Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-10-12

the nation f1an TO nave 1ne peculiar
views of each state crystaliZed into
law for the treatment of combinations.
But to reach this by federal Legislation
more power must be given to congress
than / am able to find in the conEAp u
ton of the United States. ! beilre
that congress will ultimately act ca
this matter for the protection of the
people, and l believe that the several
states would promptly ratify consti-
tutional amendment looking to the ac-
complishment of this important end
The speaker referred at length to
the Spanish war and went into the
official records in detail and in con-
clusion said:
without violating the traditions Of
the fathers responsibilities are upon
us; opportunities are with us, and it
only remains to be seen whether we
will fail our country in meeting these
grand opportunities, when in doing so
we will not only bless our own people
but carry blessings to other lands. Let
us not run from the higher command
which orders us to aid in the civiliZa-
ton and advancement of other parts
of the world, and above all let us not
run from an unfriendly gun. Let us
disgrace of the American republic by
admitting that we are incapable with
all our vast power Of sending our
civilization to territories blessed by
| the American flag"
Gov. Shaw at Jefferson.
Governor Shaw was the speaker at
| Jefferson. He devoted considerable
time to the consideration of the trust
| question and said:
PERSONALLY believe very much can
be accomplished through methods
which have been quite generally ap-
proved, that of publicity. If the differ
ent states would provide that corpora
tons organized within their confines
should make report of the original
expenditure of their capital, so as to
reveal the fact whether it was watcred
or not, and make reports at stated
| times concerning their business and
profits, as banks are required to do, 1
believe it would go far toward curbing
| the evil. For instance If a corpora
ton were paying 10 per cent. dividends
it would invite competition, and with
plenty Of money there would be no
difficulty in organizing competing
corporation"
| lie SNSSpStcu lldJ IL the ljtlllOCTdlS
were so anxious to destroy the trusts
they ought to formulate a bill, and if
such one was Formulated that could
be enforced he would recommend its
passage.
Such q bill should contain certain
points, as follows: - 1t must permit
the organization of laborers into
unions for the purpose of adj
vancing the price of labor;
but it must prohibit the consumers of
labor from organizing to advance the
price of the products of labor. 1t must
permit the southern planters and the
northern wheat growers to organize to
limit the output of cotton and wheat,
so as to avoid excessive production,
but it must prohibit the manufacturers
of cotton goods and flour from combin-
ing to limit the output of their plants.
He spoke at length on the Philippine
question and said he had no more sym
pathy with those who wanted to see
our forces in the islands defeated than
he had with those who called the boys
in blue Lincoln hirelings."
a. Is. Cuipmins ut Charles City.
Mr.. Cummins opened his address
with a hearty Endorsement of the rcSG.
luton adopted by the last general as
scmbly for Il constitutional amendment
providing for biennial elections. OF
| Fred White the speaker said he be-
| lievCd him to be an honest man. but
| disqualified Tor any office, state or ma
tiOnal, because he miSCOnCCivCs nation
al character. national needs, natiOna!
growth, and indeed fails to comprehend
what Il nation is and how it can sur
vivC. His views upon public affairs"
| continued Mr.. CumminS. are so
crampcd and distorted, so narrow and
| short sighted, that it would be crime
to assign to him the leadership of the
magnificent state that marches along
| in the forefront of the national col
umn."
Mr.. CumminS then gave an eloquent
| tribute to the battlcShip Iowa at the
battle of Santiago, and added that
while the heart Of every person III
Iowa thrilled when it was known that
the Iowa had the place of honor in
| that final encounter of the war, there
| was one man who should have sat
silent and alone at that glad hour
| That man was Fred e. White who in
| the Fifty-Sccond congress at every OPP
| pOrtunity voted against the appropria-
tiOns for the building OF the Iowa and
the brooklyn. The speaker did not
feel frightened over the Democratic
charge that we are violating the con-
stitution and the principles of the
! declaration of independence, because
| the Democrats have continually
charged us with mutilatiOn of the con-
| stitution, and besides the Democrats
are POOR cXpounders of that document.
| The Democrats have constructed
| Trojan horse which they have labelled
| '"rhe Philippines" and on which they
hope to ride into power, but inside that
horse are the true soldiers of De
mocracy, whose warcry is the free coin
age of silver. The speaker then referred
at length to the money question and
| followed with strong presentation of
| the true facts concerning the Philip
pines. He also spoke of the trusts and
| after n careful discussion of them said
| that while il was the duty of all to
| carefully ponder upon this manifesto
tion of commercial life he had nothing
| but Indignation and contempt for the
man who attempts TO make the sub
| ject partison one.
Other Speeches.
The other meetings We're held at
| Grinnell by Congressman Lacey and
Hon. q. ID. Perkins; Shenandoah by
| congressman Mcpherson and He
burn; ut Stuart by State Treasurer
Herrcott: at IndiGnola by Congressman
| Hull; at Algona by Congressman Cou-
sins. The limits of this article will not
permit of reference to all of them and
| they must be reserved for another
time