Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-16
STATE MUST
TAKE HAND
GOVERNOR ODELL VOICES HIS
VIEWS ON COMBINES.
MAKES SEVERAL SPEECHES
Declares That When Aggregations of
Capital Menace the Public Welfare
1t Is the Duty of the Government
to Step in and Rectify the Wrong
Done.

New York, Oct. 14.-Governor Odell
last night opened the republican cam
paign in Brooklyn by making num-
Der Of speeches. In the early evening
he attended a dinner in his honor at
the Union League club rooms in
Brooklyn, at which Senator Depew
was one of the speakers. The govern
or was then driven to the Academy of
Music where he opened the Hebrew
fair. After this Odell was taken to
the rooms of the Brooklyn Young
Mems Republican club and thence to
the Claremont rink where he made
the principal address Of the night.
The greater part Of the governors
speech was devoted to state affairs
strictly. Speaking of combines, the
governor said:
THE combinations Of capital which
have marked the comm ercial progress
Of our country have been accompa-
MED by combinations Of labor So
long as both pursue their business
within the limits Of constitutional and
statutory law they are entitled to the
protection Of the state and the strong
arm Of the government. Violations
whether they be through artificial en-
hancement Of prices; whether they be
in the direction Of the curtailment of
production, whether they be by inter-
ference with the rights of individual
wOTkingmen, or whatever form such
laWlessness may take, should be
promptly met and suppressed by the
power vested in the executive branch
es Of the government. The rights Of
the people are paramount. Whenever
conflicts of capital and labor threaten
not only the prosperity but also the
physical comfort and welfare of the
people, it then becomes the duty Of
those who represent the common
wealth, which has given to one the
charter right for existence, and to
both labor and capital it's guarantee
O. protection, to step in and endeavor
to adjust such differences.
Bread American principles are
teaching the youth to respect his
country ard his flag, which will lead
him to believe the laws of our coun-
try are made for the good of all and
are founded upon principles upon
which all should rely, because so soon
as there is shown disrespect or envy
of success, just so soon a government
like ours must fail and anarchy and
disorder must result
Expects End of Strike.
Governor Odell made this significant
remark at the Fifth Avenue hotel last
night:
q believe the coal strike is nearer
definite settlement than it has been
since it started"
The governor would make no eXpla-
nation of the reasons for his belief
further than to say, In my opinion
this week will see an end Of it,
Although no definite information
can be obtained it is believed Odell
was this morning in, conversation with
both Morgan and Baer. 1t is further
more Odell's opinion that a recon-
mendatiOn Of five cents per ton in
crease for the miners and recognition
of the union will be the basis Of set
tlement, although the latter may be
avoided in part by asking the men to
come back to work at the advanced
price, without any agreement that
they must leave their organizations
but also without any stipulation that
the union will be recognized as body.