Bisbee daily review., 1904-07-12

commenced in the Review of Sunday.
 We fought a quick. victorious war with Spain Bad history again. Americans fought it. It would be in vidious to state the politics ot heroes, but it seems to me that I have heard it said that Dewey was a Democrat, that Niles was Democrat, and it seems to me, too, that I have heard that a Re publican administration snubbed the first, tried to disgrace the second and insulted the third. It seems too, that have heard from men on the fighting line that Joe Wheeler was as much in evidence as the president himself. It seems to me that l have heard that Hobson was a Democrat. It seems to me, too, that l have heard that young Bagley of North Corolina, the first of fering of the war upon the altar of a common country, was democrat. quote from the platform again:
 We set Cuba free" Bad history once more But for the Democratic senators and representatives demand ing and voting for a proyiso to the act of intervention, to the effect that the people of Cuba were and of right ought to be free and independent" and pledging our faith that we would wage no war of conquest or territorial ac- quisition, but would withdraw our troops after pacification." the Repub- hcan administration would doubtless be furnishing to the world today in the case of Cuba a companion piece to the picture which has been exhibited in the Philippines.
 Let us see what the Republicans have to say for themselves in connec- ton with the great trust question: This is the language of the platform:
 Laws enacted by the Republican party and which the Democratic party failed to enforce have been fearlessly enforced" Here are three statements first, that the Republicans. instead of both parties, enacted the laws which is not true: second. that the Democratic party had done nothing and, third, that the Republican party has enforced the law, which is only partially true, Now the fact is that, although the Democrats only had four years opportunity and although the trust evil was neither very acute nor very prevalent at that time. Attorney General Harmon, under the Cleveland administration, filed the suit for the government against the Joint Traffic association also against the Addystone Pipe company. These two cases were decided for the government after Mir Cleveland went out, it is true, but on the lines laid down by his attorney general
 Nor is it true in any proper sense that the Republican party deserves much credit for enforcing the anti trust law. What has the Republican party done in this regard? One of the chairmen of the Republican conyen- ton q have forgotten whether it was the temporary or permanent) says it has "enjoined the beef trusts"
 We would not have known it if somebody had not told us. The injunc- ton does not seem to have had any practical effect upon the beef trust or upon the price of beef steak. I think it was the permanent chairman of the Republican committee who said that the Democrats killed trusts with wind, the Republicans with law. Where are the corpses? There is but one that I know of. but its properly belongs to Governor Van Sant. It is the spoiis of his sword and his spear
 The boast that the administration has executed the antitrust laws is of course. ridiculous. The attorney general, in response to a resolution of my own, frankly confessed that noth ing had been done, and left the infer ence that nothing would be done to ward the criminal prosecution of the men found guilty by the supreme cour, in the Northern Securities case, oi having violated the law and incurred its penalties. The entire Republican party at the last session of the house of representatives with three excep tions. voted also a proviso instructine the secretary of the navy not to ente into government contracts with tn' trusts and unlawful combinations con yicted by law of being such.
 The attornev-general. in answer U another resolution. failed to show tha against the anthracite coal trusts. rn' anything substantial was being don attorney general in that case mo pe Mind the pretext that it would De con tr.rv to public policy" for him to giv compress any information as to wna ha was doing or would do; this sam Trrst buster as my good friend. MI Ioe Cannon would have us believe hin to be. Attorney General Knox. has JUS been appointed by the governor o Pennsylvania. senator from that state SO the newspapers says. on the deman' of the very men who constitute thi unlawful combination. or who are. any rate the presidents of the raiiroa' connparies and the owners of tn xx,sc~- constituting it What are yO