Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-10-21
THE POLITICAL PARALLEL COLUMN
Efforts of Republicans Cloud the Issue Shown Up
 The Trusts and the Catholic Vote Questions

Editor Democrat
 In dealing out its matutinal chunks of political wisdom the Republican has for the second time during the came paign made use of the New York World as a political ally and repeats the argument clipped from its columns as follows:
 1.--ssThe antitrust law was framed by a republican, was passed by a re- publican house and a republican sen ate, was signed by republican pl dent'
 Comment: Why did not this repub- ncan senate and republican house ana republican president put 1t into execu- fion? With every facility at hand, sen- ate. house and president, why did 1t remain a dead letter so long? Were they ashamed of the act, or were they simply playing to the galleries?
 2.-"The law remained dead letter during the entire second term or Gro- yer Cleveland, a democratic president
 Comment: It still remained dead letter under McKinley's first term and at the time of his death was still fn- active. Grover had four years to con sfder 1t, Mckinley had over eight years. Which of the two shows to better advantage?
 
 law was made by Theodore Roosevelt. The first attorney general Do vigorVus- Nv prosecute offenders was Philander 6. Knox"
 Comment: Yes, and as far as all practical purposes are concerned both made a fizzle of it. Tn the words or Bourke Cochran, ''What has been the result? Has anyone been hurtf Is the control (of Northern Securities Tn a wider sphere?.'' There were two sets of capitalists in control; now af- ter the .sbusting" has been done there is only one, whose stock has gone up from 100 to 116. If this IS the record } on which Roosevelt and Knox are making their regulations the least said about 1t the better for Roosevelt's chances for reelection.
 4.-The decision of the supreme court was due to four Judges, every one of whom is republican.
 Comment: Surei Supreme court judges are not fools and when case 3s brought before them for the purpose 1. Of making campaign material they know enough to make material out or 1t We presume that the democratic 4uffges saw the s.nigger in the wood pile'' and refused to be parties to merely political scheme.
 b.-"Tt Is just as well to record some plain truths, however unpleasant or surprising"
 Comment: True. and the tMbst un- xyhOleaome truth that you can tell re- fpu5blfcans to-day is to point to farcical implications they have made of the antitrust law, to tell them that under their high. tariff laws nearly all the trusts have had their origin, that the trusts have forced the small dealer 10 n47eff 10 frlst. an oil trust, sugar trust and many others have fourished on their high barin and grown to vast propor- lions under their very eyes and yet, to cite the Republicans excerpt from the ! New York World, for twelve years the ] clarnor went up against them and no ] republican senator, and no republican , house, and no republican president heeded it until Theodore Roosevelt be fhouglatS himself that four more wears. / in fheFWhite house would not be anlun- pleasant Job.
 MT LiTiey squelched the paper trust. Good for Mfr Lilley. But Mir Liiley knew of another trust that the people would rather see squelched, the beef trust, and he has. made no move to bring 1t to reckoning. But our gen. iaI George is only one and he can't be expected to knock out all the trusts. Brrf as regards the International Pa per Go what was that republican sen ate republican house and republican president doing with their antitrust law that1it remained for one of the latest acquisitions to congress to give. it it's quietus? Good boy, George, go af them again-if you get the chance.
 But there are trusts also in free trade England. With high proscrip- five tariff in the United States and most European countries, limiting ex-a port trade, England could not afford ho keep up competition at home. Com binaffOn of capital in England became necessary for self-preservation. And f is 1t not a significant fact that while ] f11eir industries, now combined, exist ed for many years in England, it Is only co-incidental with our highest tariffs that they have combinedg
 If a sufficient amount of capital is aIl that is needed to justify the organ izatfon of trusts, England might have done so long before 1900. If sufi- E cient amount Of capital is the justify ing cause of trust. why did a repuD- ncan senate, a republican house and republican president enact an anti trust law that remained imperative until this presidential campaign of 1904 lo6ned up to view. Probably because they were found to be bad growth. And yet for how many years has that law been on the statute books and what is the result? One trust busted and that by our own George Lilley. Hats off to George Lilley.
 ANTITRUST.
 On t1le general result the betting in New York Wednesday was all at to