The Imperial press., 1904-11-05
THE TRUSTS ANDI1PERIALIsM
Senator Su,th's Rlngisg Speech Here
 October 20

week for more than brief notice tn that i~-uc oi the paper: lat we are nov fortunately able ,o quote that lart oi Senator smiths masirrlv address re- tcrrine to two great "hugabrs' ot lNr- mocracy-,he Trusts and Imperialism
 TIRE TRUSTS
 "I would like io add one worl ot trib- ute which l consider entirely duc to ill" President oi the United States in con. nection with the tariff question, which has been presented. There comes mp the trust question. and think itruilrr. lv fair that it should h-e brought before the people Our Democratic friends are inclined to say that everywhere we turn, every article we buy, is within the grasp oi some great monopoly and we have to pay exorhiiani tribute |" that great monster. Let us be patient and kind with them. They want to al. ford us a little entertainment for the campaign and that is the best they can do.
 ROOSEVELT ORDERED ID FToHT
 Yon remember how loudly the news papers for some months talkesi about the great bs-ei trust. the great coal trust and the Northern Pacific merger. Theodore Roosevelt said io his attorney general. There Is an evil, So to H. V . And he dh There was an act of cour- . age. He knew oi the authority the Great Northern had in politics. He knew that those great schemes, II car ried out. were among the most power ful influences on earth. We know that . the railroads are powerful. tremendously powerful, and necessarily must be ot great importance in communities where . they employ men by hundreds and . thousands There was the test of the . courage of the man, eager a. he was, oi course. to be reelected
 An, there was siemptAtion. Did Roose- welt falier? That Is not the character I of the man. He Is looking for big . game and when he goes after IL he goes . to kill. think there has never been . a man in the history of the country . who loved a giant controversy more than Roosevelt. This is what he said: "Give the Northern Securities Company A fight 10 the death" The great evil | disappeared and the farmers of the I northwest were relieved of the trouble . which threatened them Now, while that was but single act. and but the duty of the president, l think that as American citizens that act of Roose- velt's entities him to a vote of credit from the American people this year. IL is our duty. 1 believe II IS our privi- lege, 10 say to him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant
 TWO DEMOCRATIC PARTIES
 Ii is not improper while speaking of the trust question tO take a view of the other side There are two distinct Democratic parties in the United States today When here two years ago we gave you an idea of the fundamental principles of the old school democracy. That just contented itself with govern ing the people. The old school democ- racy was in control at the time of the nomination of the candidates this year. IL does not believe that the gov ernment of the United States should bother itself about business or meddle with it in any particular. There is an other organization, separate as to mat ter and faiih-it is the one led by the great orator from Nebraska, William J. Bryan.
 The eastern wing of the party does not believe it is the duty of the govern ment to involve itself in the manage ment of the trusts, but that lt is mat ter to be settled by the state. That IS