Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-07-20
MARK HANNA'S TRUST PLANK.
How the Sure Boss Expects to
Fool the American
People.

In n very short time republicans sill
be telling the people how Bitterly OPP
posed their party is to trusts, and they
will point to the weak and evasive
antitrust plank of their platform in
of their assertions.
There is good old proverb here ap-
plicable: ACTIONS speak louder than
words"
John G. Griggs, of New Jersey, has
been and is attorney general. under the
republican administration As such, it
is his duty. when federal statutes are
known to be violated to bring action
for their enforcement. There is on the
United States statute books an anti
trust law. Ex-senator Edmunds, prob
ably the greatest of living constitu-
tional lawyers, says it is sufficient, If
rigidly enforced, to wipe every trust
out of existence, yet in the last three
years more trusts have beens formed
than in the whole previous history of
our government. Why did not Mr.
Griggs enforce the antitrust law? Why
did he not, at least, make an attempt
to enforce it? Why didsnot President
Mckinley censure his cabinet officer
for dereliction of duty? Surely, no in
tense hostility to trusts has been
shown here.
Who called the republican national
convention to order, dominated its ac-
tions and was by it vested with plenary
powers as party manager, dictator
and boss?
Senator Marcus A. Hanna, trust
magnate and millionaire.
Who was temporary chairman of tine
convention?
Senator Edward o. Wolcott, trust
and corporation counsel, trust stock
owner and millionaire.
Who was permanent chairman of the
convention? %
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge. million
aire and trust representative.
Who read the platform?
Senator Charles W. Fairbanks, cor
poration counsel and millionaire.
Who placed McKinley's name before
the convention?
Senator Joseph b. Foraker, corpora
ton counsel and millionaire.o
Who were among those permitted to
make secondiIg speeches?
Senator Chauncey Depew, trust and
corpora ton magnate and millionaire
and Senator John NJ. Thurston, coun-
sci for the most gigantic monopoly on
the face of the globe.
Who were the other leaders Of the
convention?
Senator Platt, of New York, was one.
Is he opposed to trusts? Ex-senator
Quay, of Pennsylvania, was a second.
Is he opposed to trusts?
When the facts are borne in mind
and these questions answered; when it
is remembered further that Senator
Hanna was throughout the convention
the guest of one Griscom, notorious as
an agent of the ''ship subsidy" steal
and a Standard Oil official; when it is
remembered that almost every leading
member of the convention was wined
and dined by the Union League club.
whose smembership comprises three
fourths of the trust magnates of the
United States, and the rule that SAC
tons speak louder than words" is APP
piled, what, will some republican tell
us, becomes of the Philadelphia anti
trust plank AOmaha World-Herald.
The people are tariff taxed to
maintain the trusts. The party gets
its pay in campaign assessments The
trusts back up Mark Hanna and Ham
ma sees to it that the trusts are MAIN
tanned in their piracy by excessive
tariff duties. The constitutional
amendment, proposed on the heels Of