The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-08-01

then announced that Union County
had been given the honor of naming
the temporary chairman and had
selected John Moody, of Crawford,
for the position.
1t was announced that the repre-
sentation in the convention was as
follows: Union, So votes; Morris, 90
votes Warren, 81 votes.
Congressman Flanagan was placed
in nomination by Irving E. Salmon,
of Morristown. There being no
opposition the nomination was
made unanimous. When brought be-
fore the convention the nominee, who
was greeted with hearty applause,
spoke as follows:
The honor that you have just con-
ferred upon me, believe to be one of
the highest in the gift of the people
and of particular Importance at this
time when so many questions vital to
the interests of our country are up
for determination. Appreciating the
responsibilities and difficulties of my
office, should be elected, l shall feel
bound to justify the confidence you
have placed in me.
After five years, during which the
Republican party has been in COM
plete control of the National Govern
ment, having the President and
majority in both branches of Con-
gress; period remarkable for the
bounty with which nature has re-
warded the tillers of the soil a period
peculiarly fertile in invention; and
notable in the annals of nations for
the opportunities given for the spread
of American enterprise; we are con-
fronted by most astounding condi-
| tions. With an enormous increase in
production; an increase in aggregate
wealth, such as the world has never
dreamed of; we find. at the end of
this period, the cost of the necessities
of life nearly doubled, and wages but
slightly increased, and in but few
instances This enormous wealth
has received no general distribution,
no partial distribution, but has gone
, to swell by millions and hundreds of
millions the already unprecedented
wealth of the Trust magnates.
When a stream winding its course
through level country is swollen by
| the fioods-rising above its bans, it
deposits the rich silt it bears far over
the land On this wise provision of
nature the country of the Nile is de-
pendent. If contrary to this law of
nature, the stream rises but fails to
water the neighboring plain, it is evil
dent that some artificial barrier has
been raised, such as the levees of
the Mississippi.
What is the artificial barrier that
has prevented the distribution of
recent floods of wealth and directed
their course into the pockets of the
very few?
Is it anything but the Tariff?
Consider for q moment the tariff in
the light of recent history. Pro-
tected first by a moderate tax to en-
courage the development of manufac-
lures at home, the manufacturers as
they grew more powerful clamored
for and obtained higher and high
: er tax on the consumer of foreign
made goods, until the excessive tax
prohibited the use of any other good
save theirs Not content even then,
they demanded still higher tax, on
the specious plea, that they could
charge the consumer more for their
goods and divide the increased proht
among the working men. II any
laborer has received any part OF this
nroft / have never head of it. This
nrofit went to further enrich the few.
After a time the richest OF these
tariff beneiciaries became tired Of
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