The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-10-02
DOWN WITH DOODLE AND BOODLERS!

Quainted with both, and he seems to
know as much about il, at least, as these
republican spouters who have never been
any nearer the islands than myself
"The same president of the United
States, after we had acquired the Terri
tory of Porto Rico, said that Justice and
our plain duty demands that we shall
give free commerce between the people of
that island and the people of the United
States That is what he said-the pres
ident--but the trusts. that are fostered
by the tariff of the Dingley bill, said to
congress, we must not do our plain duty
as the president sees it; we must have a
tariff between our people and the people
of Porto Rico; we must make them pay
tribute to the trusts of this country, and
he, this chocolate eclaire candidate for
the presidency, as stated by Theodore
Roosevelt, bent his weak back to the
trusts and signed the BILL Why, if that
principle is carried out it will not be
long before the people of Washington,
Wyoming or Idaho will want tariff be-
tween them and the state of Montana
and so on ad intinitum as long as there
are territories and states in the Union.
There is no room under our form of gov
ernment for colonial policy; these peo-
pie are either citizens of the United
States or else they are foreigners. Which
are they? There is no such term as
"denizen" when it comes to speaking of
the people of the United States that is
an English term. We are either citizens
or aliens-one of the two-and these
people of Porto Rico are either our fell
low citizens or else aliens to the flag of
this country. Now, who dares say they
are aliens? If they are aliens why are
we legislating for them? If they be cit
liens why do we make distinction be-
tween the legislation for that country and
the legislation for ourselves? There can
be no answer to it except to say that the
trusts of this country have throttled JUS
tice and the administration. Long and
continued applause).
During the last four years more trusts
and combinations of capital have been
gathered together than ever in the his
tory of the whole world before; and what
is the cause of it? l point you to the
answer Of one of the kings of trusts, Mr..
Theodore Havemeyer, the king of the
sugar trust of the United States and
what does he say? He says in his testi-
mony before the congressional committee
that the Dingley tariff bill was the
mother of trusts and he ought to know,
because he is the king of the biggest one
in the whole United States. This mat
ter of trusts, fellow citizens, is a serious
matter to every man. Tell me, will you,
wherein the young men of this country
have any promise of any future before
them! Time was when every young man
who attained the age of majority could
enter the race of life upon equal terms
with his felloWman; time was when each
man had a fair show in the race of life
that time has passed, and the young
man of today who is entering the race OF
life is confronted by trusts, combines
and monopolies that control the avenues
of all manner of employments. The re-
suit is that individualism among citizen
ship is fast dying out; our children are
either born to be the employees or ser
wants of some great corporation or trust
or else, by fortune, they are born to be
the employers in those trusts; distinc
tions as wide as the oceans; they are
growing growing, and their injuries tc
the country are incalculable. Are we to
continue in this course, or shall we re-
fuse it, and by an act of the people Of
this country, rising up in their might
say to the trusts and combines that you
are not sufficiently fastened upon this
country but what you can be shaken
off.
LET the candidate of the democratic
party be elected president of the United
States and you will see these trusts and
combines fleeing from this country like
rats from sinking ship. Not only that
fellow citizens, not only does this colo
nial policy that is outlined and main
tanned by our opponents bring destruc
tion to the very principle upon which
our government is founded, but it incul-
Gates the lust of empire and conquest
What does this mean? 1t means, in the
end, an increased standing army. Why
every effort of the republican admins
tration has been, so far, to maintain ar
army of one hundred thousand men as &
standing army in this country; in times
of peace we have no more use for then
than wagon has for five wheels. Twen
ty-fve thousand is enough to patrol anc
protect this country; it is a country o.
law-abiding citizens, and is ample. AL
that is necessary, and you can train al
the officers that are neoded. and w,