The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-04-02
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Gus, ,,t feel able 20 "restle with
% i. ''I bssfy matters. We leave
;ufn - GREAT statesmen and large
tnS' W But once i'll a while
, ,";nD Ds happen i" such way as 70
'n'" :, nsry ordinary citizen to
E" 'lsrs,apd, even though he be a
O''' 's,rv newspaper man Recently
c : n,,rer,e Cour, of these United
Wv -. hau,led down A decision IN
paw. : called the merger case.
, ~1 merger consisted Of an attempt
! Mace maj ri'y of the STOCK o.
= r, ,hg Great Northern and the
:, Uo '.,horn Pacific railroads in the
.nd. Of holding company rms
bolIing company, having authority
= vote the stock OF bo'h railroads.
!. ,,d Elect a management that
wv "a coo 10 it that neither railroad
,,e,,ad from competition. There
bv two great parallel systems nat
n competitors, became one great
.,ooooolv-the biggest railroad
trnst in existence. The Supreme
rorrt decided that that kind OF busi-
1870 uas in violation of the anti
,,ust law and forbade the holding
compapy from voting and manipu-
latino the stocks Of the railroad
companies. We would not charge
that'Tudges of the Supreme Court
II The United States are conscious
~ influenced by partisan feelings.
Rut there are certain fundamental
differences which make some men
Republicans and other men Demo-
Gratis. Whenever any great cues"
ton arises, going to the very root
of party differences, and the solu-
ton of that question is left to great
minds, we find Republicans always
iuclining towards strengthening the
hand of GoIernmen and Demo-
Gratis disposing to weaken it. The
question involved in this merger
case was whether a few men had
the right to monopclize the trans
portation business Of the country.
All the Democratic Judges said
that those men had that right: all
the Republican judges, and they
to be in the MAJORITY,
said that those men had no such
right. Now, this decision, standing
by itself, might not be sufficient to
establish that fundamentally Demo-
cracy is favorable to the breeding
of trusts, but when we look into
the matter a little further we are
driven to the conclusion that it is.
The antitrust law is wholly q
Republican measure, bitterly op'
posed from its inception by the
foremost Democrats OF the country.
Since Its enactment, the Democrats
were in complete control ofgovern.
nent, but instead of enforcing the
antitrust law, they laughed at i
as a Republican vagary. But now
comes Theodore Roosevelt, a Re
publican President, and P. G. Knox
Republican Attorney Genera
and proceeding under tina
same law, scoffed by Democrats.
and they completely annihilatt
one OF the most gigantic trusts eve,
attempted TO be formed. Now
neFe are the plain facts of the
"uo'e business: An anti-trus
Id" passed by a Republican. Con
S'eSS' signed by Republican Pre-
''uent' summed and ridiculed an,
lett tallow by four years of Demo
''acy; reVlvi6ed by a Republican
administration, held constitutional
ny Republican judges. Yet som,
people pretend to think that tn
NspuOIlcan party is the friend an
" 'uS democrat party the enemy O
' "l trusts From the way Demo
IT Sta Il talk, we believe that the ha,
" " .nem would apostatize tomorro,
o;n lucy only understood the prir
P''' Vi the party they uphold.
Dr, Wednesday Mr.. James Harr
S~.Cuaseo }, L. Bakers interests