Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 31, Number 214, 31 August 1906 — Page 4

THe Richmond Palladium, Friday, August 3i, ,!BDS.n r'r THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM Palladium Printing Co., . Publishers. BRYAN WELCOME 'S VOTING CONTEST WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN. (Continued Erom Page One.)

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Entered at Richmond Postoffiee- a second class matter. . Weekly Established 1331. Daily Established 1376. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. By Mail In Advance. Dally, -one year ,?3.00 Dally, six months 1-50 Dally,, three months, ,.75 Daily,' one month, '23 Daily and Sunday, per year, $4.00 BY CARRIER, 7 CENTS A WEEK. 1 FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 1906. TO REPUBLICANS: We are anxious to have every Republican in close touch, and -work ing in harmony with the Republican National Congressional Committee in favor of the election of a Republican Congress. The Congressional campaign must be based on the administrative and legislative record of the party, and, that being so, Theodore Roosevelt's personality must be a central figure and his achievements a pentral thought in the campaign. We desire to maintain the work of this campaign with popular subscriptions of One Dollar each from Republicans. To each subscriber we will send the Republican National Campaign Text Book and all documents issued by the Committee. - Help us achieve a great victory, James S. Sherman, Chairman. P. O. Box 2063, New York. Mr. Bryan Is home and he has spoken, lie has spoken eloquently, too, for the Nebraskan Is always eloquent, If not logical, and the Palladium does not believe that there is much more logis in this latest utterance of . the self-declared candidate for the presidency than in other utterances he made before and during his trip abroad.. The things that permeate the entire speech is Bryan's tirade against the trusts. He failed utterly to give credit to President Roosevelt and the last Congress, or any Congress, for any attempt that may have been made to enact legislation that was directed at the trusts. The red firehathe is using is borrowed fire, for Bryan is not the original opponent to the great corporations that are disregarding the laws. There are men in the opposition party who have, by their acts, not by eloquence alone, displayed their enmity. Mr. Bryan still insists that absolute free trade is a panacea for the trust evil, though he admits that it might be possible for some trusts still to exist. He fails, however, to indicate what result to the Industrial world afnd therefore to the millions of toilers, if free trade were enforced. The government ownership of railroads is broadly hinted at, though likely Mr. Bryan is not eo enthusiastic over this idea that he would promise to see it brought about during his "next administration." Possibly government ownership of railroads would work to advantage, though it is still a question in the minds of many men as true and great as as is -Bryan, some of them members of his own party. Mr. Bryan does not even promise that he will advocate government ownership, but he permits his little talk of the sentiment, to hang high and dry to beguile some innocent persons into believing that that is where he stands. , On the money question Mr. Bryan does a beautiful case of straddling, which is entirely inconsistent with his utterances abroad a few weeks ago, when he declared that he was as radical as ever. Bryan proclaims that both the, gold and silver people have won a victory, but he forgets to add that if silver men have gained anything it was through the wisdom of the American voters who stood for the maintenance of the gold standard, which Bryan practically admits has been a good thing, after all. Everybody should read Mr. Bryan's address. It is a beautiful piece of English, but It does not place before the American people as the only living sxponent of the just and right. There are some' notably "w;eak places in the address which will be pointed out by more than one newspaper, and which also will be found by all thinking men.

