Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-23
HOOgER REPUBLICANS
senator Beveridse Delivers An
Address at the State Conven.
tion This Afternoon.
Current Issues Of the Day Dis.
cussed.. Trusts. Cuba and
Philippines.
Sentiments OF Administration
Said to Have Been Voiced
in His Speech.

in His Speech.
indianapolis, April 23.-The republl-
can state convention was called to or
der at 9 this afternoon. After prayer
the committee on permanent organlza-
zion reported recommending Senator
Beyeridge as permanent chairman. The
report was adopted and Beveridge' up
o uassuming the chair. spoke in part as
follows:
arhts is the first convention of the
frst campaign Of the goth century. Let
our declarations be worthy OF 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 nothing; the
progress OF the American people Is ev-
erything. Harmony with the onward
movement of the nation makes a party
anytncible. Opposition to. the progress
Of the republic means deserved defeat.
And SO 1t is that issues are not invent
ed by men. Issues are ordained by
events.
sFrom the foundation of the govern
nnent. 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?
I'm our internal commerce and In
dustry 1t is toward cooperation and
combination. This is only another way
of saying that civilization is progress
1ng. Originally 1t was each man for
himself. Then came business partner
ships. Then a time came when a
partnership was no longer strong
enough to, transact the larger business
demanded by increasing civilization,
and joint stock companies became me-
cessity of the commercial world. Labor
obeyed the natural law Of combination,
and workingmen's organizations be-
came, and are today when wisely di-
rected, a mighty force for good: work
Ing men are abier, nobler, more self
respecting. It would have been impos7
sible for each of the toiling millions to
state his case to each employer. But
where the common cause of labor can
be voiced to capital as organizatio
makes it possible to do, labors 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 1t.
And against public opinion no earthly
power can long prevail. And altho la
bor now receives So per cent of all in
vestments II labor organizations will be
conservative, trusting only to reason
and justice, labor will come to divide
with capital still more of the wealth
they jointly produce.
"Just as the law OF cooperation de-
veloped In the labor world, so 1t has
developed in the world OF capital out Of
natural conditions and the necessities
OF the people
"Organizat tions did not cause the
progress we have made. The American
people, with powers unfettered, caused
It: and industrial and commercial or
Eani1ations is only one of the peoples
methods Of progress. And now the op-
position proposes the destruction OF
those agencies OF the peoples Develop
ing energies. That program of de-
struction the opposition proposes to
make one Of its issues in this campaign.
It is the policy OF disaster. True states
manship says: Hands off of the activ-
tiles OF the American people, and they
will achieve as never nation yet
achieved Let the American people
alone-that is the keynote Of this CAM
1>te,,. ~ al ~ -, ~ t<,v..
In discussing the effect Of trusts on
the peoples prosperity he said:
Has this movement oppressed the
people? It has not oppressed the work.
ing1nan. because more laborers are now
employed at higher wages than ever
before in history: and in saving banks
alone American working men have on
deposit today over $1,000. 900, O00-more
than enough ready cash to buy out any
ten of the greatest corporations of the
world. It 1t said that this movement
throws labor out Of employment? When
the railroad came. the stage driver and
horse dealer thought they were thrown
out OF employment, but. instead, new
and better employment was provided.
When the self binder came, harvesters
thought their occupation gone: but, in
stead, new and better occupation came.
This whole development. throwing mer
here and there out Of employment for
day, furnishes permanently increased
employment for the ever enlarging
number Of American workingmen;
land where 4,250,e13 wage earners were
employed in manufacture ten years
ago, nearly 100000 workingmen are
earning higher wages now in the single
occupation of manufacture alone. This
movement. then, has not oppressed la
hor. It has not oppressed the agricul-
turtst. becarse American farmers in
the last six years have paid mortgages
on their farms to the amount of $780,
100000: and the American farmer could
today with his life stock alone pay the
entire natioral debt OF England and
Germany. and still have over $520,000,-
600 left. 1t has not oppressed any class
because the well being of the whole
American people is the astonishment
and envy of the world.
while the republican party is in
harmony with the times we are not
blind to the evils which cling to the
great trunk which itself is sound, bur
we insist that the tree shall not be
felled because of the evils. When
,co,,o bjua tfona of ca nftal attempt to ar