The Redwood gazette., 1904-09-28


was to pay good dividends until the pub
lie had absorbed the stock. then stop pay
ing let the stock collapse, and then buy
~ back az nominal figure. for the sake
or securing control OF the corporate prop
erty- In some cases the chief object was
70 mOnOpolize and control the trade and
shut of all competition. In many cases
poses, entered into the scheme. In brief
they were both combinations In restraint
pr trade and stock floating schemes. I'm
ures could be obtained II would be found
that more havoc was wrought among the
victims Of inflated stock than among the
consumers @ e. the trust products: But 81
inflated trusts, such as the steel trust
and the shipbuilding trust. The partial
or total collapse OF their stock was in
The stock victims found themselves sud-
denly diveSted OF their little all-the saw
ings of lifetime. The immense shrink
age in stock values led to one or more
financial furries in Wall street, while all
the rest Of the country was pr0spering,
and in no need OF money. The promoters
OF these corporate trusts. by reason OF
calling Of floating and unloading inflated
stocks at a standstill-it had to some ex-
tent become disreputable and at dis
seUnsafe,' for Pirates.
In the meantime the president. az IN
duty bound under the Constitution and
the sanctity Of his oath Of Office, had In
stituted some suits against some OF the
great combinations to prohibit them from
destroying competition in interstate trade;
and these combinations were not OF the
stock jobhing kind which I have de-
suits were instituted-was seized upon
with avidity by all the promoters OF in
hated trusts and by them made charge
victims, with their own misfortune in
finding their calling, for the want or more
victims, at standstill. and with the
immense shrinkage in the value OF in
hated stocks and the consequent Tight
ness in the money market Of Wall street.
IL is these people, who have thus preyed
confding people, that have set up the
cry that Roosevelt Is not a safe man.
In their eyes any man who tnterferes
with their piratical calling Is not safe
man. But what a comfort It Is TO the
rest of us that these people regard Roose-
velt as unsafe for them. IL he Is unsafe
for them, we have in that fact an aSSur-
ance that he is safe for US: He has al.
ways been unsafe for law-breakers and
trust violators, for those who would set
themselves above the government and itS
laws for those who would trample on
the dearest rights Of the American peo-
pie. How humiliating this Wall street
view of Roosevelt must be to the Demo-
cratic candidate, Judge Parker The KIND
or safety they miss in President Roose-
welt they profess to find In Judge Parker.
The ock-johbing and stock -foat1ng PEN
dulum OF Wall street will, in their opin-
ion. find no impediment In him. TO them
he appears entirely safe. And this is,
after all, the chief and ultimate issue pre-
sented to the American people by the
Democratic party. And on this issue
more than any other, the Republican
party appeals with confidence TO the
American people, feeling assured that
they want no man in the White House
faithfully executed.
Candidate for Governor and state
Ticket.
do not understand that the militant
Democracy of this state question the
character, integrity and qualifications OF
any of our candidates on the state ticket
save one the nominee for governor
against whom their chief attack is made
They have a faint hope-but 1T Is vanity
of vanities-that because of the conflict OF
candidates In the Republican state con-
vention, and the soreness and disappoint-
| from that they can make such inroadS
on his vote among the Repubklcans or
this state that they can elect tnelr can cam
didate. There were three candidates for
| the Office or governor before the Repub-
| lican state convention: Mr.. Dunn, Judge
| Collins and Mr.. Eddy, all men of integ-
rity, ability and considerable experience IN
| political affairs. The good character OF
| none of them had ever been questioned
| before they became candidates Tor tnls
oflce although all sr OF them aa-n@c nae Deen sen
Il syG
| cause of their good qualities each OF them
| had q multitude OF jealous friends VINO
| were anxious to secure their promotlon.
There was enough Of closeness II tne
| strength OF the leading candidates TO breed
/ the usual fervor and strenuousness tnat
/ prevails in conventions under Sucn CIT
cumstances. But one OF Lne i LnTse t.V counu
4 secure the nomination. and quite natu-
| rally many of the friends Of the other can
| didates were disappointed. Such aS al
/ ways the case after strenuous ana eX-
| citing convention. But the defeated cam
/ didates and their friends are all gooc
/ Republicans, who have the welfare or the
! country and their party at heart, ana VINO
will not for moment cherisn l r. lne , losa e. Z.
| in the hands ne the Democracy There i
| no valid ground on which any good, sounc
i Republican can vote against Mr.. Dunn
Dunn ana His Record.
Let iis briefly for moment scan thu
man and 1lig record. He was born in the
i county Of Tyrone, Ireland n Fepruary .eDutn,
| family Of the middle class. At the age
| of seventeen he came TO- the Unltee
States, working first on farm 10 WIS
| consin. He soon moved TO st. Louis
where he learned the printers trade anc
wrought at the same until he moved &C
i Princeton In this state, in 1876, where
he founded, and has ever since puDilsnec
/ and edfted the princeton Union,v one Of
1 the spiciest and most interesting and re-
i liable country weeklies In the state He
Il has always been one OIL LIl6 1MOSb EACI
\ refic ana nubIic spirited citizens Of his
town, ana has always had the con1denpce 14o nc
/ been clerk Of his town for many years
and although not lawyer his feliST So,s
4 citizens have had such confidence In hts
/ integrity and ability that they have twice
! chosen him for county attorney: HIS dis.
4 trict has twice sent him to the legls-
/ iature, and in the legislature he was the
1 pioneer IN initiating legislation for ms
| safe guarding and proper sale OF our state
/ lands and the timber thereon.
IN 1894 he was elected state auditor. an anc
/ was reelected four years later. During
| his eight years service In that most Inn
| portant office no one questioned Ms u inseg- M
4 4Tffy. 6fs energy, and his zeal for the wei.
4 fara oP ff1A state. Az auditor he was moi
only ex oficio land commissl4ner. ana M nac aso
i state lands, the timber thereon, and the
minerals therein. but ne va vas alsqo als9 Ine y
\ sslI The accounts Of the state: Through
4 his Office were drawn all drafts on the
/ state treasury NO state money could be
\ drawn for any purpose except upon MS
K Svsrrar1t whoever heard OF his issuing
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