The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-05
EAGLE'S GREAT DAY
MANY OF THE NORTHWESTERN
TOWNS CELEBRATE THE CLIO
RIOUS FOURTH
SEVERAL ORATORS HEARD

Hon. Daniel w. LawIer Delivers u
Patriotic Address at Rochester
Discusses Some of the Leading
Topics OF the Day-St. Peter Has
am Enthusiastic CeIebra4Ion-Oth-
er Towns in 1t.
ROCHESTER, Mimi, July 4.-(Specfal)
Daniel w. Lawler, of st. Paul. delivered
the Fourth of July grafton here today.
Mr. Lawler said in part:
It may be expected that some refer
ence be made by the speaker to some of
the great questions of the day which are
ag1tating the minds of the people of the
country, and which in one form or an
other will be passed upon by the intelIi-
gence and conscience of the nation. AS
guest of this beautiful city, invited to ex-
press his views within the proprieties Of
that discussion. We hear much nova
days about expansion and about imperial
ism. For myself, L am not frightened by
epIthets or catchwords, and will be ready
When the time comes to express in pub
lie and in private my convictions on the
subjects which have been mentioned; but,
my fellow citizens. Imperialism and ex-
pansion are not issues of today They
may be issues of tomorrow. There is
but one issue today, growing out of the
spanish war, and that is the issue that
In the Philippine jungles by the waters
of the Asi&ttc sea. So long as a single
American soldier is in the field striving
to uphold the honor Of his countrys flag.
l recognize one, and only one duty, and
that is the duty of every American citi-
zen, Democrat, Republican or Populst,
to hold up the hands Of the president of
this republic commander-fn-chief of the
American
cannot and will not divide. And he little
knows the temper of the people of this
land who for partisan gain attempts to
manufacture an issue out of a condi-
ton caused by war for justice and hui
manity, approved by the enlightened
sense Of civilization and originating in
the purest and hottest of motives. The
fortunes of that war brought beneath our
flag a great domain, rich in natural re-
sources, but shattered and discovered by
the horrors of civil strife. The Ameri-
can people would be false to every stand
ard of right and duty if it We're to haul
down the flag, recall the victorious ships
OF Dewey's feet and turn the islands over
again to ruin and anarchy. Peace and
quiet will be restored by the strong hand
of this republic and then in f1rmness, in
honor and Justice will be solved the prob
lens of the future.
The attention of the people has lately
been addressed to the operations of great
aggregations Of capital popularity known
as trusts The evil of the trust does not
consist in the combination under one con-
troll Of vast amounts of capital and bust
ness interests. Combination In itself is
neither unwholesome nor illegal. No law
can fix the size Of the business of indi-
Vlduals or Of corporations; but the mo-
ment corporations or individuals so con-
duct business as to violate the law of
the land, it is the right and duty of the
lawfully constituted authorities to punish
and prevent the crime, whether it be
great or small. Combinations for the pur-
pose of increasing the price of cOmmodi-
ties by controlling their production and
output are Illegal, and have been illegal
since the very birth Of the common law.
The trouble Is not in the law, but in the
people. The ordinary machinery of the
Jurisprudence of every state is sufficient
to grind into powder the strongest and
most infGuitous trust that curses the
American people, but that machinery will
never be set in motion until the people
themselves awake to their peril and girt
their loins for the strife. The laws are
already on the statute books but until
ps1tnic sen iment demands. their enforce
ment the complaints Of individuals will
be as fruitless as the blows of the Lilipu-
tians against the frame Of CULVER
1t is not q palatable truth and it is one
that IS not often expressed on this occa-
sion, that the great evils of which the
people of our land complain could be in
people themselves. 1t IS our privilege 20
complain. We too often fail to act. The.
man who invetghS the 1oudeSt against the
jury system is the business man who on
one preteXt or another escapes jury SER
vice. The man who PHILOSOPHERS the
deepest about the corruption Of politics
and politicians is the man who will not
spare time to register and who would
rather lose his vote than wet his feet.
I would as soon brag of avoiding my
taxes as bEag Of being out Of politics.
The greatest danger to this republic lies
in the neglect Of public duties. The pau
per who hobbies from the almshouse and
casts an honest and intelligent vote is a
better citizen than the plutocrat who
SpurnS the contact of his fellow men at
the primary and at the poles. One of
the greatest blessings of our late war Is
the revival in all classes Of our citizens
Of that patriotism which inspired the
men of 1776, and which impels the highest
and the lowest to do and dare for one
common country and one common flag.