Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-07-31

nSonopolies and unlawful combinations
The first sofss these Il the so-called inter-
state scoinn1erce law of slsSs11 passed by A
Democratic house and as Republics sea-l
ate iii the nat ure ot the case, II It's anti
n trust provisions are lirnttsd to CON mon
carriers engaged Iii interstate II eommeTca.
Then there is the provtsion III the Dems-s
cratic taI. ft d. ~ 1904 pro- biting CONE
binations. d b1txteen Importer ara others
| la respeefs u sssssor rxlcaI % tho
ssanne: and this wasS the limit Nsof Demo
cratic legislation. though they had scon-
troll az all departments of the govern.
;nent. But the principa and only. general
ard ss s4 MI
comprehensive atf- Trust Ley. Ssf
/ 81 the act OF 1900, commonly lied tho
Sherman law, passed by 10 Republi can
congress. AZ nterpreted by the supreme
court sof the United States. through A
Democratic CHIEF justice and other 1udges.j
S;of the court, this law is good and valid
andscovers pretty nearly the entire field
of federal jurisdiction. In Ats interpreta-#
ton of this act the supr eme court holds
that. under the, Const tuition Of the United
States, federal authority IL }limited 20
commence aud ira fiic, between the Sew:
eral states. with foreign ma IONS and With
6llt
the United States; and that commerce or
traflc wholly within state and Begin
ming and ending there, and mere manu-
facture and production Invested 81 Inter-
state traffic ares not within the scope Of /
federal legisla tive power. GU q 81 vs., Il
Knight. 156 Y, 81 Ours s. u dual govern
$ment-state and 'federal-and the federal
government Is one OF limited powers, pre-
scribed in the Constitution. The CHIEF
legislative power for controlling and reg
l1lattng trusts rests with the; several II
states. And there 3 only one Of two ways
z pen secure plete legislative relief
50 far as such relief Is possible-and that
Is by getting every state in the Union to-
pass a.strong and perfect anti-trust law
supplemental to federal egisla tion, " hich.
owing to- tile varied and diversified fn-$
.dus.ries and interests I Of Il the several
states,sis dificult to- accompl Wish Of elssSs
by ccnfe rring; e,ppns tte, federal g9yeEn-..
sment.s AZ consti utionaf amen dnie great sss
5ers power and authority In; the preInisess
This last plan was attempted BY the Pc
publicans In the house OF representa- lives B
In the last congress "A bill for a. constl-5s
Stutionals amendment giving the, federal
government greater power to regulate and
control trusts monopolics and unlawful 4
combinations, was introduced by Rec {
publican member and put to q vote, but Il
failed to- get the required two-t thirds vote.
although tho Republicans voted for It In
"a body, because nearly the entire Dem6- &
cratic vote was solidly against Il. IL On this &
their oltistime idol OF state rights
stood between the Democratic party and
their assumed hostility to trusts, The
house of REPRESENTATIVES also passed at.
the last session Of congress, under the,
auspices Of the Republican party, q bill
to enlarge, improve and, strengthen the 3
remedial features Of the Sherman law, = Il
came to the senate too late to be acted
upon at that session; but have no doubt
at will be taken .up and duly considered 4
and acted on at the next session Of con-5s
sgress Here, then, Is the federal flcgis-$@t
lat!ve t'S;s VA a sa3 &$
~ Rec ,rii OF the Two Parties. $Ss SS553
4 .'TheS Republicans passed the Sherman
law, passed d bill through the house to.3
strengthen this law and made = thorough (:
effort Is pass q itutionaIs amend.
uaent IL confer gfeater and much needed
pow III upon the federal eminent fof Il
the control and sreEnl Ion of- trusts. 81 The
Democrats on the other hand, passed the
tariff act of 1884. embracing the antitrust
provision as to importers and importsr{
and opposed EN- n,asse the passage of thas
constitutional amendment which ~ hays 4
referred Il to. VI And both parties joined IN
passing the interstate commerce Lave
From this statement IT Is plain that. III e
the matter of anti trust legislatio 4thS
balance III largely In favor OF the Re-
publican party, and that outside OF their
plat form the Democrats make the poor
est kind ~ u showing, and that whatever
may: be their attitude on trusts IN gem
seral, there Is one trust they have q warm \
side for, and that Is the silver trust.
III Eut must pause 4 have made those
brief and erfunctory ren1ar ks ~ brush
away some Of the Democratic u cohwehp
that lie IN the pathway Of our honored
guests the National; Republics league
4 The league and Its work are not strang-s
yers to the Republi leans of Minnesota "a
They Will look to the! efforts and Coz
operation of the lie ague for assistance In 4
the. great mission of Republi aflisn1. ip
the present campaign as HI the paat, nnd
they know that such assistance Will -
freely given and WILL be most effective.
The league gathers up, md focuses at the.
II proper points Ill tho ardor and enthu-
$stasm sof the younger members 5of our
party. and In this work and on his line
/ lies Its great value Our stats, isg youngss
and though 1t has made great strides siiassii
Its economic and IND. ,strial develo pnlene5S
81 10 stiil III Its infancy, but 81 III urdor-si
and love Tor the elnlih licasi party sils
its grand PRINCIPLES and great men " shaass
sattained full manhood and is second To- tsss'
none s
on behalf of our state and IN behalf
Ssof,the Republicans of Minnesota and itsls
Republican league extend Stc all ofss Won. q
u most hearty and sincere welcome. ana
beg leave to assure you that minnesota,
which Il mas never vet given an electoral
vote for other than q Rerffbl lean ecantii%S
date will be true TO her record naxt fall
with greater real and greatsr voiumsa
than ever before s