The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-08-15

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the first suggestion of them came from
Republican postmaster general, and
how the suggestion came at a time when
the end of the Cleveland administration
came and the plain people had no money,
and that he, Mr.. Long, thought Il mis- ht
now be good idea in these days of Re
publican prosperity. He took up gov
| eminent by injunction. He said that as
| a lawyer, Mr.. Campbell knew that this
question was an inherent right Of the
courts, and that courts which exceeded
their authority could be impeached.
Government ownership, he declared, was
not a political question, and that II was
wise in some cases and not in otkers
He said he favored government owner
ship of the Nicaraguan canal, since it
was too great a project TO be handled
by a body Of men. Mr.. Long stated that
| he was pleased TO learn that Mr.. Camp
bell, by his own admission, did not IA
| vor the practices of the Democratic par
ty in ignoring the provisions of the
fifteenth amendment and in their efforts
to disenfranchise the negroes and added
that he also was pleased TO learn that
Mr.. Campbell was consistent in one re-
spect, at least, favoring government with
The consent Of the governed
Mr.. Long then dwelt for some length
on a number of omissions that Mr.
Campbell had made. since he persisted
in discussing ancient tenets Of the Popu-
list party. Among these omissions were
Maximum freight rates.
| The sub-treasury.
Land loans.
Fiat money TfT7.
| Sixteen to one.
On the latter proposition Mr.. Long
said:
You forgot all about that, didn't your"
Mr.. CAMPBELL have not come to that
yet
Mr.. Long-Neither has any of your
men. Sixteen TO one IS no longer a tenet
Of your party. And then there is the
old idea Of the office seeking the man.
What have you done with that? Did
the office seek you at Great Bend? II
so, 1t had q good deal of trouble in find
! ing one and finally found two.
Mr.. Long also read the preface Of the
! Omaha platform in 1892, when the Popu-
| lists made the we,l-known declaration
about the country being on the verge Of
moral, political and material ruin. This
reading caused much amusement, and he
! asked Mr. Campbell if he believed this
still. Mr.. Campbell did not answer.
! Mr.. Long then took W trusts, and
showed that the Republican party had
not only given Kansas a trust law IN
| 1882 but had given the country one In
/ 1920 the Sherman law. He related a
! little history about trusts which is quite
! familiar to the people OF the Seventh
district, even though not to Mr. Camp
/ bell, and shows just why trusts is not
! the paramount issue in this campaign.
/ He told Of how the modern trust IS not
at all Ike the ancient trust; that the
| present combination is where one corpo-
| ration buys out number Of competitors,
! whereas the ancient one was a c0mbina-
/ ton Of a number Of trusts to regulate
prices. He then cited the famous Knight
case, before the supreme court of the
! United States, where Il was held that the
! Sherman antitrust law did not Apply
/ save to trusts engaged in interstate com
merce; that most of the latter-day
! trusts are engaged in manufacture aud
production and not in interstate com
/ merce. and that this being the case, the
Republicans sought to give congress the
! necessary power at the last session. but
/ that only having a bare ma iority and Il
/ being necessary to have a tWo-thirds
! vote, the proposition being to amend the
/ constitution, the Populists zand Demo-
/ Gratis maintained their usual inconsis.-
! ency by voting almost .solidly against
/ the resolution. The southern Democrats,
I 102 strong, prevailed on all the 50 north
| ern Democrats. who really favored the
amendment, but 3, to vote against the
amendment and defeat it. since il took
/ from the states their right to deal with
/ trusts. This was the recr0pping out Of
/ the old doctrine Of states rights, a~d
/ this Is how trusts are not the paramount
/ issue in this campaign
Speaking Of the Republican promises
! on money. to which Mr.. Campbell refer
red, Mr.. Long said the Republican party
sought first TO secure bimetalIisn1, AMI
bsent commission TO Europe. Of which
Senator Wolcott and Adlai Stevenson.
/ present fusion candidate for vice-presi-
dent, were members, but Il was unable
to secure international agreement. Then.
and then only, said Mr.. Long. was the
! gold standard, which had already been
IN existence since 1894, legalized and
| fixed more firmly
Mr.. Long then quoted Bryan's assert
ment Of doleful predictions of disasters.
some twenty-five In number. made n
the campaign of 1895 which would occur
II we did not Immediately have free
/ coinage of silver at is to l. and how
the battle would wage until not single
advocate Of the gold standard was left
IN this country. And yet" said M
Long, here we have the gold standard
still more firmly fixed on the cow.
We are not a single step nearer frea
silver. and you have talked 45 minutes
! ana only spend two minutes on the gold
standard ct the. close And vet AR
bryan at Indianapolis talked some s.o07
words and said not single word NJ
/ Is to or the gold standard. You have
I lived four years and so has vour c,n-
dldate. You have witnessed hard tinre4
and panics and Coxey's army and mills
/ closed, and want and woe abroad tbrougt7
the country, under Cleveland. ard tbsp
you have witnessed good times under
q Republican administration. you 800
seen wheat and silver. which have 4rav-
/ eied oiissfuHy together for so many
years as certain chart IN your onfce.
Mr. Campbell. shows, at last IN 1Sa-
under a Republican administration. nat
/ company, the one TO go up and the 9TH
81 10 90 down. No wonder you want %
IA x Of the initiative and referendum.
and the cost Of gas In Wichita ard sav-
ersl other things. No wonder ,.oI,- oar-
. dldate for president wants 10 talk Of
things thousands Of miles awav
I should TOO, f. were vou. But # han
pens that 7 was defeated four wears 49,
on this question as 7 think. wronrfuIIv
and Do ynu think that can roo e.,
from mentioning these thinrs9 would
not irlure your personal feelings wiling
~. 'ui I cannot help rasD.ng your DO
litical feelings
Mr.. Campbell here made his rarr,- u,
hoped that She audience had eniove4 NJ
Longs speech. He had Pu.. h sa;9
smooth IS Mr.. Long was as a no,,ti-fa-
aorait though he night be nevertAafe.s
re could rot draw him into a fenuncla-
tion Of his friend Duval.
VT. Campbell then briefly discussed .ts
-or ~ tAa Reoub lean party t. secure
o.metallfsm gs farCica1 "woI~-st.- safj
ne. went 70 Europe ard cr.reei before
ne money power and came back hor,s
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