The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-13
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HOUSTON, MONDAY, OCT IS, 1902
Mr.. oLNEYs GREAT SPEECH.

Mr.. Richard olney has put the responsI
bnity for the present state OF anarchy ana
disorder In Pennsylvania upon the republic
an party In a way that Is bound 10 chal
longe the attention of the Nation. Says
Mr.. Olncy.
With the exception Of the two Cleveland
administrations, the republicans have been
in control Of the National government for
n period Of more than forty years. Where
II has landed rs IN respect 10 liberty
will not attempt tn say. The signs Of the
times IRE that under the regime OF the re
publican party and through the National
government. forty years OF partnership with
the protected industries, we have come TO
a pass where public officials as well as
private citizens deem Themselves above tae
Inv. Witness the Jealous haste with witch
tho secretary Of the treasury PUSHES to the
relief 81 Wall street spectators by novel
ana forced construction OF the National
banking law. Witness the astonishing pro
ceedlngs Of the same department In It's
Instructions TO subordinate officers re-
speeding the duties 20 be collected on coal.
The republicans nnblushugly claim credit
for the bountles Of providence and FOR an
the progress which American thrift and
genius have accomplished since the clyil
war. They can not escape the RESPONSE.
hility, therefore. for the evils which now
besot us--the arrogance Of wealth. the ex-
tortion Of trusts ANA the porteut.
ons discomfort among tho masses
which is driving the Notion into
desperate adventures n socialism. The re-
straiut upon commercial ibUty dcnins go
men the right TO engage ia or to uointoln
any business OF their chocfiug and has gone
10 such an extent taat Mr. Morgan Is
permitted 10 prevent even The formation Of
the heo1 trust unlcss he IS allowed 10 under.
write It fot a zee Of SiO.OOo.OOO To-day
there is no such thing as commercial or
industrial liberty IN any OF the grcnt lines
Of operation. No man may build a rail.
road or operate a mine or factory cvccnt
hv the grace Of some oycrlurd who e1acts
his tithing with an iron bnnd.
Mr.. Cluey emphasizes the iusolence OF the
coal barons In their insulting answer to
the president when he appealed 20 them
TO settle the strike. He says;
For sheer audaclty this attitude ~ the
coal operators could hardly loo matched
and nothing could more significantly EN-.
phssize the disrnrutc Toto which THE law
OF the land had been brought by long con.
tinued republican domination
YET who nre they who we're SO inaiSt.
tnt upon me suppression Of lAwlcssness In
why, the most unbiushing ana persist.
cnt Of laWhreakers. For years they have
deited the law OF Pennsylvania which for.
bids common carriers engaging ia the husl.
ness of Mining. For years they have dls-
eliminated between customers IN the freight
charges on their railroads In violation af
Interstate commerce laws For years they
have unlnwfulv munopoliEnd Interstate
commerce in violation OF the sherman anti,
trust law.
That IS calling things by their rigat
names. These men are outlaws who have
been permitted SO long TO defy the law
Tint they have come to think they are
EXEMPT from IT'S operations Here Is crime.
compared with which the violence Of the
strikers is tdhing, aud MIR. oinoys brave
dennuclation viii cenre- public tbourht
npon The very seat Of the economic evil
Of the day.
II Is all the logical result Of the republic
an policy Of foyortism, under which one
class has been enriched al the expense NJ
the whole. AS Mr. olnoy well says. az
We would not enter upon tho highway of
Iuin u change or the overthrow OF republic.
0nism can not come too soon"