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The cause of arbitration is making real progress in spite of the fact that the nations most prominent in the es tablishment of The Hague tribunal have themselves been engaged in wars since that court was organized. I venture to suggest that we not only promote peace but also advance our commercial interests by announcing as a national policy that our navy will not be used for the collection of private debts. We should lose no time in announcing our purpose to deal with the Philippines as we dealt with the Cubans. I return more convince than before of the importance of a change in the methods of electing United States senators. In all the countries which I have visited there is a demand that the government be brought near to the people. No party can exterminate the trusts so long as it owes its political success to congressmen secured from the trusts. The great corporations do not contribute their money to any party ex cept for Immunity expressly provided or clearly implied. I mistake political conditions in America if they do not presage im A UNIFORM DIVORCE LAW An Effort Being Made to Get a Meas ure Before Congress Which Will Be Effective. Publishers FressJ &t. ram, Ac.-. Z0. When the "divorce congress" meets in Philadelphia, Nov. 12, it will have submitted to it a uniform statute relating to the annullment of marriage and the granting of divorces. The sub-committee of the full committee on resolutions has prepared an act which, when revised, will probably meet with the approval of the "divorce congress" and later submitted to congress. Mohammedans Meet. Nizhni Novgorod, Russia, Aug. 30. A congress of SOQ representatives of the Mohammedan population of Russia, which numbers 15,000,000, opened here under the presidency of M. Topchibasheff who was a member of the late parliament. Many interesting questions connected with religion and education are on the program. For Relief of Destitute. St. Petersburg, Aug. 00. An imper ial ukase authorizes the minister of finance to issue $23,000,000 in four per cent, rentes to cover the expenses of the relief cf the districts affected by the failure cf the crops. Another ukase prolongs martial law, where it has already been enforced, , for another year. r ic-ld C lovrr. The eommon field clover closes bofi its flowers and its leaves by sundown, two leives folding together, the third carefully closing over them.

provement in the conduct of campaigns. I think it is safe to say that at pres

ent the paramount issue in the minds of a large majority of the people is the trust issue. I congratulate President Roosevelt unon the steps which he has taken to enforce theanti-trust laws. Our motto must be: "A private monopoly is indefensible and intolerable" and our plan of attack must contemplate the total and complete overthrow of the monopoly principal in industry. Something is to be expected from the enforcement of the criminal clause from the Sherman anti trust law. But this law must the enforced, not against a few trusts, and the extreme punishment of the guilty. If imprisonment is too severe a punishment vfor the eminently respectable gentlemen who rob eighty millions of people of hundreds of millions of dollars annually, the language of the statutes ought to be changed; for nothing is more calculated to breed anarchy that the faulty enforcementof the laws against rich criminals, while it is rigidly enforced against petty offenders. It is worth while to consider whether a blow may not be struck at the trusts by a" law making it illegal for he same person to act as director or officer of two corporations which deal ANOTHER QUAKE IN CHILE People Sleeping - and Living in the Open for Fear of Another Catastrophe. Publishers Press Santiago, Cliile. Aug. 30. Reports from Taena and Arica say that heavjearthquake chocks have been felt in that district as far as to the Peruvian boundary. In Taena there was little property damage, but the people are sleeping and living in the open air, for fear that a severer shock may bring a catastrophe. Furchcsrd a Town. Hollidaysburg, Pa Aug. SO. -Adolf Segal of Philadelphia sold for $303,000, the town of South Altoona to Borland and Wadd'.-li of Pittsburg. This town had been developed by the Knickerbocker Contracting company of which Segal Is the head, at a reputed outlay cf 51.S33.000. Fairbanks in Kansas. Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 30. Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks arrived here from St. Louis and after a brief stop departed for Osawatomie, Kansas, where he spoke later in the day at the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the battle cf Osawatomie. British Engineer Missing. Tien Tsin, Aug. 30. A British engineer named Willis, who was traveling from Jeholl to Tien Tsin, has been missing since July 7. It is feared that he has been murdered by the bandits. Sornay. Norway's population, in comparison with her area, U the smallest in Eurooe.

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the same business. While absolute free trade will not necessarily make a trust impossible, etill it is probable that very few estabishments woud enter into a trust if the President were empowered to put on the free list articlee competing with those controlled by trusts. The sentiment in favor of the ownership of railways by the government is likely to increase as rapidly throughout the country as the sentiment for municipal ownership ha3 Increased in cities. The United States mail is Increasing so rapidly that we shall soon be able to pay the interest on the cost of trunk lines, out of the money which we now pay to railroads for carrying through mails. Our nation has lost prestige rather than gained it, by our experiment In colonization. - The unlooked-for and unprecedented increase in the production of gold has brought a victory to the advocates of the old (gold standard) and the advocates of the new (free silver), the former keeping the gold standard which they wanted, and the latter securing the larger volume of money for which they contended. The trust, instead of being a natural development, is a legalized larceny and can exist only so long as the law permits it to exist. , SHIVELY IS NOMINATED Democrats of the 13th District in Session at South Bend, Name Him for Congress. Publishers' Press South Bend, Ind., Aug. 30. Benjamin F. Shively of this city, was nominated for congress by the Democrats of the thirteenth district.

