The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-02
WILLIAMS AND CIRCUIT
MIssHssEPPIAN MAKES A RINGING
 SPEECH IN BROOKLYN.
Tells of the Attitude of Republican Party Toward Trusts and How Trusts Injure All, Espe-
 ciaIly WOrkmen.


 New York Oct. 1.--John Sharp Will Hams, of Mississippi, shared the honors with Edward NJ. Grout at the opening of the Democratic campaign in the Clermont Avenue rink, Brooklyn. to- night.
 A big crowd attended the rally and Mir. Williams and Mir. Grout were en- alphabetically cheered. Mir. Williams said in part:
 Fellow Citizens:
 The President, who Is a candidate for reelection, has lately issued to the press a written stump speech, in the form of a letter of acceptance. It reads more like the message of one of Gods anointed to his expectant subjects, one half of whom are treated by him as his enemies. and therefore. according to his logics-the logic of Louis the Four teenth, that of 'L'Etate c'est moF'- enemies of the country and It's welfare.
 A distinguished barrister of Great Britain, replying once to an argument which had been made by opposing coun- sel more noted for his impulsiveness than anything else. said: May 1t please your honor. the language and manner indulged in towards me by op- posing counsel would be remarkable if 1t came from God Almighty to beetle bug" The Democrats of thls country. constituting nearly a half of its total population, and. even in recent elections, over half of it's total white population. may we'll remind Mir. Roose- welt of the fact that his manner and language are of that character.
 In this letter of acceptance, however there is one note-keynote we may call it-which Is certain and unmistakable. to wit. that if the Republican party is kept in power. it will continue to nd- minister the government without amendment just as it has been admin istered for the last three years. If so. then we are to have four more yeIrs of Standing pat" and of boosting of the past and of a party partnership with God. If so. then for four more years the tarif is to remaiTs like the laws of the Medes and Persians, unchanged aud unchangeable. If so, for four more years, all reciprocal trade rela- t.ons sought to be entered into by the other peoples of the world. even though in accordance with the recommenda- tions of such distinguished Republicans as Blaine and Mckinley. some based upon treaties approved by Mir. McKin- ley, are to be trampled under footI For four years, extravagance is to go not only unchecked, but justified or lauded as an incident of our alleged position as an arbiter of the worlds destInyl For four more years. international per- fidy is to be extenuatsd. because of the magnitude of the benef1t we have reap- ed. or which we hope to reapi For four more years, the industrial and social peace of the South is to be menaced. if not by anything actually done or undertaken to be done. at least by inconsiderate talk and misleading conduct in high place! For four more years. the "big stick" is to be con tinuaIly held up as the nation ideal in our relationship with the balance of the world. and especially with the peo- ples of Central and South America! For four more years some of our manu- lecturers, who sell habitually to the foreigner at reasonable profit in his own market, notwithstanding his pauper labor, are still to find extor- donate tariff rates a shelter behind which to charge the American con- sumer an unreasonable profit at prices 25 to 33 per cent. higher than are charged to foreigners for the same goods, made in the same mill on the same day! For four more years the Northern Securities decision is to be held up as the be-all and end-all of trust-shackling, while other trusts are bidden God-speed as necessary agencies of modern development!