Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1899-08-18
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onisYilles Aug. 3. the
presto Denial electio were held tomorrow
Bryan would cal - Ken tuck ma
Eiiority 81 50: 900 Over 90. 900 republic
cans would vote for him. 81
This statement was made in sober
earnest By one 81 the most prominent
repu blicansg il the state OF Kentucky
He requested that his name should not
Be mentioned, for he had inst figured ont
that in spite Of the split in the demo-
cratic party, William Goebel would be-
elected governor. Continuing, be said:
Is. While there Il more 81 less talk Of the
silver issueI and imperialism, the trust.
issue is the one which is receiving the
attention OF Kentuckians, and it viii be
the: dominant issue IN. this state next
year. The tobacco trust and the whis-
key combine have joined to make demo-.
cratic voters out Of the rock-ribbed re-
puhlicans in Kentucky. ] do not know
how it. is elsewhere, but those two
trusts have played the mischief with Ne.
They have petty sub ordinates Of hum:
dreds of men who, in the old free-trade
days, were buyers, brokers, statesmen,
factors, middlemeu i, and agents, re-
ceiving large salaries. They were men
Of considerable ;. prominence. They
spent their money freely and this made
business good for the retailers. They
travelled over the state, had large cir
cles OF acquaintance, took more or less
part in politics, held high positions
socially and were public spirited, enter
prising citizens. Now. under the rule OF
the tobacco and whiskey trusts, they
have been reduced to mere wage earners,
and are paid by the week just like so
many hoboes. That hurts in this state.
It was hard enough for them to come
down from $40 and 500 q week to $15
and $18, but when they were also.
dragged down to the level of petty
hired men, they lost that standing in
society which they enjoyed before. -
F. "Then the trnsts, by their methods of
centra'izing everything to save money,
have swept aside regiments of travelling
men. The hotels in Kentucky have lost
trade. The hotelkeepers and the mer-
chants in the smaller towns and cities
of Kentucky have lost money. Go to
any hotel Ill the state outside OF Louis
Vile and look at their registers. Com
pare them with the same days Of few
years ago and you will be astonished at
the change. We feel it too in Louisville
and we all, irrespective OF politics, know
that the tobacco and whiske trusts are
are directly responsible for. the loss.
Now that is going to react against our
party. It's going to have an effect in
the election this fall and William Goebel
will get many republican votes simply
because the republicans can protest in
no more effectual way. We had hoped
that the republicans of Iowa would come
out with Q ringing declaration against
trusts. But we were disappointed to
read the wishy-washy antitrust plank,
in the lowe platform. The Ohio re-
publicans, to be sure, adopted strong
antitrust plank, out in the same breath
as it were, they nominated for attorney
general a man who was acce 2ta bic to
Mark Hanna and therefore to the trusts
and they turned down Attorney-Gen-
eral Monnett, who had put up such
strong fight against the trusts in Ohio
We have talked over these things in our
committee and outside, too, and we
know that next. year thousands OF re-
pubicans in this state will vote the
democratic ticket. no matter what the
democratic platform may have on the
silver question. the United States sen.
ate is against free silver and will te for
several years, so the silver issue does
not amount to much. But the trusts
are sapping our commercial and social
institHtions and We cannot let the evil
pass by unchallenged." (!