Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-08-23
sirable in 1896 II is desirable now.
Then, why is it that the republicans
do not talk about it? Because they
did not want it in 1896"

sirable in 1896 Il is desirable now.
Then, why is it that the republicans
do not talk about it? Because they
did not want it in 1906"
The Trust Question.
In speaking of trusts, he said:
"rhe republican party is trying to-
day the very same policy on these
other questions that it tried on the
money question in 1896. 1t attacks the
trust question in it's platform, and yet
you cannot find Il republican paper
and read it, If it is n daily, for a week,
md If it is weekly paper, for a
without finding defense of
the trusts. The republican platform
denounces the trusts. and republican
editors are spreading before the pub.
lie arguments defending the trusts.
You will he told what liberal man
the man at the head of the trust is.
You will be told of the great advan-
tages to be derived from corpora
tions for permanency in the employ
mcnt of men. Now, why is it? 1t is
because the platform is hypocrisy. The
republican party does not intend to
destroy the trust, but under the COW
cr of a platform denunciation of the
trust the republican leaders are try
ing to quiet the minds of the people
and make them accept the trust as
good thing. I want you who
have been voting the republic
an ticket to ask yourselves
how the republican policy is go
ing to help the people of this COM
munity. Let every man ask himself
how the trust IL going to help him. j
would ask that. but would be ac-
cused of appealing to selfish motives.
The man who stands at the head of
the trust may be selfish, while the
man being gougcd cannot he selfish.
1t is all right for the head of the
trust to vote the republican ticket and
if tell the man who pays the divi-
dends that he ought to look out for
his own interests, the republican par
ty says am bringing the appeal down
to too low n level. The man who buys
a trust made article has as much right
to look after his own interests in the
campaign as the man who sells q
truskmade article.
Effect on Prcics.
Suppose you want to buy barb
wire-haven't you right to inquire
why it is gone up? Suppose you
wanted to buy oil. haven't you right
to inquire why it has gone up? You
know the republicans for years told
us what great blessing the Standard
Oil company was to reduce the price
of oil. That was because they were
trying to secure all the properties.
n L.. or,
far of 40 per cent. Was it necessary
to raise the price of oil to make a
dividend? And while this great cor
poration is amassing its wealth by
means of monopoly, the republican
party does not raise hand to stop it
Why is il that republicans can vote
for the republican party while 1T pro
tects such monopolies as that? want
you republicans who have been voting
the republican ticket to ask yourselves
this question: If the republican par
i ty won't look out for your interests
why need you look out for the repub'
lican party's INTEREST,"
Porto Rico and .Plnin Duty"
Let me give you recent ilustra
ton. When MIR. Mckinley sent hi.
message to congress saying it was oul
plain duty to give free trade to Porto
Rico, those republicans walked on tn,
streets and echoed plain duty Ther
something happened. Some power be
hind the throne began to work. W.
have never been able to locate it eN
actly, but we know of it's power, jus
as we know Of a tornado, and it's eff
fects. This power OVERRIDE the rec
pmmendation of the governor genera
of Porto Rico, this power overrod
the petition of the people of Porte
Rico; this power OVERRIDE the chair
man of the committee on ways ant
means and compelled him to bring il
a bill directly the opposite of the bill
he first introduced; this power over
rode the president and made him sigl
the bill when he said il was on
plain duty to do the opposite: and TIN
republicans have to turn somersaults ant
say 1T is our plain duty to deny VIVA
was our plain duty before 1t was las
duty and 1t was after that time tina
you men were shouting plain duty bu
q power greater than your adminstra
5tion controlled. and that secret powe
was great enough to tear the flag from
the constitution and desert the doctrin
that the president and congress are no
restrained by the constitution when deal
Ing with people OF the United States
(Great appause.)
torcibie Annexation.
at is only little more than two year
ago that the president gent q message I
congress in which lie said that forcibl
annexation is contrary to our code 0
morality and criminal aggression, an
! yet today the republicans ar. asked I
approve of a thing that was denounoc
as criminal aggression and against on