The sun., 1900-09-26
row FOR THl TRUSTS.
|ryan Drops His Old Issue and Changes
Base Agai~.
IMPERIALISM IS NO GOOD.
Record of the TWO Parties-The Republicans
Have Restricted Trusts, and the DEM
ocrats Have Favored Them
Read the Facts.
IS NO GOOD.

#The Democrats are abandoning what
Hcy called the issue of imperialism"
IA are pushing the "trust" question
Il the front in the latter days of the
y mpaign The attempt to frighten
h east by the bogy of imperialism"
ii not work in Vermont and Maine.
4lcy are afraid to- raise the issue of
ID w territory among the voters of the
n ", SO they have started on q new
Hack. The Republican party is ready
n meet this, as it has the other ques-
a ms that they have attempted to push
h Tie front as paramount. If there is
b q subject about which caution or
b. consideration for their record +
u 5uil cnjoin silence, it is their atti-
Il he toward the trusts, for their (
d Aendshlp TO the so called "trusts" has
n ON repeatedly shown.
#IIusls are combinations of capital
HrnIed in every prosperous country to
81 vent the destructive waste of COM
III ition, make economies in produc-
Hon and to so increase the output as to
make small returns profitable enough
81 the aggregate to pay the expenses.
Yhey have often decreased the cost of
ecessities to the consumer, as in the
{Bse Of oil. They have often proved a
Mnefit to the common people, and they
|5hye their reasonable side. But the
Republican party is not defending
xusts, and it was one of the first po-
Hical organizations to denounce mo-
1bpoly and the restriction of trade. 1t
ehacted federal legislation against the
Husts, and was the first to specify the
means by which they should be sup
messed when 1t demanded their sup
Hession.
81 Republican Trust Legislation.
1,he first blow against the trusts was
the interstate commerce law, Repub-
lican measure, introduced by n Repub-
Man and put in force by the party.
Qhis has been amended from time to
Hme and has been approved by the SUI
Meme court. Under it's provisions the
Ntll ldlllOih pun was btNlhlCu
kpl and attempts to restrict competi-
ltion in the commerce between states
Aave been prevented.
# Closely following this law was the
RESOLUTION in the Republican conven-
Mon Of 1883, which not only attacked
1Ae trusts, but proposed Il remedy for
l4om. The writer of this resolve was
III an foy al ft,1px- fn,1i1otn fnp
nltsident Of the United States. The
4 iiicutes met in the conflict of the
'M wS of states with those Of the fedcr-
Ia law i'll proceedings against trusts
~ lF led to tile Introduction OF Il
Ia ing measure, proposed as q con
EA onal amendment under which it
In uid be possible for all the states to
oed against injurious aggregations
IA capital. This was the amendment
Vlnp9sed:
FH ARTICLE XVI
III lion /. All powers conferred by this article
|9 eNtond to the several states, the territories,
EH district Of Columbia and all territory under
EH sdtoItgny and subject to the jurisdiction Of
<S Lnitcd States.
"a cc. 2. Congress shall have the power to define,
q llate, prohibit or dissolve trusts, monopolies
"# 'NilIllldlioHs WllblneT GAlalHb III lHe loII VI
n corporation or otherwise. The several states
May continue to exercise such power in any man
Hcr not in conflict with the laws Of the United
States.
Sec. 3. Congress shall have power to enforce the
Provisions Of this article by appropriate legisla-
|H The. Democratic Record.
81 what did the Democrats do, when
&hey were faced by this measure, that
Sould prohibit the trusts? They held
a caucus and decided that it would be
q dangerous precedent toward the cen
8ralization of government and would
$iolate the sacred principle of state
E&lghtg; hence they decided to oppose it,
| nd when the vote was cast the meas
kdre was defeated, the vote standing
~ in favor and 1872 against, lacking
Pc twothirdS vote necessary to its
"a aSsage. Every Democrat but foul
/ q tod against it, While the Republicans
most us unanimously favored it.
Ills vote was taken on the 1st OF
IA June. This was done by the Dem
~ &tic party in spite Of the fact that
/ eadcr, William J. Bryan, had de
N pl III Il speech on the 10th clay Of
t .tp lDei, A1+J, THU ~ II (ttual -
0ltDnl "is unconstitutional, and 50 de
Ia rcd by the supreme court ! am il
or of I'M amendment to the consti
lon that viii give congress power t.
troy every trust i'll the country"
From the first cry of alarm agains
trusts, Democratic action in tht
auonal government has been friendl!
R them. Mr.. Richardson, who is nov
clping manage the Democratic cam
@ llgn, tried his best to side track tht
81 herman antitrust bill when the Re
8nblicans first passed the measure
EWhen the Porto Rican tariff was un
4er discussion, this Mr.. Richardson fa
Hored measure that would have palt
70 the sugar trust nearly $14,0O0,0O'
year. Chairman Jones Of the Demo
Tratic national committee also advo
$ated n bill in the case Of Porto Rict
nat would have repaid the sugar trus
tbout> S14.Oo0O0O. --------.---.