Hutchinson gazette., 1899-01-12
ALTGELDS JACKSON DAY SPEECH AT OMAHA
NfunIoInnI nwner,hln.

palitles' can successfully and very profit
ABLY own ana operate water, gas ana
electric llght plants, street railway bys-
TENS ana a. number OF other things, and
the american people are prepared TO
move forward along THIS line and every
huoh step Dy helping the people VIII help
the democracy
Telegraph and Telephone NIorono,,.s
rha Amerloo, noon,a or, o,,o ,',s,,.,..', !,
N toke the teiegronh ma ,a o p,vpaIeu
,onoiv ond r,aLa ,h"n, na, vP,v"' ~
ofIioo' md Tina moi onIv oho y, eno pys,-
sorvIco hv one.hais h,1 I"oapo" ,n'
graph neutral IN politics, Oura IA aImoa
the only great government In the world
that does not own tho telegraph lines,
po.,.I s..,... u
ho,,o,,o -.
80 Sos ena' ou' poop,o uro nlso pre-
pi ppnins tha Vsal tvso,i saN,,sa punhs 1nq wlu-
,,,na oea IA ,e"v,o"s w ,no pVstal uephIt-
nmhi,o rha ,o I,,,, ~" WY vheup 70 tno
inos hooi,s ,,'s eH'n pVn,o'.lco ~ ru,s buV-
.nsa s,,.a Da''o' ,s'uos nIu hsuInnoe, me IN
oshan ,,,, nv"s unnu,,,es ehu uoes many
=, Az '",nss ,,,, ~ B,eu,ly Ieuueeu rates ana
y. - NoSS VIA " a'nos' senerhl carrying
sat,,, IT, % sso uauo ol bhall "rucles ht
sxS"S s,vo,, ,Vuueou Iulob, n man once balu'
80, a 20" pu"u u suW'mIi' 'hIouBh mans
'"o'e
Control OF RaIIwnya,
But the grootost cnes,ion 10 ,,n oo,,ro,
NJ our ratIrooJs Noor,,, a., ~, ,"V ,'.' Nu,.'o'
menta Of the eor,h own y" ,ho ,"p s,ssa sSoet
ana rnIlroad sor,,oo Soth ,ns.,,,', 80 o"uo, a'',
freight, cost their people on the average
ABOUT one-half what our people must pay.
noWVFer, " ~ not the economic feature
tnut'i WlHh 10 DISCUSS ut present The
IaINouus una corporations now run our
BoVeihlneht lhey control the appolnt-
nnent Oh peueral JUDGES they NEEDLE
WIN the election OF CongresBmen, sena-
,VIs, o'o'e leBblatorh, governors ana
AluoInun, They dlc'ale the policy OF
Soverhlnent' ana they DO u py corruption,
ieurs uBo wrote some articles faVoring
governmental control or regulation OF
rallronuS' put not ownership Obaerva-
uon mus satlsned me thls In all futile
instead ot poard regulating the cor
porutiohs the corporations regulate the
poaru' ana III they run against an hon
est poprd some friendly judge files to
tnelr rescue ana KICKS the board clear on
tne hiBhWay'
Interstnt 4. .Commeroo Farco.
u waa ,otoIv s,ggos,od a., A.. -,
sbou,d renuira ,ho InIars,a'n ' VIZ INV
commiaaioners ~ shmt ,Sais @ so'''mv.eu ,'',
drnwIng their saIarw so ' n 'yvs "'en
moral shocL oS cst,Ino souoo,I,I. w ,IIsv" snu
notbing A. nreaent ,hord aao,, ~
no way OF protecting the public and
restoring to the people their government,
except by having the government own
Inc rullTOQuH. IA DptWpnn hayinV TIM
corporation own the government or hav-
ing the government own the corporation,
tho American people VIII prefer the lat
ter
Duty OF tho Party.
To the Democratic party Il ia n ouestIon
OF vital interest. II can never become
a corporation party without abandoning
Its mission and becoming contemptible
in the eyes OF men. Therefore the cor
porations will always furnish the DOODLE
to Mark Hanna with which to debauch
the American voter and defeat that par
w. III lhe government owned the roads
u would Dc diterehI true, II would
create large patronage rms, however
might pe regulated ny civil service but
oven IT II were not the government could
not posslpN ooeIvo l's nnen more than
nov Tho large sums for corr,ntion n,,sN
poses which the corporations now ad-
vnnce and then indirectly get back from
the government. II the government own
ed tho railroads many trusts now made
powerful by railroad discrimination would
dissolve.
How I.IttIe CornoratIon n,n,,,. Az
,aa,.,
m nvup"'1"'
inc great anu Srirn'nnl corporations are
inc incupators whien nave Deen hatching
me Httle bantams that tax aristocracy.