Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-09-24

especial enemy of corporate wealth. and
in its platforms has denounced monopohes;
trusts, rich corporations and the Ike, and
bid strongly for the vote Of the working
man. Yet during the time that tnc Demo
Gratis were In power, not one effective law
was put upon the statute DOCKS 10 carr!
out the threats they made. We came IN
bent upon doing what i'll us lay TO llSnteA
20 some extent the burden OF injustice. 10
make conditions 4 little fairer. little
more equal. The inheritance tax, the cor.
poratfoR tax, the franchise tax, are one
and all our handiwork; They represent
the first great attempt that has been mace
in New York state TO meet the new cO!ldl-
tionS caused by the upSrOwirg of great
corporations. the exploitation of municipal
franchises. In each iDstaDce, and e%ipe-
cially in passing the franchise tax, we mad
TO face the opposition Of the great ana
wealthy corporations. We dlsreSarued
their opposition, because We thought mem
wrong. just as fearlessly as ne would have
championed them IL We had thought them
right. .,.-,, ..,,,,o. .,.s-
ten: Ee establishgd inspecpdn Of factories
and the bureau of labor Statistic; the
eight hour law; the law providing for the
abolition of SweatEhpps-ln snort, eEeIg
labor measure has been initiated and put
through ny us. The board OF nehia'iof!
and arbitration has for the first time be-
come q live factor in the settlement OF
labor troubles: sweatshOps are contrulici, !,
the eiSht-hOuT law is enforced IN ol-
state Convicts do not compete with I@ise @
labor. and the bureau OF laDor SlallStiC,a
and factory inspectors department EoIk
practically hand In hand with the fore
most representatives, Of the WaGeMpri.et >, ;,
10 do all that can be done in the interests
of labor.
Republicans Can Ee Trusted.
What IS true Of New York is true OF
the rest OF the country. and what Is true
Of labor legislation and of the control OF
corporations. viii be true OF trusts. We
seek to ameliorate and curb abuses, anu
NOT TO destroy what may be useful. our
raly r.-t1g in destruction y
and rot few of the laws theE pEoPDA'
against trusts. II put on the statute DOORS
would destroy the right of labor unions |"
exist. OF of small trddesmen :tnc 10 me- ,
10 band together. We shall do all ~ CGF
power to destroy anything that upiloiu7
monopoly; that artiIcialy lowers ~dSes,
artifcially increases prices, or puts -
1n the hands of one man, "r one 81 ~ ~
men, to become absolute in any Drahch VI
:Ihe other day Ohio sent to New York
n prophet OF Mr.. BTy ans new dLpensd-
tion in the shape of ex-ConsressIildi Lent,
who divided his time between lerNeEl
hopes for the success of Aguinaldo, and,
therefore for the ruin of the American
army IN the Philippines, ana the ErIhiy
expressed conviction that the mantle OF
Washington and Of Lincoln had fallen upon
the shoulders Of Ex-Governor A!t6CiG.
Truly Mr.. Bryans new dispensation begins
with q queer catalogue OF SAINTS "f4tIl
they canOu!ze ASuinaldo as a nero aiid
AItgeld as sage. The combination > en-
tirely appropriate. Those WHO woula en- en-
courage anarchy at home most naturally
strike hands with the enemies OF our couI4-
.ry abroad The friend of the bomb throw
er and his apologists are doing what is fIt
and mete when they strike hands across
the seas with those who are nghunB our
soldiers In foreign lands. Fundamentally
the causes which they champion are the
came. The step encouraging the assasSiia-
fion Of the guardians Of the law at home
10 the aiding and abe:ting Of the shooting
down of our soldiers abroad is but Il short
one and II matters little whether the en-
couragcment be given by the exercise oi
the pa-doning power, by raving speeches
u;ion the platform, or by the circulation oi
silly documents composed by men toe
feeble TO accomplish the mischief they de-