The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-13

our couptry, II has been truly said that
fnonarchies are destroyed by poverty and
republics by wealth. II the greatest re-
public the world has ever seen is DESTROYED
it will fall by this vicious system oil ROB-
bling the many for the benefit OF the lew.
Let us pause again and briefly consid-
er the situation.
..Tbe total nonulation of the United
States is about 10. 600, GOO. The total as-
gregate wealth of the United States ac-
cording TO the best statistics that can De
procured is estimated at about so9,VVu,-
600 600. and it appears. and no doubt much
TO the surprise of many, that out oil To-
tai population of IS. 600 less than 2S,U0O
persons In the United States own more
than one-haIf of the entire aggregate
wealth of the land. And this has all been
brought about during the last twenty-five
years by combinations and conspiracies
called trusts fostered by special legisla-
ton and nurtured by political favoritism.
The Central zstion OF Wealth.
THE Capitalization of wealth in the
hands Of the few by the robbery of the
many during the past quarter OF century
has been simply enormous and the facts
and figures are appalling. Three-quarters
of the entire wealth Of our land appears
TO be concentrated in the hands of very
small minority of the people and the num-
Der OF persons constituting that minority
grows smaller and smaller every year,
Impartial students OF these startling facts
and statistics can hardly escape the ire
sstible conclusion that a conspiracy ex-
lists. and has existed for some time, to
| convert the Government of the United
| States into a powerful oligarchy of wealth
| consisting Of a few thousand multi-mii-
| lionaires who will own and control all the
| other people.
THE plutocrats the trusts the monop-
oiies, and the syndicates seem to be SUI
preme and legislate for their own inie.-
ests their own benefit, and their own pro-
| lection. II Ii continues the yeomanry OF
our country will soon be reduced TO con-
! dition of industrial serfdom more pitiable
than ever existed before in the history OF
| the world.
The money power, the trusts. and the
favored few OF the land, threaten the per-
petuity of our free institutions by sub
sidizing the pulpit, buying the press. seat
ing well-paid attorneys in legislative halls
and courts of justice, sitting free speech,
and the right of lawful assembly, and
stretching out their tenyacles TO the col
leges of the land to crush professors who
have the courage of their convictions and
dare to tell the truth regarding economic
and social principles.
The trusts must 20 should be the bat
tie cry of the people in the coming cam
paign.
The Remedy Suggested.
What is the remedy? My friends
hear many suggestions-some good-some
bad. But let me ask what is the mat
ter with the remedy we now have-the
remedy of the Antitrust Act of 1890?
Whenever that remedy has been applied
n hac off hav
had an official courageous enough TO IN
vofe the power of that act it has been
adequate and successful to crush the trust.
Tho people who oppose and condemn
trusts will receive no encouragement from
this trust-ridden and trust-owned Admins
trstion. The Republican Attorney General
is the mere creature of the trusts, and
will take no action against them.
The Republican party in all its, power
stands fearlessly for trusts and is openly
end boldly supported by trusts. Every
trust in the country was for William Nc
Kinley for President in 1896, and every
trust will zealously and loyalty aid him
in 1900. II you ask what for? ] answer
for value received, for the blessing of
pliable Secretary of the Treasury and a
derelict Attorney General, for lively
sense of favors yet to come, and above all
and beyond all for Mark Hanna who runs
the Republican machine for the benefit of
the trusts. and who turned down in Ohio
an honest and fearless Attorney General
who was brave enough to do his duty. and
courageous enough 10 make an attempt 10
enforce the law against the Standard Oil
Trust-the greatest, the most relentless,
and the most cold-blooded monopoly of
them all.
The Plutocrntic Party.
THE Republican party is the party of
plutocracy. 1t stands today for economic
errors that rob the many for the benefit
of the few-for financial heresies that CEN
tralize wealth and paralyZe industrial
freedom-for political policies that enslave
the masses. The Republican party spurns
the people the Constitution, tramples on
the rights of man, turns to the wall the
picture OF the great Emancipator. and
laughs TO scorn the Declaration of indie
pendepce.
TO sum 1t all up. the Republican party
stands for Hanna and the Republican par
ty is Hanna. What a difference between
the party of Lincoln and the party Of
| Hanna,
The Democratic party is the party Of
| the plain people. II is opposed to trusts
| and monopolies. to special privileges. 1t
stands for the supremacy of the law. 1t
believes in freedom of thought. freedom Of
! speech. freedom of action, freedom Of
| trade and free institutions. IL believes in
the Constitution, in fostering commerce,
interfering trade. establishing industry,
! aiding enterprise, maintaining equal OPP
| portunity. defending liberty. unshackling
/ the mind and the conscience, and handing
down unimpaired to future generations
the blessings of our free institutions.
while the Republican party is in power
I Oh fu.t-
tree.
when the Democratic party comes into
mower a Democratic President will appoint
] a Democratic Attorney General no will en-
| force the law against the trusts and they
viii dissolve and disappear like mist before
] the rising morning sun and be gone for
! ever.
A Tribnte to Bryan.
Now. my friends few words in conclu-
| sion. We are entering most momentous
political campaign TO determine the ques
I ton whether the trusts or the Government
shall survive. Whether the people or the
plutocrats shall rule-whether this land
shall continue to be a Government OF the
many for the many or an oligarehy of the
1 privileged and for the favored few. You
ask me what will the outcome be- ! can
not tell but believe history repeats itself
! that God in his infinite wisdom raises up
man from the plain people for every cri-
sis. and in the pending crisis we have such
a mana born leader OF men-whom We
can all trust and whom we can all follow
and who will lead us TO victory. and rescue
the people from the money lenders and the
money changers.
"A hundred years ago the Democratic
party-the party of the plain paople-after
a most momentous campaign. came into