The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1902-09-12
|. Bryan's Paper.

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to urge effective means for meeting
/ these dificulties-
He insists that IL is highly IN
desirable TO attempt too much or %
begin BY stringent legislation" Those
who are looking for 'strenuosity'' IN
dealing with the trust evil viii not
ind II in the presidents speech Ii
Is weak and puerile- Instead OF a war
riOr leading his men up San Juan Hill
We see the politician anxious for a
denomination and afraid either TO ig-
more the subject or TO deal with il
firmly and aggressively- He need not
have protested against stringent leg
islatiOn." his failure TO enforce the
criminal law against the beef trust
while his marshals scour the country
for petty offenders is proof positive
that he viii not err on the side Of
severity when influential law breakers
are 10 be dealt with.
The only definite suggestion he
makes is in regard to publicity and
even this must be "nOn-inquisitOrial' -
Publicity as an aid TO other remedies
would be useful, but publicity alone
would be Of no benefit To expect any
real relief TO come from mere publ
city is as absurd as It would be 70
ceny and the substitution Of a law
simply requiring the thief to file a
schedule Of the things stolen and
then keep them Publicity would give
some protection to the stockholders.
but none to the consumers Of trust
controlled articles
Not only does he fail to propose any
real remedy. but he advocates a con
stitutiOnal amendment that would take
from the states the power they al
ready have. While state remedies are
wOefully insufficient they must not be
surrendered, for If they are surrend-
cred the people viii then have TO de-
pend entirely upon the federal GOV
eminent for protection.
The federal remedy should be added
to. not substituted for the state
remedy. The republicans two years ago
attempted TO pass through the house
Of Representatives a resolution sub
hitting such an amendment as the
president now advocates and the demo
Gratis opposed il on the ground that
congress already has power to exter-
inmate the trusts and shout exercise
that power instead Of trying to rob
the states Of their power. In the sum-
mer Of 1900 the republicans brought an
antitrust bill to a vote in the house
Of representatives and the democrats
supported it, but it died in the senate.
This year congress adjourned without
getting an antitrust bill through the
house Why talk about an unneces-
sary constitutional amendment when
the republicans in congress refuse 10
use the power they already have?
The republicans are in absolute con-
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have the president. the senate. the
house and the supreme court. They
have it IN their power to infOrce exist
ing laws and TO make new ones, but
the trusts grow rich while the at
tOrney general, whom they selected.
goes through the farce Of enjOining
two combinations. The rest Of the
trusts enjoy immunity from all attack
and the two referred to are not dis
turbed by criminal prosecution While
the Injunction suits languish the trusts
go on making money and use the rail-
roads, the mails and the telegraph
lines to control interstate commerce.
A republican must be dull indeed
if he cannot discover from the presi-
dents recent speeches that he has
come to an agreement with the trust
magnates. From now on republican
speakers and republican editors will
devote their energies TO praising the
benevOlence Of trust-made million
aires, to asserting the necessity for
great combinations Of capital and 70
threatening dire calamity if radical
action against the trusts is attempted
The republican leaders went through
the same maneuvers on the money
question and on Imperialism They
first denounced the gold standard, then
apOlogized for it, and then defended it;
they at first denied that anybody
wanted imperialism, then defended il
as a necessity, and now they are pre-
pairing to praise il as a good thing.
To be a republican today one must
sleep in his fatigue uniform and be
ready to march in any direction at the
command Of the officers temporarily in
charge
It was not always so, and it is only
a question Of time when farmers.
laboring men and small business men
will demand Of the republican party
fidelity TO the peoples interests and,
failing to compel fidelity, viii desert
the party
It seems that Secretary Shaw be-
lieves in tariff revision that does not
revise anything
It is said that Mr.. Morgan refuses
TO tip walters. but Mr.. Morgan is 50
rich he can afford 10 DO it.
When the editors Of Manila Free
dom get out Of Jail their first act viii
be to change the name Of their paper.
A large number Of Iowa republican
organs are frightened lest the Iowa
republican tariff plank be taken in
earnest
If American naval vessels, Oficered
and manned b. Americans. failed TO
effect a landing on American shores
It Is useless for any other nations YES
sells to try It
It is not sufficient 70 say that labor
organizations make mistakes-aU
people and all organizations makes
mistakes TO err is human" but