The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1904-10-26
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SENATOR KNOX DISCUSSES @
THE TRUST SITUATION
Shows How Parker, Hill and CIeve-
land Contradict Themselves i'm Com
nection With Campaign Statements
i'm Regard to the Law and Trusts.

SAhste a aailaNt SaaNifIs NpoSSFSit, 10
sued the following statement , in answer
to Mr.. Parker's speech on trusts and
former President Cleveland's remarks
ON the same topic:
In the early part of this campaign
Judge Parker stated:
The common law as developed af-
fords complete legal remedy against
monopolies," and ex- President Cleve-
land in commenting upon the decision
in the Northern Securities case. said:
There is distinct difference be-
tween railroads and purely producing
corporations, shown. 1t could not be
said that the sugar trust or the beef
trust or the Standard Oil Co. was di-
rectly engaged in interstate transpor-
tation. They were engaged in the man
ufacture and sale of products"
- Within the past few days, Mr.. yCleve-
land in public speech, criticised the
republican administration for not "run-
ing aniuck' in the business interests of
the country, which SO eminent phi
lologist as he knows means that he
criticises the president for not dashing
wildly at everything in sight and de-
stroying the guilty and innocent alike;
while Judge Parker only yesterday be-
walls the fact that corporations are
permitted to violate the law and that
they are contributing to the republican
cause - .~n--.-
What can be the reason for this
change of front? Mr.. Cleveland on
March II, 1904, notwithstanding the
decree of the circuit court pronouncing
the beef trust unlawful, says it was
not within the prohibition of the law,
thus throwing the weight of his opinion
in favor of the 'beef trust" and against
the United States at a time when the
case was pending and undecided in the
highest court; while on Oct. FL, 1904,
he inferentially demanded that all in
corporated business should be wantonly
assailed. 49,.
{ 1t there any connection between Judge
Parker's abandonment of his futile
common law paI1acea, which meant inn
mui1ity to the triists, and the fact, as he
alleges, that the trusts contribute to
the success of the republican party1 Do
the principles of law. which Mr.. Cleve-
land thought last March protected man
ufacturing iiionopolies change in Oc-
tober, and if so, does the change affect
the Belmont trusts, or only these which
are suspected Of seeing in the perpet-
tiation Of republican administration the
continued general prosperity of the.
country T. ,s. II
Judge Parker, in his speech on Mon
day, also said: 4
Many years have passed since my,
active participation in politics. In the.
meantime startling change has taken
place in the method of conducting cam.
paigns change not for the better but
for the worse; a change that has intro.
duced debasing and corrupt methods
which threaten the integrity of our gov
ernment.
Il 1t is astounding that Judge Parker
should be willing to challenge the COM
parison which this statement inevitably
calls out. When Judge Parker last
actively participated in politics off the
bench he was chairman of the New
York State democratic committee which
elected David B. Hill as governor. He.
was cog in tile Hill machine. There
never have been in our political history
methods more debasing and corrupt
than those Of the Hill machine in New
York, and they eliminated in the steal
Of tlle state BY the Maynard funds, and
the overthrow of the Hill machine in
consequence. This was the machine
which Mr. Parker ran Until, as a re-
ward for running it, he was made al
Judge by Hill, and these are the meth
DDS he deplores
Again, Judge Parker speaks of the
contributions BY great cor
porations. He states that .some OF the
enterprises which have unduly thrived
through fayoritism have become SO rich
and strong that they can and do CON
tribute vast sums when made clear
tllat it will advantage them.
Il Judge Parker is describing precisely
and exactly the sources which give
Tammany Hall its strength, and the
cutting off of which iii the present
election would remove every chance Of
carrying New York State. There Isl
not an honest man In political life who
does not know that this is the case, and
know that Judge Parker IS now seek
Ing to be the beneficiary Of the very
methods which he affects to denounce.
Again Judge Parker says.
Political contributions by cornor-
ations and trusts mean corruption.
They cannot Be honest A
corporation will subscribe to POLITICAL
party only because the corporation ex-
poets that party through it's control ofI
public officers. executive and legislative
10 do something for the benefit of the
corporations, or to refrain from doing
something to is injury. No other mo-
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