La Junta tribune., 1900-10-03

get Justice from them. These Qucs-
lions are primary state questions. The
nation. ! hope, will H. able To grapple
with them. ! am going 10 take up the
national sid. later.
Two ysars ago ! ran for governor
of New York and was elected. My
opponent wa. eN-Judge Van Wyck-
that u my nominal opponent. my real
opponent was gentleman II more
than local fame. The Honorable Rich
ard Croker. daughter and applause.l
lou seem :" have heard Of hin. More
laughterJ Mr.. Van Wyck aud AR
Croker announced among other things
their deadly hostility TO corporations:
how they were going to down trusts:
what were fiiey going TO do with cor-
porations- They made much more
l-aanse | was hampered by the fact
that did NOT intend 10 ..,y anything
On the stump That ] did not intend to
make good. and at that have not
been able to make good on the stump.
Cbeersl
Well, | got ia. ! started 10 look into
different questions concerning corporn-
lions. The needs arc different in DIFF
fcrrui states found tint there were
In my state certain real abuses, the
grosscSt abuses. for ! found that
there were n number Of large corpora
lions enjoying special franchises of
great value. which were gifts To them
of the stale municipality. who were
mnking c,'S,in men enormous for
tunes. for which they paid absurtily
Inadequate sums to the state. As that
was the greatest evil. l attacked that
iirsI. and we put through what we call
a franchise tax law. under which
there have been put on the. assessment
rolls OF my state nenriy 100000. 400
worth OF property--the property Of
corporations. which Ind hitherto es-
capped taxnfion. t!Appiause) That was
a big stride In advance. but II was
not an easy stride to take. II was
done only ut the cost of incurring the
bitter hostility Of many men. those
hostility oiie would not Ike to incur.
There may he defects In the law, but
the law has come To stay. Now at
the very time that I was putting
through that franchise tax law, Mr..
Van Wyck Mt dinner OF the Amcri-
can Travellers association. and Mr..
Croker In interyiews--he takes to In.
ierviews more kindly than to speak
ingwerc making statements and were
attacking trusts with fcrocity Of ex-
preston TO which could not go. But
while they were doing that. within
one week OF the time when they were
making sueb icnunciations Of trusts.
they We're becoming two OF the largest
shareholders in the most Infamous
trust IN our state. loud appiause.)
Ready to Hear the Trial Of Conpari.on.
Now. gentlemen. want you to COM
pare our PROMISES and performances
with their promises and performances
and see which stands the comparison
best. Since l have been out on this
Western trip. the Democratic state
convention OF New York has been held.
The Democrats have put In their plat
form plank against expansion and
plank for labor, and on that plat
form they have nominated gentle
man who has bccn In the past pro-
nounccsi expansionist and ferocious
antitrust and labur union man. That
II such trlfiing Inconsistency that
! II Is hardly necessary to allude to II.
daughter and applause). In their
platform they stated - Mr. Croker
stated. for he spoke simply through the
delcgates-Mr. Croker. through hiS
delegates. proceeded to denounce the
ice trust. daughter and applause,. At
the time of making this state
htthk tit VI -tiT. SIuhtt NhO
ex-Jndge Van wyck and Mr.. Corpora
tiou Counsel W'halen. aud President
OF the Board OF Aldermen Guggen-
| lieimer. and other members OF the
board at that time. while stou:ly
dcnouncing til. Ice trust In their pub
| lie capacity. in their private capacity
were fighting as hard ms they could
and tnkin: advantage OF every tecli-
| nicalify to prevent the attorney gem
eral of the state of New York from
bringing about n dissolution Of that
trust. tAprIauseJ Now that ia what
Is being done In New York. Yon need
| not take my word FOR II. Look through
| any file Of papers. look through New
York Journal. and though you will find
those facts set forth In the New York
Journal. nevertheless they wiz be true,
| tGreat laughter and applause.)
Now let US turn from the state to
the nation. As things are now, under
the decisions OF the supreme court. nm
action against a trust Of any kind
must come through the state Therp
are obvious reasons why that no one
should have the power other than the
| state. There are reasons against 4
| also, but there are also stronger rea-
sons for II. Last June the Republican
| parry In the lower house Of Congrcns
! presented constitutional amendment
! which was designed to give to the M
ti0nal authorities all the powers now
possessed by the state authorities and
defining the regulating trusts and COZ
| poratiOns OF any kind. II was dras-
tie amendment I am not now dlscus1-
ing with Jon whether or not thoke
was = justification for that amend.
nent or any hesitAncy in supportinH
It. What ! want to point out Is fh3f
II offered the only way Of confrontiSe y
upon the nation the power to deai wffk
trusta One hundred and fifty-foGS
VOTES were cast for II. OF which m
6ut stx wefe Republicans, and m
nGainst II. m Of which, but two w1fo