The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-09-20
The President Fails to Distinguish Between
an Association of God
Made Men and
A Heartless, Fictitious Person Called a
Corporation, Organized for
Purpose of Gain.

''l'rcsidrnt Roosevelt lnls progressed
fM' enough in his campaign tour to
show THAT he appreciates the serious
hess of THE TRUST issue and his discus
sion of the subject gives evidence Of
complete change III his method of
treatment since his elevations to the
presidency" says VIM. JENNINGS Bryan
in Il recent issue of tAlc Conlnoner.
'lt WAS quite certain from his Min
mcapolis speech, delivered just before
President McI<inlry's assassination,
that llc expected the administration
to have II prO-trust candidate and THAT
he QtoOsevclN expected to make Ills
fight against tm trusts ANA appeal to
TIN. anti-molWpoly sentiment in Ills par
ty. But he w.,s suddenly lsnc1rl into
the White House and given Il chance
to "SlHlcklc cunning" .llNl he mas ever
since been apologizing for rather than
drmouncing the trusts.
Take ms Providence speech as an
Illustration. He spent more time try
ing TO pAcify those who clrticisc the
trusts tlmn in pointing out ii remedy.
Nl,n.IA, ,ptr1, T. n.
enormous fortunes wn,lng from t.ln.
people by monopoly are q n;,tlmal and
necessary result Of good tinn,s-;L re-
suit THAT we cam not prevent. We
may like this or not, just AIS we please,
but 1t is Il fact, nevertheless, AMI as
far as we can see ii is :lm inevitable
result of the working of various
causes, prominent among which lnls
been THE immense Importance which
steam and electricity 1Mvc assumed in
modern life'-tlut is the way ille an
nOunCa,S lpis submission to the nnlul-
made inequalities which have grown
up under Republican rule. And lte
says: For some of THE evils which
have attended upon the good changed
conditions we can at present see no
complete remedy and i'm the next
BREATH he finds fault with Those who
try to find a remedy, saying: Much
of the complaint against combinations
is entirely unws,rrantel. He even
tries to confuse the private monopoly
soften the M.Oring nlam's hostility to
trusts. He says: Exactly as labor
organizations, when managed intelli-
gently and in II spirit of Justice ana
fair play, are Of gralt service, not only
to wage-enrners, but to the whole com
munity, as the history of many labor
organizations has shown, so wealth,
not merely individual, but corporate,
when used Alright is not only benefit
to the community as a whole, but in
dispensable to THE upbuilding Of the
conditions, which ut present the cOun-
to demand as normal
'"rhc president fails entirely to dis
tinguiSh between an association of
GOd-mAde men, with bodies, to feed,
families to provide for and with con-
sciences to guide them, and a fictitious
person called a corporation, organized
for gain, having no heart to restrain
1t here and no soul to punish hereafter
He fails to discriminate between THE
labor organizations which have net
yet succeeded in securing living wages
and reasonable conditions ana the over
grown corporations which declare on T.
nous dividends OH wntelpsl stock AMI
enable the managers to become multi
milliolaires from emf reed contribu-
tions collected from the people.
'"Fhis hiding behind the labor or
ganiZatiOns is a favoritc device of the
monololist, and the president bctlHys
his laanings when he falls into the
same habit. \ careful reading of the
presidents speech will convince any
candid man that the executive 10 more
alarmed lest the people may injure
themselves morally by hating the
trusts too much than he Is lest Ehey
be hurt by tho trusts. Note his so