Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-06-02
Copyright. Louis Klopsch, 1s99.l

entire world inciuQe lnS eplcycle OF our
own republic Bold, exhilarant, unique,
divine imagery of the text. At the close
of week in which for three days our
national capital was a pageant, and all
that grand review and hammered pro-
cession and national anthems could do
celebrated peace, it may not be inapt
to anticipate the time when the Prince
of Peace and the Heir of Universal Do
minion shall take possession of this ma
tion and "thy land shall be married"
In discussing the final destiny of this
nation, it makes all the difference in
the world whether we are on the way to
funeral or wedding The Bible
leaves no doubt on this subject. In pull
pits and on platforms and i'll places of
public concourse 1 hear so many of the
muffied drums of evil prophecy sounded,
as though we were on the way to ma
tional interment, and beside Thebes
and Babylon and Tyre in the cemetery
of dead nations our republic was to be
entombed, that l wish you to under
stand it is not to be obsequies, but nup-
tials; not mausoleum, but carpeted al
tar; not cypress. but orange blossoms;
not requiem, but wedding march. for
''thy land shall be married.
| propose to name some of the suitors
who are claiming the hand of this re-
public This land is so fair. so beauti
full, so af1iuent that it has many suitors,
and it will depend much upon your ad
vice whether this or that shall be ac
cepted or rejected In the first place, /
remark: There is a greedy, all grasping
monster who comes in as suitor seeking
the hand of this republic, and that
monster is known by the name of mo-
nopoly. His scepter is made out of the
iron of the rail track and the wire of
telegraphy. He does everything for his
own advantage and for the robbery of
the people.
Things went on from bad to worse
York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania
for long time monopoly decided every
thing. If monopoly favor law, it
passes; if monopoly opposes a law it is
rejected. Monopoly stands in the rail
road depot putting into his pockets in
one year $500, 600, 600 in excess of all
reasonable charges fer services. Mo-
nopoly holds in his one hand the steam
power of locomotion and in the other
the electricity of swift communication.
Monopoly has the Republican party in
one pocket and the Democratic party
i,,f fl,o othn,. r,Nolyot Ma,nn0lr lonidoc
nominations and elections-city cleo
tjons, state elections. national elections.
With brides he secures the votes Cf
Legislators, giving them free passes,
giving appointments to needy relatives
to lucrative position, employing them
as attorneys if they are lawyers. carry
ing their goods Is per cent less if they
are merchants, and if he find case
very stubborn as well as very important
puts down before him the hard cash of
bribery.
Not Easily OverthrOwn.
But monopoly is not so easily caught
now as when during the term of Mr..
Buchanan the legislative committee in
one of our states explored and exposed
the manner in which certain railway
company had obtained donation of
public land. 1t was found out that 13
of the senators of that state received
$175, 600 among them, so members of
the lower house of that state received
between $5, 900 and SO, 600 each, the
governor of that state received $50, 600,
his clerk received So, 600, the lieutenant
governor received SO, 900, all the clerks
of the legislature received $4,000 each,
while $50, 600 were divided among the
lobby agents. That thing en- a larger or
smaller scale is all the time going on in
some of the states in the union, but it
is not so blundering as it used to be,
and therefore not so easily exposed or
arrested. tell you that the overshad-
owing curse of the United States today
is monopoly. He puts his hand upon ey-
cry bushel CT wheat, upon every sack of
salt, upon every ton of coal, and every
man. woman and child in the United
States feels the touch of that moneyed
despotisIn. | rejoice that in "a states of
the union already antimonopoly leagues
have been established. God speed them
in the work of liberation.
| have nothing to say against capital
lists A man has right to all the mon
ey he can make hcnestly-I have moth
ing to say against corporations as such;
without them no great enterprise would
be possible, but what do say is that
the same principles are to be applied to
capitalists and to corporations that are
applied to the poorest man and the
plainest laborer: What is wrong for me
is wrong for great corporations If
take from you your property without
any adequate compensation, | am a
thief. and if raiIway damages the
property of the people without making
any adequate compensation, that is a
gigantic theft What is wrong on a
small scale is wrong on "a large scale
Monopoly in England has ground hun
dreds of thousands OF her best people
into semistarvation and in Ireland has
driven multitudinous tenants almost to
madness and in the United States pro-
poses to take the wealth of 60. 00G, 600
or 10000. 600 of people and put it in a
few silken wallets
Monopoly, brazen faced, iron finger
ed, vulture hearted monopoly offers his
hand to this republic He stretches it
out over the lakes and up the great
railroads and over the telegraph poles
OF the continent and says, "Here is my
heart and hand be mine forever. Let |
the millions of the people north, south,
east and west forbid the banns of that
marriage, forbid them at the ballot |
box, forbid them on the platform, for
bid them by great organizations, for
bid them by the overwhelming senti-