Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-10-05

srr:II,i u',3un"S ti.il ,ne t"rin sN~
tenn Is net just r%lI;. is either read on
of the party or suppressed. The com
mon people have 10 l,.ace or standing
In the Republican party between clcc
ton days. Ary Republican who rise,
to champion thhir interests is imnedi
utely sot upon Ivy leading Republican,
ard denounced ~ Il Democrat. ST
ciaist and an anarchist.
Just now tine governor of Wisconsin
Robert NJ. La Toilette, is making III
necessary trouble for himself and fol
his party by doing some plain speaking
about the rule Of trusts and railroads
IN his speech Mt ChautauGua on July ]
he said:
To-day great agsrcgations of corporal.
wealth buy immunity from taxation II
our legislatures and throw the burden
which they should bear upon the ndi
vidual taxpayer of every municipality anC
state. Betrayed by his representative
the individual taxpayer is overtaXed fol
the benefit of the corporation.
Taxation without representation is as
much Il crime against just and equal gov
ernmcnt in 1868 rs it was in 1776, Govern
ment by corporation is as destructive of
the liberties of the people Of this country
the exercise of the same power by a
foreign monarch. -
Let us see II the time be not ripe for O
new declaration of American independ-
ence. We are building up colossal for
tunes. granting unlimited power to cor
porate organizations and consolidating
and r1assing together business interests
as never before in me como ercial his.
tory of the world, but the people are los
Ing control of their own government. Its
foundations are being Slapped and its in
tegrity destroyed. Tho gravest danger
menacing republican institutions today is
the overbalancng control of city, state
and national legislatures by the wealth
and power of public service corpora
lions. = =
would not be misunderstood as charg-
ing general individual corruption. There
are thousands OF honest, fearless men in
public life throughout this country. Ev-
cry executive wanting in honesty or cour-
age. every legislator who is weak or cor
rupt. Is sure to be controlled by the lobby
agents Of the great corporations. OcCa-
sionally by straight, simple bride, more
often by inSidious indirect means, they
are ensnared and captured by alluring
deals and promises Of political preferment
or frightened and inundated by threats
to ruin them In business and bring about
political anniha ton. 1t Is the close as
ISOLATION of political and corporate power
that defrauds the public of it's rights de-
feats legislation for the general good and
passes laws to promote private inter-
ests. 800
The railroad prefers to deal with large
shippers, and it squeezes out the small
ones. 1t encourages Capitalization in
business. 1t creates and nourisheS monop-
oily. Every great trust and combination
tn this country is either the direct off,
spring or foster child of the railroad. -
The plan developed and conSummated in
building up the Standard Oil monopoly,
the anthracite coal trust. the elevator
combination and the beef trust Is in
dicative Of the pow0r of the railroads in
combination. There Is not an important
trust In the United States which does not
have the assistance of the railroads In
destroying Its competitors In business. It
Is manifest that any trust legislation to
be effective must go hand in hand with O
control over railway rates by the fed
eral government on interstate commerce
through an enlargement of the powers Of
the Interstate commerce commission and
q like control of railroad rates on state
commerce by each Of the states through
a state railway commission.
If Governor La Toilette means what
he says he Is out Of place in the Re-
publican party. He is being denounced
as a Democrat and socialist In edi-
torials In leading Republican papers.
If he Is wise man he will soon recog-
nlze that it is as hopeless to reform
the Republican party as to cultivate
ash on dry land and will join the party
that Is not sustained by protection pap
and that Is fighting the battles Of the
common people against the trusts. If
r., De-, MI
what he says he will continue to call
himself a Republican and to talk anti
Republican theories or he will, when he
gets what he is after, stop such talk
and be called "a GUTTER" as is Gov
ernor Cummins.
BYRON w. HOLT.