The Irish standard., 1899-09-09

party will stand by the Chicago plat
form.
The money question is not, however,
the only issue in this campaign. Every
thing, from pine lands to peanuts, from
steel rails to sardines, from straw
boards to sugar. from tin cans to to-
bacco, from crackers to chewing gum,
has been organized into trust.
Not only are these aggregations OF
wealth intended to control prices and
beat down wages, but in politics they
threaten to affect our liberties
We are informed by an eminent re-
publican who processes to know his
own business, that no political issue can
be made OF the trust question. And
why not? Because it is Intellectual?
Because the state cannot control its
creatures? Because these giant corpor-
ztions have too much power?
The republican party is in power in
sile state and nation. Why does it not
instead OF denouncing the trusts on
paper, prosecute them in the courts, and
why does it not hold up the hands OF
officers who try in this respect to do
their duty? But is not all this in line
with what was to be expected? To be
consistent, must not the republican
party favor the trusts? To pay a debt
Of gratitude, must not that party be for
the trusts? Must not that party which
favored a tariff to eliminate compcti-
zion SO that the iavorites OF the govern
nlent might plumber the pockets OF the
people, be in favor OF trusts while they
take the people by the throat? Is
Hanna against the trusts? Carry the
news to Monnett. Hanna against the
trusts? In these latter days do men
gather grapes OF thorns or figs Of
tiaistles?
We charge that the trusts OF the
country own this administration, and
that their title to it was acquired by pur-
chase and, until Mr.. Hanna is detllron-
ed. we insist that the trusts will continue
as now to be in possession OF their
property SO acquired That the trusts
can be controlled by the states only,
and not by the general government, is
matter OF no consequence to us, il
they can be controlled at all; the repub-
lican party is at fault. So long as the
attorney general OF the United States is
selected and indicted into office be-
cause he is trust lawyer, and so long
as an attorney general of the state of
Ohio is retired to private life because he
has undertaken in this respect to en-
force the law, the republican party must
faii in its declaration that it is opposed
to trusts
We charge that the republican party,
as at present controlled, stands for, if
indeed it has not already entered into,
All Anglo American alliance The dem
ocratic party has no desire to adopt for
the United States, upon any subject OF
governmental concern, any but All
American policy. We have no desire,
we perceive no necessity to aid Britain
IN the maintenance OF British policy
anywhere, and with full confidence in
the strength OF our cause, and country
we ask no aid from Britain in main
timing an American policy anywhere
that it is necessary or desirable to main
tain one. We adhere to the Monroe
Doctrine. We are loyal to the counsels
OF Washingtons farewell address. We
are not prepared to accept the ancient
antagonists of England as our own,
nor to participate with her in her new
found hates or envies; and at this juno
ture when England sees its power slip
ping away and pcrceivcs with alarm the
great advance Of German manufacture
in the worlds trade, we have not dis
covered any reason why we should side
with England and oppose the advance
OF Germany. We oppose the Anglo
American alliance; we would equally
oppose any other alliance, and our
motto will continue to be, in the future
as III the past "One flag, one country
and one allegiance.
In condemring the doctrine OF i'm
perialism, we in no manner abandon
Our soldiers in the field. But at the
same time, whenever a purse-proud,
arust-controlled administration dares
array Our flag or forces against a peo-
pie fighting for the Godgiven right to
rsiie themselves, whenever the sum total
of peoples offending is that they de-
sire to be free, it will be the duty OF the
democratic party to be brave enough to
expose the pretcnse, to tear the mask
from the covered face of fraud and
greed and avarice, and proclaim that the
recognition of such war for such pur-
poses is un-American and must be
brought to a close.
We proclaim that there shall be be-
seati our flag no slaves, no subjects, no
cosonists, who cannot be citizens, and,
lest we be late, we proclaim it now.
Commercial empire must not be placed
tefore principle; the doctrine, the rec
ognition Of which made us great, free
people, must not be ignored, departed
from or limited, and we profess our
lasting adherence to the doctrine that
all men are created free and equal.
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