The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-24
Speech Of Senator Albert ]. Beveridge
Permanent Chairman of the Republican
State Convention.

Fellow Republicans-This is the first con-
Ventlon or the first campaign OF the TWEEN
ueth century Let our declarations be
worthy or the hour The American people
are abreast of the times; the Republican
party must keep abreast OF the American
people. Party victories. as such, are notn-
ing; the progress of the American people
Is everything. Harmony with the onward
movement of the Nation makes a party
lnvincible. Opposition TO the progress OF
the Republic means deserved defeat Ana
so II is that issues are not invented by men.
issues are ordained by events.
Consider how this truth has worked IN
the century that he's passed. The original
States were reluctant to yield their SOW
ereignty TO the Nation. But the people
needed the Nation. And in spite OF opposl-
ton whose fierceness we cannot realize to-
DAY the Constitution was adopted ana !ne
Nation was ordained. Then the people re-
quired internal improvements by the ma
1onal government. And although Madison
declared that the Constitution denied this
power to the Republics government; al
though that issue entered into strenuous
political campaigns, the federal government
assumed the power which the Natlon
needs demanded. jefferson said that the
Nations government could not constitu-
tionally acquire the territory OF LOUISIANA;
Quincy. of Massachusetts, asserted In Con-
gress that its purchase actually ulssolNe1 q
the Union" But the common thought OF
the American people said: The mouth OF
the Mississippi, aye, and this whole con
tinent must be ours. And In spite OF the
his own denial of power, Jefferson bought
it; and that territory is now the heart OF
the Republic. The power to tax imports,
except for revenue, was denied. But the
determination of the American people TO
supply thmselves with all that America
herself could furnish demanded a tarln
that would protect American industries tS.i uII-
til they were beyond foreign competition:
And in spite of the continuous resistance OF
disbelievers in American resourcefulness
protection was established. And our tarllL
will be successfully changed Only ny 'HS
party that made 1t.
So we see that from the foundation OF the
government the natural movement OF nat
ural forces has dictated platforms ana won
camDaiens: and politicians, statesmen, par
ties have trimumphed or gone down as they
have interpreted or opposed those eterhai
powers What, then, is the movement OF
those natural forces to-day! .
In our internal commerce and industry 1t
is toward cooperation and combination:
This is only another way or saying that
civilization is progressing. originally II
was each man for himself. Then came
business partnerships. Then time came
when a partnership was no longer StronS
enough to transact the larger business oe-
manded by increasing civilization, and joint
stock companies became necessity Oh me
commercial world. Labor obeyed the nat
ural law of combination. and workingmen $
organizations became, and are to-day, when
wisely directed, a mighty force Tor Sood'
workingmen are ADLER, nobler, more sell
respecting. 1t would have been Impossible
for each of the toiling millions TO state MS
case to each employer. But where the com
mon cause of labor can be voiced to capital,
as organization makes it possible to do. Ia
boris demand is heard, and, IL reasonable,
is needed. For, as public opinion disap-
proves the labor organization which de-
mands more than justice, so public opinion
outlaws the employer that denies IL. Ana
against public opinion no earthly power can
long prevail. And, although labor now re-
ceives % per cent. of all investment, II Ia
Dor organization will be conservative, trust
nd rCfi q n
come to divide with capital still more OF the
wealth they Jointly produce.