppoa the eight-hot r day do it. I am convinced more becauee of ignorance of so , nitons

than be. a u-e of I ,ck of sympathy with "ion who toil The r.rtio.i. of work from ha ho gag te ti.e factory haa separated (tea huadaasst from bis wife and th rci.f fr'-m ..'a cid' !rn wn le I'.e g w- t paar rttloa paa uot an Increaalng d stanee between the liorne and Ihe wor.abop Then top), more la demanded pi th- lab iring man now '.t on formerly He la a gen aa well as a laborer and muat nave ins to el .dy guestlona If he la to be an intelligent BOvsrogi To drive him ft a Ins had to hl .aak and from hia I aaa back to lata bed la to de, rive the fami.y ..f his caxmpani so. lety of tils servl e arid politics of his Influence. DISCUSSES POLITICS. Tha Money O nl n Thus far I Pave dwe.t upon a ubjerta Which may not tie regarded as Strictly par'itan. but I am sura that you wii. PO.) ion BM if In this preset, e I betray my interest in ie.se poll, lea f..r ah the democrat!, party atand I have riot bad on opportunity to make a democratic speech for a year, and no one t...t even a political enray could be Bu 1 rnel aa to turbid me to speak of those policies on this occasion Out oppinents have derived not only partisan pleaaure bit also p.aiilitan advantage from ti.e division cai.sed in our party by the money uueatlon They ought not. therefore, begrudge us the sanafartiun that we find in t lie fact that unexpe. ;.sl condition have removed the cauae of our differen--. and permitted us to prea' 1 n united front on present .s- ies I : luokedfor and unpre. e.J. nted In. reaae in tha production of gold had brought a victory to both the advocates of gold and the advocates of bi-metallam tt.e f..rrner ki .t.g the g Id itandUsrd wbb h they Wautad. and f e latter se II I g 11. larger volume .f money for wbli h thev ontendu.1. We who favor bi-metaliam are satisfied without victory if the frienda of mono-metallam are a with thelis And we can Invite them to a contest of seal and endurance in the effort to restore to t..e people the righta w hich have giuadually le en taken from them by the trapjta Campaign Contributions. The Investigations which have bean In I t .greas during the past year have disclosed the bustueaa methods of those who a few years ago reeented any inspection of their si hemes, and d laalr rasxallty under high sounding phrss-s Ttieae investigatioi.a have also disclosed the source of enough campaign funds which have been used to debauch elections and corrupt the ballot. The people aee now what thev should have e-n lefore. rian.ei . that no party can exterminate the trusts so long as It owes its polltlcsjl success to campaign contribution! secured from the tru ts Ti.e great corporations d not contribute their money to any party except f..r immunity sapresssty ptogalaed jr (dearly Implied. The president has rooom mended fsai sis tlon on this subje. but so far his t arty has failed to reapond this ba'.eful influenre is eliminated, and I hope that the dsaxOCfWthj party will not 'nly t.allenge the republican party to bring forward effective legislation on this PubjeCt, but will set an example by re

s' ti will make a pr v.u. uionnpoly Im- ' pspjgfbaa There must be no mistaemg of issues, ana no confusion of the line o battle. Tne truat. as an institution, will hav few open defenders. The policy of the trust magnates will be to Insist upon 'r-aaona ble legislation ar. l then they will rely upon their (siwer tu . rrupt egti "ree. end to intimidate (m ecu Uvea to prevent the application of aiiy remedies win. Ii would Interfere wltii the trusta fjagf pjsjgbt must le "a private mnnops.ly is Indefensrtbla und intolerable. ' and r plan of attack mut c ntemplate the i t .: and complete overthrow of the monopoly 1 industry Need Not Quarrel Over Remedies. We need not quarrel over remedies. Wn muat show ouraelvea willing to support any remedy which promi'is eubetantlat I at . a- tag. a to the people in their warfare 1 against monopoly. Komething is to be egtor ted from ti e enfor.-ement of the criminal cisue of the Sherman aritl-trust law. j .1 tt ,a ! iw must be enforced not aga r.-1 a few trusts as at present, but against all the trusts, snd the aim n. st be rn !mI r ...ri the guilty, riot merely to recover a fit.. What is a tlr - ,,f a thousand dollars. ' or even ten tbouaand dollars, to a trust which makes a hundred thousand dollars while the trial la In pr ogress? if the rrlw t in .lause is not g.sd to be enforced, it ought to le rep. a led If imprisonment I t. sevore a pu' iehment fir ttie eminently resneetable gentlemen who rob eighty miliums of people of hundreds of millions of dollars annually, the language of the Statute night to be changed for nothing ' is more calculated to breed paart by than the failure to enforce the law . ilrtal rich criminals, while it Is rigidly nif.n. .-u against petty off-ndera Advocates New Legislation. Ftut It Is not sufficient to enforce relet- .

