The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-10-17
RALLY AT DuRAND.
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trusts in Russia, and in every civilized
country both free trade and protection
Look at just two Of the biggest in this
country today, the standard oil trust
which is the biggest of all, and the an
thracite coal trust Neither of them
are protected in any way whatever by
the tariff and yet it is contended on
some hands that the trusts can be regu-
lated by merely taking off portion of
the scheduled rates. To him it seemed
at least indisputable that the national
/, government should have the right to
examine the books of all corporations
! doing an interstate business and this
was proposed by the republicans in the
last campaign. To make this possible a
constitutional convention would have
to be called. When this proposition of
controlling the trusts through the fed
eral government was proposed, by max
ing an amendment to the constitution
of the United States, every democrat in
the house except two voted against the
submission of the amendment to the
different states. The republicans did
not have the necessary two-thirds ma
jority and so the proposition was lost
but one of the men who voted for this
measure to get control of the trusts was
Joseph w. Fordney, of Michigan.
Some changes will have to be made in
the methods of settling the differences
between labor and capital To the
speaker it seemed that the laboring man
has just as good right to organize as
has the capital. They have just as
good right to organize and to insist on
arbitration and he would have the de-
cisions of the courts of arbitration de-
cisive and final.
In speaking Of the state administra-
ton Mr.. Fellows called the attention of
his listeners to the fact that there was
nearly four and half millions of dol
lars in the state treasury at the present
time, more than there has ever been be-
fore. 1t has been an economical admin.
istration in spite of the fact that it has
been generous with our state institu-
tions The state and its institutions
are growing and yet the taxes have
been less. so well has everything been
managed. Then take no chances here
and let every vote be cast for A. T..
Bliss for governor.
Every republican should awake to the
responsibility which rests on him indi-
vidually. Just one vote in each pre-
cinct in the state, just one republican in
each voting precinct who stays at home,
costs the republican party in the whole
state two thousand votes The vote of
! any one man may be the only vote
which will win or lose the election. 1t
may be the very one which may be
needed for the election of Q. E. Ward,
candidate for representative, or it may
| be the very one needed to elect A. B.
| Cook to the state senate. The loss of
the election of either means the loss of a
vote for United States senator in. the
coming legislature. 1t might be that
one single vote would be the one need
ed to return Congressman Joseph w.
Fordney to Washington. Then take no
chances. Let the ticket be voted
straight. The county ticket is good.
Every man on it is the right kind of a
man. Then let the whole ticket from
top to bottom be voted straight and see
that every republican vote in the coun-
ty is out.