Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-10-29

40 new battleships. He said these
ships of war were necessary TO keep
US on "the firing line Of the nations"
Continue this policy four years
more" said Mr.. Clark, "snd we will
have slice Of China. Let the work
ingmen beware. You can not hoh
colonies without having the colonists
coming to this country TO compete with
American laborers"
Speaking Of trusts, the speaker said:
-Four years ago when Mckinley was I
elected, the business of the country |
was controlled by multitude of in
dependent operators. Now. 1t is con
trolled by less than 400 men. The trusts |
have excited so much alarm, that the |
Governors of the States called q con
ference at Chicago. to discuss the sit
uation. They have shut out competi-
ton, raised the prices and lowered the
wages. Trusts kill ambition for you
may as well go against stone wall as
to oppose the trusts in the business
world. 1t may be that there are more
high salarled positions but there are
not so many independent incomes.
Trusts are universally conceded to be
wrong and dangerous to the country.
The present administration is friendly
to the trusts. Since McKinley's in
auguration not one line of legislation
has been passed to extend the power of
curbing this evil. The tin-plate trust
was built up by the tariff of 1890 which
fostered the industry. In Congress,
John Sherman said: If they combine
as one man, 1t is kingly prerogative.
OF, you will not submit to an autocrat
of trade. If necessary, invite equal
competition from all the world Give
us free trade
'The administration will not be op.
posed to trusts in the future. The
Democratic party is opposed to trusts
and the Republicans deny it. They
say that Cleveland did nothing to re-
strict monopolies. There was a good
reason for that The law had been de-
clared unconstitutional and the courts
would not have heard the cases, had
any been started.
Every Democratic state has anti
trust laws. How did the Republican
party treat one Republican Attorney
i General who tried to enforce the law
Monnett of Ohio? (Cheers.) What we
want, is not more law, but the present
law enforced. (Cheers) We will new
er make any progress toward the So
luton of this question until we place
: the right kind of men on guard at
Washington. tCheers.)
! Il have been charged with being in
: consistent with my position four years
ago. ] am not duty bound to follow
the sound money theory again. They
may fool me once, but they can not
fool me twice. I am in good company
, for ] could call the roll from now till
midnight of independent Republicans
and Democrats who are for Bryan,
first, last and all the time. Bryan was
great leader four years ago, but he
+ never showed his real genius for lead
t ership of men until the great funda-
, mental principles of our government
, were threatened to be overthrown
$ Then, he arose as mighty defender
: and showed his magnificent powers
: (Cheers.) aAS
S "The administration has succeeded
] in monopolizing every branch of bus
mess until they now claim to control
: good times. They claim to control the
, heavens, the seed-time, the early and
( late rains and the sunshine"
. The speaker referred to the panics OF
: 1887, 1857, 1873 and 1893. He said the
panic of '73 was during Republican
S rule, and that the years Of 1874 to 1885
0 under a Democratic administration
+ were as good years as the country ever
l.. /.