Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-01-19

I'D ~N-NNNNe A(NORgA
OF Laws. In handing him the paroh-
ment, Prof. A. T. Parker, who made
the presentation speech, said, among
other things: The doctrine OF sover.
eighty ofthe people leads a precarious
existence in the mouths Of men who
love long sounding words, and have
not stopped to consider that 1t is only
aspscious form Of the ancient bias
phemy that might means right
stop here q moment and reflect
The president Of the United States,
standing under the wing of the Stand
ard Oil Company, accepts proffered
honor which is coupled with declar-
otion that the doctrine OF popular
sovereignty is a speCious form Of
blasphemy, and he ptters not a word
OF protest, but by his silence and by
his acceptance nOds his approval.
"Now, gentlemen, time never stands
still and evolution 10 eternal. New
questions affecting our very existence
have arisenj while they are old else.
where they are new here. This is an
age OF concentration in all thinRs, aud
the formation Of private monopolleS
in particular. Composition has been
wipsd out, Ia harmony with the law
as it has stood for centuries we have
denounced that, but TO no purpose;
We have legislated against 1t, but in
vain. When they could not defeat
legislation by bribery they went be-
fore some subservtent federal Judge
aud had it declared unconstitutional,
Oar remedy has failed. Private mon.
opoly is as injurious and as much Of
crime as ever, and we cannot stop
its birth; we must change our tactics
and convert private monopolies into
public monopolies Give The whole
public the benefits Of the monopolies
instead Of few individuals. Let tho
government take them. This ia not
state socialism, il is simply protecting
the people, and therefore is democracy
in its broadcast ssnss The European
people fight socialism, but get tho
greatest benefits from collective own.
ership,
"There seems 10 no other way to
protect the public, and il involves our
very exisences as a party. The dem
oCratiC party must always stand for
the great masses or else have no mis-.
sion. The republican party stands
for private corporations and rotten.
ness, and the monopolies will always
support it and try to crush US. II 10
Aght not only for humanity but for
our very existence.
There are hundreds Of things that
the public cannot do. But there are
great many that it can, should and
must do. II has been demonstrated
that municipalities can successfully
aud very prohtably own and operate
water, gas and electric light plants,
street railway systems and q number
Of other things, and the American
people are prepared to move forward
along this line and every such step
by helping the people will help the
democracy.
"The American people are also pre-.
pared to take the telegraph and tele-
phone monopoly and make them part
of the post Office, and thus not only
cheaper the service by one-hslF, but
make the telegraph neutral in politics
Ours is almost the only great govern
ment in the world that does not own
the telegraph lines.
II believe that our people are also
prepared for postal savings banks
and widening the functions Of the
postal department. II 10 safe and
very cheap to the public. The Eu-
glish post Office runs savings bankp,
issues fire insurance, life insurance,
sells snnuitles, and does many other
things at greatly reduced rates, and
it does what is almost y general car
rying or express trade Of small arti.
Giles at greatly reduced rates A man
once said. You can send a saw.nIll
through mails there aaf II \
Our fight is against money, and we
have none. That is true. But no
great moral and political reform ever
yet rested on money The Almighty
has never yet tried to Sprout the ssedS
Of justice in the garden OF lucre, Only
poisonous vines will grow there No
BILE manhood psrishss there. II 10
moral force. that, in the end, moves
the world, Had CHRIST been furnished