Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-09-09
SPEECH BY FAIRBANKS
candidate for Vice President Discusses
Tariff and the Trusts in Kansas
Address.

Marion. KAN. Sept. 3.-Thc republic.
am campaign In Kansas was inaugur-
ated here today with speeches by Sem
ators Charles w, Fairbanks and Ches-
ter L. Long, and Edward w. Hoch. re-
publican candidate for governor. There
was a large attendance and the town
was gaily decorated.
Senator Fairbanks speech was de-
voted almost exclusively 70 n pre-
sentation OF economic questions, In
Guiding h trusts and the gold stand
ard. but before entering upon those
subjects he made reference to subjects
OF local interest. The presence OF so
large a gathering convinced him. he
said, that Kansas is prepared 10 do
her duty" and that the state Is ''op-
posed 10 entering upon demscratjc ex-
periments, which have hitherto proved
so disastrous. not only to Kansas but
to the entire country" He also took
occasion TO thank Those whe a few
years ago honestly though mistakenly
wandered from the republican fold. but
who have returned and pledged anew
their fidelity and support to the prin-
ciples OF h republican party. We
have hospitality In u ranks" he add
ed, for all of our counfyyynen who are
in favor of good laws ar& coed row
eminent.
As to the Trusts.
Regarding the trusts, the senator
said:
THE republican party has enacted
laws for the regulation OF combinations
in restraint of trade or commerce be-
tween the states, and they have been
enforced as they were Intended to be
when they were enacted. Whae the re-
publican party believes I'm restraining
capital which is organized To restrict
Just competition, il nrmly believes III
un % -. a yAtp0 that uyhf0h fn mo rod In
wholesome trace ana IN Our
modern development requires the use
OF larger capital than was necessary a
few years ago. The use of such capital
is not a menace. II has a vital func-
ton to perform in our material devei-
opment. IL is only the misuse OF II
we seek TO guard against.
THE democratic party has put upon
the federal statute books no act TO reg
ulate combinations which ssncern the
public welfare, nor has n enforced
those written there by republican
party. All that has been dene with
respect to trust regulation has been
done by the republican party. The
Sherman antitrust Law was The fruit
OF republican -statesmanshfp. Presi-
dent Cleveland In his last annual mes
sage recognized existence Of trust evils.
but declared that the faws enacted by
congress for their cure were made
quate.
I'VE should not forget that the same
laws which Cleveland regarded as IN
sufficient have been effectively M
forced by republican administrations
and sustained by the courts. We finds
what has been done an earnest. not
only OF the good faith OF he adj
m~inistration. but an evidence OF the
capacity of the republican party to-
do what 1t promises and TO meet In ann
pie measure the public requirements.
''If we are inspired by a sense OF JUS
tice and act with full knowledge and
with firmness we shall have little diff
Guilty in dealing with al the Industrial
and commercial problems which en-
gag our attention. WeNmust deal with
them as patriots. not as pessirnists;
with a view not to tear down but to
build up. In a rational. wholesale way.
We want to preserve the good. while
we destroy with unsparing hand that
which Is evil among them"