The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-09-30

would abolish the duty on all trust
made goods because the trust may
ripen into monopoly, would remain
childless lest his offspring may become
criminals.
l illustrate with commodity often
mentioned by Mr.. Sullivan. The
United Steel corporation manufactures
steel rails. There are at least three
other great corporations which also
manufacture steel rails, and there is
substantial competition. If duty is
necessary to enable steel rails to be
made in this country, why remove the
duty because they are made by trusts?
II, however, the United Steel corpor.
alton should purchase its competitors
and thus establish and maintain mo.
nopoly in steel rails SO that every buy.
er must be subjected to it's arbitrary :
Will, then there is reason for the
removal of the duty and it is therefore
that our platform declares that tariff
schedules must be opposed to domees.
tic monopoly.
I cannot leave this subject without
reference to the reiterated state.
ments of the democratic platform. am
plified in the speech of the democratic
candidate for governor, that the tariff
creates and fosters the trusts, and is
responsible for whatever is bad in our
industrial and commercial life. What
confusion of thought. The tariff is
an antecedent of the trusts Just as
wealth, energy, enterprise and devel-
opment are antecedents of the trusts.
They have all helped to create condi.
lions out of which the trust evolved,
but they are conditions without which
there could be no growth, no prosperi-
ty, and no progress. The tariff bears
exactly the same relation to the
trusts that the Chinese exclusion law
and the prohibition against immi-
grants under contract for labor do to
labor unions; and l am impatient to
know from my worthy opponent
whether the democratic party is- in
favor of abelishing these laws in order
to destroy labor unions.
The Philippines.
/ had intended to enter upon some
discussion of our policy in the Philip
pines, but / must forego the pleasure
until some other time. must content
myself tonight by saying only that of
all the bright pages which record the
worthy deeds of the republic, there are
none which glow with more steadfast
honor, more fervent patriotism, more
exalted regard for the rights of hui
manity, than the page upon which is
written the achievements of William
Mckinley, Theodore Roosevelt, and
the army and navy of the United
States in the Philippine Islands.
Currency.
- I had intended also to refer to the
subject of currency reform, and only
defer the discussion until can again
be heard. Let me say, however, that
no proposed measure has yet become
party policy, and whatever is said
must be the expression of individual
views. hold certain opinions which
l am quite ready to disclose, and lest
my friend Sullivan shall again mis-
quote me, venture to say now that
l am opposed to any currency which
the government does not agree to
redeem.
have been somewhat analytical
and therefore have already consumed
more time than is ordinarily devoted
In one evening to political meeting.
am nearing the limit of my strength
and your patience; but before leave
you may l move back from my close
view OF affairs, and, from a standpoint
that will allow sweeping vision of
the whole history of republican admin
istration say a word in conclusion?
know what all of you want for it is
an instructive and inherent desire
planted deep in the heart of every
good citizen. You are all conscious of
the greatness of the republic, of the
commanding place it occupies among
the nations of the earth, OF the vast
possibilities of growth and decay.
You are all conscious of the truth that
every year is vital year with the
United States full of questions that
must be answered and answered right
if we are to fulfill the destiny for
which the patriot prays. You want
government wise enough to know what
is right and strong enough to do what
Is right. You want government i'm
bued with the spirit of the. age in
which we live, and that can keep
pace with the swift march of events.
You want government that knows
the worth of it's manhood and woman
hood, whether high or low, rich or
poor, white or black, at home or
abroad and that will defend and pro.
tect them with all it's mighty power.
One party or the other must give
you such government. Take your
choice, but make no mistake Re-
member that parties have characters.
tics, traditions and impulses. Remem-
Der that they have histories that may
be read and lives that may be studied.
When you are looking for a govern
ment to grapple with the problems of
this day and the days to come with
which your happiness and prosperity
are inseparably bound do not forget
that it was the republican party that
said the Union must be preserved, that
no star should fade from the blue
! field of its flag and no stripe should be
torn from it's beautiful folds and that
it was Abraham Lincoln who led our
hosts through the valley and shadow
of death, to an undivided and indi.
visible country Do not forget the
perils of reconstruction and the turb.
ulent days which followed when the
republican party under the guidance of
the silent hero of the war restored
peace and order among distracted
people. Do not forget with what cour.
age the republican party lifted the