The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-06-24

the trusts. These are highway monop-
oily. tariff monopoly and land monopoly
Land monopoly in the form OF owner
ship of mines and forests has 50 Tar
come forward as 10 have been made an
issue by the Democrats of New 4oik
in a platform denOuncing the anthracite
trust. This great evil demands the a.
tention Of all who hope TO see INDUSTRIES
wrongs set right
The tariff monopoly alone seems TO
me insufficient to account Tor any OF
the great ard powerful trusts IneS
rose under its shelter. but, contfoilinG
as they do now our mines. forests ana
railways. most Il not all of them, could
still live though trade were free Ael'
any movement towards free trade Is IA
itself good and how can we better serve
the cause Of truth than to couple the
name of such industrial giants as t1e
trust with the ancient and assure He
..9ro.ection to infant Industries. tuf-
theruore while free trade might not
kin the trusts it would estab lish 4 line
beyond which their robbcIies could not
extend. Hence. we should renew our
war on protection. unfurl AGAIN the
tariff reform flag. and demand 1fee
80 il, trust made goods OF the very
essence Of liberty is the rignI 10 move
from place to place and 20 transport
property. he who is bound to the plaes
where he was born IS Seri n VINO
controls the highways by whlcn we
must move ard franspcrt geods nous
Us in a sort Of serfdom. The third great
b,3lvarlS of the trusts is highway mo
Enopoly Ut appears in every cry n nv
nopoly Of our streets by the puphc 81
vice cornorations. and everywhere III
Tho r,rivatelv owned steam railway lines,
controlled almost exclusively oy e'iT
same group of industrial p9Ientss1es
who own the other trusts " Hett.ei
,,,.ix-a4a individuals could under any CIR
9@t44s,sfan noes successfully compete IN
business with the trusts may De cues
.ioFed but it may he ken tor Srdhtsu
fhet rs long rs the stock OF t31 ifiti-
4~sxs and the trusts are owned by .he
s.,s,s interests go one can compete with
aiffer There are those wao seem "
baliave that proper restrictive statutes
vigorously e1forced VIII cure TINS evil
II am ret in agreement WITH ehess oP'i-
..r,here is no force in law to compel
nc eingfe owner of two railways -
compete with himself. nor Is II Pe.7lpis
IN statute to prevent men as railway
owners from granting favors to theIn-
selves as shippers Against toiilA'l-
nation so fortified all the Quaker guas
al mock stTeuuOusness VIII pc Peitited
IN vain So long as this concentration
If ownership exists there can be out
two kinds of business in this caua1fF,
+ that done by the trusts and that done
+ by consent of the trusts. 50 long ss
this condition exists government OF the
peonle. by and for the people must re-
main a theory only and not condition
+ Be rot deceived; there are only Two
4 horns 10 the railway dilemma W e
must choose between railway ownership
and the onere ton of government ana
government ownership and operation OF
- sIv-avS And in the resumption by the
necnle of the control of their own
HIGHWAYS will be found the most simple
and practice BILE way toward deriving
the trusts Of their power for evil.
1t lies with you. my friends. to make
this day great You may Go 50 by
brave recognition Of the stupendous
questions to which have referred,
and an intrepid attempt to Go the ut
most hing needful. AS a party We have
marched far. but we must march or.
There viii beset us the temutatlons TO
retreat to pleasant fields long since
passed over. but we must march on
To some it may seem best to lnger on
last nights camping ground. but II We
are true TO our duty. we must march
on To halt is to retreat: retreat is rout
and ruin The forward march is rot
only the road of honor, but the way of
eetS'.
The people are ready for issues ade-
quate to meet the needs of this great
crisis They Will meet with acclama~
/ lions him who viii speak the word f0r
the hour. Have the greatness 10 speak
that word here and now. Take counsel
not OF Your fears. but of your courage
BE guided. not by your doubts. but by
your convictions. Speak out the utter
most thing In Your hearts and the peo-
pie VIII rise 10 it, Nay / wrong the
people: give utterance to all the dem
ocracy which is in you. that You NAV
rise to the level of the common man
Turn TO the future and not TO the past
+ Never did the great world spin so
swiftly down the ringing grooves of
+ change With our eyes upon the pole
star Of principle LIT us shape our course
with reference to where we stand today.
tfiEe us q platform and ticket ex-
pressiVe of these truths and IN the his
tory of our state and our party this day
viii be forever memorable
r,
At the district caucuses held in the
forenoon the gold men won a decided
victory. Seven out of eleven selected
gold men for their member on the com
mittee on resolutions. the division
/ standing.
For gold-First. Second. Third.
Fourth Fifth. Ninth and Eleventh.
For silver-Sixth. Seventh, Eighth and
Tenth.
The committee on resolutions began
discussing the various planks to be
placed in the platform Immediately after
The adjournment of the convention for
of Sioux City. one of the candidates for
the gubernatorial nomination IS openly
advocating the adoption Of plank
reCCI1n7e nding government ownership Of
railroads. When the committee assem-
bed. the first act was to appoint j. NJ.
Parsons Of Lyons TO prepare a resolu-
ton upon the subject for consideration
A special committee has been chosen to
prepare a plank to give expression TO
The views held upon the money question
ana il is more than probable that the
Kansas City platform VIII not be men
toned.
At 40 .. m the committee on resolu-
tions took "A vote upon reafdrE1ing the
Kansas City platform The roll call
showed seven votes against and four in
favor. This settles the question of re-
affirmation
Confessed and Was Strung Up.
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