The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-10-22
CLEVELAND.
SPEAKS
Ex.President at New York
Democratic Assembly
AT CARNEGIE HALL
Attacks the Trusts, Panama and
Philippine Features Of the
Administration.

NEW YORK, Oct 22.-Thousands of
people were unable TO get into Carnegie
hall last night, so great was the crowd
which gathered there to hear former
President Cleveland and former Secre.
tary John q. Carlisle expound the prin
ciples of Democracy. The meeting was
held under the auspices of the Business
Mems Parker and Davis association.
Mr. Cleveland, who after expressing
his pleasure in again breathing the at
mOsphere of resolute and harmonious
Democracy and avowing his intense
anxiety for the success OF the party
In the pending campaign, turned his
oratorical battery upon the alleged ar
rogance of the Republicans, who, he
asserted. claimed for themselves all
the virtue, wisdom and honor of the
country. Continuing, he said in part:
"A party may indulge in self cOngrat-
ulation when IL has effectively defend
eli the people in their daily life from
the rapacity Of trusts ana cnmbina-
tons. which thrive as private enter
prise is strangled and which grow fat
as by their control of the cost of liv-
ing they cause the homes of our land
TO grow lean, but the people will hard
ly approve the vociterous pride which
claims that "A successful attack upon
the merger of the stock of certain COM
peting railroads has rescued them from
their oppressors. They will not fail
10 observe that the huge combinations
which directly injure them still flour
ish and they may also recall how the
CONSERVATION among those implicated
in such schemes who once feared gen
eral pursuit was quoted when the
soothing assurance reached them that
the government did not intend to run
amuck.' Nor will they probably accept
the suggestion that repentance or a
change of heart accounts for the man.
ner by which the threats and luminosity
of many powerful trust magnates have
been displaced by their approval and
substantial support of the party which
seeks TO convince the people of its
trust destroying proclivities.
This item of the account will not |
be passed over without n reference to |
the platform statement that protec- |
ton, which guards and develops our |
is cardinal policy of the |
Republican party, nor without noting |
the declaration of the candidate stand |
10 ,N1n ho ln
tariff policy ought now TO he consider |
ed as definitely established The ques-
ton will be asked, Which are the Amer
lean industries that at this time are In |
need of the shelter of such tariff as
that now in force and is there never
to he a time when American enterprise,
American ingenuity and American op-
portunity will free our Industries from
their stage of infancy and permit
American aspiration and American self
reliance to cast away the leading
strings of n definitely Established pro-
tective policy The people know that
this policy has given rise to reckless
greed and to worship of gain menac-
ng patriotic sentiment and our love
FOR high standards of national great
ness, and they know that at best II lays
burdens on the consumers of our land.
when the platform boast is made
hat in the Philippines we have sup
pressed instruction established order
md given to life and property secur-
ty never known there before the con-
ession will be extorted that the insur-
'ection suppressed was no worse than
he crushing out of resistance TO the
lrmy of the United States while en-
ragged in the sut5ugation of people
thousands of miles from our shores.
whom an incident of war undertaken
" us in aid to those struggling for lib
'rty and independence in another quar-
err had put within our power. and the
'eople will ask under what sanction
vas this subjugation entered upon by
nation pledged TO the doctrine that I
III just powers Of government are de-
lived from the consent of the govern
d. and they will deny that Imperialism
nd our forcible rule of foreign people |
ave any place among the purposes of
ur national life.
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