Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1902-10-28
SHAW DRAWS LARGE CROWD
Secretary Of the Treasury Responds with I
Most Convincing Speech.
GREAT ISSUES or THE DAY DWELL UPON
Handled in such a Logical and Con-
vineing Manner as GO win Ad-
miratiOn of Political
Opponents.

to as many people as could possibly crowd
into that good-sized auditorium. The sec
retary arrived in Omaha at 4 o'clock In
the afternoon, was met at the Union
station by Senator Millard and escorted
by the latter In a carriage 10 the Omaha
National bank. OF which Senator Millard
is president, where he was greeted by a
number OF onAha's prominent citizens
The federal building was the next objec-
tive point, after which Secretary Shaw
made q short call upon-the editor OF The
Bee At The Bee building With Senator
Miliard be then was driven TO the latteT's
residence were he Was entertained as the
senator's guest until evening.
Secretary Shaw has a quiet convincing
style Of oratory For plain. foroible. logi-
cal reason and argument he has long ago
been accorded q front rank among present
day American speakers and his speech last
night was a tribute 70 the good judgment
Of those who have bestowed upon him this
token. He dealt with the live political
issues IN a live manner and drove home
with such telling force every argument
be advanced that il any in his audience did
not thoroughly agree with him they gave
evidence Of having been deeply impressed
with the secretary's sincerity in the prin-
ciples be enuncisted.
Stories with n Point.
Senator MillRrd introduced the secretary.
who was given a hearty ovation Seldom
has any public speaker met q more en-
thusiastic reception at the hands Of an
Omaha audience. or received such close
attention and there was no stage OF his
speech when his audience did not seem
to be thoroughly in sympathy with his
remarks The secretary is somewhat Of
a humorist, as people OF this section know,
and he makes excellent use OF this happy
faculty in his political speeches. At least
he employed ii to remarkable advantage
last night. He is also given TO the use
Of parallels as means OF illustrating his
points and often some rich vein Of humor
permeates these channels. but invariably
these veins lead TO a stern. solemn truth.
In adTerting to the Cuban question the
secretary admitted be aid not know what
really was to be the final disposition OF
the island, but he illustrated the justice
and equity OF the course OF the United
States thus far in this unique manner:
Suppose I am Uncle Sam. Cuba is my
\ neighoor. Every night l am awakened by
pitiful cries over in my neighbor's yard and
IN the morning / discover blood on my
| doorsteps. Investigation proves that a
hesrtless parent has been mercilessly beat
ing its child. ! determine to 60 over there
and stop this thing. Ny wife. my children
my entire household tell me 20 GO / stop
The cruel impositions, but when I get back
| TO my house / have a squalling brat on my
hands. ! am sorry I have IT. but cannot
/ help it. I intervened for its life with the
best Of Intentions and ! am now charged
with the responsibility of its care and pro-
( lection ! would be a consummAte coward
/ ~ I ehfrked fhis reepopsfhflgtr n,,f
shall take care OF II. Ny family object
TO adopting IL and so we decided simply to
/ rear It with the option that when IL Is
! grown we can adopt II IL II turns out good
I and creditably. In the meanwhile we have
the right 10 apply whatever means Of cor
rection we may think this little fellow
needs"
The speaker said a stable government at
present was the best thing for Cuba and
/ that II had. and in every way. he declared,
this country was meeting its responsibility
as best II could and the results thus far
! seemed TO prove that the course was q wise
one.
Demoeracy's Search for an Issue.
| Secretary Shaw asserted that the demo-
| cratic party cared more for the discovery
OF an issue on which to make a campaign
| than TO formulate a policy to give TO the
people as a means Of conducting the affairs
| Of the government. He declared they were
| in desperate and hopeless straits for issues.
4 He called attention 10 their persistent ef-
/ forts to make capital out of their pretended
antitrust policy and asserted that all the
tangible opposition 10 the trusts that ever
had been produced came from republican
i ranks and that the democrats had done
nothing but talk.
| The first antitrust platform was written
and read by no less a parsonage than Will
lam Mckinley at a republican national con
vention. The first antitrust law drafted
was by that grand old pillar Of the repub-
| liean party, John sherman. The first anti
trust bill ever passed by a congress was
the Sherman antitrust act and was signed
by republican president Benjamin HArri-
son.
1 II was shown that the republican course
had been one Of positive action and not ne
CATION, and that its methods for dealing
with the trusts, tarin and other great is
sues had proven safe and successful. It's
! position upon the money question had not
| only been accepted as the right one by re-
publieans, but men Of all parties. That was
no longer a question. The democratic party
and ite leaders were scored for their Etti-
tude OF constant criucising and failure to
| orer cordial cooperation in aiding instead
Of opposing the republicans in making laws
| mutually beneficial
Continuing his speech. the secretary said:
solution of Great Problems
I wish we might solve all the greal
| problems non-partisaniy as We have solved
! some, and among them very Important
/ al estions. Both parties Joined in subsioiz-
ing the first transconunental lines OF ran
! road and both parties continued govern,
| uent aid until, after years OF struggle and
Industrial expansion. SUFFICIENT commeroe
I vas created 10 support the roads ana subsl-
I dies or government aid. became no Longer
necessary. The roads themselves aioet
/ materially In developing the business which
| subsequently made them profitable, bui
! government aid Was necessary IN the IN
I ceptiOn.
! rivers and harbors. Some Of this money
nav be squandered. but so long as the
! public revenues come largely from tbs
| wealthy and the well-tO-dO and Is expended
I for labor, i shall not complain. But out OF
| the great aggregate appropriations tol
! rivers and hErbors much money - E1sel.
| expended and or commerce u greatly In
/ creased. IL Will soon be necessary 70 spend
I many millions In deepening the channel OF
| New York harbOr Larger vessels are be
irE built every year. Those engaged n
| foreign cOmmerce carry on the aNerag'
| three times the tonnage Of thirty years aES
and vessels carrying ten times the averagi
o. those nov engaged are IN process o.
| construction
When the time come. I hope We viii hay'