Ing laws If ten corporations e n iplripc together In restraint of trade are threatened with pumahment. all they have to do now Is to dissolve their separate c -rpo-mtions. and turn thetr property over to a n w corporation Th new corporation an proceed to do t' e aame thing that the separate corporations attempted, ants yet not violate tne law. V n.i therefore new legislation, snd the republican party r.t only falla to enar- BUCh egisla'lon. hut fails even to promise It The demo- . rati. pHttv niust he prepared to ptopoae n. w and efflcle-it legs.atmn No Man Can Serve Two Masters. Recent Investigations have brought to lignt that nearly all r.Kvkedtiese revealed in the management of our large corporationa has been due to the duplication of directorates A gro :p of men organize or obtain control of aeveral corporatlona doing bualneaa with each otbOT, and then pnceed to awindle the stockholders of the varn .us rorporstlons for which thev act. No man can eerve two maater, and the director who altempta to du will fall no matter how much money he makes before his failure la dla. . red Many of the trusta trn! pi has hy th name methods Th. eerne group of mn secure control of several mpetl g ronwrsiluiia. and the ssansgTmnni is th .a i onsoiidated.

tat it is I g tin. ate for him to vote for the congressman who. whatever thetr opinions on oUMM - i. - may be will leglalate larger dividends Into hia po kets. eep grew-rs have been eric.iirageil to leive that they should have no higher .im In voting than to ralae the price of wool and laboring men have been urged to make their wages their only concern Fat Erylng. For a generation the "fat" haa teen

sibly have. No e Juatify an induatrl pe . e a ll..l loll fo

tige aa r . ndtioal libr an lad a I sei e m ans : ua. uip.

legislation With the public aterl 10 believe thai tnif

horsed by science

nam purchase of legislation was entirely prop r no wonder that I neu ran. com pantos have uaed the money of their policy holders to PSfry elections, r.o wonder that trusts have hastened to purchase irn- : munlty from punishment with liber.d donatlona. Nor can we draw a moral distinction bei, en the man who sella hia vote for rive dollars on election day and the manufacturer who sella hia political I influence for fifty or a hundred thousand dollars, payable In dividends? How can we draw a moral l.ne between the aenttor and congressmn n elected by the trusts ta prevent hostile legislation and the senator r congressman kept In COt gr-es by the manufacturers to se.-ure friendly leglslat'nti' Tba party- whl- h justified the one f r m of bribery cannot be relied upon to demn the other. Tne Time for Reform. There never was a time when tariff ' Trn could be more easily entered tii for the manufacturers, hy selling abroad "per. aa many of them do. nave not only shown their Ingratitude toward ttve who built the tariff wall for them, but they have derr.ot s'rated their ability to a 11 in competition with tha wor.d The ! high tariff has long Iwen a b .rdvn to the coosuBsara in the rnlted States, and It la v oving more und more a menace to our foreign commerce, because it arouses re -' scriimcnt and provokes retaliation.

saw Js9IWBjsaBa9uPtss !k2 .aj Bu aeSjjr

WH LI AM JENNINGS BRYAN.

