Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-05-01
First Stale Convention in the
Twentieth Century Held
in Indiana.
TRUSTS AND EXPANSION
Senator Beveridge Says That the One
Has Not Oppressed the People, But
That Laws Must Be Enacted to
Check Its Greed. .

Indianapolis, Ind, April % The
first convention in the first campaign
in the twentieth century was held in
this city today and will continue until
tomorrow. Republicans of Indiana in
delegate convention met here for the
purpose of nominating a state ticket
Senator Beverage permanent chair
man of the convention, made ringing
speech in which he paid particular at
tention to trusts and to expansion.
Senator Beveridee's Address.
Senator Beveridge said.
This is the first convention of the
first campaign of the twentieth cen
tury. Let our declarations be worthy
of the hour. The American people
are abreast of the times; the republic.
an party must keep abreast of the
American people. Party victories, as
such, are nothing; the progress of the
American people is everything. Har
mony with the onward movement of
the nation makes party invincible
Opposition to the progress of the re-
public means deserved defeat. And
SO it is that issues are not invented
by men. Issues are ordained by
events.
From the foundation of the govern
ment, the natural movement of natural
forces has dictated platforms and won
campaigns; and politicians, statesmen
parties have triumphed or gone down
as they have interpreted or opposed
those eternal powers What then is
the movement of those matchless
forces today?
Trusts.
"In our eternal commerce and in
dustry it is toward cooperation and
combination. This is only another
way of saying civilization is progress
sing. Originally it was each man fol
himself. Then came partnerships
Then time came when partnership
was no longer strong enough to tran
sact the larger business demanded by
increasing civilization and joint stock
companies became a necessity of the
commercial world. Labor obeyed the
natural law of combination, and work
ingmen's organizations became. and
are today, when wisely directed, a
mighty force for good; working men
are ADLER, nobler, more self-respecting
1t would have been impossible for
each of the toiling millions to state his
case to his employer. But where the
common cause Of labor can be voiced
to capital, as organization makes ii
possible to do, labor's demand is
heard and, If reasonable, is needed
For, as public opinion disapproves the
labor organization which demands
more than justice, SO public opinion
outlaws the employer that denies it.
And against public opinion no earthly
power can long prevail And although
labor now receives 95 per cent of all
investment, if labor organizations will
be conservative, trusting only to rea
son and justice. labor will come to di
vide with capital still more of the
wealth they jointly produce.
Just as. the law of cooperation de
veloped in the labor world, SO it has
developed in the world of capital out
of natural conditions and the neces
sites of the people.
organizations did not cause the
progress we have made. The Ameri
can people, with powers unfettered
caused it; and industrial and CONNER
Z cial organizations is only one of the
peoples methods Of progress. And
now the opposition proposes the de
struction of those agencies of the PEG
pies developing energies. That pro
gram of destruction the opposition
proposes to make one of its issues in
this campaign. 1t is the policy of dis
aster. True craftsmanship says;
Islands off of the activities of the
American people, and they will
achieve as never nation yet achieved
Let the American people alone Tha
is the keynote of this campaign and
all campaigns.
Effect of Trusts.
In discussing the effect Of trusts or
The peoples prosperity, he said:
Has this movement oppressed the
people? 1t has not oppressed the
ldpUISISf dIt
now employed at higher wages thar
ever before in history; and in saving
banks alone American workingmer
have On deposit today over $2,3O0,eOO,
000-more than enough ready cash tt
buy out any ten OF the greatest corpor
ations of the world. 1t is said that this
movement throws labor out of employ
ment? When the railroad came, the
stage driver and horse dealer though
they were thrown outSofs employment
but, instead, new and better employ
ment was provided, When the self
binder came, harvesters thought theil
occupation gone; but, instead, new
and better occupation came. This
whole development, throwing mer
here and there out of employment fol
a day, furnishes permanently increas
ed employment for the ever enlargins
number of American working men
and where 4,251,613 wage Garner.
were employed in manufacture tel
years ago. nearly 100000 working
men are earning higher wages now il
the single occupation of manufacture
alone. This movement then has no