TO THE POINT Telegraphic News Ceiled Down and Bunched For Convenience. The director of the mint purchased 200,000 ounces cf silver to be delivered at Philadelphia at $0.G703 per fine ounce. For the fourteenth time the legislative council of Victoria, Australia, rejected the proposal to confer the right of suffrage on women. At New Lexington, O., while a guest at the home cf his victim, Joseph Lote shot John Veit through the heart, the latter dying within a few minutes. Indiana Populists declared against fusion and nominated a state ticket, headed by Jacob W. Clark. Washington. Ind., for secretary cf state. Freight switching charges in and around Buffalo are to he increased from $1.50 to $2 a car on interchange business, a result, it is said, of the new federal rate law. More than 4,300,000 acres, forming part of the Russian crown lands, which, it is said, consist of 20,003,000 acres, including 12,300,000 acres cf forest lands, are to be sold under tb imperial ukase of Aug. 25 to the peasants through the medium cf the Peasants bank. Palladium Want Ads Pay.

mote peace, but also advance our commercial interests by announcing as a national policy that our navy will not be used for the collection of private debts. While protecting the lives of our citizens everywhere and guaranteeing the personal safety cf all who owe allegiance to ouf flag, we Bhould, in my judgment, announce that persons engaging in business ami holding property in other lands for business purioses, must be subject to the law of the countries in which they engage in business enterprises. Many profitable fields of investment are now closed because the people of the small nations are afraid that an investment of foreign capital will be made an excuse for a foreign invasion. Several times on this trip this fact has been brought to my attention and I am convinced that for every dollar we could secure to American investors by an attempt to put the government back of their private claims, we lose many dollars by closing the door to Investment. Mark the distinction between the protection of the lives of our cjtizens and the use of the navy to guarantee a profit on investments. We do not imprison for debt in the United States, neither do we put, men to death because of their fault to pay what they owe, and our moral prestige as well as our commercial Interests wil be conserved by assuring all nations that American investments depend for protection upon the laws of the country to which the investors go. Colonization Lost Us Prestige. "Before leaving international politics let me add that our nation has lost prestige rather than gained it, by our experiment in Colonization. We have given the monarchist a chance to ridicule ojur Declaration of Independence, and the scoffer has twitted us with inconsistency. A tour through the principal institutions has shown that we should lose no time in announcing our purpose to deal with the Philipinos as we dealt with the Cubans. Every consideration, commercial and political; leads to this conclusion. Such ground as we may need for coaling stations or a naval base, will be gladly conceded by the Filipinos, who simply desire an opportunity to work out their own destiny, inspired by our example and aided by our advice. Insofar as our efforts have been directed toward the education of the Filipinos, we owe them a distinct service, but in educating them we must recognize that we are making "colonialism impossible.' If we intend to hold them as subjects we would not dare to educate them, for self-government with ultimate independence must be aAumcd if we contemplate universal education in the Phillipines. Popular Election of Senators. "I return more convinced than before of the importance of a change in the methods of electing United States Senators. There is now noticeable everywhere a distinct leaning toward Democracy in its broadest sense. In all the countries which I have visited there is a demand that the government be brought nearer the people. In China a constitution is under consideration, In Japan the people are demanding that the ministry, instead of being chosen by. the emperor from among his particular friends, shall be selected from parliament and be in dominant sentiment; in India there is agitation In favor of a native congress; in Russia the Czar has been compelled to recognize the popular voice in establishment . of a Douma, and throughout Europe the movement infests itself in various forms. In tho United States this trend toward democracy has taken the form of a growing demand for the election of United States Senators by a direct vote of the people. It it difficult to

