The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-09-21

you mean that an aggregation OF cor
porations into one corporation 10 a
trust. and therefore within. the range
OF your denunctations, can you be ig-
norant that the laws OF many states.
among which nre New Yerl: ana New.
Jersey. ns well as Delaware land doubt
less otheisI. expressly by their statute
law authorize the formation OF suca
scorpoi atloEs? Doy0u. as the rep.esea-
tat,ve o. tie Tn.ty OF States Riehts,'
and .Eoue Rule" seriously pretend
that the Democratic party should go
down into these states. take from these
autonomous governments the power,
recognized from the foundation OF this
republic IS inherent in them, to create
theEc corporations. and vest such power
In the Federal government solely? Do
you seriously pretend that citizen of
Nebraska has my legitimate concern
with the kind OF corporation the state
OF New York mas. choose to create for
the purpose, letus say. Of manufacture
ing soap or starch?
Tot a Great Lawyer.
Intelligent voters would like to hear
your opinion definitely expressed on
these subjects. bu. all they succeed in
hearing from you are vague generali-
cations about "all trusts" being bad:
that there are no good trusts" etc,
but never the simplest definition OF
what q trust" Is. You are not great
lawyer. Mr. Rryan. md In al! p-cHahn-
lty never Will lie. but you are suhicient-
ly versed In the elements OF the law to
know that rs a legal proposition, "stric-
tissimi jur.s:" no such thing rs a
trust" now exists in the United States
of America aud that every corporation
which does business therein exists by
the sanction and authority OF the law
OF one state or another. q
II you were to attempt to define a
trust" In all probability you would
say II was a corporation designed or
calculated to produce q monopoly. but
You have quite sufficient intelligence,
Mr.. Bryan. to know that II would be
quite impossible for any court In Chris
tendon TO successfully inquire into She
motive or effect OF the creation +of; a
corporation. II you were to be employ
ed to draw the certificate OF incorpora-
ton OF a corporation, most assuredly
you would not insert therein among the
purposes Of its creation, required by
the state laws IN general. that Of crea-
ting monopoly. How, then, Mr.. Bry-
an, would you. II representing the state,
proceed In order to prove that such
was either the design or the effect OF
such an Incorporation? Have you any
specific by which you can search the
hearts or the consciences of the ,incor-
porators In order to discover the occult
motives which lie behind incorpora-
ton?
Bogy of Imperialism.
In your public address, M Bryan,
after duly excoriatlng the Republican
partySfor being; responsible for the
creation OF trusts. for which, in fact, It
IL no more responsible than YOU arr.
YOU proceed to the final. and what yor,
pretend to consider the most importaat
issue you and your party raise
against the administration OF Mr.. Nc
klnley, Imperialism Is name which
IN Itself Implies something abhorrent to
Americans. Just as trust seems to the
ignorant, unreasoning public something
quite indefenslble. 2
These are Just the expressions which
suit the designs of Just such a derna-
gogue as you. They do away withtth
announcement necessities Of argupental ),
ton, for they seem eS vi terulin, to
eliminate the necessity for argument.
II there Is such Q thing as Imperial.
ISM going on anywhere every worthy
American will Join you In condemnlng
II. But where is II? In the Philippine
ISLANDS! Your reasonable fellow citi-
Zens hnd there an armed insurrection
against lawful American authority. and
every competent constitutional lawyer
considers our title TO the Philippine Is
lands, through a treaty which YOU
Yourself advocated. Mr.. Bryan. as quite
as perfect as that which we acuuIred IN
Alaska through our purchase OF that
territory from Russia. Your failure TO
suggest any method OF governing these
ISLANDS preferable to that whichzthe
present administration Is adopting has
oeen 80 glarins that ItRcan only add to
the disgust which every American
worthy OF the name must feel at the
rying on. -, :, -. - -
Ignorance in the Majority.
To oppose everything which is. to ad-
vocate everything which Is not: to ac-
cuse the party in power OF maladmlnls
tratlon without the power or the abil-
ity to suggest any practicable improve
meht' 10 use expressions which are In
applicable to anything In existence. but
carry stump speeches In their beI.y"-
these are Just the arts. Mr.. Bryan, suit
able to demngogue like yourself. and
they are intended to delude those who
are more ignorant even than yourself
Sut you Will find In 1900, as you found
IN 1875 that ignorance Is not In the
majority In these United States. and
The little red schoolhouse" throughout
me land furnish quite sufficient en-
lightenment 10 create an adequate bar
rier 10 designing and dishonest poittf-
clans like yourself. -
You have lived In such an atmosphere
OF ignorant adulation, you have found
50 many unenl!ghtened half-educated
people TO listen to your half-baked in
formation that you have nearly come
70 believe yourself great man. But
the verdict OF history yet awaits YOU.
ana though you may not survive to
near IT recorded. II Is as certain as
,ate that=it will point to the lowest per
iod OF degradation In American poll
tics as that in which a charlatan and
GeTa6ogue like William ]. Bryan could
twice receive the nomination for;Presi-
dent OF the United States at the hands
OF an historic though fallen political
party. GOLD 'DEN0GR AT
New York, Sept. Is. 1900. y<6lfi +:
Pensions Granted.