The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-03-04

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TRUE DEMOCRACY.
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dividual and substitute in his place the
corporation. The business of the country
is no longer transacted by individuals
even Christian worship is incorporated,
and in our churches today, while the
president of the corporation leads the
prayer a member of the board of direct
ors takes up the collection. Under the
laws of this state single corporation
may do general banking business, buy
and sell real estate. insure titles, nego-
tiate loans, act as a renting and fire in
surance agent. become surety upon bonds,
act as trustee, receiver or assignee, as
administrator of the estates of deceased
persons, and more than that as guardian
OF minors. Imagine Jefferson, Adams OF
Patrick Henry providing that their chill
dren, in case guardian was necessary.
should be educated under the direction of
the Consolidated Trust and Deposit Com
pany, president, Mr.. Squeezum; secre-
tary, Mr.. Skinf1int! Do you think that
men whose early education was conduct
ed under such auspices would ever pledge
their lives, their fortunes and sacred
honors" In defense Of right without re-
gard to the effect upon the stock market?
In an address delivered by Wendell
Phillips at Boston in 1871, that magnif1
cent defender of the peoples cause, who
sacrificed social position, professional
advancement and the friendship of his
associates to advocate human rights
said: "The land of England has ruled it
for six hundred years, the corporations o.
America mean to rule. in the same way
and unless some power more radical thar
that Of ordinary politics is found, will
rule it inevitably. confess that the only
fear l have in regard to republican in
situations is as to whether, in our day,
any adequate remedy will be found fol
this incoming flood of the power Of in
corporate wealth. No statesman, no pub
lie man has yet dared to defy it. Ever.
man that has met it has been crushed
to powder, and the only hope of effect
| ually graphing with it is in arousing thC
actual masses, whose interests perma-
nently lie in an opposite direction, tt
grapple with this great force"
| do not wish to be understood as in
dulging in a senseless TRADE against
corporations. l have no sympathy with
| the doctrine that 1t is a laudable act tt
rob corporation Simply because it is
such. Indeed, believe that in a majority
Of cases the stockholders and creditors
| of corporations are the first to suffer from
| their unnatural method of doing bust
| ness, but I do claim that every corpora
| ton with which the public is compelled
to do business, should, as to it's business
be absolutely under public control, anC
1 hof hof oh ho
as to protect the rights of the common
| people.
| "Paternalism' is not democratic doc
trine, but mo paternalism" does not
mean that government has no right to
| interfere with creature of the law SO
as to prevent the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of the
| creature over the sovereign people who
created it. The people have, and the
| government for the people has always in
reserve what Bullwer described as: "The
power to raise the lowly and to curb the
mighty" and now, if ever, it seems to
me, this reserve power must be brought
| into play.
| The time has gone by when the people
of this country will vote ticket simply
because it is marked Democrat or Repub-
lican; they will vote as their sympathies
lean towards the wealthy or the common
people. Where in this struggle will The
banner of the Democratic party be found
Where must it be found if that party is
true to democracy? There is but one an
swer, upon the side of the common peo
pie. The Democratic party has no ex.
cuse for existing if it does not actively
and increasingly champion popular
rights. If the laboring classes demand
shorter hours, and such demands are
reasonable, democracy should enforc,
them. If child labor will result in de
grading the children of the poor, democ
racy should abolish it, If public car
riers demand exorbitant tolls, democrat,
should see that they are reduced. If cor
porations are springing up which arr
merely covers under which the people
are robbed, democracy should abolish
them as Jefferson abolished entail AM
primogeniture. In short the Democrats
party of this country should preserve tn
democracy. We should not permit our
selves to be turned aside from our pur
pose by the fear of being called dem
agogues, or by the sneers levied at thos
who advocate popular rights To pre-
serve our republic, we must preserve tn
democratic spirit of the republic, and 70
my part, know of no better time to de
;lare our position upon these question
md to prove by our acts that we do be
ieve in Jeffersonian democracy than tn
| present