Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-07-28
HOW CAN 1T BE DONE ?
SURELY NOT THROUGH THE RE-
PUBLICAN PARTY.
The Gold Standard Is the Father Of the Trusts
It Will Stand by Its Offspring. and The 6. o.
p. Will Stand by the Power that Restored to
Il the Fat Places at the Public Crib.
National Watchman.

1
The Republican party will declainl
against trusts, now that trusts have
become SO numerous and unpopular
that it is becoming political neces'
sity for them to do so. The men who
oppose the gold combination and the
trusts are undoubtedly church mem.
bers and as such have no objections to
retaining the eighth commandment
"Thou shalt not steal" in its place in
the Bible, nor to the preachers contin-
uing to denounce theft and sins in
general, but their contributions
would be withdrawn at once if the
particular thefts that they commit
we're pointed out and denounced and
the congregation admonished that it
was for their salvation to prevent
them from stealing and inform them
how to do it. So it is with trusts.
They care no more for declamations
against trusts than they do for the
commandment "Thou shalt not steal" "
or for the denunciation of sins in gen.
eral so long as no specific measures
are proposed that will interfere with
the trusts.
The gold standard under which the
money volume shrinks as it is extend
ed over territory, causing the worlds
price level 10 constantly fall, is the fa-
ther of the trusts in general. The Re.
publican party will denounce trusts in
general terms, but they will nominate
for Office men acceptable to the gold
trust. and the gold trust will contrib
ute funds to secure the election of its
candidates. A high tariff fosters
trusts and robs the people, yet the
Republican party will denounce trusts
and at the same time pledge itself to
perpetuate trust-breeding tariff.
Railway discrimination is the parent
of the Standard Oil trust, the coal
trust, and the grain elevator and -four
trusts, yet while denouncing trusts
they never say word against railway
discrimination or refuse to nominate
railroad attorneys for the positions OF
Judges Of the various courts.
The people can abolish trusts. but it
cannot be done through party
whose conventions are made up of the
friends of trusts, and whose nomina.
tions are dictated by the trusts, and
who rely upon the trusts for cam
paign funds. The Republican party
is the party of the trusts and without
their support it would be forced to &c
out of business. You cannot kill
trusts by voting for the party that the
trusts are supporting. The trust ele.
ment was driven from the Democratic
party in 1896. 1t now promises the
party harmony in big chunks if il
will only permit them to come back
and boss the party and dictate its
candidates for President and Vice.
President. The trusts will have nc
standing in the next Democratic Ma
tional Convention. The people are
determined to have one party that
will represent their interests. The
Republican party is lost to the people.
When the Republican voters really
understand this the ranks OF the DEM
ocratic party will be swelled by two or
three million additional votes. 1t is
the duty of all Democrats to take q
hand in educating their Republican
neighbOrs to the true situation. II
each will do his part a grand and last
ing victory can be achieved in 1900.