The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-01

The Democracy Is not sincere In Its
opposition to trusts. Bryan himself,
before the Kansas City convention was
In favor of their perpetuation under a
license from the government, besides
he Is, the champion OF one OF the great
est trusts in the country, the silver
trust. Then there Is Chairman Jones,
OF the national Democratic committee,
who Is a stakeholder In the patent cot
ton compress company; Judge VAN
Wyck, who wrote the trust plank for
the Democracy, who is largely interest
ed In the New York Ice Trust, one OF
the most vicious combinations that ever
existed. Besides. Croker, who is sup
porting Bryan this year for some utter
Tor object, is another large stockholde.
In the same trust, that combined to
raise the price Of Ice, entallins untold
suffering among the poor of New York.
Not long ago-just after the Kansas
City conyentlon-Chairman Jones met n
lot Of people In New York who wanted
to discuss trusts With him, owing to the
vigorous spearlng given the octopus in
the platform. The newspaper report OF
that seancc follows:
Are you not n stakeholder in n
trust?" Chairman Jones was asked. 4
mot that l am aware Of"
ARG you not stakeholder In the
Patent Cotton Compress Company q
was next asked. Z.
II am stakeholder In the Patent
Cotton Compress Company. but / do not
believe 1t Is a trust, responded Chair
man Jones.
Isn't that company controlled by
John L. Searles, formerly of the Amer
lean Sugar Refining Company"
Mr.. Searles" responded Chairman
Jones, us prominent In the company,
but I do not know that he controls It,
Our. company Is working under patents
for long term OF years, fourteen, /
think. The constitution of the United
States provides for patents, and be-
lieve in standing by the constitution
How affectionately these Democrats
talk of the constitution these days?
How considerate they are OF Its provis
ions when 1t suits them to be SO? 1t
was not always thus. and 1t Is not al
ways so now.
There are days when the Democracy
Is neither for the letter nor the spirit OF
that instrument. Every successful
measure originating with the RcpublI-
can party has always been Condemned
/ by them as unconstitutional. In the
dark hours of the civil war when the
Republican party was doing its utmost
. to save the Union the Democratic ours
were shipping at its, heels and crying
from the hustings In season and out of
season, what you are doing is uncon-
stitutional." This familiar cry was
heard on the floor OF Congress at the
last session. and it will continue to be
heard as long as the Democratic party
insists on living.
But to go back to trusts. On the &C.
casion referred to above. Chairman
Jones attention was called to the
sucker rod patented by Mayor Jones.
OF Toledo, who doesn't believe In trusts
or government by injunction any NOR.
than does, apparently. Chairman Jones.
The fact that Mayor Jones has reaped
n fortune through his monopoly OF a
sucker rod which is used In the oil wells
OF Ohio and Pennsylvania. was mem
TONED to Chairman Jones, and his at
tention was called to Sucker Rod
Jones patent In order to Illustrate Il bit
Of history in the career OF Mayor. Jones'
who got 100000 votes in Ohio last fall.
for running as stump" Democrats
candidate for governor on no-govern-
ment-by-inJunctlon platform. An en-
terprIsing young Ohioan got up n
sucker rod and put 1t upon the market
Mayor Jones began to complain that
the new sucker rod was an infringe
ment upon his patent. He consulted
his lawyer, who declared that Mayor
Jones must get out an injunction re-
straining the young man from selling
the new sucker rod. Mayor Jones de.
INJURED and said he didn't believe in
government by injunction.
"All right" replied his lawyer, "but
that is the only way to protect your
patent. which is the work of your
BRAIN" Mayor Jones went off and pom
dered. Finally he directed his lawyer
to get out an injunction against that
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