Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-07-26

StS~iitSs sVu Nouiu tell Will the party
meant. And what did the Republicans
do? They wanted the gold standard
but not because it was a good thing
They said that we must keep the gold
standard and other nations would help
us to get rid of it. Why would they
try to ge other nations to help restore
bi-metallism of the gold standard
was acceptable and desirable? The
very promise of international
bimetalism was a confession that the
gold standard was not satisfactory.
And they went out and fought the
campaign and when the campaign was
over ard the votes We're counted. six.
millions and half of people had voted
for the ticket that stood for indie
pendent bimetalism and seven millions
had voted for ticket that called for
international bimetalism, so that
thirteen millions and half of people
had voted for the double standard
against the gold standard, and the one
party that stood for the gold standard
was the gold Democratic party, and it
carried one precinct in the United
States and there were only six votes
in the precinct and they only got three
out of the six. Laughter.) And when
| Tie eiectlOn was over, the Republicans
who fought the campaign on interna-
tional bimetalisn came out and de-
clared that it was a victory for tho
gold standard. They claimed victory
for the doctrine that they dared not
espouse during the campaign.
.'And how was it in 1890? BY that
time the question Of imperialism had
become the paramount issue and yet
in the campaign of 1900 while we
charged imperialism upon the Repub-
leans they denied that they intended
it. The Republicans denounced us for
stating that they intended Imperialism
and the President himself after the
election was over made a speech ~
Pittsburg inlwhich he said there was
no thought of Imperialism in the
American mind. They denied their i'm
perialistic intent, and yet since the
election they have put themselves be-
hind a decision of the supreme court
that plants this nation on imperialistic
grounds. l shall speak of that subject
later. I only want to show you now
that the Republican party stands for
the doctrine that it denied in 1900.
And how about the trusts? We
charged them with fostering the trusts.
and they said that they We're going
to destroy the trusts, and they have
been in power ever since and have not
destroyed them. 1t has been within
their power to do it but they have not
exercised the power. 1 believe that
there is not one person in one hundred
of any party in this country who be-
lieves trusts to be a good thing. ].
do not see how any man can. who
is not member OF trust himself. nor
even member of q trust unless he
has more of avarice than he has of con-
science.
In 1900 they told you that
the Republican party would protect
you from the trusts. and the first thing
that was done after the election was
the appointment of a United States at
trust attorney in the United States
And he has stood there as the repre-
sentative of the trusts in his country
to protect them from being punished.
and Republican party by appointing
him has been paying back to the trusts
the money raised from the trusts to
carry the election. CApplause). Isn't
it strange that you Republican farm.
ers and laborers and business men can't
understand that you can't destroy
trusts through party that goes to the
trusts and gets it's campaign funds to
carry on the campaign and win the
election.
you tell me that your President is
trying to destroy the trusts. What is
he doing? lie has commenced a suit
against the beef trust. Is that the only
trust in this country? You have got q
biscuit trust, you have got a salt trust
that controls 80 per cent. of the salt
of the United States. You have got a
tin plate trust, you have got a steel
trust with capital of a billion of dol
lars, you have got a tobacco trust,
whiskey trust, a starch trust, q Stand
ard Oil trust. Why doesn't the Presi-
dent prosecute these trusts? Why does
he single out the beef trust? Is it pos
siblc that he has such a low estimate
of the intelligence Of our people that
he thinks a man cannot understand the
trust question till a trust comes along
and jerks the meat out Of his mouth?
Q4aughterl.
81 am not sure but that the beef
trust will do good in one respect. It
will make some people think in their
stomachs who won't think in their
heads. Gaughter). But don't you
think it is rather a reflection on the
people to say that any large percent
age of them do their thinking in their
stomachs? / am perfectly willing to
admit that a man may think where he
thinks easiest. If a man thinks in his
head he will foresee evil and help to
protect his country against it. If he
thinks in his stomach you have got to
let him get hungry before you get the
benefit of his mental philosophy.
eff the Republican party is really in
earnest in its prosecution of the trusts
why doesn't it destroy this and other
trusts? Can you explain why it is so
inactive? Read the law. / do not be-
lieve it covers the entire case, but they
do not use it as far as they can. Read
the law. 1t says that if a man con-
spires with another man in restraint
of trade in any article he shall be
guilty and can be sent to the peniten-
tiary for year. Well, that is pretty
small term. If a man steals a broken
down horse you can send him to prison
for five or 10 years. but if he conspires
against seyenty-five millions of people
you cannot imprison him for more than
n wear IT is an amendment to the