The Taney County republican., 1899-09-28
GOV. SAVERS OF TEXAS.

lC0lIed the conference, In which sever
governors. including himself, attend. and
" remain away.1
IL distinguish a man that is absent. be.
cause he thinks of something. S."-Budgell
Paul Monroe, private secretary to Gov
Stephens of Missouri, was made secre-
tary of the conference. Gov. Saycrs
had prepared a speech for the occasion
He delivered it from typewriter man,
uscript. 1t was on trusts, and it was
denunciatory in character.
He declared the country was threat.
ened with serious and disastrous con-
sequences by the trusts.
speeulation rife Fhis prosperty. tHe hoWe1er ser
to the er ana
Considering everything, it can reasonably
survive long after the settlement Of our
foreign difficulties and the restoration OF
trusts. He referred to the dangers of al
lowing them to continue. He enumerated
q large number. giving their caritaliza-
THE character of our government.
said he. makes the solution of the trust
problem very difficult. Constitutional OBJ
not be eradicated by either federal or
state authority acting singly. There must
general and local-each working earn
estly and sincerely within it's own sphere
The causes of the evil must be sought for,
and when found must be removed Ono
class of thinkers attribute the trust to
federal legislation only. and contend that
relief is to be found exclusively in the
halls OF congress. Another class ascribe
It to the policy of the states in the too
privileges Tor PURPOSES that can bo
considered public in their nature.
my own opinion is that both govern
Tor the existence of the trust. The tariff.
Wh1ch operates. in great measure. to the
form OF currency upon which the country
Is required to depend, making il impossi-
BILE to secure to the people through prop
their needs.''
He continued: Does anyone suppose
power and with the senate as now 'eray co9sti1 n
tuted, and as 1t will be for several wears
to come, that any kind of currency iegis-
and through the national banking system.
can f1scted be had hsr1I until after severe and pro
can not rightfuliy be construed e'a''1vn. as Wn.
against capital. Far from it. CAPITAL
must be protected against its own unhai-
iOWed aEgreSSfonS, or 1T will surely suffer
the death Of the suicide. 1t can not he
Justly Jus G held e; an act of hostility to capital
destroyed" ' NC
"Sapient sons of sainted sires! The
eyes of your country are upon YOU to-
day. From Bunker Hill to Yorktown
there comes cry of warning from ev-
cry hero's grave Fellow.
countrymen, within twelve short
moons, the phalauxes will be drawn ,,p
in battle array, when ballots not bull
let's will decide the contest.
Choose ycn to-day. under which BAN
ner you will fight
This was the perioration of the ad-
dress which Gov. Stephens of Mis-
souri, delivered before the conference
following that of Gov. Sayers.
Without claims of oratory or states
manship." said Gov. Stephens, .'I want to
g.ad tidings to you. Trusts no longer hold
sway here. Our state has a statute that
nirn mas wisnstood ; the the attack of the octopus
prcme court has upheld it, and its proyi-
sfons have been bravely and fearlessIy
the chief executive. It broke down di,n rho
arrognant insurance combine and made
the members Of 1t come pleading and beg
to do business in the state"
Trusts and expansion" Mr.. Stephens
declared. are the twin infamies, the tam
dem team of Imperialism. The worst evils
staring us in the face are trusts, expan
sion and large armies. Expansion means
more trusts, and for that reason expan-
sion Is menance to orr country and
every patriot should be against it,
Gov Stephens announced that he was
democrat. and that he differed from the
attorney general of the United States as
to the way to hancie trusts. He quoted
tain himself. and then he launched into
ancient history. The history of the rise
and fall Of Rome. had interested him H.
compared to-day's industrial conditions
WITH those during the early history OF