Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1904-05-05

l
| struction of competition breeds monopoly
and In turn creates class distinctions. An
archy feeds and fattens on this moor;'
| socialism with It's plan for abolishing the
| difference between rich and poor, finds
Quickening power in this soil and political
corruption like an evil spirit broods over
Its entire length and breadth.
Loss of Power in Senate.
"The people are appalled, nt their loss Of
power in the senate. They have seen seats
in that body bought outright by special
interests and when not bought, the selec-
tion of the senator controlled by those in
terests While these special interests have
complete control Of the executive and leg
islative branches of our government there
| is evidence on every hand that they mean
the capture of our judicial department as
well. No federal judge can now be ap-
pointed unless he is first selected by these
interests. The President has not selected
| our judges They have been selected by
our senators and congressman, whom these
| special interests control. The last Of our
| judges was appointed by five Of our con-
gressmen and senators. There were four
| candidates for this office, but one of them
| was obnoxious to these interests. What
objection have you to him? friend is
reported to have asked Mr.. Blythe. Is he
not a good lawyer and an honest manT
] He is honest, I have no doubt, and isan able
| lawyer was the reply, but it Is his train
ing we do not like. We must have judges
that will protect. our interests from the
mob l have profound respect for our
federal bench. And while it may have tenn
porarily veered from the north star line Of
human liberty, still testing its compass by
an enlightened conscience it directed Its
| course on the true highway of national
greatness. But when the conquest that is
now going on is completed. when these
1saI f.k., .1Hn f1NNtr fnr.
| ties upon our federal bench, let no one
| deceive himself by believing that judicial
| fairness will still abide.
"Our attorney general has sent up the
white flag and given us to understand that
he has no hope Of preventing the trusts
from continuing to control the markets by
judicial decree. The legislation by our ma
tional congress for the control Of combina
| tions in restraint of trade, Is SO inadequate
and vague in It's meaning that 1t leads one
to believe that congress is not acting In
good faith with the people whom 1t pre-
tends to represent. Slavery in It's greatest
| days was never so securely intrenched In
| political power in this country as are the
trusts Of the present day. The spirit and
purpose of the trust is the same as was
that Of slavery, complete and universal
conquest of America, denial Of equal
rights before the law and equal protection
of the law, the degrading Of human labor
anu .'e s"N Ni7 -
Republicans Cannot Correct Evils.
by what means is this great enemy oi
our people ana our prosperity 10 De over
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