Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-10-04

you cOnSlQeI lu6 question Ol WHelHeT
the tariff has anything to do with
trusts, that there are trusts in free
trade England, and trusts in almost ev-
cry country on earth, but if there are
any cases where the tariff has anything
to do with fostering a trust antagonist
ic to the peoples interests, then /, for
one, believe the tariff schedule should
be amended so as to make it impossible
for such combine to have any benefit
from the tariff law. At Bradford, in
free-trade England, there are various
combines of different kinds. For in
stance, there are 1876 businesses, united
with a capitalization of $51 100000
wherein are united great many differ
ent branches of business, such as the
Cotton Association, Wool Combers' AS
ISOLATION, etc. At Leeds, England,
there is combine of thirteen different
business organizations with capitaliza-
ton of $1S2, 100000; at Liverpool, the
chemical manufacturers have united
with capital of SAL 100000, and there
is combine of salt manufacturers and
salt mine owners, with capital of $780,
100000. And so | might go on enumer-
ating the various combines not only in
England, but in Germany, France and
Austria. where combines have been cre-
ated for the purpose of forcing up
prices against the peoples
CA Fa -
Democratic party has been in power In
Colorado since 1896, and l defy any one
to point out any legislation that has
been passed for the purpose of curbing
or controlling unlawful combines in
Colorado.
l would especially call your attention
to the fact that self-appointed, self
constituted Democratic leaders cry out
about the white mans slavery and the
poor mans wrongs in this country, but
bear in mind that nowhere on earth
has the cause of all the people been
more triumphant than in the United
States, and especially while under Re
publican administration.
The hue and cry of Imperialism no
longer has any terrors tor the people,
because they realize that the cry was
false in the beginning and is false now.
The people thoroughly understand that
all that the Republican administrations
whether under President Mckinley or
his successor, have desired to do in the
Philippines, was to establish law and
order and discharge the duty that this
great government assumed toward the
residents of the Philippine islands when
it entered into the Paris treaty.
There has been no desire to rule the
Philippines in any other way than we
are ruled ourselves, and the only wish
of the government has been to extend
to them the same kind of government
we enjoy at home. as rapidly as the
people of the islands can show them
selves fit for such government
While our Democratic friends are
crying about the consent of the gov
erned in the Philippines, we would ask
them why they do not cry out about
the destruction of constitutional liberty
in some of the states of this country.
Thousands of colored men have been
deprived of their rights as American
citizens in the matter OF voting, IN states
like South Carolina and Mississippi
These Democratic leaders should at
least be consistent. They say that the
Republican administration should de-
clare to the Filipinos that we intend to
give them civil government. We reply
that the Republican party is actually
giving them civil government, just as
fast as it can be arranged for them.
l quote Congressman Cannon of IL
linois, who so aptly described the atti-
tude of the two great parties with ref
erence to great questions:
I'VE (meaning the Republican party)
are not perfect, and we don't claim
to be. We pull the wagon and we do
the work. We have been at that now
for over generation, and still we pull
u along. 1t does you good and l do
not think it nurts us. Now that we are
doing the best we can, meeting every
obligation, the country prospering.
solving the questions that grew out of
the war with Spain. and solving them