The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-07-05

Each generation has its own problem \
20 solve. Shall we solve this question OF |
trusts, or shall we transmit II to our
children as an insoluble question TO be |
dealt with hy them2 However fortunate
we may be situated, what future can w
promise our children who must necos-
sarily become employees Of trusts where
advancement must depend upon servil-
fly. which is the very antithesis Of man
hood and Individuality
II win not do TO keep on drifting say
ng to ourselves these things always right
themselves We have only TO reli the
history of nations which have drfted TO
learn what became Of that nation after
individual manhood was destroyed Where
shan we look for relief? To what party
shall we return? Surely not 60 The re-
publican fo~ il is the author of our woes
Certainly 70 relief can be expe-cei from
that party which not Cny oasae the
laws unde- wl'ch these trusts becAVe
possible, At derives ts campaign con
trlbutions f. ON ne tr'sts themss ves
and selects "a vice president ali aitor-
nev gene who ase fr ends ana
chmpions Of trusts from the state where
In they are all created That party Is ir-
revocably on reclrd Ia favor Of trusts
The Congressional Record of March 2Sth
and 8lst. 1897 tells the whole story II was
then that Mr. Dockey of MISSOURI onerel
provjso in the first section OF the Ding
ley bill, TO the effect that should the sec
retary of the treasury be satisfied an
article was manufactured or controlled
by trust, the duty ON such article
should cease until in the opinion OF the
secretary Of the treasury such control by
such trust had ceased How was this re-
ceived? Lost: one hundred and four yeas;
one hundred and ffty-four nays A
strict party vote. the democrats voting
for the provso and the republicans
! against it. What hollaw mockery it
would be under these circumstances 10
appeal to toa republican party for relief
against tariffs and trusts II would be
like sending the accompice TO catch the
criminals There IS a party however
which Is as old as the government itself
AMI which has always been nearer the
| hearts Of the people than any other. and
1t is competent to deal with this question
In a Just and equitable manner with a
due regard to the welfare OF the citizen
ana the capital invested in these com
panles. It is the democratic party, and il
/ ln ~ II AhdA We must AhNH iNA itiitls AZ
record on tbs question IS clear and splend
id, and 1t IS entitled to and VIII receiv,
the confidence OF the voters on this great
AMI absorbing question.
Fellow citizens. there are other ques.
tions that win engage our attention. an.
one Is the right to raise large armies tC
subdue colonies, govern them without
their consent. and inject our civilization
and Christianity into the natives by ba!
and bayonet. II we must do these thing
let us at least not be hypocrts and no
profane our holy religion by processing
to do these things in its name. II vii
not do for us to inveigh, which Is moth
ing but Industrial imperialism. They ar,
both founded on the same principle which
democrats must ever condemn. that is
the right OF the strong to crush the weak
While we all take a just pride In tht
| strength Of our government and its feat.
Of arms by land and sea. we must re
member, "Oh, 1t Is excellent TO have
giants strength. bat IL s trynous 20 us'
IL like giant"
We are approaching the great battle o
1900 with stout hearts. with unanimty o
purpose and a conscious rectItude of oui
cause. Since the last presidential electoI
we have passed through a glorious an,
successful war, in which democrats shar
ei the honors equally with the other
but not the scandals Thank heaven that
while We furnished our fun quota IL mer
| heroes. we are gullteas of the death of
| those thousands of brave boys who msi
erably pershed through the Incompetence
and venality of those In authority Ia
| this war all sectional lines are complete.
| ly obliterated. We now have NJ norta aus
no south-no east and no Nest-ore COM
mon country which Is the pride ~ AN,
We belong Il, party as broad and catho-
| lie as our country itself. 10 Was present
at It's birth. it shaped it, young manhood
which enabled IL to take ita proper place
in the family OF nations, and IL 81 the
conservative party of today. II stil
loves the constitution and reveres the
name Of the fathers. II believes the Dec
laration of independence Is more than a
curious parchment and the brotherhood
of man more than a pleasing iicuou. It
believes that the corporate wealth Is no
substitute for Individual manhood ana
that God never gave the few the divine
right To- tax the many Believing and
advocating these things as We earnestly
do. when they shan be directly presented
10 tne American people, as they viii be
next year in all their nakcdness, il would
be 10 lose faith IN our fellow men ana In
our capacity for self government 10
doubt the result but II this intolerable
state Of affairs is 10 continue, wherein
guAuess human poverty, suffering and
sorrow is but the jest of the rich and
powerful
20 masters, lords and rulers in an lands,
How answer his brute question In that
How answer his brute question: IN that
hour
When whirlwinjs Of rebellion shake the
world2
How viii it be with Kingdoms and with
kings
with those who shaped him 10 the thing
he is
when this dumb Terror shah reply 70
God
After the silence OF the centuries2
He was followed boy eN-Congres
Asher G. Caruth Of Kentucky
After speaking Of the day then beng
celebrated throughout the union and the
lessons taught by the Declaration OF In
dependence NJ Caruth announced his al
legiance TO the princiPes Of that great
document, the charter Of American hber-
any departure from the theories Of gev-
~, and sounded a note Of waraine against
ernment therein contained. Proud as he
was of the glorious achievements OF our
army and navy he would think taht these
victories were dearly purchased II they
no ~ Nars 1nfff ra