The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-10-17
owed by the descending gloom Of luxury. decay

lowed by the descending gloom Of luxury. decay
and ruin.
The other Of q nstion where the sp;ri. Of thu
pilgrim and the Iiugucnot remains the living and
controlling force affirming that the Declaration OF
Independence. the farewell address Of the Father O,
His Country and the Monroe doctrine shall never
pass into irnocuous desuetudc voting its cncr.
gics 20 the development of the incxhaustible re.
sources OF its great continental territory; solving
-. problem OF universal personal and political
hbcrty. OF government by the consent OF the
governed where no king, no class and no race
rules. but each individual has equal voice and
power IN the control Of ALL where wealth comes
only as the compensation for honest toll OF land
or brain. where public service is private duty; q
nation whose supreme value to the world lies not
In its power but In it's unfailing loyalty to the
high ideals OF its youth, its forever lifting its
strong hand not to govern, but to protect the
weak, and thus the bright shining which brigthers
more and more into the fadeless and eternal day.
From the Mouth Of an Ass.
The other night in Chicago Mark
Hanna, following the example of Ba-
laam's ass, opened his mouth and
spoke. and unless miss my guess the
Republicans will regret Marks oration
only once, and that will be until the
end Of the world.
Mark said, Il would like for Mr.. Bry.
an or any other Democrat to tell me
what trust is." - t"
Now. am complainant sort Of man
and always like to accommodate peo.
pie. even Mark himself, when search.
Ing and aching for information. A
trust is q criminal conspiracy for the
sole purpose Of robbing the people. and
the owners and managers of q trust
ought to be treated In the same man.
ner In which other robbers are treated.
hope this plain. blunt, unvarnished
definition will safety Marks craving
for knowledge. ~
Then. Mark having set his tongue 20.
Ing. made this astonishing declaration:
II believe there is not Z trust In the
United States!' Now. II that is true I
would IKE 20 ask Mark or any other
Republican few questions:
Pointed Questions.
O II there are no trusts in the Unit.
ed States. why do the Republican lead.
ers, such as General Charles Henry
Grosvenor Of Ohio, constantly boast
that the Republicans passed the sher-
man antitrust law? C) What sense is
there In legislating against an evil that
does not exist? (0 When congress
passed that law. were the Republicans
In earnest or were they merely follow.
Ing their usual custom and playing a
bunko game on the peoplef a. II there
are no trusts, why did the Republic.
ans put a milk and cider, good Lord.
food devil, sore of antitrust plank in
their platform at Philadelphia? (0
Did Mark ever hear Of the Standard
OIL company, which is always cited.
even by Republicans themselves, as
the most successful trust in existence?
0 DID he ever hear of the anthracite
coal trust, which has Just starved 15O..
OOO honest and Industrious men into
striking for living wages? % Has
he ever heard Of the barbed wire trust
which has raised the price Of barbed
wire 80 high that farmers have almost
quit using It? (S) Does he not know
that the sugar trust has so increased
the price Of sugar in the fourth year
OF the reign Of William, the first king
Of the United States and emperor of
the Philippine Islands, that we now
get five or six pounds less for q dollar
than we did before his imperial mai
esty ascended the throne? (9) Finally,
II Mark does not know Of these and
divers other trusts, Is he not more in.
nOcent than the babes in the wood?
An Absurd Statement.
1t may seem presumptuous In me to
answer Marks challenge, but my ex.
cuse Is that his defiance was directed
not only to Mr.. Bryan himself, but to
ANY other Democrat" Consequent.
~ l have a right to furnish him the
Information he seeks.
But Mark makes the absurd and
untruthful statement that "evcry law
against trusts. national or state, has
been tho product Of Republican law.
makers and the credit Is due to the
Republican party" There is not a syl.
liable OF truth In that statement. When
l was In the legislature In 1889, had
tho honor. a. chairman Of the commit.
tee on criminal Jurisprudence. to re-
port the nrst Missouri bill leveled
against the trusts. Under 1t Attorney
General Crow broke up the insurance
trust and compelled the insurance com.
panies to pay $03. 900 Of fines into the
state treasury. Now. II there are no
trusts In the United States. as Mark
asserts, will he please inform an eager
world how the trusts could enrich the
state treasury Of Missouri by that
handsome sum?
With a graciousness and llbcrauty
that DO him honor, Mark says, II
have no objections to the DemocYnts
opposing trusts" Thanks, Marcus,
thanks for granting us permission to
do that which we have been doing