over estimate the strategic advantage of this reform, for' 'since every bill must receive the sanction of the senate as well as of the house of representatives before it can become a law no important legislation of a national character is possible. I am within the limits of the truth when I say that the senate has been for j some years the bulwark of predatory wealth and that it even now contains so many members who to favor-seeking corporations and are so subservient to their masters as to prevent needed legisla tion, t Settlement of Labor Troubles. "Society is justified in demanding that the differences between capital and labor shall be settled by peaceful means. If a permanent, impartial board is created, to which either party of an industrial dispute may appeal, or which can of its motion institute an inquiry, public opinion may be relied upon to enforce the finding. If there is compulsory submission, in vestigation, it is not necessary that there shall be compulsory acceptance of the decision, for a full and fair investigation will in almost every case bring about a settlement. No reference to the labor question is complete that does not include some mention of what is known, as government by injunction. Has Dropped Bimetalism. j "Our opponents have derived not only partisan pleasure, but also parti san advantage from the division, Caus ed in our party by the money ques tion. They ought not, therefore, be grudge us the satisfaction we intend in the fact that the un-expectid has removed the cause of our differences and permitted us to present a (united front on present issues. The unlook-ed-for and unprecedented increase in the production of gold has brought a victory, to both the advocates of the old and the advocates of the new the former keeping the geld standard which they wanted and the latter se curing the larger volume of money for which they contended. We who fa vor bimetalism ,are satisfied with our victory if the friends of the otlrer, are satisfied with theirs and we can now invite them to a contest of zal and endurance in the effort to restore to the people the rights which ha,Ve been gradually taken from them by the trusts. Political Evils cf Trust. "The people see now what They should have seen before, nanfcly that no party" can. exterminate thfe trusts

HOW THE VOTE. STANDS. The Total Vote, as Compiled Tuesday, Aug, 28, the end of the fourth week Triumph Lodge, K. of P 54,547 Richmond Grove of Druids 44,370 Richmond Lodge of Elks (withdrawn) 20,068 Hokendauqua Tribe Red Men 13,795 Eden Lodge, D. of R (I. 0. 0. F.) ...12,986 Knights of Columbus 9,722 Modern Woodmen 1,853 Sol Meredith Post, G. A. R 30 G. 0. P. 29 Ancient Order Hibernians 10 Richmond Lodge of Masons - 10 Richmond Country Club 7 Eagles 4

CONDITIONS OF CONTEST.

FIRST PRIZE To the secret or fraternal organization In Richmond or In any town in Wayne County, which shall receive the largest number of votes during the period of this contest, a STARR PIANO with MECHANICAL PLAYER ATTACHMENT, built within the piano, will be given absolutely free. The cost of this Instrument is $350. SECOND PRIZE To the secret or fraternal organization In Richmond or In any town in Wayne County which shall receive the second largest number of votes, a beautiful lodge altar with elegantly leather bound Bible, 'valued at $75, will be given absolutely free. THIRD PRIZE To the member of any men's secret or fraternal organization in Richmond or Wayne County who shall procuro the greatest number of votes for his lodge, a solitaire diamond ring, costing $75 will be given absolutely free. FOURTH PRIZE To the lady who Is a member of any woman's secret or fraternal ' organization in Richmond or Wayne County who shall procure the largest number of votes for her lodge, a solitaire diamond ring will be given absolutely Tree. HOW VOTING WILL BE CONDUCTED. The contest Is free for all. Everybody can vote without the expenditure of a single penny. Each day a coupon will appear in the Palladium on page 4. Fill in the coupon today as a starter, with the name of the secret or fraternal organization and its location. t . Mail or bring the coupen to the Palladium office. North Ninth and A streets and the vote will be counted as directed The expiration date of each coupon will appear on the face each day.. For Instance the coupon appearing today will not be good after September 4th. Bear this In mind. Paid in advance subscriptions to the Palladium will entitle such subscribers to special voting privileges In order to assist the lodge cf his choice and this will be the method employed: Certificates will be issued with receipts for subscriptions paid In advance. THE PAYMENT OF C1 WILL BRING THE PALLADIUM TO YOUR DOOR BY CARRIER SEVEN DAYS IN -THE WEEK FOR FIFTEEN WEEKS AND WILL ENTITLE YOU TO 6C0 VOTES FOR THE LODGE OF YOUR CHOICE. THE PAYMENT OF $1.80 WILL BRING YOU THE PALLADIUM EVERY DAY IN THE WEEK FOR ONE HALF YEAR, SIX MONTHS, AND WILL ENTITLE YOU TO 1,200 VOTES FOR THE LODGE OF '.YOUR CHOICE. - - - ' THE PAYMENT OF $3.50 WILL BRING YOU THE PALLADIUM EV. ERY DAY IN THE WEEK FOR A SOLID YEAR AND WILL ENTITLE YOU TO 2.500 VOTES FOR THE LODGE OF YOUR CHOICE. ALL ORGANIZATIONS ELIGIBLE. Every lodge organization of any description, In Richmond or Wayne County la eligible. Masons, Odd Fellows, Elks, Knights of Pythias, Knights of Columbus, Red Men, Knights and Ladies of Honor, the Druids, the Eagles, Ladies of the Macabees, Rathbone Sisters, Daughters' of Rebekah, Daughters of Pochahontas, Modern Woodmen, Sons of Veterans, Grand Army, the W. R. C. the Ladies of the G. A. R., Ancient Order of Hibernians, Ladies' Auxiliary of Hibernians, Catholic Knights of America, St. Joseph's Benevolent Society, Travelers' Protective Association, Women's Catholic Order of Foresters, and In fact any and all other societies of like nature are lnvitd to enter the contest. Clip the Ballots. Clip the ballot below, fill it In properly and send or bring It to the Palladium not later than September 4th. The Contest will run until Nov. 15th.

