Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-05
MARTIN ON TRUST i'||:| Us |
THE SENATOR DISCUSSES AT.
FRONT ROYAL.
WAS HOT AFTER Err ROOSEVELT o.
Point. out Inconsistencies. In the.
PRESIDENT. Speeches, and Quote.
from the Record OF Republican
Congress.
WAS HOT AFTER ROOSEVELT.
point. out 1ncon.1.tencie. In the.

| FRONT ROYAL, VA, October 4.-(Spe-
/ cial)-senator Thomas S. Martin and the
Hon. James Hay opened the Democratic
/ campaign here tonight. They had a very
| large and attentive audience, which thor
oughly appreciated the speeches made by
! these distinguished gentlemen.
| Senator Martins speech was limited to
! tbs discussion of the subjects recently
talked by President Roosevelt on his tour
/ through the country, more particularly,
| however the question OF trusts. Senator
Martin pointed out that the President had,
in the face of the declaration of Mr.. Han
ma that there were no trusts, admitted
| that there were trusts, but said that there
were some good and some bad.
THE REMEDIES PROPOSED.
! He took up the question of the remedies
proposed by Mr.. Roosevelt for the trust
evil. to-wit: Publicity and constitutional
amendment. The Senator stated that when
! the bill for a permanent census or bureau
Of statistics was pending in the Senate
! of the United States, Senator Dubois OF
| Idaho, a Democratic Senator, offered an.
amendment to that bill which was care
fully drawn, and which required reports
from all Of the trusts, and which would
have given complete publicity to their
organization and all of their transactions.
No Republican voted for the amendment,
while it was advocated and voted for by
every Democrat. Senator Martin also
pointed out that the remedy for. constitu-
tional amendment was mpracticable, be-
caused it had been discussed In Congress
and had been defeated. He said that taxa
ton would prove a most effective remedy
and thoroughly curb them, and illustrated
the impossibility of getting any relief on
that line from the Republican party, by
referring to the proposed Cuban recipro-
city legislation, which was presented as
measure of the President and his party,
and which, when so amended in the House
of Representatives as to touch the trusts,
by repeating the differe1tial duty on SUI
gar, was at once abandoned by the Re-
publican Committee on Finance.
DEMOCRATIC RECIPROCITY.
He further stated that the Democrats
were perfectly willing to give reciprocity
to Cuba but were opposed to giving fur
Their aid to the Sugar Trust, and that the
Republican party had showed Its incon-
sistency by refusing to give to the Cubans
any relief, unless accompanied by perpet-
ual bounty to the Sugar Trust. He char
acterized the Presidents proposition to
have committee to consider the revision
Of the tariff as lawyers motion for a
lie Oelile5 ludH1leSI1y uA"1lA-
ing for his party to deal with the sub
ject.
The Senator spoke for over an hour<
His manner was dignifed, and his style
convincing and from the applause he re-
ceived, his address carried conviction to
nine-tenths Of his audience.
Hon. John Hay followed Senator Mar
tin, and was warmly received by his con-
stituents. Mr.. Hay spoke briefly, but
made several fine points.