The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-09-17
at the Cave Of Adullam.

The Democratic national committee,
Mr.. Bryan's political guardians, are ex-
ercislng mild censorship over that
gentleman's speeches Of late, as his
great TRADE against the trusts at st.
Louis, Saturday night. was written
one and was read by that gentleman.
But all the caution they are able to ex-
erclse will not prevent the Demo- Pop
ullst candidate from putting his foot in
It. The trust. chaser is quite fond OF
quoting scripture, and he took for his
text in tracking the deadly octopus to
Its lair" the lament of David over Alb
salon, rs the young safe?" Applying
this phrase to the young man Of to-day
Bryan launched out into a jeremaid
against the trusts In general and the
Republican party in particular. He
enumerated ns many trusts as he could
remember, but his memory was conven-
iently at fault with regard to that
most infamous Of all trusts, the Demo-
cratic Ice trust, OF New York. and the
cotton bale trust, in which Chairman
Jones is o large stakeholder. The In
mentatlons Of this modern jeremiah ore
not. consistent.
But what does Mr.. Bryan propose to
do with the trusts? Destroy them, an
initiate these deadly octopuses which
have their "vlllainous clutch upon the
throat OF American energy? Not bit
OF It. His panacea for the alleged evils
springing out of these combinations Of
capital, Is about as silly as hts Philip
pine policy is ridiculous. The remedy
he has suggested for the great trust
problem is as follows:
That Congress should pass a-law pro-
viding that no corporation organized In
any state should do business outside of
the state In which 1t Is organized until
1t receives from some power created by
Congress a license authorizing 1t to do
business outside OF its own state. Now.
II the corporation must come to this
body created by Congress to secure per-
mission to do business outside OF the
state, then the license can be granted
upon conditions which will. In the first
place, prevent the watering OF stock: In
the. second place. prevent monopoly In
any branch Of business. and, third, pro-
vide for. publicity MS to all Of the trans
actions and business OF the corporation.
u Congressman Llttlefield. of Maine. in
hisSspeech in the house Of representa-
.tives. June I, of this year, referring to
this proposition. said that every law
yer knows that the Congress Of the
United States has no more control over
such a corporation, under such circum-
stances, than It has over the procession
OF the equinoxes." But what cares
Bryan about, a little matter Of constitu-
tionality? Everything he advocates is
within the letter and spirit Of the con-
stitution. but everything is sunconstitu-
tional conceived and put In force by
the Republican party. Like all Of
Bryan,s utterances his Saturday night
harangue was full of sound and fury.
signifytng nothing"
AS Mr.. Bryan opened his discourse
with n scripture. quotation he should
have closed with one. and as he failed
in this respect the Intelligencer respect
fully calls his attention to the second
verse of the twenty-second chapter of
/ Samuel, which applies to his audi
ence with great significance. 1t reads
rs follows: and everyone that was in
distress, and everyone that was in
debt, and everyone that was discomfort
ed gathered themselves unto him."
This refers to the gathering of the mall
contents at the cave of Adullam.