The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-10

preme court. In accordance with the pro-
the states now have complete control OF
the corporations I am not familiar with
the situation here IN your own state. am
familiar with it in my own state. Two
years ago / ran for governor OF New
York Against me ran an ex-judge. Van
Wyek- He was nominally the man who
ran The real master and leader of the
De5gnocTaylc party n New I ork: the parry
lnent was the Hon. richard Croker. Mr..
Van Wyck and Mr.. Croker were extreme
in their d6nunciation of trusts and cor
porations They went much farther than
/ willing to go, because was ham
pered by the fact that I intended my
deeds to square my words Well I got
THE greatest evil in New York at that
time, IN connection with corporate wealth.,
which were among the wealthiest, and
them racfcl1v ali theiT Wea7t rom fI
public. Such were the street railway
companies ana other corporations using
the streets.
We took hold of that problem in no
took hold of 1T in the only spirit in which
1t is safe to deal with a corporation or q
or a poor man, the spirit of doing justice
and exacting justice in return. We put
doubtless need some modification as ex-
per1ence may dictate, but which in its
called the franchise tax law, under which
We put upon the assessment rolls nearly
hitherto had improperly escaped taxation.
Now, that did not mean that we have
Tatlons; but 1t did mean we had taken
longer single stride toward its solution, 50
TAR as I am aware, than had vet been
Now let me point out just for a mo-
ment the national attitude of the two
parties on the trust question. As I say,
at present, the state alone has the power
deal with them effectively; the nation
must join It can only join by constitu-
was introduced into the last house Of
representatives about June last. 1t re-
two and against 1t was cast vote of
every Democrat save six, of the members
Of the house As it needed a two-thirds
cratic leader. Mr. Richardson, in opposing
With snnrgta II fo oe quole9
saying that the Democracy could not
ment because if it did 50 it would take
the trust issue out of the coming cam
Now one moment, upon what is
greater than the material side. It is
great thing to belong TO prosperous
country, a country rich in mines in fac
tory, in farm, ranches and railroads. It
+ a greater thing to belong to country
Of great deeds valiantly done; and woe to
the country when a generation rises
what its forefathers have done, and
itself shrinks from doing the rough work
We Americans belong to a Republic
Infinitely greater than any that has been
seen before. and it viii indeed be an evil
day for mankind if this republic shrinks
back and fears to do its share in the
Il see here the veterans Of the civil
war, the men who wear the button that
shows that in i'll times that tried mems
soulus they proved their truth by their
endeavor. Y GU. the men of the civil war,
incidents Of the years 1861 to 1854 Do
you remember when you We're called
Lincoln Hirelings?' Yes. we have heard
more recently of our soldiers having been
called hirelings- A million men in blue
were then known as 'Lincoln's Hirelines'
DO you remember the people who cried
.Peace, Peace when there was no peace?
Who said that the most righteous Of wars
peace? That the bloodshed that was to
that could come? Do you remember
that? Do you remember that some peo-
pie who stayed at home in the north re-
fused to hold up their hands to aid YOU
put furnished aid and comfort by their
S actions to the enemies of the nag? Do
Some Of the copperhead accusations
than twenty years hence some Of tl7e I.1ar
cries of our political opponents will sound
1nfitio.4 ~ YOU IenaeInper when your
Abraham Lincoln. the sad patient and
mighty Lincoln, as he struggled ana suf-
Tered for the people, was striving to make
himself Emperor? (Applause) They said
ne was striving to build up an empire.
owing to the triumph of you and those
Ike you, this nation would meet amid
of the constitution. Every weakling,
every craven, every man too shortsig GIFTED,
where national greatness lay, was against
you: but thank heaven for the iron in
for the fact that the women of that day
brought men into the world, and these
ready and eager to do the great work
the great prize of death in battle fight
for liberty and the greatness of our coun-
Try II our fathers had ftnched. how
ing fonfght9 Pace eM 9 for M fbe pe stand
would probably have come but the his
lolN, y tnls comment from that day on
wrangles and wars between little con-
.cI,ga e,.a1 7sS& So pesce anu soL II pc
cause men dared TO go TO war to have it.
We hold our heads high tonight as cfti-
9ared 70 40 ana ole: because they suf-
fered four years of hardship, of risk: be-
cause they knew what i was to walk all
day In the scorching midsummer sun, and
lie out on the frozen ground in winter
nights what It was to shed like
the splendid ultimate triumph They saw
the days Of Appomattox: they saw the
nag that had been rent asunder made
whole once more and without a seam.
And now are we to announce to the
world that the men Of mighty deeds who
went to war to preserve this nation have
weaklings for sons: that where they did
the greater task We are to shrink from
valiant men who wore the blue of the
united and face the future together with
eager and confident courage
NOW, one moment as to the Philip
pines. We can not in honor s1lirk our
work in the Philippines. We are there
and we have. got to stay. Peace has come
Of the earth Because he = eivi2ed Taees
have spread over the worlds dark places.
1t IS good thing for the world that
| France should be in AIgiers. England in
the Soudan and Russia in Turkesfan. It
Is a good thing for the world and above
all 1t is good thing for the people of
those countries. Now. what is our duty
in the Philippines? It is a duty to gov
ern those islands in the interest of the
islanders; not less than in accordance
with our own honor and interests. We
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