The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-10-23

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said no. The teacher said, Did yoU
ever hear it used? He said yes. The
teacher said, Do you know what il
means? He replied no. The teachers
/ query was, What do you think il
means? The boy said: ~ don't know
anything about it: all | know my
father and mother say they have had
all they want of it." Laughter and
applause.) That is the way it is with
the trusts; they are very bad things.
During Mr.. Cleveland's first admin
istration, in the spring of 1888, to get
ready for the campaign of 1888, that
Democratic Congress appointed a
committee to investigate the subject
of trusts. They went to Peoria, ILL.,,
and took testimony on the whiskey
trusts; and they went all over the
country and took testimony. They
made their Tecord-when? Did they
make their record when Congress
convened in December? No. Why
not? They have not said. daughter
But they did make their report when
two days before Grover CleYeland's
term of office expired, two days before
the Congress went out of existence,
by lapse of time; the very Congress
to which they made their report, too
late to do Anything.
THE SHERMAN BILL.
The very first bill that was intro
duced was John Shermau's antitrust
bill. (Applause.) Senate bill No. 1.
1t passed both houses, received the
signature of Benjamin Harrison, be-
came the antitrust law, has remained
there from that time until now, and
is now the only antitrust law of a
Federal nature on our statute books.
L am not saying that Mr.. Sherman
was better man morally or physical
ly or intellectually than the men who
comprise that Democratic committee,
but do say to you that he was a con-
structive legislator as distinguished
from mere politician. He wrote laws.
Anybody can write platform declar-
ing that trusts are bad things. ZAP
plause.)
| am not saying that the trust can
not be killed, but | am only saying
that when you find one right around
you, right there, the people insist
that that one shall stay.
BEST CAMPAIGN SONG.
Now, | am going to touch the sub
Ject you want to hear me talk about
for little while, and l ain going to
ask the choir to give us that good old
campaign song, that splendid good
old Democratic song, and one of the
best Republican campaign songs in
the world-"The Star Spangled Ban
ner." l want to say this, don't make
any mistake; we are not through with
the exercises. After rising and sing
ing two stanzas of 1.-The Star Spangled
Banner" every American citizen sing
ing it if he can, and if he cannot,
make believe he is, and then we will
see what we can get out of the war.
The audience then arose and sang
The Star Spangled Banner
Mr.. Shaw then gave a history of
the war with Spain and defended the
soldiers in the Philippines, claiming
that they had been slandered by the
Democrats ito win a campaign on. -
He alluded to the water cure prac-
ticed on Filipinos, saying he did not
endorse it, but was almost ready to
do so because of the treachery and
cruelty of the natives.
CIVILIZATION EXTENDED.
We have extended our civilization,
he said in conclusion, and we have
builded large cities, and we have not
walled them; we have learned to sleep
in our homes, unlocked at night; we
have had higher standards of morals;
we have more and more regard for
the rights of man, and better civiliza-
ton, and have had higher standards
of intelligence. We have gone into
the valleys of the earth and plucked
the seed that has made our civiliza-
ton the great success that it has been
and | wonder if there be brighter
sun shining under more congenial
sky upon a more fertile plain than
ours, and there will be builded in the
future a civilization with higher stan
dards of morals, higher standards of
intelligence, more and more regard
for the rights of man, loftier triumph,
and more Godlike. Shall we be sur
prised if all of this shall be accom-
plished beneath the Stars and Stripes
that never cast shadow upon any
land and never waived over any peo-
pie, except to bless them, and blessed
be God it never shall.