The Washington weekly post., 1900-10-09
Says Existing Laws Can Reach
Unlawful MOnOpolies.
iEDY FOR PROSPERITY
BRYAsI
The senator lIudes 10 the Sebra,
Assertion that the Nation Il DralI eiiA.
Prosperity. gad Expresses Csns,la Iies
that, If Eieesed, the Democratic ,aiha.
date Wssid DO Away with the lsto,i-
ennt-Address Before Marquette Cnb.

Nhlcego. Oct. e-Senator Chauncey "
oepew addressed a large audience OF Re
puoiieans tonight. his speech being de-
iiFered under the auspices OF the Mar
qGetie Club. a strong Republican orgGn-
ization. The club had erected large tent
al North Clark street ard North avenue
capable OF seating 1900 people, and it was
completely filled when Senator Dep.w
commenced his speech.
Ihe Senator spoke in his usual happy
manner, and his good-humored thrusts
were received with great applause. He
made a hit with his audience by declar-
Ing that Mr.. Bryan did not deny the
abundant prosperity of the country-he
claimed IL vas intoxicated with pros
pfrity, and that II he is elected he would
Go away with the intoxicant He spoke
In part, as follows:
Ire present campaign emphasizes the
difference in practical life between a
prophet. whose predictions must stand
the test Of time and experience, and the
pledge of a party whose promises are
based upon principles, which have work
ed out In the past the results which are
guarantees for the future. In other words,
theory and experience are again, as in
1896, n hostile array Having proved
himself such a colossal failure as a
prophet in 1896, we can hardly believe in
1900 that Col Bryan has now the real
mantle of Elijah. The difficulty with the
terrors which he nrediets from Republi-
can principles and policies is that they
have al been tested, both under ReDub-
lican and Democratic administrations
Protection of American industries has
given America to Americans. and sent
forth our products to the conquest Of
the markets of the world. The gold stand
ard Of value has divorced US from Mexico
and China, has placed us in commercial
relations with and upon the same com
mercial basis as the great industrial ma
tions of Christendom. 1t has given sta
bility TO our credit: il has made the
American dollar recognized upon an equal
value with the English sovereign. or the
French Louis everywhere around the
globe; ii has given steadiness to our
business, uneXampled credit to our gov
ernment, and is rapidly making US the
creditor among nations.
Mr.. Bryan does not deny the wonderful
prosperity Of our country and of our peO-
Pile; he does not promise any better Ie-
turns to the farmer or the manufacturer
or the merchant; he does not promise any
greater employment or higher wages to
the laborer; he does not promise the ex-
ploitation of new enterprises and the con-
ditions which make money active and
capital useful by new additions to the
productive powers of the country, and
therefore, larger employment and a
greater distribution of money. The coun-
try is to be no better than it is to-day or
was yesterday by his election even upon
his own showing, upon his own prophecy,
and upon his own promise. His position,
measured by the plain standards of busi-
ness, is simply this: The country IS drunk
with prosperity; it is an inebriation which
is unhealthy and cannot last; If you elect
me VIII check the pace. curtail this un-
heaithy expansion; my methods and my
remedies will arrest the disease and Grad
ieate 1t before II has DESTROYED the body
pohtic' In other words, through the
process OF milder catastrophe, he will
prevent the greater one which he thinks
otherwise inevitable
Inc only party which has ever At
tempted 10 meet the trust issue Is the Re
PuDllcdh party. II enacted the Sherman
antitrust law, which is the only effective
law upon the books upon that subject. 1t
passed the constitutional amendment in
the last House of Representatives with
every Democratic vote except seven
against H. l look in vain through the
speeches. OF Mr.. Bryan or any OF the Dem
ocfdtc orators for definition of a trust
or how TO control IT,
outside OF the agriculture eight-tenths
OF the business of the country is trans
acted IN the corporation form The rea-
son is that in the tremendous competi-
tlon or our times great capital is required
10 10 successfully conduct large enterprises.
Fhis capital has TO be the result Of con-
trlputions OF many. Any legislation or
aeuon preventing the operations of these
plants would throw eight-tenths of the
skilled labor out of employment. and pro-
duce the most disastrous Of panics.
"A trust which controls the necessities
or life and prevents all competition. and
can dictate the price TO the raw material
man, TO the laborer, TO the carrier and 70
the consumer is a menace, is unlawful
now and can be reached by honest prose-
cutting oiileers. and the laws TO reach any
such trusts should be made as drastic. as
searching, and as effective as human Ian
guage will permit"