CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-10-25

The trust question is one Of which
the Democrats expected to make capi-
tai. but they have not accomplished
much In that line. This is because the
party is not In position to make
showing before the people on the sub
ject- Both parties are. or should be,
ready to remedy evils that prevail, but
the Republicans have shown that they
are more to he trusted ON the subject
than their opponents
The Democrats made n fatal mistake
when they refused to support the reso-
luuon proposing constitutional
amendment giving Congress greater
power to regulate or suppress trusts.
They were actuated by the old doc
trine OF states rights In the matter.
declaring that the subject was one for
the states TO deal with primarily and
that Congress already had sufficient,
power to do all that is within Its prov
ince.
Every student of the subject should
know that IL Is impracticabie to regu-
late trusts satisfactorily without the
efficient cooperation of the national
government. IL WIS not proposed To
take the subject out OF the hands OF
the states but TO broaden the powers
OF the national government In the
promises This Is necessary. because
tho states can not deal with every as
pcct OF the problem cffectnaiiy. II is
impossible To secure uniform lcgisla-
tion on the subject by the states. while
In number OF them IL Will always be
impossible 20 bring about the enact
ment Of any kind OF effective lcxlsla-
tion.
This necessity for national action is
10 apparent that the great majority Of
the people earnestly desire TO have
greater power given Congress on this
subject Consequently there is n feel
Ing OF resentment against the Demo-
crntx because OF the attitude they as
suIned ON the proposed constitutional
amendment This feeling is aEgra-
waited by the fact that Il was appar-
cnt that many OF the Democrats were
influenced by the thought that pass
age Of the resolution might bc advan-
tnreous to the Republicans In the cam
paIgn Of this year. Mr.. Richardson.
the Democratic leader. read on the
In which II was stated that the Dem
ocrats did not propose 10 permit the
resolution TO pass because II would
take the question ont Of politics He
repeated the statement In his own way
and made II his own. thus rcHcctinr
tho purpose OF = large element Of his
party.
but In this matter the Democrats
wcr. rhorf-sirhtcd- If they had
Joined In passing the resolution instead
NJ standing back and charging the Re
pubiicans with having introduced II
for political effect. they would have
prevented the Republicans from secur-
Ing any particular advantage from II.
To be sure. II would have taken the
question out OF politics. but the Dem.
ocrats would not have hcen In the po-
sition Of opposing change that the
people desire. ff II were true that
the Republicans introduced the rrsolu.
tion for political effect the fact would
not constitute any reason why the
Democrats should oppose II for politi.
cal effect. In one sense everything is
done for political effect Whenever
any legislation Is demanded the party
that undertakes to ensct II does SO IN
satisfy the public. This constitutional
amendment is demanded and the Re.
pnhlicans sought To adopt IT, II
makes no difference with the people
iitically benefited thereby or not: the
great fact Is that the Democrats oppos.
ed and defeated the resolution.
Again. in the efforts that have been
made In the states TO regulate trusts
the Republicans have the hest record
Massachusetts, has the hest laws on the
subject found IN any state Of the I'm
Ion. The legislation Of the Bay Stntc
IL very practical and II Is accomplish
ing much good. Tcxns. on the other
hand. passes nets that can not bc mnin-
tninci-that lead 10 evasion and sub
terfugcs the evil goes on. In
the state OF New York q Republican
administration has enacted law un-
der which franchises OF uuasi.public
corporations arr ,ist"-l for taxation.
This law has added 5000 O00.oOo to tho
taxable property OF thcs tate. and rem.
eslic~ nm evil that has long been felt.
Those corporations have enjoyed priv
ilegcs OF almost priceless value with
out rendering To the public any com
pcnsatory return. This wrong has
becn remcdlcd. at least In part. by the
Republican government OF the state
At the same time that the RcpuhlI-
cans have been doing this to elualizc
the burdens Of taxation betwrcn the
citizen and the semi-public corporation.
the Democratic leaders of the city OF
New York have been operating the
most onerous trust OF which there Is
any record. and the very few men who
have held Its stock and drawn dlvi-
dends from Il have bccn framing res
olutions In Democratic conventions de-
nounclng trusts. The Ice trust wns
mulctinR the poor OF the metropolis Mt
the time when the Tammnny leaders
were assisting In framing the Kansas
City platform.
There II great difference between
dcnunciation and action. and tho tiif-
ference counts In favor of the Repub-
lean party In 30 far as the trust prob
lem is political Issue. Idaho Stntes-
man.