fusing to receive ismpalgr. contributions from corporations, and Is opening the t ooks ao that every contributor of any onaidcralile sum may le known to the public before the election. The great majority of corporations are engaged In o-git.mate business, and naVO rothlng to fear from hostile legislation, and the officers should not be permitted to use the PJOWey of the stockholders to advance their own iM.liticai opinion "o:itributlons should Ix Individual, not corporate, an no party can afford to receive contributions, even from Individuals, when the acceptance of these contributions sc -cretJy plsilgm the party to a course wblcl it can not, openly avow In othr words politics sli ..Id be honest, and I mlstak present condltlona in America If they do not receive improvement in the conduct f campaigns The Paramount Issue Teuts. While men mav differ aa to the relative Importance of issues, and wl.ile the next

that the paramount Issue In the minds oi a large majority of the neogala Is tha st issue. I congratulate Presidesevelt upon the steps Which he has taken to enforce the anti-trust laws, am mv gratification is not lese:,eu hv I fact that he has followed the democratl rather than the republican platform In v cv advance h- lis.s made. It has tc.-r a tteat nilMi rasamant. to Idm that tha form Upen w til. h tie was elected was filled With praise of the rspubl!-a:i par v s record rather than with p:. orrises 0 'iirm. liven the enthusiastic SUpB given him by the democrats hau ans the champions of tho truets t taunt I with following eTemocratic leadership H' tiss trobahlv gone aa far aa he orild without Incurring the hostility of the Iradere of hia own party The thnub'e that the republican party I not In a position to apply effective and thorough -going reforms, beceiiae It has built up Ibroug special legislation the very abuses whi -h ,e. I p t- e-adlcated. Def n t.on of a Trust. Hefore any Intelligent action ran be taken ngainst the trusts we muat have a definition of a trust Because no corporation lias an absolute and complete monouoly of any important product, th j . ..ngis's for th- tr . a - stl mm Ina that there are reallv no trusts others Insists that it Is impossible to legislate against such trusts aa may exist without doing Injury to legitimate business. For the purpose of this delusion it is suffir.ent to draw tne line at the point where competition ceases to Im effective, and to designate as a trust any corporation who ti control so mu ii of th- prod- . t of .at v article tha. It can lis the tarSM ar 1 conditions of sale Young Rockefeller Quoted l.erlalst'oa which prevents monopoly, not only loes not Injure legitimate bvaslness. but actually protec ts leglfmx'e business fron Inlury We are Indebted to ttie v.cmn.i Ilm kefeller- for an Illustration W hielt mnkes tils distinrtmn rleir Tn defending the trust yst-m he Is nsj efl ts saying that, as the America . i. suty cannot be brought io pcrfe. tlon wltb ui pinching "ff ninety nine buds So thit the ne hundredth hud can r eK e the full , r-ng'h ..f the hush so great industrial organisations are impossible wi..it the elimination of the smaller ones. V ia a eri el lll isirr.tion. but it puts a "erfectty ac 1r.1t. picture of trust mtb-ds The Cause of the Ninety-Nine. Tho democratic party rh.impin-s the a se of t ne ninety nie anterpr ive. wh h r irons. - 1 ttiey m.at not ie aa rlflced that one grei- eomb'nstlon my flourish and whan the sube t s u: dr'o.s1 we shall te.-elve the or lhal stit pori of r..:r,Ireds of thousands of business men who have themselves fs't the 01 press Ion of tne trusts, or who. having observed the effect of the trusts upon others, realise that 'heir safety Ilea, not In futile attempts at the restraint of ttarta. Lit in leglslatim

Suggests Remediea. It is sTOrth while to consider whether a blow may not be struck at the truat by a law making It illegal for the sain.

person to act as director of of fleer of twa

c irporationa which deal with each otliei or are engaged 111 ill- same general bual -e -

A still more far-res- v. ng remedy wa

prop.'S'u i.y me asm o. ratlc p.a'form ! ..v.o. i.am.-ly the resiulnng of coroora-

tions to take out a federal license before

engaging in interstate romsaoros Th..remedy is simi le, easily app.ied and com prehenslve. The reuirir g of a llcenat w. .id not embarrass legitimate corporations it would scarcely Inconvenience them while it would confine the previa tory eorporatl ns to the fate of then origin. Jant as a ll-etee to sell llqn leaves the poaaoas ,r of tu llcenae to sei only in accordance with the laws of th state In whi h he resides, so a Corpora' .1 nse granted by a fe.iaral commisai..i w-uld not Inte-fere witn the right .

