The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-10

millions of men who get less than their
share. What will be the end of it
No student believes it can go on as it
ahead. That a rising tide of angry dis
content is pouring over the country
cannot be disputed. The evidences of
it are visible everywhere. If H. n.
Rogers, ]. p. Morgan, August Belmont,
and men of that type think there is no
act of spoliation to which the people
will not submit, they are making for
themselves a fools paradise. If the
Standard Oil crowd and the sugar
trust crowd think that the American
people are going to stand idly acquies-
cent while they gobble up all the
wealth of the republic, they are play
ing with fire. 1t will not be per-
mitted.
Men Richer Than the Nation.
Already more than half of the an
nual increase of wealth is absorbed by
less than a dozen trusts Already we
have men so rich that they could buy
one of our states. If 1.-The deadly
principle of compound interest" con-
tinues to work for the Standard Oil,
that group of plunderers will soon own
the whole of the United States. They
and their confederate kings will have
such a grip upon our entire system,
commercial, financial, and political,
that the government will amount to
mechanism to the Standards system.
The federal administration will take
orders from some future Rogers just
as boards of directors of dozens of
huge corporations now do. The very
life of the republic demands the curb
ing of these gigantic combinations, and
every aggressive step they take, from
henceforth will hasten the day when
imperative public opinion will compel
the constituted authorities to protect
the public from ruthless spoliation of
this kind.
The statement has been made that
in a speech in Atlanta 1 expressed a
preference for Mr.. Roosevelt over Mr..
Parker. Neither in that speech nor in
any other, have 1 done so. Being a
candidate for the presidency myself,
would have made myself sideshow to
whichever of the other two candidates
expressed a preference for-whereas
L am in full, militant, aggressive con-
troll of an independent show of my
own.
Why He Opposes Parker.
Much abuse has been heaped upon me
because more time was devoted by me
to denunciation of Parker than of
The reason is obvious
enough. Roosevelt is a Straightout Re
publican, who declares boldly for Re
publican principles, defiantly defending
existing conditions. To attack him is
a short, easy job. He is so conspicuous
and stationary a target that no one
possibly miss the mark. He is not in
he is behind no blind" he
stands out in the open, and he says to
his enemies, Here ana Republican |
who stands pat on all existing condi- |
tons; if you want a fight, come On!' |
Now, I can understand a Republican !
like that; and, while 1 would love to |
make my battleax ring on his helmet |
until one of us went down in political |
1efeat and death, yet / could respect |
him all the while as a foeman worthy
IF any mans steel. Mr.. Roosevelt will |
get Republican votes, and no others.
He is not seeking the support of Bryan
Democrats upon false pretenses. He is
lot playing a confidence game on the
legro question. He is not attempting to
vim Jeffersonians by sham adherence
o Jeffersonian principles. In short,
here is no danger that Jeffersonian
Democrats will vote for Roosevelt upon
he assumption that he is a Jeffersonian
Democrat. There is no danger that
Roosevelt will get a single vote towllich
as a Jeffersonian in principle, am en-
tiled.
With Mr. Parker it is different. He is
ot a Jeffersonian Democrat, yet he
eeks to secure the support of ] efferson-
ans. If he would speak out plainly and
ell the people that he is in principle
he same thing, practically, that RooSe-
cit is the Bryan Democrats would fall
way from him by the millions. L {
-ould then be ena bled to organize such
party of revolt against the Republican
lle as would sweep the country. His
ttitude is thoroughly diSingenuouS, |
nd leadership. He was willing to stand :
pom the New York state platform {
-hich Mr.. Bryan denounced as a dis +
onest platform. His position was so {
definite. so foxy. so entirely neutral. i
lat Mr.. Bryan declared to cheering I
that Parker was absolutely :
nfit for the Democratic nomination" !
nd that nobody but an artful dOdger' +
lr
,rm, which so resembled it's father, I
avid B. Hill. I believe it was also i'll c
lie same speech that Mr.. Bryan declar-
that man should be willing to die
II his which is also +
cry sound proposition. /
Parker and Byran. a
Mr.. Bryan, who is always careful in i
lie statement of matured opinions, has k
;sured the country that the influences v
lck of the Parker candidacy are SO S
tinateIy associated with trusts and d
eat corporations that the Democratic e
lrty could not appeal to the masses. q
With such a candidate, said Mr.. 4
ryan, ''they would begin with a foot =
.ce and end with a rout." Likewise d
stated a self-evident fact when he [
cleared that "the plutocratic element v
r the time being is in control of the a
party [
It was equally clear to Mr.. Bryan, as it v
as to so many Others that the nominal =
IN of Parker was secured by crooked q
Id indefensible methods anu thau tie u
,mina ton of such a man who had, as d
r Bryan declared, won the honor with
oaded dice" virtually nullified the anti =
ust plank in the Democratic platform. II
These were fearful1y important facts, y
id they produced the impression on the s.
nds of millions that there was some a
ing stea1thy, deceitful, cowardiy and ut e
rly dishonest in the Parker campaign u
r the nomination. Mr.. Bryan stated facts n
important factS-and they l
ntinued to be facts UP to the time that p
lrker actually got the nomination which a.
had sought on ''cowardly and strad- p
ing platform" the honor for which he o
d played with LOADED dice W
Whether or not the healing virtues, the n'
mination, cured all the hypocrisy and "
lud by which It had been obtained is a p
estion each citizen should put to his "
N intelligence before he votes. o,
These things which Mr.. Bryan said on
re facts, before the nomination, were "
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