The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1900-10-10

the monOpolization of every industry
and then you will condemn your young
men to perpetual clerkship under mon
opoly. The consumer will be at the
mercy Of the trust. The purchaser Of
raw material will be at the mercy OF
the trust. and the laboring man who
has learned his business will have but
one employer, and, therefore, he must
do what that employer says He must
accept the wages which that employer
fixes. He must be willing to abide by
the terms prescribed by that employer.
You destroy the independence Of the
laboring man, and then when you have
an industry in the hands of one great
monopoly, the head of it can close down
the factory before election time and
intimidate his workers and rob them of
their right to cast their vote Gap.
plause)
II want, therefore, to destroy not only
extortion, but the trust itself, and
propose this remedy. 1t is not mine; il
belongs to the party 1t is proposed by
the convention. Let us provide that
before any corporation organized in any
State does business outside Of the State,
it shall take out license from the Fed
eral Government This license will
not override State laws, but will allow
the corporation to go outside the State
of its origin and deal in other States ac-
cording to State laws 1t is provided
that the corporation must show that it
is not attempting to monopolize any
branch of business. Suppose you had
this law, and the salt trust wanted a
license. The evidence would show that
it controls 9j per cent. Of the output Of
salt 1t could not get license 1t
couldn't cross State line. 1t couldn't
do business outside of the State Of its
origin. You would dissolve the trust
and have competition between the var
ious salt factories, and the same Of other
trusts
THE NEW Observation-Disclosures.
But, my friends there is new ques-
ton that the Republicans have thrown
into the arena of politics. What shall be
the size of our standing armiesF We
had twenty-five thousand soldiers in
the regular army in 1895. The Presi-
dent asked for 100, 900 in December, 1898
-four times as many-a multiplication
Of our military establishment by four,
and what reason can be givenI
mo Republican is prepared TO defend
imperialism. No Republican has pol
icy for dealing with the Philippine Is
lands. Ask Republican how We got
the Filipinos-he can not tell. a Re
publican wouldn't buy house without
looking up a title. He wouldn't buy
an acre of land without getting an
abstract, but he will buy 100000 of
Filipinos at $3.50 apiece without in
quiring what kind Of a title he gets
when he buys them.
Did you buy from Spainy Spain had
no right to sell When the treaty was
made, Spain did not own single Fill
Pine. The Filipinos helped us in our
war against Spain. The Filipinos act
ing under our direction, hemmed the
Spaniards in by land and by sea, and
when the treaty was made, Spain had
no possession, and Spain could not give
possession of single Filipino; she had
no title to sell
she sold us license to hunt in the
Philippine Islands where she had hunt
ed for three hundred years That is all
she could sell u.s. (Applause.) She
sold Us the option on a fight, and we
spent five times as much on the fight as
we did to get a chance to get into the
fight. (Applause) What title did
Spain havey If she had any, it was a
title based ON force. If she had any IL
tie at ALL it was the title which the big
man has when he ticks the little man
and then claims TO own the little man.
Do you believe a big man can thrash a
little man and own him? That is the
big mans doctrine; no little man or
just person has ever yet asserted it.
If that doctrine had been advocated
back 1875 years ago we would not have
an independent government. Idenounce
the doctrine that you can secure title
by force. If governments derive their
just powers from the consent of the
governed, you can't acquire title to
people either by purchase or by force
But what are you going to do with the
Filipino when you get himY That is as
a question as the question
If title.
MY friends, we have plan. We say
.reat the Filipino as you promised to
,reat the Cuban. You said you were
lighting not for land, but for liberty
when you went to Cuba. Tell the Fill
1inos that You told the Cubans you
would drive the Spaniard out and they
ihould be free. Tell the Filipinos that.
You told the Cubans You would protect
hem from outside interference while
hey worked out their destiny. Tell the
Eilipinos that You say you have got
o wait until the Filipino lays down his
rms. Why did he take up his arms?
70 protect the rights for which your
athers fought-the right to govern
himself. (Applause.)
Tell him he is to have those rights
nd he will lay down his arms. Tell
ne yon must whip him first and give
lin liberty afterwards What a mock
ry, to kill man and then stand over
lis grave and pirate about what you
would have done if he had not died
70, my friends, if we are going to give
liberty to the Filipino let us give it
While he is alive so he can enjoy it.
AS TO HAULING DOWN THE FLAG.
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