i.-ri state to regulate foieign r.pnrations dring business within its borders If Corporations wore required to take iut B f.der.al lirtnsa. the federal govenime. .Id then Issue the llcensv upon the terms and conditions Which Would ; I tct the public. Corporations Have No Natural P. grits A COrpueatlow differs from a human beIruj In that it has ro natural rights, and aa all of its rights are derived from the statutes it ran be ltmitei or restralnen a ng aa tha public welfare may re uulre. Tlie ro.itiol which congreaa has wer Interstate commerce la compl tand If congress can prevent the tranaportation of a lottery ticket through th mails, hv tha express companies, or bv fre.ght. It can oertalrily forbid the of the malle. the railway! and the telegraph to any corporation which Is endeavoring to m nopo4ise an article of r mmerce. and no party can long be credited with sincerity If It condemns the trusts with words onlv and then per mtts the trusts te employ all the Instiumsntaltties of P teretate commerce In th errylng out ita nafartoua plan it fai easier to prevent a monop..) than to watch it and punish It. and this pre ventlon ran be a - ornpllahed in a practical way .bv ref using a llrenee to am worattoii which controla more titan s certain proportion of the total products thia proportion to be arbitrarily fixed a a point whirii will give free operation te competition. THE TARIFF QUESTION C'osely Alhed With Truat Question. The tarsal ui'- a Is very closely allied to the truat question, snd tha reduction of the tariff furniertes an eas meana of limiting the extortion whl-tlo-truets can practice vv nlle aba.. I it. free trade would not neceaaarlly make .. ir ist tmioatbl-. still it is pto.,a le :i--v r v few man-, fa tn rmg esiablisbrnsnl w.iild dare lO enter int.. the trust of t ; sijent were empowered ta pm on ';. free list articles competing with those ntrollej by .a tr ist While I shall take .ic aalon al an eary day tn consider the tariff d -' ' ui more at length. I .-en t,-l-ermit this opportunity to pass eithou xpresslr.i; the .pini.ni that the prlncl pie emt'ied in th protective tariff has Boen the fruitful source of a great dea of pol It al or iption. as well as tt support f many of our moat intjultou trusts. It Is difflrult to condemn the manufacturers f.-r uniting to take PdvS tage of a high tariff schedule, when tl. schedule Is framed on the heoty that tin Industries need -all the prwtt -.Ion giveand It la not likely that the bnefciarie of tiles'. I tie! 1- s will pQnSPBt to le reTar ff and Votes ll. t ore if t to- worst Teit ree of th" tariff levied not for revenue, but for the owed purpapp of pro' act ion is that it fosters the idea that tne.i should use their votes to advance their own financial tntereata. Tb boon assured

THE RAILROAD QUESTION. Interwoven With the Trust Question. The railroad pjSSSptaOa ia also Interwoven with the trust j uest ion. Nearly all the private monopolies have received re'vatea. or secured other advantages over c.wnpet -Mors Absolute (-quality of treatment at the hands of the railroada would go far toward .rippling the trusts, snd 1 reJone that the pr-sldent has had the courage to press the question upon congreaa while the law. aa it was finally distorted by the etiate. la not all that could be wished. It d s. rveS a fair trial. A New Danger Itate regulation was absolutely necessary, and it furnishes some relief f r iro the unbearable conditions which prsvloualv existed, but we must net forget ihst the vesting of thla enormous peer In the hands of the cnmnilsalon appointed br the I -1 ler.t intrtducea a new danger If tn appointive board haa tba power to fig rates and can. by the exerdae of that power, lnrreaee or decreaae by hundreds i f millions of dollars the annual revenues of the railroads, will not the '..ilroadfeel that they have a large pecuniary interest in the election of a president friendly to the railroads Public Ownership of Railroads Kxperience haa demonstrated that municipal corruption Is largely traceable to tha fact that franchise corporal lune desire to xtntrol th- city council and thua - reae th. .r divider. ds If their nun agers adorn the am policy the aentltnent In favor of the onrhip of the ailroada by the government la ltke'y to PCtaaaa aa rapidly throughout the country as the sentiment in favor of municipal ownership has increased In the cities Railroads Must Beome Public Property I have already reached the conclusion that railroads partake so much of th' nature of a monopoly that they muat ultimately became public property, and be managed by public ofilcbua in the Inter est uf the whole community in aooaraV ar.ee with the we..-u. rmed theory tha; public ownership is necessary where competllion ia lmfo!.,. j do not km w that the country la ready for this change I do not know that a majority f my own party favor it. but I teli.that an Increasing number of membe: of all parties see In public ownership tin sure remedy for dis-i im. nations bet wee r persons and pasMUca, and for the ext'.r i. .nate rates for the carrying of freight and passengers, believing, however, tna the operation cf all the railroads by the ftdeial government would reault in cwntraJixation which would all but ob lit scats state lines. I prefer to see only e trunk lines operated by the fjri

