Wichita eagle., 1888-10-11
to the interest of the trust to secure post

/ to the interest OF the trust to secure post
| ponement.
| Mr.. Randall did not believe that the
laws of the United States should be ad-
ministered in such a way as to promote
| huge speculation in whisky and l WISH
| some inuuisitive reporter would interview
| Mr.. Randall's political friends on thar
| subject and then ask also how much
money the whisky trust is contributing 10
| the Democratic canvass this year ana at
| the same time he might extend the inquiry
into the amount contributed by sugar
| lrusts and also by salt trusts, including
its fellow trust in business beyond tne
sea. [ApplauseI.
Nor have I exhausted the list OF trusts
in which the Democratic party has taken
interest unless every newspaper statemeh
is at fault. The Democratic party has re :
ceved large contributions from stockhoid-
ers in the Standard oil trust at every crltl-
Cal election within the last five years and
are now relying upon gracious continuance
of that aid in the peuulng national crisis.
So notorious was this lnterpositlon that
the Ohio legislation memoralized the SEN
ate Of the United States to cause an inquiry
to be made into the alleged corruption IN
the election Of the last Democratic senator
from that state / do not undertake to
say that there was corruption, for know
nothing personally of it, but do say that
memorial of the state legislature was pre-
scented by Senator Sherman and rlghtfuI,
legal and proper opportunity was gwen 10
search through and through for the truth,
and for thorough examination into one OF
the largest trusts in the whole word.
Then was time Tor Demo
cratic senators to make an eXaml-
nation of trusts. One OF largest
of them was before the senate, and before
it legitimately. and yet you know how
precipitately Democratic senators hea
from the task. You could not lead Demo
cratic senators UP to that investigation
any more than you could induce breachy
colt to face whistling locomotive laugh
ter and cheersl. Nor was rumor quiet as
to interposition of the national ADMIN.
istration to suppress the investigation. Ii
President Cleveland had been as eager TO
examine into the great trust as be was to
denounce them all in his message, his OBJ
portunity was there, but unless all
rumor be at fault social Establishments
of the administration were lavished on Re
publican senators to secure enough or
them to Join the Democrats to take OH the
curse of unanimous Democratic resistance
to the investigation OF trusts. Loud ap-
plause] In addition to these trusts nave
not named the cotton seed oil trust, Whlch
is in the hands of southerners and It's
power used to aid the Democratic cam
paign They do not apply their money in
aid of the southern Democratic party,
for the southern Democracy. is too
heightened to use money IN cleo
lions. Laughter and applause They
have found a more excellent way in the
south and they reserve pecuniary contrI-
buttons wholly for the northern held.
Laughter and cheers.
Fellow citizens, | have named five trusts
in which all evil that might come from
trusts and all various shades of evils that
might come from trusts are consplc-
prominent. Finally, gem
tlemen, on the subject Of trusts let
me say that withal Mr.. Cleveland's
of them and all support
which the party gives them, he failed and
failed to strike the point of obJec-
ton to them You will find that de-
scribed in language clear in the
letter of acceptance by Benjamin Harri-
son. our candidate for president, in which
he neither witnholds nor eXaggerates,
nor sets down aught In malice, but vim
dicates with peculiar power and
peculiar correctness the position which
the Republican party have uniformly
held on the whole subject. L commend to
you. as | close now, the reading OF two
documents, Mr.. Cleveland's free message
and General Harrison's letter of accept
ance Tremendous and long continued
during which Mr.. Blaine passed
from the platform.
The distinguished statesman was es-
corted from the grounds to the depot by
by the reception committee and an i'm
mense number of those who had attended
the meeting The train bearing the party
left Goshen for Indianapolis at o'clock.