Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-10-18
ADLAI E. STEVENSON IN WooDBuRY

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Grand Reception tc tho Democratic Candi
date for vice President.
At one O'Clock last Saturday Afternoon
the chairman Of the Democratic Count,
Executive Committee was notified by phonl
that Adlai {. Stevenson would visit Vine
land, Millyillc, and Bridgeton on Monday
| following, and the schedule permitted al
hours stop III Woodbury. on the return
trip. An invitation was at once extended
to Mr. Stevenson to spend that time herr
and address Gloucester county people in tn,
Opera House. The avenues Of Informing
the people Of coming events were at one,
tapped, and the hour of the coming o.
this distinguished Democrat was awaited
with great interest A wreck on thu
Bridgeton branch early in the day on Mon
day threw the train service out of Joint
and the train having the Vice Presidential
party did not reach Woodbury. until 4. 30
twenty-five minutes late A crowd 81
several hundred citizens welcomed Mr.
Stevenson who, with his party, was al
once escorted to carriages in waiting. and
preceded by the Woodbury. Bugle Corps.
and thanked by a thousand cheering adj
nlirers, started for GREEN'S Opera House
From station to opera house. crowds lined
the sidewalk, and the ovation WAS con.
tinuous. The stage and gallery OF the
opera house was hung with flags. large
pictures of Bryan and Stevenson decorated
the wings Of the stage, and banks Of ferns
and tall palms from Brusehaber's green
houses fanl1ed either side of the platform
The house was packed when the meeting
was called to order, and no valuable time
was lost in small preliminaries usual on
such occasions. Hon. Thomas NJ. Ferrell
was introduced as permanent chairman and
with few Introductory remarks he pre-
scented Mr.. Stevenson who, in forty
minute address, said: We are indebted
to Miss Lucille Andrews for a stenographic
report of the speech.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN ~ am indeed
grateful to my distinguished friend, whom
have known in past years, and been asso-
ciated with in public life most pleasantly:
l am indeed grateful for the kindly words
with which he has introduced me to this
audience. ] am gratified to meet, as l do
now, and have done to-day, so many of the
ladies and gentlemen Of the historic State
of New Jersey. In the few remarks 1 shall
address to you at this hour | shall make no
attempt to appeal to preiudices or to pas
sions, and | shall make no attempt to
address you as partisans- Democrats or
as Republicans but standing, as | trust.
upon the higher plane of patriotism, shall
endeayor to address YOU as Americans upon
questions of deep significance to all OF US.
Whatever our party names may be we
should never forget that whatever legisla-
ton is beneficial to the great mass of Re-
publicans win be beneficial also to their
Democratic neighbors and friends, and
whatever is beneficial to the great mass Of
the Democrats VIII be beneficial alike to
the great mass of their Republican neigh
bors and friends, whether in the State Of
Illinois or in the State of New Jersey, or in
any other State. The term American
Citizen is one that applies to us all, for we
should never forget that political admins
trations and political parties may be things
Of the hour, but our country is for all time.
1t is from this standpoint, and in this spirit,
that | want to address you for a few
moments at this hour
Our government is one Of the people.
Political power springs from Che people,
and it is wisely provided in cur Federal
Constitution, the great compact under
which We live, that at stated times, politi-
cal power shall return to the hands of the
people, in this governments Of the people and
for the people. We stand on the eve OF a
Presidential election, and liz few DAYS
now the people are to detgmine whether we
will continue four years more of Republican
administration, or whether il is better that
there should be change in the methods
and the policies OF our government. Thus
the ends Of government are accomplished
through the agency Of political parties, but
we must remember that political organiza-
tions are but creatures in the hands Of the
people. They are instituted for wise pllr-
poses; they are instituted for accomplishing
the wise ends of government, and whenever
they cease to accomplish these wise ends,
when they accomplish the ends Of injustice
to one class of the people, then it is the
duty of the citizen to rise above party, and
cooperate with those with whom he agrees
on pending issues without regard to the
past, and to endeayor to effect such reforma-
ton as may be necessary.
/ want to say TO you in few words,
that we have gotten into the place now
where the country has to deal with what is
known as the trust evil. Sometimes it is
called the trust, aud sometimes it is called
the trust evil. You know what it is. II
has grown up within recent years, within
the last three years Under this Admins
tration more than six hundred trusts have
been organized, controlling capital to the
amount of nearly ten billions of dollars
The trust evil is to-day a menace to the
existence of our free institutions, this great
commercial oyer-shadowing evil with which
we have had no acquaintance heretofore 1t
seekes by destroying competition to grasp
the entire business interests Of the country
into its own hands, and when the trust
shall have accomplished its perfect work,
the small dealer, the small merchant, the
commercial traveller will be the things Of
the past The Trust, with its aggregated
billions, will swallow the entire business
interests of the country. 1t will swallow
up the buyer and the seller, and there will
be no place for those intermediate agencies
of which / have spoken. Heretofore it has
been our boast, as we know, that to the
young man whose only capital was his
brains his integrity, his business capacity,
his energy, the world was open before him.
We can number thousands of young men
that came from the farms, and from other
humble homes, and they became the great
merchants, the great business men Of the
country, and found their way to fortune
and fame, as we know Now, under the
Trust there is no place for the young man.
The doors are closed against him. and he
has to become either part Of this great
commercial machine or he must 20 back
again to the farm, already crowded as you
know. Now, for the question. There are
men who tell you there are no trusts.
want to say now to the men who believe
there are no trust, ] have no argument to
offer II is too late in the nineteenth
century to waste any time endeayoring to
convince such men, Let me give YOU one
fact Don't you know that last December,
the President oil the United States sent his
message to Congress in regard to Puerto
Rican affairs? lie said, 1t is cur plain
duty to give the products OF Puerto Rico
free access to our markets. 1t was a plain
constitutional duty 1t is a part Of om
country, by the free action OF the people
there II is part Of our country,
not by purchase, because you
cannot buy people in this country, but by
the free action Of the people. They desired
to become a part Of US and they were; and
the President Of the United States ia the
message to which have referred, said, I'll
is cur plain duty to give the products o.
Puerto Rico free access to our markets.
This was our plain duty. This is Just about
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