g .v 1 rriineiit. and the local lines by the s-veral sfate governments. Some' have opposed lids dual ownership as imprac tlcabia but investigation in Europe r convinced me that it la entirely prar ticab.e Nearly an the raiiioada of Germany are owned by the several st.it -tlie empire riot even owning the trun lines, snd yet the interstate traffic 1 in no wise obstructed. In traveling frown Constant! 1 ik- to Vienna, one passes through Turkey. Bulgaria. Serv la. Hungary and a part of Auatria without a change of care, and yet each country OWM and operates Ita own toads, at. different lang nag. 1. are spoken on U. . ffere. t u. visions of r.e line Swe le

aid .Norway eaah owns its lailroads. bu'

they have re. trouble about Interstate triftic. although heir political relatione

- - ' a- B'la OOP .1. W I.e. and operations of the local lines by the several tat. g v.,t.menta is n..t feasible, but It suits Itself to the conditions existing in its various states In it täte where the people are ripsfur a change, the IocaI lln-a can Im- pm chssd. or new It. as built, at once, wn

private ownerahip can continue in 1 1 ostates in whicn the people tili pn ' private ownership. Some states have been more careful than others to proven 1 tlo- watering of stock, and In the acquiring ,.f roads esch stste can act accord::' to the situation Whit h it haa to me No Doubt of Government Power. As to the rieht of the governments, fed oral snd state, to own ami operate railroads there can lie no doabt If we ? ieepvii the w.iter in the lakes, snd bull connecting canals in order to cheaper railroad transportation during half of the year, we OSS build a railroad and cues--n rates the whole year. If we can spent severs! hundred million on the Panama a al tn lower trans, ont mental rates, we can build a railroad from New York to s.as rranclaco to lower both tiwnavoatin .tal and local rates The t'nre States mail la Increasing so rapidly loa. we shall aoon he liai to pay tie Interns Sn tne cat of trunk lines o.t uf II money which we now pay to railroads fo. I rvfng through mails. If any ef you question the propriety nf my mentioning tin subieet I bog to remind you thai the president ouiT not have secured the passage of the rata bill had he net ap peled to tha fear of the more radlca. remedy of government owaership. an.' nothing will ao reatraln the ratlroe magnates from attempting tn capture the Interstate commerce commission ss the sense fear The highhanded manner In Wl rh they have vTo.ated law. and Ig nored nuthorlty. together with the cor -em discovered In high (.laces, had done more to create aentiment In favor u p.i Wie ownership than all tha spee.-hea .ail arg imer.t of the epponente of private ownerahip I have referred to the ia I road question aa part ef the true . 1 es tlon becauee ,ey are so Interwoven that it I difficult to consider one without the other. Trusts s Pol'ticsl Development