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so long as it owes its political success to congressmen secured from the trusts. Th great corporations do not contribute their money to any party except for immunity expressly provided or clearly implied. No important advance can be made until this Influence is eliminated, and I hope that the democrat party will not only challenge the republican party to bring forward effective legislation on this subject, but set an example by refusing to receive trust contributions and by opening the books so that every contributor of any considerable amount may be known to the public before the election. The great majority of corporations are engaged in legitimate business and have nothing to fear from hostile legislation and the officers should not be permitted to use the money of the stockholders to advance their own political opinions? Contributions should be individual, not corporate, and no party can afford to receive contributions even from individuals, when the acceptance of those contributions secretly pledge the party to a course which it cannot openly follow. In other words, politics should be honest, and I mistak political conditions in America if the. do not presage improvement In the conduct of campaigns. Trusts the Paramount Issue. "I think It is safe to say that at present the paramount issue in the minds of a large majority of people is the trust issue. I congratulate President Roosevelt upon the steps which he has taken to enforce the anti-trust law, and my gratification is not lessened by the fact that he has followed the democratic rather than the republican platform in every advance he has made. It has been a great embarrassment to them that the platform upon which he was elected was filled with praise of the Republican party's rec-,1

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ord rather than with promises of reform, an the enthusiastic support of the democrats in the champions of trusts following democrat leadership. How Trusts Are Formed. "We are indebted to the -Young Rockefeller for an illustration which makes this distinction clear, "In defending the trust system he is quoted as saying that, as the American beauty rose cannot be brought to perfection without piivhing off ninety nine buds, so that the one ,hun4redth bud can receive full strength,,, from the bush, so great industrial-organizations are imiossible without elimination of the smaller ones. It Is a cruel illustration, but it presents a perfectly accurate picture of trust methods, democratic party champions the canse of Jte ninety-nin-fnterprlsea which are nienaced anfmnst not be sacrificed that one great combination may flourish, and w hen this OTbJect Is understood, we shall receive the cordial support of hundreds of thousands of business men who have themselves felt the oppression of the trusts or who, having observed the effect of fthe trusts upon others. There must ibe no mistaking of the issue and no j confusing ot the line cf battle. Our motto must be: "A private monopoly -indefensible and intolerable." And our plan of attack must contemplate the total and complete overthrow of the monopoly principle in Industry. We need not quarrel over remedies. We must show ourselves willing to support any remedy which promises substantial advantage to the people in their warfare against monopoly. Something is to be expected from the enforcement of the criminal clause of the Sherman anti-trust law, but this law must be enforced, not against a few trusts a3 at present, but against (Continued on page 7.)

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