The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1900-09-21

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Of Mr.. Scott or his committee to place
the matter in the hands Of the popu-
I list and democratic state committees.
COnference At Fort Scott.
At Fort Scott had q very pleasant
conference with the democratic can
didste and We both agreed to leave the
matter to a conference committee Of
five members from the democratic
party and Eve members from the pop
ulist party and allow them to decide
who should be the fusion candidate
| for congress. This committee adjourn
ed without reaching any agreement.
I All can do now and be faithful to my
friends is to make the race and do all 1
can in an honorable way to redeem the
district and uphold the honor and dig
nifty OF our state. I believe that L am
logically entitled to the support Of
every democratic and popuIist voter
who wants to see the republican candi-
date defeated A vote for anyone else
is half a vote for the republican nomi
nee 1 believe in the principles Of
democracy as represented by Jsffer-
son, Jackson and Bryan. I believe in
the principles Of republicsnism- as rep
resented by Abraham Lincoln, Henry
NJ Teller and David Martin.
Opposed to Trusts.
1 am opposed to trusts because they
destroy competition, cripple labor and
increase prices to the consumers.
There is no better class Of men in this
country than our travelling statesmen.
The trusts have forced thousands Of
them out Of legitimate employment
within the last three years. am in
favor of such legislation within Just
constitutional limits as will destroy
their power for evil and give the peo-
pie the benefit Of competition in trade.
Believes In-Free Coinage.
I,belieYe in the free coinage Of both
silver and gold because I believe in a
quantitive theory OF money. The his
tory of the past teaches Us that gold
and silver at a fixed ratio was the basis
for the currency of the world. Silver
was legal tender in the colonies be- |
fore our government was formed. Free
coinage was maintained from the foun-
datiOn Of the government to 1873, and
a greater per cent Of the American
people owned their homes under free
coinage than own them now under the
gold standard. I believe the United
States can maintain free coinage with /
out the consent Of the leading nations
of the world because she always did it
when she tried. I will never consent
to surrender our rights as American
citizens to legislate for ourselves on
the money question. I would carry out
the populist and democratic platforms
for the free and unlimited coinage of |
both gold and silver.
Opposed to Porto Rican Tariff Bill.
lam opposed to the law imposing a
tax on trade between the United States
and Porto Rico for the reason that
Porto Rico is American territory. 1t
is taxation without representation. 1t
is un-American, un-demOcratic and
unconstitutional. 1 believe it is just
as wrong, unjust and improper to in
pose a tax on trade between the United
States and Porto Rico as it would be
to impose a tax on trade between the !
United States and Oklahoma. This |
measure was passed against the judg- |
ment Of the populists and democrats |
aud twO-thirds Of the republican press !
Of this country. It is a violation of !
the same principle that King George !
LII violated about rs years ago when |
be undertook to make our ancestors |
pay q tax on tea in violation Of the |
principle Of "no taxation without rep
.resentatiOn.n I have no objection to |
moderate tariff on trade between the |
United States and foreign countries, /
bnt L protest against placing a tariff |
on trade between the United States |
and any Of her territories.
Favors Public Ownership.
favor the public ownership Of all |
public utilities. There are a great /
many people in this country who think 1
it is impracticable for our government
to assume the ownership Of public /
utilities. The opinion arises, however,
from lack Of due and proper consid-
Grafton Of the question. The question
has been solved By all the frst-class
nations Of the earth except Great
Britain and the United States. Already
a governments own and operate 1OO,-
600 miles Of railroad, and go govern
ments own and operate their tele-
graphs, and in comparison with private
ownership it is proved to have been a
great success in every case The stat
istics Of Germany, New Zealand and
the Austro- Hungarian empire wiz con-
vince the most skeptiDsl Of the sdvan-
tRges OF public ownership Of our rail-
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