Just a word more tu regard to the trust e defend them en the gr .und that thev are an SCOnomlO dev elopment. and that they cannot lie prevented without c-vt injury to eur Ind -e'rial sytm fhls ml) be answered In two wsys. First mats are a polltb s dovelopmnt rsthr than an economic one. and. second, the . t system cannot be permitted to contlnue, even though it did r s ilt In a net 1 omlc gain Tt is politbal because it r un th" i-orporution and th pap. poratlon rets upon a statutory founda,:..n Th - trust. Instead of being a natural development is a form of legalised larceny, and rr,n exlat only ao to ig aa 1 law SOI MlltS r exist. That there is an economic advantage In production an a large scale may be admitted: but becauee a million yards "f cl-:h an ie produced In ne factorv at a lower price per yard than one hundred thousand yrts raa be produced in th same f.c r it 1a not follow that cloth wa uM pen ed at a tili lower price j - - urd If 11I the . loth c itisumeil In thv ru'Kl statMi Were produi e.l In one f ..- or undei one managemer t There Mi a pal it eyond which the e-nomte advantage of .tee tr lurtlon eesres. The moment an t . ita. tS toe iwalthin of a mo-

aonoly 'it logins t "loa. n ec ml effi-

eriy could not long endure 1 .biatrial ayaiem which pernpowerful magnates to co of livelihood of the rest of

landlord. am. the curse of Kur j e. U aua innocent inatitutlon in emiariai-n with) the trust, alien the trust ia irrh-d to ita logo al om lusion. The man who argueat that there is an ecor.om 1. advantage la privat- atonopoty is aiding ss-ialiam. Socabam and Democracy. A aociahst. aaaertlrig the economic gtpenori'v of the nu nopoly insists that Ita benef.la shall accrue to the whole pe ip.e. and hia vonclualon cannot be denied if tha? superiority of monopoly Is admitted. Tho democratic party. If 1 understand Ita poaition. derilee the economic as well as thw polltb al advantage of the private m-Miop-oly. ar.d promisee t o ptse It wh.-rever It manifests Itaelf. It ffer. aa an alternative. rumiMMltion where comietltlan la poaaible. and public morioj-.h ah rever .-irciiipstaru es ate such rs to rre.-nt . ampetition. Hrvislism presents a consistent theory, but a theory- whi- h, in my ludgm'-nt. doe not tak- human natura into aeCfHtal Ita str.rig'h is In Ita attacks upon evll th exit-'i t which s namfasaed Its weakness ia that it so .Id substitute a new disease If not worse one - for the disease fr -m which we suffer The socialist Is htri-st In the belief that he haa found a remedy frar human tile, and he must sn-wrreil with argument, not with abuse Tlie 1 est amy to oppose aucinlism U to reuesly tho a bones whl h have grown up under Individualism, but whl'-h uie not e-ary part of individualism, and the aoasjflv IM r.-m'l) is applied tt e b--tter As I w leaving home I set forth my re irons fg ppoetng the aortal at doctrine that th -government should own .. 1 operate all the means of production and trans porta -iion mv observation during the laat year have strengthened my -onvl t.ns "t thst suhden t Itecause I am auxloU to preserve individualism I am earreet In my desire to see the trusts exterminated, root and hrsneh. that the rioir of opportunity may be open to every American cttisen. Federal Expenditures On another oc.-ssion I shall call .attention to the rapidly growing expenditures) of the federal governrr.- it - r.":r:U 'hat those who look upon the taxatp.n aar

