The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-07-12

been famine there was now plenty;
where there had been calamity there
was now prosperity. Yet the Demo-
cratic party insisted on carrying the
corpse Of q dend Issue into the new
campaign" Is / *
Concerning trusts Senator Elkins
made the following statement:
1.-THE Democratic. party declares Wig
orously against trusts. This does not
prove that the Republican party favors
trusts any more than the Democratic
party does. Considering recent dis.
graceful developments touching the Ice
trust in New York city. this declara-
ton seems strange and out OF place.
There can be no MISLEADING the mean
Ing and purpose OF the Republican
platform on this subject. It declares
expressly that any trust that destroys
competition. limits production, or In
creases prices should be suppressed.
The Republican party makes no indis-
eliminate war on private corporations.
They are necessary to the transaction
Of the business Of the country. and are
authorized by the law of every state in
the Union.
Democrats charge that protection
breeds trusts, but they grew and flour
ished under the Wilson law and DEM
ocratIc administration. and free trade
England is full of them.
THE World and Journal, leading
Democratic newspapers. charge that
the Democratic mayor of New Yorl:
city not only owns $500 shares Of stock
in the ice trust, which he admits. but
that he got the money from the trust to
pay for the stock at low price, making
him Il rich man, through the trust. in 4
few weeks.
Can any such example Of belonging
to or favoring, trust be found among
the officials and leaders.of the Republi-
can party?"
Touching imperialism" the speaker
said:
No Such Things rs Imperialism.
1.-THE Democratic platform declares
against Imperialism. when there is no
such things as Imperialism. Nobody i'll
this republic favors imperialism. The
Democratic party uses the term in an
indefinite, and reckless way. just as 1t
charged Lincoln. Grant, and the Re-
publican party with despotlsm and ty-
ranny In the most righteous war ever
fought.
III the Democratic party means by
imperialism holding the islands we
have acquired from Spain, then there is
a definite issue raised.
III taking and holding territory coded
to US by treaty, and governing the In
habitants thereof without their con-
sent, Is imperialism. then Jefferson was
the greatest imperialist the age.
Then 1t was Imperialism that acquired
the vast region covered by, the Louis
lana purchase md established a, terri
torial government for, the Inhabitants
thereof without their consent. Then.
too. It was imperialism that gave us
Florida, that fought the Mexican war,
and gave US the territory acquired from
Mexico.
In taking Guam, Porto Rico. Hawaii,
and the Philippines we have done moth
ing more than follow the presidents of
the Democratic party in its best days.
For my part, rejoice that the grea:
republic owns Islands in the great seas.
and that we are no longer isolated. I
regard these. now that we have them,
as necessary adjuncts to the extension
Of our commerce and markets. and to
enable US TO compete with other ma
tons. S
THE expansion policy adopted by the
Republican party brings the dawn OF
great prosperity to the south, which
has been so long delayed. After war
and exhaustion the Republican policy
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