The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-09-27

perhaps No IL iOcut CTitiCdi iTlenu
would soy, a sort OF hypocritical
"chant"-Rut the Press dares to
express the truth. Hence we say
MIR. Altgeld's speech was a good one,
from his side OF the question. He
may have. been cautioned that many
OF his hearers would be republicans,
and advised to draw it mild. but
whatever the reason, it was as the !,
PRESS believes, a fair presentation
of the democratic side OF political is
sues-either by particularization or !,
omission, and we must say that.
what he omitted was very striking
HIS OMISSIONS.
He never uttered the name OF Mr..
Bryan during his entire speech.
| Why, no one knows. but several per
sons made particular note Of this
fact. Republicans believe the dens.
have no hope for Bryan.
He de no reference direct or in
direct to 16 to or free silver, or to
the financial question at alL -Four
years ogo he was wildly advocating.
free silyer-while he placed o gold
clause in the notes and mortgages
on which he himself loaned money !.
While be particularized what he
WAS pleased To call t.,e faults OF the
republican administration in some
of it's work, his very noticeable omis-
sion of Other important matters,
must be accepted as quasi endorse
ment thereof.
But perhaps his gre atest Oaiission
was an almost entire failure To tell
his hearers what the democrats
would do II elected to administer thA
affairs of government. A mere com
plant against nm existing evil, real
or fnncied, Is yalpelesss unIess accom-
panied by suggestion q! IA remedy.
a mule can kick, n hog gruit, or u
dog can white !, compliant when
hurt Hence there IL no merritt to
mere complaint without the remedy
being ufprni. In ia t it is IL brOii
philosophy of life ;or party or in.
dividual that ualess one can do bet
ter, tits best TO make no complaint
iHE SPEECH IN BRIEF.
The governors paramount ls-
sue' was the trusts He blamed the
repub lican party for their creation
and continuance charged republic
cans were receiving campaign funds
from the trusts that in the eyes of
the administration the wishes OF
eighty millions of people were moth
ing compared to the wishes OF a
few trust Kings; that if Mckinley
was reelected the trusts would con-
tinue.
If republicans created the trusts
presumably by protective tariff y
how about the great democratic
Standard oil trust, the codntry's
greatest monopoly, upon whose pro-
duct there is no duty ut all? In the
last session of Congress repnbii-
can introduced n bill to amend the
constitution giving Congress power
to deal fully with trusts, all organ
lied under state laws. THIS bill re-
auired two thirds to PASS. Prncti.
ca,ly n united republican party
voted for the bin AMI the dem Ocrats
defeated it. Who wants to continue
trusts? Lending democ rats have
made the statement that they want
ed to keep the trust ques tion unset
tied for this campaign. Among
democratic trustG are Croker's ice
trust, Havemyer's sugar trust,
Clark's silver and copper trust,
Carnegie's big steel trust, Senator
Jones round bale cotton trust, the
Standard oil trust-all controlled by
contributors to the democratic cam
paign fund. Croker, the obnoxious
| Tammany chief, promises 5000
600 in return for the patronage of
New York state. Senator Jones is
chairman OF the democratic nation.
al committee, and has made himself