a blessing ahould v lew overgrown appro

priations witn com ptneeni y . yet r-ven in deelre fo Tod wave of S'ierjdlng lr revenues brought into the treasury by a hlgvt Eartff eaaaos wholly account for the recaless extra-, gan. e of r-eent congreaees. Democracy Offers a Solution. But at thla time I dealre to center your thoughts upon the overshadowing evil .-f the day- the trust with Ita plutocratic tendencies that result therefrom. It demands a remedy, and the peeple are prepared to administer heroic treatment The democratic party of -fere a seiur.on. which Is both reasonable and adeviuate -a solution in which timehonored pnoelplea are applied to new conditions The democratic party Is not the enemy of property r of property ' :h-s It ia n the contrary, the Wat defndr of human rights - beet defender of botn- -because it defends numan righta. and human right are the only foundation upo:. which property and proper ty righta can rest eecurely. The democratic party base not menace a single dollar legitimately accumulated rn the contrary It tats upon th protection of rich and poor alike in the enjoyment nf that which they have h.nretly earned The democratic party doea no. discourage thrift, hut on tha contrary, stimulates each individual to tha high eat endeavor by assuring lilm that he will nm be deprived if the frulta of hia tall If we can repeal the laws which enable men to reap where they have not sown -laws which ensble them to garner Into thetr ove flowing barns the harvests that belong to others no one will be able to accumulate enough to make hia fortune dangeroua to the country. Special privilege and the M of tha taxing power for private gain heae are the twin pillars upon which plutocracy reats. To take away these s tp; orta to elevate the benefictarlc. of special legta.atlon to tha path of honest (fort ought to be the purpose of our party. Those Who Win Bs Injured. Who ran suffer injury by Just taxation, impartial laws, and the application of -he JffTeroman do trine of equal rights (a all aid special pri.ilgen to none? Only 1l1.ee whose accumulations are stab ed with dishonesty, and whose Immoral : ods have given them a dietaries' view f ..unit. -as. socuty a: I gov errurr nf. A---m -.il.ation by conacloue fraud mora money than they can profitably use urori theineive wisly .'.'.tri' its or s:ely leave to their children, these tgenoiss public enemies all who question their merhods or throw a light upon their crlmea. Rlutocacy Abhorrent. Klutocracy la abhorrent to a republic: it ts mora iesp..t c than monarchy, m no heartless than erletocraey . raor- eh-..-that bureau) racv It preys upon nation In time of peace and c -ns; ir a againat it ia the hour of its -ala nlty. 01 o-ieneeleee. com passiven less and dev, d of w. adorn. It enervate ita votaries wh le t Imps I'srlabsa its victims it is already sapping the strength .,f the nail ri. valgai ixir g social lifo, and making a rn- k- ry of morayjs TP time is ripe for Ita ov. rBjl w Iet us attack it bald miking our appeal to the awakened conscience f the nation- in tho name of the count lag r.em Wim h it lias d '.led . Ir. the name of bus 1 noes honr. which it t.as sullied In the name .f the people Whom it ha 0;- ; in th name of the hameo which .t has despol'e 1. and In the 'ism of religion, up'fi which it haa placed the stlgtna of hypocrisy Hia New Battle Hymn. And. If I may be ptmittcd ta suggest a battle hymn. I propoas s s'anzs but allghtlv changed, from one of ih s;tro ic- ' poOSM 01 tfcotiand s great democratic bard ('olumbis' My dear, my native soil' For whom mv warmest wis:, to Heaven . e-it Long may thy liardy sons of ruatlc tell M. Mst with l-.aeUth and pe.-ce aad sweet content And. O may Heaven their simple l.veo prevent From luxuiy s contagion, weak and vile Then, though unearned wealth to wickedness be lent, A virtuous populace may rise and stand A wall of fire around their mush loved land.

Against Drage Doctrine. Iondon The lowers, the Standard's

correspondent at Home sasorta. arc exchanging views on the Drago doc

trine, with a view to concerted actios

t Thv Hague against tho United slaves, should an attempt be mads to

uphold it.

Woman Coif Champion. Chicago Weitem Woman Ooll

Champion Mrs C I. Doerlait won nor

game m the women s championship tournament, defeating Miss Llewellyn,

5 up and 3 tn play

Flood In Mexico. Kl Paeo Ter ---The Santiago rlvar.

In Mexico, hai overflowed ita banks, and a number of tow-na ha e bei flooded Crops greatly damaged god the Meiiran Central puffers fron washouts

A Young Woman's Awful Fall. Omaha, Neb Lena Jeffrlee. a telephone operator. 2S years of ace. in the employ of the Ntbraka Telephone Co. was kUM bv falling from the third tory of the IVnigla 3tret Kx chsngo building.

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Nommatt Bryant Brooks. Casper Wy ft, The repuhi car. etnts conventlun made the followintc noml nations Covernor Brynnt I Brnoka; tecretsry of täte. William P. fk-nib rr. treasurer. Edward (.llvte: auditor Imy Grant, mperini mlcat ol pubUc isitivicllcs. ML U. Coot-